Gino’s Blog

The #1 cause of all your problems…

The #1 cause of all your problems is obstacles inside your head. Real or imagined, obstacles in your head will get in your way of forward progress unless they are lifted and moved. The #1 obstacle that holds you down is pessimism – defeating thoughts planted inside your head from Your World. All the obstacles inside your head are self-imposed with the assistance of your Negative ...

Beating Goliath

This video shows how to beat the hell out of Goliath. The only way to beat Goliath is to go deep – dual meaning. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBxvcOlw7I/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=88n85q8wh2dj #MUCHLOVE #soulofalifter Blessings + all good things #peace Gino Arcaro

Your biggest craving.

You crave Transformation whether you are consciously aware of it or not. That statement is not just another attempt to get fake likes for fake lives. You have an inner compulsion to grow, to transform in mind, body, and soul until you become who you were born to be. Transformation is The Process of self-actualization, referring to the life-long journey of building your full potential and full ...

Caught in The Trap

You read a motivational post. Press like. Write a comment – ‘Yes, so true.’ Then you check to see who else liked it. Next, you share it and check every 20 minutes to count likes. Getting enough likes brightens your mood. Not enough likes darkens your mood. You keep checking and hoping for more likes hoping to get a boost, a shot of adrenaline, something to make you feel better, feel more ...

3 definitions of insanity

Here’s Real-life Lesson#5889 I’ve taught football players for 40 years and college law enforcement students for 2 decades: another definition of insanity is doing nothing and expecting something. Here’s another definition of insanity: do nothing big and expect something big. Here’s another: do nothing big and expect to get big. Athletic Darwinism and Academic Darwinism ...

Turn on the switch

Every human is responsible for doing as much as possible to make big things happen for others. That’s been my main coaching/teaching message to students & athletes for 43 years. I work out everyday to feel fireworks, to feel something more than the ass-dragging dead-life of going to a job you hate, of doing what is not in your heart, of fighting with people who have too much ...

Breakthroughs won’t just happen

Your breakthrough will happen when you break unproductive habits. That’s Real-life Lesson #6387 I’ve taught football players for 40 years and college law enforcement students for 2 decades. Your breakthrough will happen when you get strong enough. Your breakthrough will have happen when you believe enough. Your breakthrough will happen when you become tough enough. Your ...

10-90 Rule of Happiness

The 10-90 Rule governs happiness. Over 90% put on a happy face on social media but are brutally unhappy deep down. Superficial and artificial happiness has the same cause – mismatch. The 3 top mismatches are: 1. Not being who you want to be. 2. Not doing what you truly want to do. 3. Not doing it with who you want to do it with. The leading cause of mismatches is The Trap, the dark hole ...

new book excerpt

Writing a book is the intellectual equivalent of working out because they share 3 common elements: 1. exertion 2. isolation 3. determination You have to disconnect and spill your guts even when your mind tries to convince you to do something else. I’ve been asked for tips about how to write a book during the past 25 years of my writing career. I’ve decided to share excerpts that ...

The most misused word – ‘team.’

The most misused word in the English language is ‘team.’ A true team is a Joint Forces effort by each team member that exponentially lifts each other’s performance. Exponential Lifting is an X Factor, a multiplying element of tangible and intangible qualities that transforms the minds, bodies, and souls of every individual. A team is not a assembly of people who have to meet ...