How To Use Mistakes To Supercharge Your Learning

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way that you could know for sure, before you did something, you were going to succeed?

In this Episode:

00:10 – Success is never guaranteed
00:30 – When I first started making the videos
01:15 – Two mistakes in one video
02:00 – How to Use Failure To Move us Forward
02:10 – Apply information forward
02:40 – After the doing we take action
03:20 – The challenge
03:38 – Quote from Woody Allen
04:32 – Affirmation to move you forward in learning

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6 Ways You Want to Rejuvenate Your Spirit

I was recently turned on to a TV series I had not yet seen. What do you think happened next? Yep, I went into binge watching mode. There is just something about getting caught up to the current episode and getting caught up by the series itself.

Something happened over those days, when I filled the spare moments and down time with watching. It seemed to take over more that just my spare time. Oh, I was having a great time in the play arena, and isn’t that an important part of self-care and work/life balance?

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How To Be Free From Worry Now!

It is such a drag when thoughts, worries, and concerns override your mind and highjack your emotions. You even end up doing things you hadn’t intended on doing.

In this episode:

00:30 – Struggle with self-doubt?
00:58 – The great story machine
01:25 – How paradigms hold us back
01:52 – The key to releasing your mind from worry
02:34 – Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
03:06 – No longer trapped in your mind
03:42 – Let it go
04:02 – Affirmation to move you forward

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Tired Of Fitting In? Or, Being You?

Have you ever tried looking into your own eyes in the mirror and giving yourself a sincere compliment? How about trying this, look at yourself in the mirror and sincerely say, “I love you!”

This exercise makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Maybe it’s because of social norms, religious upbringing, or simply from something you believe about yourself that was passed on to you from your parents or caregivers, but that’s a talk for another time.

Right now I want you to be you, and be happy being you.

In This Episode

00:35 – To be or not to be? What will people think?
01:08 – Don’t try to be who you are not
01:38 – Being authentic
01:59 – Getting in debt just to impress and fit in
03:05 – Validation short film
03:57 – Change comes from the inside
04:32 – Observe your self talk
05:13 – Action task: 5-15 min assignment
06:02 – Stop comparing

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06:30 – Affirmation to move you forward

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Experience Being Grateful Today–Lessons from a Monk

How do you grapple with the idea of gratitude? Often, being consumed with the way difficult experiences affect us, we don’t take time to be thankful for all that there is in our lives which is good.

Gratitude doesn’t come from the good or the beauty we experience or see in life, it comes from who we are. You reaction to anything is simply a reflection of you, it’s not a judgement on that thing, that person, or that event. We project ourselves onto what we see and hear.

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6 Ways Your Mind Wants You to Care For It So You Won’t Lose It

I’m gonna assume you have been a giving person and have been living your life out pretty fully. You may feel you’re the only one who sees how much you’ve poured into your life, your loved ones, or your work.

With all that giving, there comes a time when you need to be a little selfish about yourself and your time. Don’t feel guilty about it. Really!

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5 Hopping Ideas For When Life Disappoints You, or You Stub Your Toe

The other day I stubbed my toe so hard I started hopping around, mumbling to myself. It seems like a crazy reaction to have when I’m in pain, but it’s very common and most of us will do it when we stub out toe.

I believe one simple reason is that when get busy doing something else we are not absorbed by the pain and it quickly falls into perspective. It’s not so bad after all and it soon passes. (more…)

How Exercise Makes You Happier and Smarter

What can you do to stop feeling guilty about your level of fitness? Only recently have I finally started to get into the best shape of my life and I’m 42 years old.

I hear you saying, “Setting and accomplishing a goal like this is tough.” I’ll give you some tips you can start using today, which have turned my life around. Before I do, can you guess what is one of the biggest factors that made this change in my life possible? (more…)