Daily Growth Hacks Show: Recent Episodes
Author of Your Own Story
The Author of Your Own Story Daily Growth Hacks Show is created to bring you tips, tricks, or insights EVERY DAY to help you uplevel your life in the 5 to thrive - mind, body, soul, relationships, and business. This personal growth show is dedicated to helping you on your journey to becoming the Author of Your Own Story.
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In this episode, Doug gives an introduction to the 6 human needs that we all have. The way we order these needs determines the way in which we view our life. By discovering which human needs speak to you the most, you get to understand what drives you in all of your life actions and how you can best use that for your benefit.
Have you ever seen an old sailor map? The kind where they have the lay of the land, but they also have areas with dragons drawn on to showcase that area as a “danger zone”. Now, the majority of people would avoid those areas like the plague, but there were select few who would see those areas as opportunity. As the untapped area that not many were willing to go to.
In today’s episode, we talk about a personal experience with plant medicine, what it looks like to slay your dragons, and where you might be allowing the ‘dragons’ to stop you from moving forward.
When is the last time you invested in you? In bettering yourself? Money comes and goes. Many of the people Doug has worked with have made hundreds of millions of dollars and then go bankrupt. Many have made their money and then lost it, time and time again. It comes and goes. Businesses get built and burn down, but something that someone can never take from you is your own personal growth, your own knowledge.
Have you ever felt deep in your bones like you KNOW there is more to this life than how you’re currently living it? Have you ever felt like you were settling in your relationships? Like you just kept lowering your expectations in order for things to “work”? If any of this relates to you, you won’t want to miss this episode.
There's a lot of things in life that you can undo, you can take back and no one will ever know. Words aren't one of those things. Yes, if you say something, you can go back and correct the situation, apologize and take ownership, and you should each and every time. Right? Words themselves cannot be unsaid. If you say something mean, vulgar or hurtful to somebody, they can't be taken back. The person may forgive you, but you can never take those words back.
The spotlight effect ... well, each time when you go into a social situation or you're thinking about making a big decision, what naturally occurs to most of us is what's called "the spotlight effect". That's where we think that everybody is looking on us. They're looking at us and they're concentrating on the things that we're doing and the ways that we're behaving. When the truth is this is just a way that you limit yourself from actually achieving your potential.
We all have 24 hours in a day, I don't care who you are, you have 24 hours in the day. What are you going to do with it? Have you ever woke up in the morning and said, "How can I seize and conquer this day?" Maybe you actually follow these daily growth hacks and realize that people write down their day the night before. They plan it out. They ask, “how am I going to seize these 24 hours? This precious time that I have here on earth? This precious time that I have to spend with my family? This precious time I have to build my businesses? This precious time I have to reach out and help clients and break their chains for them?”. In today’s daily growth hack, we talk about truly seizing every day and who we can make the most out of the 24 hours we have each day.
People that have large family networks close to them tend to recover from illness and injury much faster than those of us who have families spread out all over or just one or two people around. This is because when those people actually get sick or injured their family rushes in to support them and they recover so much faster. Having that emotional support as well as the physical support that allows them to rebound so much quicker. Now, how often do many of us actually need that support, especially for those of us that are business owners?
What do every movie and good marketing have in common? The Hero’s Journey. In every movie/story/marketing campaign/book, you will follow the life of a person who encounters a tragedy or dilemma. During this time that person typically stumbles upon a mentor of sorts and we follow their lives as they become the hero in the end. In today’s daily growth hack, we all get challenged with the question “Are you the hero in your story”?
Today’s daily growth hack is for anyone trying to build their personal brand, build their businesses’ brand, or generate more quality leads/sales. In today’s episode, we talk about something that not a lot of businesses/brands are doing….which is being EVERYWHERE. You could be missing a huge portion of your target audience by simply not being where they are. Find out how to effectively get in front of the people you want!
We are all in relationships and there are tools to implement that can help ensure you and your partner, roommate, family member, etc. have a healthy and transparent relationship. There are so many things we can do to check in and ensure we are fully seeing, supporting, and celebrating those we are in a relationship with.
In this episode, we talk about one specific tool that will help bring your relationships to a space of transparency, authenticity, and honesty.
What would your life look like if it were centered around your FULFILLMENT?
This is something that Curt Mercadante dives deep into.
