Updates from Wayne Donnelly

Start Your Day This Way...For A Better Day!

Start Your Day This Way...For A Better Day!
Refresh. Renew. Recharge.

Every day, you're handed a reset button.
But the truth is, most business owners never press it.
Instead, they roll from yesterday into today, dragging emotional residue, unresolved conversations, and mental clutter right into the next boardroom, strategy meeting, or performance review.

If you’re running a business, you’re not short on decisions. Your days are packed with people who need answers, teams who need vision, and operations that require precision.

And yet, most high-performing business owners are making these decisions in a state of energetic hangover.
Yesterday’s stress. Yesterday’s frustration. Yesterday’s worry.
You wouldn’t write a new proposal on the back of a used napkin.
So why are you writing today’s leadership moves on yesterday’s emotional slate?

High Performance Begins Before the Day Begins
Over the past 30 days alone, I’ve had morning check-in sessions with clients processing everything from grief and loss to strategic pivots and investor pressure.
One client came to the call emotionally exhausted from handling a family health crisis. Another arrived beaming after landing a $600K deal.
Both needed the same thing: a mental and emotional reset to be effective today.

They didn’t need another to-do list.
They needed space.
They needed a circuit breaker.
They needed a ritual to shift their internal state  so they could show up at their best, no matter what the day had in store.

Your Morning Reset Isn’t Just Self-Care. It’s Strategy.
This isn’t some soft, optional luxury.
This is about setting the tone for:
Clear, focused thinking
Emotionally intelligent leadership
Decisive, values-aligned action

Without a reset, you’re reactive. With a reset, you’re intentional.

Here’s the simple framework I walk clients through during their morning ritual:
1. Clear the Mental Clutter Ask: What am I still carrying from yesterday that I don’t need today? Write it down. Burn it. Rip it up. Let it go.
2. Anchor to the Now Do something physical, a breathwork pattern, a cold shower, a walk without your phone. Get back into your body and out of your head.
3. Refocus on What Matters Ask: What would make today a win? Not 10 things, just one. Clarity is power.
4. Set Your Emotional State Intentionally Don’t wait for motivation to appear. Create it. Use music, movement, or NLP anchoring to shift your state.
5. Visualise the Day Before It Begins Run a 90-second mental movie: you, calm, clear, decisive, handling today with power and purpose.

It takes less than 10 minutes. But it transforms your next 10 hours.
You’re the Asset. Protect the Asset.
As a founder, leader, or high-level operator ... your state is your edge.
You can have the best team, the best market, the best strategy… but if you’re foggy, frazzled, or flat, everything suffers.

When you begin the day with a refreshed mind, a renewed purpose, and a recharged spirit, you make better decisions. You lead with strength. You attract aligned opportunities. You hold stronger boundaries. You win the day before it even starts.

Let’s Reset What Matters

This Morning Ritual Will Shift Your Energy and Sharpen Your Business Edge!
If your mornings feel rushed, reactive, or heavy... let’s build a ritual that flips that.

I work with clients who need to bring their best self to every room they walk into.
And it starts with mastering the first 10 minutes of the day.

We’ll:
Clear the fog
Reset your daily mindset
Design your powerful morning framework
Because how you start the day is how you lead.
Let’s make it count.
Make every day the best day of your life,

Wayne :)

The Clock Is Ticking ...What Will You Do With NOW?

The Clock Is Ticking ...What Will You Do With NOW?
One word has the power to transform chaos into clarity, distraction into direction, and potential into power.
That word?
FOCUS. 
But not just any kind of focus. I’m talking about:
Follow One Course Until Successful.(TM Antonio White)
(Yes, I wish I had trademarked it too.)
(Today's video.. 1min 44 secs  https://youtu.be/7avKeE7ksOA )

Lately, this idea has been front and centre in my coaching. 
Why? 
Because too many brilliant people are caught in a whirlwind of half-finished ideas, scattered intentions, and unanchored goals. They drift… when they were born to drive.

So today, I want to remind you of something that can cut through the noise. A simple yet powerful poem that speaks to the very heart of why FOCUS matters:
- - - - -  - - 
“The clock of life is wound but once, 
And no man has the power 
To tell just when the hands will stop, 
At a late or early hour. 
NOW is the only time you own.
Live, love, toil with a will. 
Place no faith in time… 
For the clock may soon be still.” 
- - - - - - - - 
Now is not a suggestion. It’s your only guarantee.
Whatever dream has been whispering to you ... act on it. 
Whatever vision you’ve put on the shelf ... pick it back up. 
Whatever course you’ve half-followed ... finish it.

Because waiting for the "right time" is the fastest way to waste the only time you’ve got.

If you're tired of spinning your wheels, jumping from one idea to the next, or just feeling like you're meant for more but can't quite break through…

Then now is your time to FOCUS with precision, power, and purpose.

