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2012 Travel Dates

• Jan 9-12 - Tacoma, WA
• Jan 21 - Riverside, CA
• Jan 26-27 - Gresham, OR
• Feb 6-12 - Denver, CO
• Feb 20-22 - Johnson City, TN
• Feb 23-25 - Springfield, IL
• Feb 27-29 - Gainseville, GA
• Mar 1-2 - Alpharetta, GA
• Mar 6-9 - Jamestown, ND
• Mar 11-13 - Willison, ND

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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS & AUDIENCE REVIEWS:

Rudy Ruettiger (the Notre Dame football player who inspired the movie 'RUDY') says: "Hal touched my heart, he's an awesome speaker!"

James Malinchak, co-author of 'Chicken Soup for the College Soul' says: "Hal and his story will inspire your people to be better in life. Book Hal today!"

Deborah Poneman, co-author of 'Chicken Soup for the American Idol's Soul' says: "Hal is a phenomenal speaker!"

[CSUSB Dir. of Student Leadership] Mark Hartley says: "My students were lovin' 'Yo Pal Hal'! Every person in American needs to hear his story and I will continue to bring him back year after year!"

[Century College Associate Director of Student Life] Jenn Rassett says: "Yo Pal Hal is an excellent speaker and I will definitely bring him back!"

[Minot High School Career Counselor] Steve Beutler has booked 'Yo Pal Hal' for 5 presentations and has referred him to dozens of other school counselors. Steve says "I will continue to bring Hal back to Minot Schools because Hal always gives an awesome message and the kids love him!"

[K-12 Guidance Counselor] April Hendrickson has booked 'Yo Pal Hal' to speak for 6 different high schools and says she highly recommend having Hal speak at your school, and the feedback she's received [from several students and teachers] has been exceptional!

[High School Event Coordinator] Carla Steffen has booked 'Yo Pal Hal' for 5 presentations and she says: "It was awesome! His message is challenging and an amazing story. Hal is so easy to work with and I'd suggest any school that can bring him in to take advantage of that opportunity."

[High School Principal] Kevin Hoherz says: "We just had Hal speak and what a powerful message! It was just one positive message after another. The student body received it well. I would highly recommend Hal, he was awesome!"

[Middle School Counselor] Melissa LeClarc says: "'Yo Pal Hal's' inspirational story not only kept the kids engaged throughout the whole assembly, but he had them laughing as well. I highly recommend having 'Yo Pal Hal' come speak to your students!"

[High School Counselor] Jennifer Lunde says: "'Yo Pal Hal' did an outstanding job! Our kids were engaged and they resonated with his message."

[High School Counselor] Kristi Fry has seen Hal speak twice now and says: "This is the 2nd time I've heard Hal speak. He did a wonderful job and hits a lot of the student topics I hear on a day-to-day basis in school counseling."

[College student] "Hal was cool because he was really funny, but at the same time he was really serious. I wish my parents were here!"

[3 High School Students] from Minot, ND Reflect On Hal's Speech...

[A Parent's Perspective] - "I'm really impressed with Hal's presentation, He's going to make a difference for all these young kids."

[College student] Aaron says: "Hal Elrod is by far the best speaker I have ever seen in my entire life!"

[High School Senior] Shae says: "Hal made me realize that, even though my childhood wasn't easy, it's made me who I am today and I'm grateful for it."

[High School Senior] Sarayah says: "Hal taught me that no matter what bad things happen to you, there's always a positive way to make things better."

[High School Senior] Amanda says: "Hal inspired me and taught me that I really should look at the positive side of life."

[College student] "Hal tells you that you need to change the way you think in order to be successful."

[College student] "Hal's strategies area life-changing, I can't wait to get home and implement all of the cool stuff I learned!"

[High School Senior] Hayley says: "I just saw 'Yo Pal Hal's speech and it was awesome!"

[Audience Member] "Hal was phenomenal! I'm so happy that I was here to hear him speak."

[College student] "I learned a lot from Hal, it was really motivating for me to hear all of the advice he gave."

[College student] "Hal's book changed my life, it's the best book in the world!"

[College student] "Hal gave a lot of great tips!"

[College student] "I just saw Hal Elrod speak and it really fires me up!"

[College student] "Hal's talk was so amazing!"

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The “CAN’T CHANGE IT” Movement & Wristband

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Do you desire to truly LOVE
the life you have?

The first step is to accept all things you cannot change.

Are there aspects of your life that you wish you could change, but that you simply cannot change? Maybe a painful event from your recent or distant past, or a challenging circumstance you are dealing with now…? Possibly a difficult person in your life, or the current state of the world…?

“The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance; some form of unconscious resistance to what is.” -Eckhart Tolle, author, The Power of Now

It is no secret that, although there are many aspects of our lives that we can take steps to change (or more accurately “re-create”, since one can’t change what is, but only create something new in its place), there is more to life that is outside of our control—things that we simply cannot change, no matter how badly we may want to.

Whether a painful event from our past, or any other undesirable state of our immediate lives and the world around us, we are faced each day with challenging circumstances that we can’t change; at least not once they have occurred. We do, however, always have a choice in how we respond to our circumstances—to either resist life, or accept it—and the choice we make determines our experience of life. When we are in a state of resistance, we always create emotional pain. When we are in a state of acceptance, we create inner peace. To the degree that we wish or want something to be different that cannot be different, is the degree that we create pain for ourselves.

Acceptance allows you to live in peace and free from Emotional Pain.