Curt has been on a jounrey of being in politics, then running a successful 7 figure- PR firm, to then leave the success behind to pursue a life of more alignment and fulfillment with his coaching business.
In this episode, Curt talks about untapping your superpowers, why what some of the most successful people do may not work for you, and how 70% of your work day is probably BS.
Anyone who has been on a personal growth journey knows that no matter how much internal work you do, triggers happen. In this episode, Doug talks about his experience with an injury and the very deep triggers that showed up for him and how we can all deal with our triggers that show up when we least expect it.
Are you looking to take your learning to the next level? One way we have talked about increasing your learning amount is with audiobooks, yet many of you have been asking about other options. Doug gives you a secret tip for those books that don't have an audiobook yet or if you do not have an audio app.
Today’s episode is a listener’s Q&A where we answer your questions directly in a daily growth hack. Today’s question is: "I am actually wanting to get my family involved and have them listening to this, but I just can't get them engaged. I recently found that you have these videos on YouTube and they're actually extremely dynamic. I want to get these videos to them, but I don't know how to show them other than getting them all around the computer. Any suggestions?"
Have you ever found yourself so focused on one area of your life that when you pick your head up and look around you realize that you have neglected all the other areas of your life? This is very common - we become so focused in growing our business, building our relationship, losing the weight, etc. that all of the other areas of our life start to slip and we fell one dimensional. In this episode, we learn how common this is and how we can get ourselves back on track with all areas of our life.
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Today’s daily growth hack is in the realm of finances and truly growing your wealth. Doug talks about his conversations with multi-millionaires and the simple, but not so common, way to approach truly building your wealth and how you can get started immediately.
Do you know your top 50?
Who we surround ourselves with is one of the most determining factors to our own growth, happiness, and overall well-being. Do you know the people you surround yourself by? Do they fill you up?
What do you do when you're in a 9 to 5 and you are READY to be done and create something on your own? What is that first step? How do I increase the positivity into my life and make sure I am surrounded by meaningful relationships?
In today's episode, we answer all of those questions with Chandler Walker.
Chandler Walker is a husband, a father, and currently starting up his 6th business. Today he dives deep into his upbringing with a mom who has BiPolar disease, how he consciously chooses who to spend his time with, and the importance of mindfulness in running multiple businesses, being a father, and husband.
Life is about FUN and about PLAY. It is so easy for us to get wrapped up in our day to day and focus on the hustle and grind. Yet, when you make a point to schedule in PLAY into your regular schedule - you will see a HUGE shift in your overall mood....and productivity! When is the last time you played?
Have you ever experienced going after a result, only to experience hitting a major roadblock? What do you when you hit that roadblock? Do you choose to give up and end your pursuit, or do you use your resourcefulness to figure out other ways to gain hit your desired outcome?
We have all experienced this at some point in our lives, and now with this awareness, you can catch yourself in the moments when you are letting something stop you from what you want.
In this episode, we get a quick little insight into what Doug does when he has a self retreat. He talks about reflecting on the present year and planning for the next one and the structure he uses to do that.
We all need time to reflect, rest, and dream. Doug gives us a few real-time steps on how he does that for himself and how we can take it on to create our own time of reflection, rest and dreaming!
How do you become superhuman? Why do some people seem to excel and others don't? It's a matter of taking what seems impossible and make it possible.
What is something you feel is impossible? Watch today's growth hack to see how you can make it your reality.
I own two marketing agencies and our average client is paying us anywhere between 1,700 and 15,000 a month in reoccurring cost. Now, they see the value in this and our actual ability to maintain a client over a course of several years is extremely high. However, over the last six months, we decided we want to make an impact for smaller businesses who couldn't afford our services.
Today’s episode answers a listener’s question: "Doug, what's the deal with daily affirmations? Are they a joke? Are they real? Should I be doing them, or should I just throw them out the window? There's so much conflicting information out there.”
In this episode, we learn that daily affirmations are excellent. It just really depends, like anything, on what you do with them. If you’re ready to take your life to the next level - listen to this episode to set yourself up for optimal success, DAILY.
Imagine this.
You're a parent of 3 kids, you're training for a marathon, you live a healthy lifestyle, and all of a sudden...you have a heart attack.
What kind of place would that put you mentally?
