Matthew Cossolotto Announces New PEPTalks Title: "Your HabitForce Checkup From The Neck Up"

July 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Matthew Cossolotto, author of HabitForce! and creator of “Make A Promise Day” (May 4th) announced a new title in his lineup of Personal Empowerment Programs (PEPTalks) designed to help people escape from the habits, mindsets and behavior patterns that hold them back from reaching their goals and potential in life.

Cossolotto now offers a PEPTalk he calls a “Your HabitForce Checkup From the Neck Up” – an entertaining and potentially life-changing presentation that helps people break free from the seven F.A.I.L.U.R.E. habits that hold them back from achieving their potential and reaching their goals and dreams.

“Most people feel stuck,” Cossolotto says.  “They feel trapped, unable to get enough traction to make the changes they’d like to make in their lives.  Why?  Because their HabitForce is working against them.  It’s like driving your car around with the emergency brake on and three flat tires.  You’re not going to get anywhere that way.”  

Cossolotto's announcement coincided with the July 4th Independence Day holiday, which prompted him to urge people to declare their independence from negative habits and mindsets that hold them back.

“You have nothing to lose but your chains," declared Cossolotto, "in the form of disempowering habits and mindsets that tend to keep people anchored to patterns of thought and behavior that are counter-productive.  The first step toward personal change is to declare your independence from these negative habits by getting a thorough ‘HabitForce checkup from the neck up.’”

Cossolotto’s “HabitForce Checkup From the Neck Up” program features lively discussions about the Six Axioms of Personal Empowerment, the habits of F.A.I.L.U.R.E. and S.U.C.C.E.S.S., and the three-step process for reprogramming your HabitForce so it works for you, not against you.  This process is called “The Three Rs:  Recognize, Reject, and Replace.”
 
“The first order of business is to take inventory of the underlying habits and mindsets that control your life.  We’re all the product of our habits.  Aristotle said it well:  ‘We are what we repeatedly do.’  That’s where my ‘HabitForce Checkup From the Neck Up’ comes in.  This means taking stock of your underlying habits with the checklist of F.A.I.L.U.R.E. and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. habits that I describe in my book HabitForce! and in my presentations and coaching sessions.”

Cossolotto believes real transformation begins with self-awareness, when we start to closely monitor “our thoughts, our internal dialogue, the self-talk that goes on constantly between your ears.”  He says self awareness -- especially with regard to this often negative, unconscious self-talk -- is the key to harnessing your HabitForce and turning things around.

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About Matthew Cossolotto: Author of HabitForce! and creator of “Make A Promise Day” (May 4th), Matthew Cossolotto (aka “The Podium Pro”) is a guest speaker, CEO-level speechwriter, and speech coach. A former aide to House Speaker Jim Wright and Congressman Leon Panetta, Matthew also served as a CEO speechwriter at MCI, Pepsi-Cola International, and GTE.

Also the author of All The World’s A Podium, Matthew is working on a new book with a foreword by Jack Canfield (of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame) titled The Power of Making a Promise. Matthew brings his Personal Empowerment Programs — “PEPTalks”– to a wide range of audiences including colleges, nonprofits, associations, agencies, and corporations. PEPTalks include:
• The Power of Making a Promise
• The Joy of Speaking
• Success Is An Inside Job
• Your HabitForce Checkup From The Neck Up
To book Matthew to speak or to order your signed copy of HabitForce!, visit http://www.ThePodiumPro.com.