Since it is our resistance—our wishing and wanting circumstances beyond our control to be different—that causes all of our emotional pain, it is only once we ACCEPT all the aspects of life unconditionally that we transcend our pain, become at peace with life as it is and create a space for any emotion we choose to experience.

So long as you are not willing to accept what is, there is no space for what could be.

It was during my recovery after a near fatal car accident that I became aware of The Power of ACCEPTANCE, and I created the Can’t Change It™ wristband to remind me that there is no value in feeling bad about anything that I can’t change. As soon as I started wearing the wristband, I quickly became aware that all of my emotional pain (frustration, anger, regret, sadness, worry, etc.) came about ONLY when I resisted something that I couldn’t change.

Within the first few weeks of wearing my Can’t Change It™ wristband, I began to find that I was able to catch myself going into “resistance” mode
before it happened, and thus avoid indulging in my habitual negative emotions. A great example of this occurred one day when I was running late for work and sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Normally I would spend the entire drive feeling tense, frustrated, and wishing and wanting that traffic would move faster! But as soon as I began to feel myself getting upset, I glanced at my Can’t Change It™ wristband on my wrist…

I said aloud, “Can’t Change It” and took a deep breath… Realizing that I couldn’t change the fact that I was running late, couldn’t change the speed of the traffic, and I couldn’t control my manager’s response when I arrived late to work—but I COULD CHOOSE how I spent my time getting there—I
chose to relax my tense shoulders, reflect for a moment on all that I had to be grateful for, and turn up the radio… What a better way to spend my time in traffic (and in life)!

The Can’t Change It™ Movement aims to bring peace to your life.

The Can’t Change It™ Movement is an awakening in the way of putting our past habitual non-acceptance behind us in exchange for the freedom and inner peace that acceptance will bring. We can be at peace with our lives and no longer
controlled by our frustration, anger, resentment, and other hurtful emotions that we have unconsciously allowed to control us in the past. You can learn to experience emotional freedom, and you can START TODAY by wearing your own Can’t Change It™ wristband as well as giving the gift of wristbands to your friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else you care about that could use a little peace in their lives.

The Can’t Change It™ wristband is a life-changing reminder to ACCEPT all things we cannot change, thus freeing ourselves from emotional pain so that we may experience the emotional freedom and inner peace that ACCEPTANCE brings.

Buy the "Taking Life Head On!" e-Book Now!

Congratulations on taking the first step in your life toward acceptance and peace, and THANK YOU for supporting the Front Row Foundation!

Always with Unconditional Love and Gratitude,

Yo Pal Hal

What Others Are Saying About “Can’t Change It”…

Can’t Change It…. So Just Smile.
Kinda funny… the day after I saw Hal speak, I went out to dinner and some girl spilled her honey mustard and Melted Butter all over my shoes… I was about to completely flip out on the girl, but then i remember Hal speech from the Conf. i said to myself ‘can’t change it’, smiled and told her its ok… stuff happens… she looked at me like i had lost my mind… lol

~Junco

One idea that has made a huge difference in my life!
It’s interesting…a day after I heard this speech, I hit a deer late at night on highway 401 here in North Carolina.
My intuition was to be pissed (deer lived, my car is looking at crazy amounts of damage), but then I remembered Hal’s speech…CAN’T CHANGE IT.

So, I took everything in stride, with a positive attitude. And that one idea has made a huge difference for my weekend, and my life.

~Adam

Honestly…I was a skeptic of this at first, but after you try it and USE it everyday constantly, it makes life so much better.
My best friend who I would do anything for just recently told me that she asked another buddy of mine to be her escort after I told her I would be her escort. At first I wanted be mad, but then I thought, why be mad when I couldn’t change it. Can’t Change It….works!

Thanks Hal!

~Jon

This changed my perspective and I was able to turn my adversity into an advantage.
After your talk, you cannot imagine how many times I want to be upset about something or be negative. However, each time, I told myself “can’t change it” and it changed my perspective on things and I was able to turn my adversity into an advantage or try to see the situation from a brighter view. Thanks a lot and I know this will help me tremendously when I run my Branch office in the summer of 2010. Thanks again!!!

~Lauren

I am a big fan of the “CAN’T CHANGE IT” philosophy!
~Jeremiah

To this day I am still wearing “Can’t Change It” wristband!
It’s been three years since I saw Hal speak, and to this day I am still wearing my “Can’t Change It” wristband… Thanks Hal!

~David White, President of Youth Advocate Programs

Your motto: “Can’t Change It” is an inspiration to us everyday!
With our industry in such a crisis with the current market conditions, your motto: “can’t change it” is an inspiration to us everyday!

~Michelle Skupic, VP of Chicago Title Insurance Company

Hey my name is fred im 13 and im reading ur book…
I look up 2 u and say 2 myself alot “cant change it” – thanx! I like ur book. My father Fred Glaeser does Cutco he was also a fired up knife selling machine. He has a shirt. Wow u have gone through some hard times ur poz attitude helped u and me. I wanna b like u. Someday i might do Cutco like my father and would really like 2 meet u. U r such an inspiration. I now do that never mad 4 more than 5 min. thanx

~Fred Jr.

Tony Smithers

Great post Hal!

Matt R.

I love it! A lot of things that took place in the past belong in our past and not in our present or our future. I love the “Can't Change It” philosophy! Thanks for this reminder Yo Pal!

http://themiraclemorning.com/ "Yo Pal" Hal Elrod

Thanks Tony! ;^)

Sincerely,

“Yo Pal” Hal