Well, this is exactly what Gina Johnson experienced.
While being in the hospital for a few days after learning she had a heart condition, Gina quickly found that there was little conversation happening online around what she experienced and how to navigate it.
This inspired Gina to take matters into her own hands and create a podcast where she not only spoke with people who had a similar experience but where she talked about the deeper mindset and emotional shifts that occur when you experience something traumatic.
Gina has created a successful coaching business, is the host of a successful business, and is doing some incredible top secret work in her community.
This interview will inspire you to get off the sidelines and jump in fully!
Whether you believe something is possible or impossible....that is exactly what it is. Are there things that you have deemed "impossible" for you? Do you wish you could accomplish these things? If so - let us teach you how you can step into the "impossible" and accomplish the dreams you never imagined possible for you.
What separates those who do the "impossible" from those who stay in their comfort zone? Their stories and beliefs around what they are capable of. Learn how YOU can make a shift to step into the impossible.
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In today’s episode, Doug teaches a trick that all the successful entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, etc. have done to reach their success. A trick that you can accomplish - while sleeping! It’s so simple, there is no excuse to not do it!
Today my wife and I got into a little dispute. Now it wasn’t really anything bad, but we were actually talking about time and we had a disconnect. We were both tired, hungry and we had a disconnect over who should do what in regards to watching our son. Now it wasn’t bad and we were able to come together in about an hour or so and reconnect and talk about what was really going on for us. What were the triggers?
Are you willing to invest in yourself? In today’s episode, we get real and we talk about the ways you may say you want a better body, a better relationship, a better sex life, a healthier self relationship, yet are not willing to invest in that part of your life. If you feel that any part of your life isn’t as great as it could be, you won’t want to miss this episod
When I first started coaching people professionally, I was lucky enough to get a couple of clients at the high-end level right away. Now, these are people that came in from a natural network, people had heard about me and knew just kind of what I've been doing and what I've been up to in my own personal life as well as my business career. But what always perplexed me why weren't more people reaching out to me? Why weren't people reaching out to me to get resources, to get information, I mean I put in my 10,000 hours way over 10,000 ago? In other words, I had all the education, experience and I was ready to help millions of people, I was just waiting for them to knock on the door.
Have you ever experienced anger? Have you ever experienced someone getting angry at you? Chances are, you have experienced this many times. In today’s episode, we talk about what’s truly underneath anger and how we can uncover it on our own, in a powerful way. We also discuss how to best handle when someone else is experiencing anger and how you can shift your approach to then allow them to feel seen and heard.
In today’s Daily Growth Hack, Doug gets real about where you are spending your time and what that might actually be costing you. What if you knew you could be making an extra 50K by choosing something other than the TV or social media? Would you be more motivated to pour into something meaningful and impactful to you?
Today we get to hear from Jason Ackerman. Jason went from living in a terrible place in NY, watching someone steal his car to owning a successful business, successfully exiting that business and then running a successful online coaching and nutrition program.
In this episode, Jason walks us through the top mistakes people make with their nutrition, a few tools to use to create a healthier body, and more.
"If I look back on this 10 years from now will I regret not having tried?"
"What is the worst thing that could happen?"
Eric Malzone went from corporate life to owning a brick and mortar fitness business in Santa Barbara California to being a digital nomad running an online business living in 7 different cities within the last year and a half.
His life is nothing short of inspirational and full of taking risks that few are willing to. Every leap he has taken boils down to those 2 major questions.
What is the worst-case scenario?
If I look back on this 10 years from now will I regret not having tried?
Doug and Eric walk us through the process that goes behind taking a risky leap and how to set yourself up for massive success.
Are you a crab? Or a buffalo? Where do you need to step up and be the BUFFALO that runs to the eye of the storm so you can get that sweet reward at the end?
Today's episode is all about looking at the areas in your life where you are being a crab vs being a buffalo. Do you tend to feel threatened by the success and growth of others? Or do you dive head first in the eye of the storm? Find out today!
The 5 to thrive - mind, body, soul, relationships, and business. These are the 5 areas in life that lead us to a successful and abundant life if we choose to focus on growing them. In this episode, Doug gives a deeper insight into each area and how YOU can choose to uplevel that key element to create an overall happier life.
