keytosuccesstips.com http://www.keytosuccesstips.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:10:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Iron Heart http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/iron-heart.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/iron-heart.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:08:35 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/iron-heart.html Depending on the day of the week, Brian Boyle’s schedule goes something like this: Wake up at 6 a.m., have a quick breakfast, hit the pool for a two-hour swim followed by a 20-mile run and maybe a four-hour bike ride.

Such is the life of a person preparing for one of the most challenging sporting events on the planet—the Ironman triathlon.

With a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile full marathon, the Ironman competition represents the survival of the fittest. The training regimen alone is something the 25-year-old from Welcome, Md., is lucky to be able to maintain—considering that just a few years ago, doctors told him he might never walk again. And during surgeries, he technically died eight times.

In 2004, Boyle was 18 and at the top of his game, graduating from high school and looking forward to college. A competitive swimmer, his best events were the sprint-based 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly. On July 6, as Boyle headed home from swim practice, a dump truck broadsided his Chevy Camaro as he crossed an intersection.

Pulled from the gnarled wreckage, Boyle had suffered extensive trauma, with lacerated liver, collapsed lungs, nonfunctioning kidneys and heart pushed to one side, among other injuries. “I had 60 percent blood loss and pretty much every major organ was damaged,” he says. At Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Md., doctors placed Boyle in a chemically induced coma and performed a total of 14 operations, requiring 36 blood transfusions. During all this, his heart stopped eight times.

After months in the hospital, Boyle finally regained consciousness, but his road to recovery was just beginning. Because his pelvis had been crushed, doctors were doubtful he would ever walk again.

One thing that kept him motivated was his family. “My parents and I have always been best friends and that was the great thing about having that support system in the hospital. I just kept thinking, this may be bad now, but I’m thinking about my parents, and it’s a thousand times worse for them. So what I have to do is push aside all this negativity and put on a smile for my parents, because they are going through enough already.”

The accident not only put a hold on his athletic aspirations, but also his goals overall, and Boyle was very serious about his goals. “When I graduated from high school, the three short-term, realistic goals I had were to go to college, be on the swim team and one day attempt an Ironman,” he says. “But the accident put everything on standby. I really didn’t know if it was ever going to be possible to achieve those dreams.”

Despite everything, Boyle was not despondent. The very process of having set those goals, maintaining the discipline to work toward incremental benchmarks, and knowing the immense rewards of attaining them gave Boyle an advantage during his recovery. He knew he had to set new goals and a new plan to attack them—as well as a new timetable that would test him in a new way. “I had to just push forward every day and take it one step at a time, very slowly.”

After two months in the intensive care unit and a week in a rehab center, Boyle went home and continued outpatient therapy. Meantime, his support system grew stronger. “Team Boyle,” comprising Brian and his mom and dad, had matching shirts made and developed a website where friends and well-wishers could cheer him on toward a full recovery and his goal of competing in an Ironman World Championship.

On Oct. 13, 2007, three years after he was told he wouldn’t walk, Boyle completed the Ironman in Hawaii—in 14 hours, 42 minutes and 25 seconds. “It was the greatest day of my life; it was awesome,” he says. “That was the step back into life, the breath of life all over again. When I crossed the finish line in Hawaii, I was showing everyone, including myself, that I wasn’t sick anymore. I wasn’t Brian the boy in the wheelchair, I was Brian the Ironman.”

Boyle recounts his remarkable journey in his 2009 memoir Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead. It was a book that began when he was released from the hospital, although he didn’t know it at the time. “When I left the hospital, my nurses told me I was going to go through physical therapy, but I also needed to focus on the emotional therapy, too,” he says. “And they told me to keep a journal of the progress so I could visually see the improvement on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. That’s really pretty much how the book was started.” And the title Iron Heart? “The title came from the fact that the main concern in the hospital was my heart. It sustained the most damage of all the organs, and the most operations were done on my heart, from what I was told.”

