Beginning To Begin: Recent Episodes
Jesse Schaa
Come join me as I explore new ideas, software, and various other activities. Uncovering what it looks like to begin a new task, project, or adventure! I have a variety of work experience and a wide depth of interests! Come Explore With me! :) I hope that we can partner together to build something that's been in the back of your head for too long now! You can also subscribe to my blog on beginningtobegin.com
Today we are unpacking my top 8 tips and tricks for building better discipline in your life! 💪
- The 2-minute rule
- Focus on Transformation not Checkboximation
- The 5 Minute Mind trick
- Habit Stacking
- Write it down
- Accountability
- Positive Self Talk
- Make it Easier
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Start with the following:
Go to bed on time—prep before the morning.
Eat a healthy breakfastÂ
Drink lots of water
Start your day reading the bible, praying, or journaling (Connecting to something outside of you)
Shoot a few grateful text messages (2-3)
Read Dream Big by Bob Goff
Say a prayer for your family and your kids at lunch
On the way home from work, don't think about the football game, think about what you will do with your kids.
Over dinner, no phones, and ask your kids (What made you smile today?) Or what was your favorite part of the day? Engage for real.
In the evening, ask your spouse about their day, and really listen (Listen means to hear the emotion, not the words).Â
Hitting this every day is not possible for me :D Yet strive to build the discipline to follow a routine like THIS for YOU.
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Nothing to see here :) Better listen up 😆
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Comfort
Push yourself.
Stop Watching Netflix
Quitting
Stay in the game.
Force function
Accountability
Waiting for the Ducks to be in a row...
Jeff Bezos's rule of 70%
Noise
Are you always plugged in?
Brains are not meant to take in information constantly
Procrastination
Need I say more? :DÂ
Comparison
You will never be enough.
It will steal joy and success for you.Â
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We are all hounded by the impacts of procrastination. What if there was a way to end it? What if there was a way to make it so that you could stay on top of your goals and dreams? Tune in!
- Start by knowing the root of the issue
- Build OKRs with a strong WHY and strong timeline
- Break down your goals into bit-sized pieces
- Map your goals to a timeline, start at the end, and work backward ;)
- Set aside both space and place 🚀
- Use a productivity tool. I recommend Pomodoro
- Leave your place clean and tidy
- Step back and review weekly
Congrats, your snowball is building!
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- Making your Bed
- Drinking a full glass of water
- Waiting 90 minutes before your cup of coffee
- Spend time without technology. Preferably reading a book or journaling
- Be Grateful (Send a text message to make someone's day)
- Put your phone in Airplane Mode during your focus hours
- Drink more water
- Write down or share one thing you were grateful for with your family. Gratitude programs a healthy mindset
- Prep for tomorrow (Exercise, Snacks, Food)
- Get all your dishes to ZERO (Bill Gates)
- Box breathing 4x4x4x4
- Write down your 3:3:3 before bed (3 Hours on essential tasks, 3 shorter tasks, 3 maintenance activities) Source: Oliver Burkeman
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Building your passions is a lot harder than it seems. There are several things I have learned over the years that has helped me and allowed me to grow and see success.
Come listen and explore with me what have learned about stoking the fire that is your idea/goal/passion!!!
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Knowing yourself is key to understanding your strengths and MOST importantly. Your downfalls :)Â
Tune in as I talk about my 3 favorite tools to know myself.
Stay Training.
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Habits make up 40% of our day.
Our habits support our routines, and our routines support our goals.Â
Our goals? Well, this support living a PASSION FIlled life :)
Go Forth and Conquer Your Life. Starting Training. Not trying
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It is time to begin to begin. Yet how do you start? Where do you even begin?
Today we unpacked one of the best tools I have found the most success in. So Tune in and learn how to begin. Learn how to find your passion and unlock success in that.
As promised: https://www.beginningtobegin.com/post/the-neural-roller-coasterÂ
Book Recommendation: Dream Big by Bob Goff
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You have been making up so many reasons to delay.
No more. It is time to start building. Start getting up every single day with PURPOSE!
Time to build the future you know is inside of you.
Time to unlock it.
Time to make it all happen.
The old you? Not strong enough? This you? This you is ready. So let us do it!!
Season Two!!!
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Lets Gooooooo
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In life, we have a lot of things going on. We are juggling new activities constantly. We have family, friends, work, all of this to juggle and balance.
If you are on this podcast then you have a desire to grow and start something new as well! How do we make sure we are putting up good boundaries? How do we ensure that we are setting up checkpoints not to slip into our old habits, or into a poor mental health status?
Resources:
- Reset by David Murray
- Redefining Anxiety by John Delony
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When the honeymoon phase leaves. What are we left with? Is it worth it?
We get restless. We grow tired of what we are doing.
It is just too hard.
Reason after reason. Thing after thing.
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Life is hard and can be tough. So how do we work through our past mistakes?
How do we let go so that these mistakes do not paralyze us for future, potential opportunities in our life. That is something I am still processing through to be honest.
But let's start unpacking it in today's podcast and further unpack it with some resources I will share about how I am processing through these same questions floating around in my head.