🔑 I’m opening up limited spots for breakthrough coaching ... designed to help you silence the noise, lock into your true vision, and execute like never before. 
30 minutes, 1:1, complimentary opportunity to help you see further.

Are you ready to move with intention, claim your time, and rise?
Let’s make this your moment.

Wayne Donnelly 
Business Mindset Coach 
“Helping You Remember Who You Really Are and What You're Capable Of”

🧠 This Is the Real Reason You’re Stuck…

🧠 This Is the Real Reason You’re Stuck…
🧠 This Is the Real Reason You’re Stuck…
And it’s not because you’re lazy. Or undisciplined. Or not smart enough.
In fact, the more intelligent, ambitious, and driven you are… The more likely you are to fall into this hidden trap.
It’s not your business model. It’s not your marketing. It’s not even your strategy.
It’s your mindset operating system, quietly running the same outdated commands… Even while you're trying to install a "bigger life" on top.


🚨 Pattern Interrupt: If You’ve Ever Thought:
“I know what to do, but I’m still not doing it…”
“Why does success feel like such a grind?”
“I’ve invested in coaching, but I still feel stuck…”
Then you’re not the problem. Your internal programming is.
Here’s what no one’s talking about:
👉 High performers don’t get stuck because they lack drive… They get stuck because they’ve outgrown their identity but no one gave them the tools to upgrade it.


🔍 The Real Problem Isn’t Time or Tactics
It’s the invisible thinking traps:
You wait for “the right time” (that never comes)
You over-prepare but under-launch
You second-guess instead of execute
You hustle harder when you really need to pause, reset, and upgrade your operating system


🎯 What Happens When You Stay Here?
You miss revenue while overthinking the next move
You watch less talented people pass you
You burn out doing more of what doesn’t work
You question if you’ve “still got it”
That gnawing feeling in your gut? It’s not fear. It’s misalignment.


⚡ Time For A Reset
🔥 I created something that shifts this fast ... without the fluff, journals, or endless podcasts.
🎧 UNSTUCK IN 6 MINUTES™
A rapid mindset reset that clears mental clutter, reconnects you to clarity, and unlocks aligned action.
For less than a cheap lunch, just $7 , you’ll experience exactly how to interrupt the loop and break free. This is not a course. It’s not a coaching pitch. It’s a neural pattern break that changes everything.
▶️ Click here to Access the $7 Recording Now »
Or if you’re ready to get real results, fast Book a free Breakthrough Coaching Call and let’s rewire the thinking that’s been slowing you down.
👉 Click Here To Book Your Call »

💥 Final Word
You don’t need another motivational quote. You need traction. Momentum. And a mind that finally works for you, not against you.
Let’s fix the real issue, so you can move forward fast. You in?

The old financial year is about to close. The new financial year is about to start. SOunds like a good time o change and make a fresh start.
Lets do it!

Wayne Business & Mindset Coach 

🧠 Rewire Your Self-Image: Break Free from the Past and Step Into Power

🧠 Rewire Your Self-Image: Break Free from the Past and Step Into Power
How your hidden identity blueprint could be sabotaging your success...and how to rewrite it for good

“Most people’s identity is an echo of their parents, teachers, or trauma...not their potential.”
High-achievers rarely look broken on the outside.
But on the inside, many are fighting invisible battles:

  • A deep fear of being exposed as “not enough”
  • A silent belief that their success is a fluke
  • A lingering sense that something is wrong with them

These aren’t personality flaws. They’re symptoms of a distorted self-image.

🔍 The Root of the Problem: It's Not Who You Are... It's Who You Think You Are

Your self-image is the invisible lens shaping your thoughts, decisions, and outcomes.
Most of it was programmed early in life:
“I have to struggle to be successful.” “I’m not worthy of happiness.” “I’m a bad seed.”
These beliefs don’t live in your mind alone, they’re stored in your body and reinforced by every time you repeat YOUR STORY.

🐬 The Healing Metaphor: The Seed and the Dolphins

Let me tell you a story we shared in a recent live session, one that helps rewire the nervous system with metaphor, emotion, and play:

There was once a small seed buried in the bottom of a dark, sludgy lake. It had always been told it was bad. Wicked. Unworthy. Broken.
And the seed believed it. So it stayed buried, hidden in shame and self-doubt.
But one Christmas, a pod of dolphins swam into that lake, each one wearing a Santa hat. Not just playful creatures, these were metaphysical dolphins.
Some wore mining gear and drilled deep holes in the lakebed to drain out the sludge of trauma and criticism. Others poured concrete into those holes so the darkness couldn’t seep back in. And a few gently held the seed aloft, lifting it into the light with love and reverence.
They didn’t see a bad seed. They saw something pure. Something sacred. Something worth celebrating.
And in that moment, the seed remembered:
“I am not my past. I am who I choose to become.”
It was planted high on a mountain, where the sun hit just right. And there, it bloomed into the extraordinary tree it was always destined to be.

