As 2009 draws to a close, foreclosures and unemployment continue to rise, and many are facing the New Year with anxiety, stress and fear. It’s time to take back control of our lives. It is time that everyone stops talking about change, and we band together to help each other actually create change. This is the purpose of the Personal Freedom Revolution!

We have teamed up with Jason Ellis to create a special podcast where we will address your answers to the question: What obstacles do you want to overcome in 2010? If we answer you on the show, you will win both a Ellis Mania and Personal Freedom Revolution T-Shirt! To be eligible, you must follow @toolstolife on Twitter and then respond to the question with the #PFR hash tag. For example:

                I keep failing in relationship after relationship. I don’t think I listen very well. #PFR

Note that we will only ship within the US and Canada.

The competition starts now, let’s get the tweets going and begin our Personal Freedom Revolution today! If 140 characters is not enough for you, post in your ToolsToLife.com blog and sign the post with #PFR. We can’t wait to learn what YOU will change in 2010!

Devlyn Steele begins his 50 Nationwide Radio Station Tour

Announcing

The Personal Freedom Revolution 2010 this Thursday December 10, 2009

On The Jason Ellis Radio Show

Thursday December 10, 2009 from 2:00pm PST 3:00pm CTM 5:00pm EST

The Jason Ellis show on SIRIUS Radio

Channel 28, Faction Channel

If you do not have SIRIUS radio you can get a seven day free trial and listen to today's

show by going to http://www.sirius.com/freetrial/register

There is also a free iphone app trial.

Also available on http://www.xmradio.com/

There will be T-shirt give aways and other announcements. Listen and join the lively conversation.

The Personal Freedom Revolution creating the lives we want in 2010.

It's time for a REVOLUTION

Are you READY?

Join now for free, no excuses!

Hello Dear Members!

We have a few updates for you…

First:   A big Thank You for being part of our community where we all are striving

           to make ourselves and the world better.

Second: Wednesday August 26, 2009 from 2-3pm PST Devlyn Steele

                will be on The Jason Ellis show on SIRIUS Radio

                Channel 28 Faction Channel.

                If you do not have SIRIUS radio you can get a seven day free trial and listen to today’s

                show by going to http://www.sirius.com/freetrial/register

                There is also a free iphone app trial.

Third:    The Daily Inspirational Podcasts are back. You can listen to them on Tools at:  http://toolstolife.com/podcast/

             Or

             Go to iTunes and search ToolsToLife and subscribe there.

Forth:    The Daily Inspirations form a variety of Coaches will return on Oct 5, 2009.

              In addition we are preparing new programs and features as well.

We look forward to sharing the journey of improvement with you!

Wishing you a wonderful day…

The Tools Team

I got some really lovely presents by the people close to me which was great! I also managed to spend time with most of them over the last 24 hours or so.. 

Myself and Tracy then went for a meal at one of our favourite places, followed by the new Indiana Jones film ( which is cool!!!) and some shopping where I brought a couple of CD's a book and some Jeans!!!

After that, a trip to my mothers for some tea ( and birthday cake - naughty me!!) before going home and relaxing.

Someone actually sent me a really funny but true card:

It said basically that statistics prove that the more birthdays you have the longer you will live!! - Kind of obvious really when you think about it!! 

Have a great day! 

However, as with every birthday, it provides me with many mixed emotions that are hard to explain in writing - but thought this year I would try!!

Every birthday, I feel a sense of disapointment that I am another year older, but haven't achieved what I wanted as of yet. But as soon as my birthday comes and goes, it provides me with immense motivation to make the next year the best ever ( this year I hope it is!!)

Also, I feel very happy and proud that I am who I am, and the life that I have - I feel very lucky to be who I am - However I feel very emotional in relation to the missed opportunities in life, and the loved ones who are no longer in my life for one reason or another. There are people who I will never forget about...

I don't worry about the age and being a year older, it is just a number - I guess my mind starts working overtime at this time of year. It feels good to write about them though.

Well thanks for reading! and If I am still part of the community/support team in 12 months time look out for a similar blog!!

I would like to say thank you and well done to all the great people on the programs.  I have been amazingly proud of how many of you have made their lives better through their own sheer hard work.  Keep up the great work

Oliver

Tools To Life

In reference to my last blog, where I mentioned going back to play pool again -  Well I have and it didn't go very well!!

It is very obvious that by not playing for a long time has made me lose/forget a certain amount of what I have learnt - so am now spending time trying to catch up and learn!

With that in mind - it also struck me as very important not to rest on mine/our laurels with everything that we learn in life.

So because of that, as well as my pool playing skills getting a refresher, I will be looking at refreshing everything in my life!!!

Keep up the great work guys! and don't rest on your laurels and forget everything amazing that you have all done!

P.s off to practice some Pool now!! 

One of the main reasons was that I really needed to spend more time with my family.  I have worked so hard for the last few years, that I have drifted away from my family a little bit. So Iam playing pool - which I love playing!! and also going to work with my mother to build a website for her charity which will be good!

However, on the work front - I have worked hard to make more of my time lately, so that I work a lot more efficient than before!!

I will also make sure that I write more on my blogs in the coming weeks!!

Finally, I would again like to say thanks for the many nice emails I get ( please never hesitate in sending them!!) and to say well done to everyone who has made such great progress in their lives.

Eventually we were on our way, and starting our 4 hour journey to the far west of the UK. Great journey apart the occasional idiot trying to either race us or run us of the road.

But as soon as I got to the sea, the view, fresh  air and quietness of it made it all worthwhile!! We had arrived and it was deserted -  but better than that - it was sunny!!!!

For the next 4-5 days, we spent a lot of our time going for nice long walks along the clifftop and the beach -  and the rest relaxing somewhere sunny!!

During this holiday, I must have lost like 2-3 pounds in weight, purely through walking that much ( also hurt my back somehow it appears but ah well )  But more importantly, it was great to forget the pressures of life for those few days, and act like a big kid splashing around in the sea!

I even had this little "mini" adventure!  The only place I could get a phone/internet signal was on the very top of the cliff.  So I would get up early, run up the cliff, get the messages, then run back down, jump over a stream run up the sand dunes and to the shop to get a newspaper!!

Without going on for too much more, it was a great time  - Pictures being updated soon!! - but more importantly, it serves a purpose

There is always space in life to have those moments to act like a big kid and have silly fun - It really refreshed me and can't wait till the next one!!

Wishing you a great day!!

Oliver

Tools To Life

I was at work this monday just gone, doing my usual routine of taking phone calls etc, when all of a sudden I heard a really familiar voice.  I looked up, and couldn't believe my eyes.

My very close friend who had moved to South Africa 10 months previously was standing there smiling at me as if he had basically never been away. This was a major shock but a really fantastic one - I had really missed him.

Now for the reason of those damm E-mails! He had emailed me a couple of weeks previously to tell me what was happening, and for some reason the email bounced! WAS NOT happy when I heard that!

But on the plus side, it made my week, well in fact year!! So starting to plan things to catch up with him and his family!

So - I am now officially a happy bunny!!!

Oliver

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and new year. 

I would also like to thank all of you for the the great comments and support for me, my work as community manager and the Tools To Life program.

But most of all, I would like to thank you and congratulate you all for the amazing work and progress so many of you have made. I get a very big sense of pride reading how many changes people have made to their lives, and I always feel that Christmas is the time to enjoy and appreciate everything and everyone around you.

So Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - and thank you again!

Oliver

Tools To Life