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We have all seen or at least heard about a few toddlers that have accomplished more than we thought possible! In the same way, we should be pursuing our goals and dreams with a similar tenacity!Â
Listen to hear about flexing those young muscles so that you are READY when the opportunity arises!
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Sitting on the couch is an easy thing to do for sure. How do we get ourselves off the couch? How do we get motivated to get started?
But What if we could make your dreams become realized? What if we could take the idea that you have been wanting to work on and turn it into a reality? What if you could learn to write a Mobile app? What if you could get healthy and change your life?Â
Now you need to commit to something! You need to challenge yourself to get after it and become a better version of yourself! Get up every single day and fight for this new future that you are wanting to build.Â
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Life is filled with stress and obstacles that like to knock us down. Usually when we start Beginning to Begin on all of our projects to 😉
In today's episode, we journey through three main topics that will help you reduce some of the more common stressors to free up our minds and focus on your projects and goals. 🎯
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Read: Better Decisions & Fewer Regrets By Andy Stanely
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Balance is not an easy thing to find.Â
The moment we feel like we found it, we realize we have not. Yet it should be something that we are striving for every day in all of the different areas of our life!
I talk a little bit about the need for balance while also talking about practical implementations for how to adjust your life towards more balance!
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- Research to see if anyone else is doing it. Seriously.
- Establish your Why
- I want to serve a community. << BE MORE SPECIFIC. What community? What section of the city. Get nitty-gritty
- I want to build software. <
Leadership is a lifelong pursuit. Join me as I start to unpack some of the things that I have learned on my journey to leadership!Â
Consistency, growth, humbleness...
It's a challenging road. So listen at your own discretion 😉
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Emotions drive so much about how we interpret our life. From relationships to decisions, emotions are involved.
Tune in to hear about how to map these emotions to be able to make more informed and better decisions about our choices.Â
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We all have been there before. We have life-bearing down and we just WISH for something to get better.Â
Have you ever paused to consider what the wishing mentality does to our brains though? Today we begin to process through the wishing mentality and how it might actually be holding you back from moving forward!Â
Come Tune In :)
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Life can be difficult. Lets talk about how to change our perspective and focus to get through the difficulty that life can pile on.Â
In today's episode we talk about how a few simple changes on focus and a perspective change can impact and grow your own personal endurance.Â
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There is so much to do in a day. There are so many pulling demands for our time and our energy. I have been working on how to do more with less time and I have been finding some interesting patterns emerge in my own life.Â
The biggest impact I can have on my time is what I spend it on. The closest example to time I can draw in my life is money. When you do not budget your money, you always seem to spend everything you have, but you are often left wondering, "What did I spend it on?".
You are in charge of your $$ and you should be in charge of how you spend your time. So spend it on what matters!
https://www.beginningtobegin.com/post/do-more-with-less
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I have found that life has an illusion. There is an illusion that we can be "still" in life and that nothing occurs. That we can sit at a job we don't "love" and it will not hurt our career.
I have found that life has a cost to everything. We are either changing or growing, or we are becoming weaker. There is no way for us to sit still in the place that we are at. With every choice we make we are casting a vote towards the future we want to have.
- https://www.beginningtobegin.com/post/the-illusion-of-complacency
- https://www.beginningtobegin.com/post/humbly-accept-accountability
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Today we talk about pursuing your dreams and discovering "What Even Matters"
We talk about death 💀...... 😬 and then we move into talking about our Why (Simeon Sinek) then we talk about what is getting in the way with a transition into weeding out and discovering your dreams (Bob Goff).....
Book Recommendations:
- Start with Why By Simon Sinek
- Dream Big by Bob Goff
- To Hell with Hustle By Jefferson Bethke
- Unlocking Your Aspirations
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In today's episode, we talk about what it looks like to be a project manager. We talk about the specific character traits, and how to use these traits to implement better projects.Â
We also spend some time talking about communication and how necessary it is, and some common pitfalls that can occur.
Have a listen! :)Â
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I love talking all things project management! So Fun!
As promised in the show notes you can find the resource I discussed on the podcast.
- Infinity Project Management Software: https://startinfinity.com/?ref=jesseschaa
- My Flash Cards: https://quizlet.com/_a91017?x=1qqt&i=1z0kbn
- Pomodro Timer: https://pomofocus.io/
- My Linked In Profile:Â https://linkedin.com/in/jessekschaa/
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I am going on a project management journey! Please join me as I talk through day one of the PMP training.Â
I am excited to unpack more of this on the podcast in greater detail. For now. Lets take a deep dive into Jesse growing his capacity!
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Thanks for tuning in. Some of the resources discussed on the podcast:Â
- https://projectmanagementacademy.net/pmp-certification
- https://www.beginningtobegin.com/post/nacho-average-project-manager
As always, reach out if you want to connect!
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Welcome to Beginning to Begin! Let's journey together as we start beginning on all of the ideas and goals we have for this world!Â
My Name is Jesse, and this is the Intro Podcast! Roll the Tapes!
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