Today’s episode is dedicated to all of the business owners out there. The question for you in this episode is “What is the first impression your business gives off?” It is easy for us, as business owners, to focus on extremely important factors of the business, like your sales and marketing funnel, but to completely overlook the impression your business is giving off to those who stumble upon you for the first time.
Are you wishing you had a like-minded community to talk with and connect with often? Do you feel like you’re alone searching for understanding? In this episode, Doug answers a question from a listener and addresses how your limiting beliefs may be stopping you from creating a life you love.
Do you use the words "just" and "only" in your every day language? You may think it's no big deal if you do...but in today's episode Doug talks about why having those 2 words in your vocabulary are allowing you to justify your own shortcomings and how eliminating these two words can fully allow you to get real, and make the changes you truly want to mak
Ben is a faculty member at the California University of Pennsylvania. An exercise physiologist, he holds certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). He has interests in injury prevention/performance enhancement for endurance athletes and using movement to enhance the quality of life. After travels through Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama and Florida for school and work he has been in the Pittsburgh area since 2004. Ben is an active contributor to his profession, with work on a variety of committees of the NSCA, as well as presentations and publications both nationally and internationally. The idea for Moving2Live came from his interest in listening to long-form movement related podcasts that were directed either towards professionals or the general public.
What action steps are you taking? Give yourself permission to not be perfect and simply take the action you KNOW you need to make!
What do the billionaire and the beggar have in common? They both have 24 hours in the day. In this episode, we explore the idea that all of have the same time and same power to create what we want. What it comes down to, is what WE CHOOSE to make of it. Learn how you can make a choice to live the way you WANT to live instead of how you feel you have to live.
Are you in a space where you’re wondering why nothing is ‘working’ in your life? Do you feel like you’ve gone to the workshops, read the books, listened to the daily growth hacks but yet still theres this dissatisfaction you’re feeling? In today’s episode we learn the one GAME CHANGER that will give you the traction you’re looking for and may be the element you’ve been missing throughout this process.
What if you ran your life like you were the CEO of it? If you are a business owner, you can understand what it’s like to get to work and manage your business with passion and determination. Well, what if you did the same thing with your life? In this episode, we learn how we can become the CEOs of our lives.
"We are the sum of our 5 closest friends". This is a quote that has been around for a long time, and something that we dive much deeper into during this episode. If you want to change the game you're playing and you want to change the results of your life, one of the first things to look at is your 5 closest friends....and getting REAL and HONEST with your self.
Adam Lewis Walker is a teacher turned author + keynote speaker (and so much more). Most people have seen him on his TEDX talk or have read his book, and now you get to hear even more of his story in today's episode.
Adam was a teacher in a town South of London with a passion to make it to the Olympics an spent all of his free time training in pole vaulting. In a big turn of events, Adam experienced a pole vaulting accident that ended his pursuit of that path and led him on the one he is currently on.
His story is not only inspiring but encourages us all to see what is possible for all of us if we just follow the mission on our hearts.
There are many different eating diets, methods, beliefs, etc out there. What we all get to learn about today is intermittent fasting. Now, maybe you have heard about fasting and want to know more or maybe you have no idea what that is. Regardless, we are going to dive deep into intermittent fasting, what it is, talk about the benefits as well as the HOW.
Are you using your time effectively or efficiently? Do you feel like you spend your day focusing on busy work or leave your day feeling like you haven't truly accomplished anything?
In this episode, Doug gives a few hacks to increase your productivity and help you focus on the things that will truly get you to living a life that you LOVE and not a life that you feel you should live.
If you can't take care of yourself, you can't take care of those around you. In this episode, Doug talks about his secret tip to taking care of his five to thrive - mind, body, soul, relationships, and business. In this episode, you learn how you can manage your life in a way that gives you more FREEDOM. More freedom to enjoy your life and accomplish the things that bring you true fulfillment in your life.
Have you ever dreamed of living the digital lifestyle? Do you wanderlust over being able to create your own schedule and work from wherever is calling your heart at the moment? In this episode, Doug answers the common question “How do I live a digital lifestyle? What does it take?”
Today's Daily Growth Hack comes from a reader question. The question is "Doug, what do I do to clean up something in my past, something that's been bothering me and just kind of feel like it's holding me back. What's something I can do when I can no longer talk to that person?"
The Wheel of Balance
Balance is just critically important to human nature. We all know it, but often times we're just out of balance.
