I believe in positive thinking but it’s just a part of the equation. Life will reward your actions, not your thoughts.
By Andy Lewis
Expensive Dreams
Self-Imposed Limitations
I have run into many versions of limitation in my life but they were usually self-imposed. This is a result of allowing irrational fears and doubt to overthrow my confidence and belief. I began to change after the first time I heard a well known analogy:
To keep an elephant in place, handlers use small ropes tied to the ground with tiny sticks. The elephant can easily break away from the rope but it does not. That's because when the elephant was younger and smaller the same size rope was used to tie them and, at that age it’s enough to hold them. They try to escape for a while and eventually give up. When they are older and stronger they still obey the limitation, even though it no longer exists.
These days instead of accepting that I’m tied down; I’m never afraid to tug on the rope a little. I often find that my limitations are not real, just a baby-elephant-like conditioning.
Photographer Unknown
Said & Done
Be A Part Of LiveUnbound!
Join the movement by helping us reach and inspire people from all over the world. I’m building a team of people to represent LiveUnbound and take part in the rewarding work of spreading our message. The more people we reach, the more we will inspire and the more positive change we will create.
I’ve put together a list of what you can do to get involved with us. This is an opportunity to establish a relationship with LiveUnbound and nothing you do will go unnoticed. Email me at yali@weliveunbound.com to share how you’ve contributed and if you’re interested in building a closer working relationship.
Thank you!
-Yali
Community Outreach
Tell everyone you know what LiveUnbound is and how it has impacted your life. Social media outlets are a great tool for this, here is how to best utilize them:
・Share our website, videos, manifesto, blog posts, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Encourage people to subscribe to our email list and youtube channel.
・Always comment, like and share our social media posts.
・Use the #LiveUnbound hashtag.
・Pick one of our Facebook cover photos and make it your own cover photo.
Spread Content
Submit our videos to websites like www.devour.com, www.reddit.com, www.wimp.com and other similar sites. Research other “best of” websites and submit our videos.
Additionally post our videos on popular Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest pages. Contact page owners, tell them what LiveUnbound is and why their viewers will love our videos. Here is an example of a simple message that I send:
LiveUnbound (facebook.com/LiveUnbound) is an organization dedicated to inspiring people to break free from their limitations and discover what they're truly capable of. Please take a moment to watch this incredible video which defines what it means to “live unbound”:
Influencer Outreach
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Anyone who is successful at this will quickly become an essential part of the LiveUnbound team. First find inspirational, motivational or extreme sports related blogs and social media pages. Reach out to them, let them know what LiveUnbound is and if they’d like to do one of the following:
・Cross Promote
・Share our videos or manifesto
・Feature a story or set up an interview
This may also be applied to athletes, photographers, motivational speakers, founders of companies/movements or celebrities. Reach out to them through their site, social media pages or publicists.
For tips on how to successfully build an influencer outreach campaign click here.
Collaboration
We are always looking for content creators to collaborate with. Contact me if you’re a filmmaker, writer, graphic designer, web designer or if you have great ideas you want to share with us.
Represent Us
Purchase LiveUnbound clothing, posters, cards, iPhone cases and mugs. All profits go towards growing the movement.
Partnership Opportunities
If you have an established fan base then contact me to discuss cross promotion and other strategic partnership opportunities.
Dream Big
“If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Photo by Gaston Rebuffat
The Greatest Danger
Flow
I live by this chart!
According to M. Csikszentmihalyi "flow" is the mental state in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment.
Cure Fear
New Age Of Fulfillment
We live in a time where there are huge opportunities to do work that provides a deep sense of purpose, and reflects our passions and personality. Like Roman Krznaric said:
“We have entered a new age of fulfillment, in which the great dream is to trade up from money to meaning.”
Poster by WRDBNR
The Walls
The Real Ladder Of Success
The ladder of success isn’t a ladder, it’s a series of steps with gaps interspersed along the way. Only those that take leaps and risk the fall will rise. Then there comes a point where the gaps are too far apart and you’ll need to create the steps that don’t exist. This is where people freeze, trapped between where they are and where they want to be. This space is where you innovate instead of replicate, lead instead of follow, and stand out instead of blending in.
Inspired by “The Icarus Deception” by Seth Godin
Watch Our New Video "Limitations Are Optional"
It’s not our dreams themselves that motivate us to reach for them, it’s believing they’re within our reach.
Also watch part 1 and subscribe to our youtube channel. Hope you like it and please share!
Discovering Your Freedom
Trying to be more than I am is who I am. Not because I'm never satisfied but because it's so much fun.
I don't think that exploring your capabilities is extreme, I think it’s a natural human tendency. You can think of it as breaking your limitations or you can think of it as discovering your freedom.
Photo by Wolfgang Lienbacher
Reality is your Dreams
Photo by Russell Ord
Bankruptcy of the Soul
“Entangled in the cancerous discipline of security, I flinged my life beneath the wheels of routine and before I knew it my life was gone. I always wanted to sail the seven seas but I couldn’t afford it. What I really couldn’t afford was not to go.
Which shall it be? Bankruptcy of the pocket or bankruptcy of the soul?”
- Sterling Hayden
Photographer unknown
When the Wave Comes
Think of a balloon flying through the air with no control of it’s destination. I think everyone needs to have that experience once in their life. Go on an adventure with no expectations. Just let go and allow the natural flow of life to take a hold of your destiny.
Of course the balloon will eventually lose it’s helium and drop. You’ll end up somewhere you’ve never been before, feeling calm and content. In the horizon you’ll see an approaching wave of goals, expectations and desires. You can run in the opposite direction but you’ll end up running forever. When the wave comes it’s time for you to take a deep breath and ride it.
Photo by Matt Kurvin
believing
Creating the Future
We are living time machines being transported into the future one second at a time.
The future doesn’t exist yet, we are building it right now. It can be anything we want it to be so lets make it a place we are proud to call home.
Photo by Mike Yi