Today, Brian Boyle’s Iron Heart story continues to inspire others and exemplify the importance of setting goals. He went to school for graphic design and upon graduating cum laude from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 2010, ran his first 50-mile ultramarathon, completed his third Ironman in 10:14, and also made his first blood donation to the hospital that brought him back to life.

In 2011, Boyle launched the Red Cross Iron Heart Campaign to help raise blood donation awareness on a national level for the organization he credits with helping save his life—the American Red Cross. “When I was going through physical therapy in Baltimore, I remember being in this wheelchair and looking around at the other patients and thinking to myself, ‘I may actually leave here one day and make a full recovery,’ ” he recalls. “I felt lucky at that time because a lot of the patients there may never walk again, they may never leave that unit. I promised myself right then and there that if I ever left that rehab center, I would do everything I possibly could to take my experiences and my background and use them in a positive way to help in as many forms as possible. And what better way to start than with the foundation of my recovery, the Red Cross?”

As for Boyle’s next goal? Getting back to the World Championship Ironman in Hawaii, of course. “It was great that I finished the one in 2007, but now I have to try and earn my way back by qualifying like everybody else. When I crossed the finish line in Kona I made a promise to myself that one day I would get back there on my own… and not on my story,” he says, referring to exceptions to the rigorous qualifying requirements made for him because of his extraordinary circumstances. “The endurance races like the Ironman triathlons and marathons have personally become much more than challenging athletic events, they have become a lifestyle. What started out as a way to complete my recovery has now become a way to show my appreciation to the people who have been a part of my journey back to life.

“Crossing the finish line at any event is my way of saying thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years—my parents, family, friends, coach, doctors, surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, rescue workers, blood donors, and the list goes on and on. Just to even make it to the starting line at these races is a gift, but to finish is so meaningful. When my heart is beating fast and the adrenaline and blood are pumping rapidly out on the course, this once was a sign that I was dying, but now they are a sign that I’m living.”

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/iron-heart.html/feed 0 How To Make Exercise a Great Part of Your Life http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-make-exercise-a-great-part-of-your-life.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-make-exercise-a-great-part-of-your-life.html#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:59:10 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-make-exercise-a-great-part-of-your-life.html Exercise is the most important in our daily life. This is good for health and maintain a physical and mental health any particular types of Exercise is available like yoga, etc .We can lose the weight for exercise. Exercise is also help to reduced the depression .It means exercise is most important in our daily life.

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Always keep healthy snacks on hand, in the office, in your car, or in your bag to make sure that you have an intelligent option ready for when hunger strikes. Dried fruit, almonds, a rice cake spread with a little nut butter, or veggies and hummus make easy, filling, and healthy options.

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/4-reasons-why-healthy-snacks-can-actually-help-you-lose-weight.html/feed 0 How to Be Happy By Paying Attention http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-be-happy-by-paying-attention.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-be-happy-by-paying-attention.html#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:03:50 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-be-happy-by-paying-attention.html Holmes was famous for noticing what nobody else noticed. This wasn’t an accident or a coincidence. He trained himself to look beyond the surface of what was going on, to pay attention to little things and to draw conclusions from them. And you can do the same.Instead of just experiencing life as “things that happen”, I’m always looking for how I can turn the things that happen into stories – which means I’m always looking for the significance in what happens.

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-be-happy-by-paying-attention.html/feed 0 7 Ways to Deal with Challenges http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/7-ways-to-deal-with-challenges.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/7-ways-to-deal-with-challenges.html#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:06:55 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/7-ways-to-deal-with-challenges.html 2. Accept present moment reality- Accept the way things are and the way people are. You have to understand that not everything is going to be the way you want it to be. If you cannot accept reality you will feel very frustrated with your life. Many people will try to change someone or something that they cannot control, and when it doesn’t work out for them they feel miserable. Once you can accept reality (including the challenges that you are faced with), you will be able to be more calm and think more clearly about how to get a step further towards your goals every day.