Frame of reference. What it is, is what is your frame of reference of what's acceptable or what your standards are. Oftentimes, we set our standards subconsciously a lot lower than we think. It really takes some diving into, some deep diving to see what that is.
In this episode, we take a deep look into what standards we are operating under and how we can uplevel our frame of reference to hold a life we actually want.
Are you living in the world of OR? Are you living in the world of AND? Why do you have to pick between two options when you can have both?
In today’s episode we talk about what Doug called as a gym owner, “fat tax”. Fat tax is a payment that you would make just because you had a certain condition that was going on. In one case, you paid this tax because your self conscious about having this gym membership thinking that you might show up and thinking that you might go, knowing that you really wouldn't, right? That was a tax. It was a fat tax. Now, we have “taxes” on all areas of our life. Listen to today’s episode to see where you may be paying some hidden taxes.
All of us have experienced challenges that we wish we didn’t have to go through. Yet, many times these experiences provide us with opportunities to grow more than we could have imagined. In this episode, Doug helps us turn the situations we typically wish we could avoid and use them in our favor. We learn how to embrace the suck and turn even those most frustrating situations into a positive experience.
Do you ever have people around you who you know are not living to their potential? Do you ever see areas that you know YOU are not living to your potential? In this episode, Doug discusses a really hard talk he had to have with his team about stepping it up….and WHY. We then get to challenge ourselves to all look in our five to thrive and see in what areas we are not stepping up to our high standards.
Have you ever experienced such a persistence that you couldn’t help but agree with what was at hand? Maybe you were unsure about something but because of the persistence from the other side, you couldn’t help but agree. In this episode, we learn about the importance of following through and being persistent with things you truly want. Whether it’s business, relationships, or a goal.
Today's daily growth hack touches on the idea that whatever you focus on....is right. Whether you are choosing empowering or disempowering thoughts to focus on, they are right. So, how can you choose to 'be right' in thoughts and beliefs that serve you?
Do you notice yourself putting others needs before your own? Do you notice that at the end of the day you feel completely drained? If you're like many, you may have developed a pattern of self-sacrifice. Not only does this pattern leave you feeling drained and un-cared for, but it blocks you from your ultimate goal - loving those around you to your fullest ability.
Don't think of a pink elephant. What are you now thinking of? Our words have an extreme power to control what we subconsciously focus on, even the things we say we "don't" want.
Today's episode talks about one minor shift you can make in your language that will help you subconsciously get closer to what you actually DO want and away from the things you truly do not want.
Are you searching for abundance and success? Would you like to live a successful life? Most of us would answer ‘yes’, yet we are living a life that we actually consider to be successful. In this episode, Doug helps us uncover what abundance and success actually mean to us by our own definition, and not societies. He then helps us to take our definition of success and create action steps to make it our reality.
To all the entrepreneurs out there - do you experience the 'shiny object syndrome'? You know what I'm talking about - when that light bulb comes on and you have a brilliant idea that you know you HAVE to pursue...yesterday.
This daily growth hack is about setting aside time in a way that works FOR you and your brilliant ideas. You don't need to cast your ideas aside - you just need to create focused chunks.
For every million business ideas, one actually comes to fruition. Now, why is that? Many of us have had hundreds of ideas, only to not take action on our end or give up when it gets rough. In this episode, Doug talks about the ‘birthing’ process of building a business and the tenacity that comes along with it. You are challenged to take a look at your five to thrive and dive deep into what things you might not be allowing togo through the labor process
Do you wish you had a tool that would allow the people around you to be more receptive to you? What if you were able to increase your chances of being heard and lowering the defenses of those you were talking to?
Establishing rapport is a communication skill that breaks down barriers and establishes open communication. Learn this hack that will help you in your business and personal relationships.
Who are you? This is typically a question that is answered with a profession, a status, or an affiliation. In today's daily growth hack we want to explore who you really are at your core. What are your values? What lights you up? What makes you, you?
From being bullied to a leading fitness expert. Today's episode we get to hear from Menachem Brodie. Menachem is currently a strength and conditioning expert who specializes in training for Cyclists. Menachem starts off the episode with us by showing us how his fitness journey all started when he was in Jr. High and was bullied often for being "different". He got suspended from fighting when he was trying to stand up for himself and while he was home on suspension, turned on the TV, only to find a workout video that from that moment on inspired him to pursue a career in fitness.