The lesson?
You don’t have to fix everything about your past to grow. You just have to change where you plant yourself...and change your story.

💫 The Practice That Changes Everything

We ended the session with a powerful internal process:
✅ Anchoring your heart with a joyful memory ✅ Speaking the 4 phrases of Ho’oponopono ✅ Breathing in the trigger word: “Freedom” ✅ Reclaiming the truth: “I am not broken. I am blooming.”
Real transformation isn’t mental. It’s neurological. And neurological wiring can be changed, playfully, gently, permanently.

🎁 Free Gift: “Anchor Your Identity” Daily Ritual Cheat Sheet

Inside this instant download, you’ll get:
✅ The full Seed & Dolphins story ✅ A 5-step morning identity ritual ✅ Journal prompts to rewire your self-image ✅ Mantras that replace sabotage with strength

🚀 Your Dolphins Are Waiting…

If this spoke to you, then it’s time to go deeper.
I’m opening a handful of spots for a 1:1 Breakthrough Session to help you rewrite your story and build the identity that matches your highest vision.
Bonus: The first 10 people who apply get a free copy of the illustrated Seed and the Dolphins storybook PDF as a personal keepsake.
🔗 Comment "Rewrite" below or DM me and I’ll send the details.

You’re not broken. You’re blooming. Now is the time to plant yourself somewhere new.
#SelfImage #EmotionalFreedom #RewriteYourStory #HighPerformanceMindset #LeadershipFromWithin #BusinessGrowthStartsWithin #TraumaToTransformation #InnerWorkForSuccess #IdentityShift #MindsetMatters

What’s Your Focus Costing You?

What’s Your Focus Costing You?
The Market Isn’t Too Crowded, But Your Mind Might Be

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “There’s just too much competition,” or “It’s all been done before”?

It’s a common trap and one that quietly kills momentum, drains energy, and suffocates opportunity.

In fact, the biggest obstacle for most business owners isn’t the market. It’s focus.

Here’s what I’ve seen over and over:

People who feel stuck are usually focused on what’s not working, what’s wrong, or what they fear.
And what you focus on, you get more of.

Now here’s the part most people miss:
The wrong focus is expensive.

💸 The Real Cost of Being Stuck
Let’s say you spend just 1 hour a day stuck in comparison, doubt, or overthinking ... focused on competition, problems, or worst-case scenarios.

If your time is worth $100/hour (a modest estimate for most professionals)…
That’s $36,500 a year of wasted energy and opportunity.

Over a 20-year business span?

That’s $730,000 ... gone.

Not because you lacked talent, skills, or ideas.
But because your focus was hijacked.

🔁 It’s Time to Take It Back
The shift begins by asking:

Where is your focus right now?

What is that costing you?

And… what if you could shift it in just 6 minutes?

🎧 Introducing: Unstuck in 6 Minutes
I created a short, powerful mindset reset audio to help you:

Break the pattern of stuck thinking
Reclaim your focus
Reignite momentum — fast

You can get it today for just $7 — that’s less than the value of 5 minutes of your time.

👉 Click Here To Get Yours Now

💡 What’s Next: Live Workshop Series
Coming soon: a live workshop series to take this even further.

We’ll go deep on:

🔍 Focus & Attention Mastery

Clarity & Decision-Making

🧠 Certainty in Uncertain Times

🚀 Overcoming Procrastination (with tools like my Overcome Procrastination Cheat Sheet and 7 Thinking Traps Framework)

You’ll get real tools, real shifts, and real momentum  just like my private clients.

But first, start where the breakthrough begins:

👉 Grab your $7 “Unstuck in 6 Minutes” reset now.

Your future is waiting on the other side of a new focus.

To your next level,
Wayne Donnelly
Mindset Coach | Hypnotherapist | Human Potential Specialist
https://waynedonnelly.com

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About Wayne Donnelly

Since 2009, I’ve helped professionals, business owners, and high performers create powerful shifts in mindset to overcome overwhelm, reignite passion, and unlock results they never thought possible.

But this path didn’t start in a textbook.

In 2005, I hit my own wall — navigating depression, burnout, and a total loss of direction. Traditional approaches didn’t shift it… but tapping into the unconscious mind did. It changed everything.
That breakthrough led me to retrain in Clinical Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and ultimately become the coach I wish I had back then.

Today, I specialise in helping people like you get back in the driver’s seat of their business, mindset, and life — breaking free from old patterns and stepping into their next level of success with clarity, confidence and purpose.
Because when you shift your thinking, you shift your outcomes.

And it doesn’t have to take years.

👉 Download your free guide to discover practical strategies you can use right now to reset your thinking and create results with less stress and more impact.

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