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/7-ways-to-deal-with-challenges.html/feed 0 5 Common Characteristics of Ineffective People http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/5-common-characteristics-of-ineffective-people.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/5-common-characteristics-of-ineffective-people.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:37 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/?p=178 Ineffective People Don’t Plan The first characteristic of an ineffective person is their inability to plan their daily lives. The simple truth is that they have no idea what they want to achieve or where they want to go in life. For this reason they make decisions and take actions which lack any real direction or purpose. Conversely, an effective person will know precisely which tasks need to be done and this will ultimately take them closer to where they want to go. 2. Ineffective People Don’t Make Lists Much like the point above, Ineffective people do not make to-do lists of what they need to do for the day ahead. Rather than spending time on their most valuable tasks they spend the time procrastinating on what they should be doing instead of actually doing it. Ineffective people can spend as much as 2 hours a day procrastinating. This is wasted time that could have been put to more productive use. It only takes 10 minutes to plan a day yet ineffective people are unaware of how little time it takes.

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Managing our profession life would be quite easy than managing people at home!! One can work late nights to fullfill professional needs, but with family there should be proper planning on what we do!! Specially, making out an dinner with children, taking them out for purchase, etc.
With proper time allocation and setting personal goals defintely makes a man perfect and get him acheive whatever needed!!

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-well-are-you-performing-in-your-different-roles.html/feed 0 How to Get Motivated: 11 Ways to Become More Motivated Today http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-get-motivated-11-ways-to-become-more-motivated-today.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-get-motivated-11-ways-to-become-more-motivated-today.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:03:06 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/?p=174 “I really should get on a proper sleep schedule…”

“I really should stop procrastinating…”

“I really should stop spending so much time on Facebook…”

There are so many “should” things we want to do, but there are so few of them that we actually end up doing.

We often trade long-term satisfaction for short-term fun, lasting fulfillment for fleeting happiness. I don’t know about you, but whenever I do this, a part of me feels annoyed and frustrated with myself.

Why don’t I have more willpower and motivation to make the right choice when I’m faced with temptation?If you’ve ever asked yourself that question, this article is for you. I’ve come up with a list of eleven things you can do to develop a lifestyle of motivation. These tips will help you get motivated so that you’ll take the actions you know you ought to—even when you don’t fe

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/how-to-get-motivated-11-ways-to-become-more-motivated-today.html/feed 0 Feeling Stuck – 7 Ways To Make More Space in Your Life and Get Moving Again http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/feeling-stuck-7-ways-to-make-more-space-in-your-life-and-get-moving-again.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/feeling-stuck-7-ways-to-make-more-space-in-your-life-and-get-moving-again.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:02:44 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/?p=172 If you sense that you are absolutely full to the brim with too many worries, stresses, projects, friends, things to do, bills, and more…read on.

Even good stuff takes up space – so all the hopes, dreams, your health, your children, the vacation you want to take…

Everything you do, your thoughts, your relationships, the people around you, the world – it’s all a little too much sometimes.

So the question is…how can we make more space and time for the good stuff? You know…that stuff that doesn’t weigh you down, but inspires you and makes you excited to wake up in the morning?

You need to find or make more White Space in your life.

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]]> http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/feeling-stuck-7-ways-to-make-more-space-in-your-life-and-get-moving-again.html/feed 0 Holiday Depression? 8 Steps To Be Happy http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/holiday-depression-8-steps-to-be-happy.html http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/holiday-depression-8-steps-to-be-happy.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:02:22 +0000 godman http://www.keytosuccesstips.com/?p=170 holiday depression means its a general feeling of sadness and depression its all things work related soon after a long holiday.you can avoid this problem by,
1. Make realistic expectations for the holiday season.
2.Live in the moment and enjoy the present.
3.Reach out and make new friends.
4.Spend time with supportive and caring people
5.Look to the future with optimism
6.Make time yourself
7.Limit your consumptions of alcohol content
8.Make a list and prioritize the important activities.

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