Have you ever stopped yourself from pursuing something because you felt there were other people 'more talented'? Maybe you have felt you were better suited to do what's practical since there are many more talented people going after that 'thing' you truly wish you could do.
The question then becomes...does talent always win?
It is easy for us to get so immersed in one area of life, especially business owners, that we become "stiff" in other areas of our lives. If you feel this is you and can relate, then today's episode is for you.
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Have you ever looked at your options and thought "I can either do A or I can do B", while forgetting that you actually could create an option C in which you get to find a way to do both A and B? In this episode, we switch from the mindset of OR to and space of AND by asking ourselves the question "What else is possible?".
Control and Passion. Two things that are challenging to live in the same space. Many of us are quick to say we want more passion in our lives, our relationship, our businesses and yet when it comes to releasing control and allowing ourselves to fully release the hold we have…..we can’t. Learn in today’s episode how we can dive into what's really behind our need for control and how we can loosen it up to allow more passion into our lives.
Whether you are aware of it or not, we all have rules for pretty much everything in our life. From the way we experience love and worthiness to how we show up as a spouse. If you are feeling dissatisfied in any area of your life, it may be because of the rules you have subconsciously created.
In this episode, Doug gives us insight on how our rules have such a large effect on our happiness, how we can become aware of our current rules, and how we get to shift them to create a more powerful way of living.
As you are becoming the author of your own story you really need to give yourself permission to fail and permission not to succeed. You need to give yourself permission to fail because if you don’t, you won’t jump. You won’t jump forward. You won’t take that great leap or even that first step that’s necessary to become the author of your own story. In this episode, Doug gives you the insight on how to switch your beliefs around failure and allow yourself to fail and fail often.
How often are you looking at a screen throughout your day? If you're like many people - you might be staring at a screen for 6-10 hours A DAY. That is a lot of blue light that can interrupt your sleep patterns. In this episode, Doug gives a few tips and hacks to reducing the amount of blue light, without taking you away from a screen.
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This morning, I got up after a rough night. Our son just wasn't sleeping well so my wife and I were up and down throughout the evening. And when I finally got up to start my day, I went downstairs and noticed that the coffee hasn't been prepped. Now, I thought about it the night before, I thought about it before going to bed, "You know what, Doug? You should just prep the coffee. Grind the beans, get the water ready. Get it all ready, so all you have to do is hit a button when you come down."
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Have you ever heard that little voice inside of you that is telling you you’re not good enough? Maybe it's telling you that need to lose weight before you find love, or maybe it’s telling you that you can’t start that business because you just don’t have the money, or maybe it’s saying you aren’t smart enough to become a doctor.
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Would you like to remove your stress throughout your day? Would you like to transform those moments and situations that often feel stressful to feel stress-less? If so, today's episode is for you. Learn this simple tip that will change how you feel and allow you to show up powerfully and calm all throughout your day.
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Today's episode is with Alex Armstrong and if you own a business this is a MUST listen. Alex breaks down some serious golden nuggets in regards to retention and the mindset around selling that can help transform your business.
Alex is a retention consultant for fitness businesses and talks about the problem that he personally faced of working/training 8-10 hours per day only to feel completely empty at the end of the day with no energy for personal life or working "on" the business.
The question becomes not how can we get someone in the door, but how can we get someone in who will want to stay for four years?
Today's question is "Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?" Most of us would naturally think, "well, I want to be happy, of course". Yet, so often we subconsciously choose to be right in a way that can sabotage our relationships and sabotage our happiness. In what ways can you shift to being happy vs being right to make your life and relationships better?
In today's episode, we get to hear from Dr. Rob + Debi Maldonado. Rob has a background in psychology and especially the teachings from Carl Jung and Debi has a background in personal development + caching. When the two met, they discovered that each of their backgrounds and specialties helped compliment the other to create a powerful system and method that empowers the masses. The system psychological they have created is developed to help people free their minds.
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Where do you lie to yourself? Where do you tell yourself that it isn’t a big deal, or you’ll work on it tomorrow, or you are in a space where maybe you really aren’t? The big lie I kept telling myself or told myself was I was still in shape and I was still doing well, when all of a sudden I remember one time putting on a pair of dress pants, getting ready to go down and to do a talk to a bunch of business owners who knew me. Most of them knew me. I'd say, a lot of them knew me, and my pants didn't fit. What? It was ridiculous. It blew me away, because the big lie I was telling myself was that I was still in shape. That I'd let myself slip today. Maybe even tomorrow, but I was going to get right back on it. Now, this was just in the area of my fitness, and I don't know about you, but I can see this happen across my Five to Thrive.
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Do you ever hear the phrase "it's good enough"? Do you ever wonder if you should be okay with good enough, or if good enough is truly good enough? Sometimes we allow ourselves to get blocked from taking action because we are so focused on reaching perfection - does this sound familiar? When is it a time to say "it is good enough and I am happy with that"?
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You really need to know your numbers. You need to know your numbers so you could hit your goals. Where are you? I had a talk with a business owner this morning. Now, this business owner’s very savvy and has done very well. And they invited me to come on as a member of their team, an equity partner really, and when I asked them for their numbers they just didn’t know. You see they were an extremely successful business owner, but yet they didn’t understand what the lifeblood of their business was. What were their cash flows, how was their balance sheet looking, what were their profit and loss statements like, how much actual money do they get gross versus net?
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Today's topic, Just Show Up, applies to all of your Five to Thrive. I was listening to an interview by Bo Eason; now, he's a former NFL football player, renowned actor, and playwright. Bo was talking about how he was never the most athletic person, he was never the best of the best. And we're talking about NFL athletes, you're talking about the greatest, right? And he played with people like Jerry Rice for example, and Joe Montana. But Bo is saying is, one thing that he always is, he showed up. Not only did he show up, but he always showed up early. He was one of the first guys in the locker room, or so he thought, and I'll tell you about that in a second. He was also the last to leave.
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Today’s episode is for all of you who have a great idea (or many), and are looking to grow your idea from infancy to fruition. Many of us have ‘great ideas’ but how can you make your idea and even better reality? How can you make your idea the best idea that is out there? How can you beat your competitors? Today’s tip helps you get into the mindset of creating the best idea/product/service possible.
In today’s daily growth hack, we get challenged to really look at where we’re spending our time and where we may be missing out on what truly matters in our world. Are we ignoring any beauty that is right in front of us, just so we can gain that same beauty or freedom in the future? Challenge yourself today!
Today's interview is with Len Wright who says he has adapted to be a modern-day wizard by being a mystic advisor to many. Len was a powerful and inspiring mission to uplift humanity and affect deep and profound change in those he works with. He has spent the last 30 years in intensive trainings to understand and master how to optimize this 'machine' we all are. With this intensive training and powerful mission, Len works with people to achieve their highest levels. Do yourself a favor and listen to what this man has to say.
When you get triggered, or you get stressed, or you get anxious, and oftentimes this happens with people that we're most close to because they know our buttons, and we let them in a little bit more, we act in a way that feels like an automatic anger. I'm talking about that pattern that happens where somebody says something to you. They act in a way that you don't like, or a way that triggers a response. You've lost control. It's a knee-jerk reaction. Now we all do this. In this episode, learn what we can do to best handle our triggers.
Today’s daily growth hack is a quick tip, but it’s something that is really easy to do. We all know the power of inspiration, the power of inspirational thoughts, inspirational movies, inspirational images, yet how often do we lose these inspirations right after we see it?
Maybe you see an inspirational image in a magazine, or an inspirational movie, and then after leaving, a day, two, three, four days later you lose that inspiration. Well inspiration comes and goes, but one quick thing that you can do, right here, right now, today, to increase your odds of getting inspired, is…..
A snapshot in time, the present moment. Ask yourself, "Is it working or is it not?" Now, oftentimes we kind of fudge things around. You know, "Is your diet or exercise program working?" "Well, you know sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. You know, sometimes Doug I'm on it and sometimes I'm not." Well, that's BS, right? Either it is working, or it's not working. And if it's working sometimes that means it's not working for you.
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Here I am in my home office and I was actually just talking to an entrepreneur and we were talking about problems that he's seeing in his business. He has an MBA and a very analytical mind and is a fantastic business person, in most cases.
He's seeing these problems that are coming up, problems in his marketplace and problems that I see, frankly, as opportunities. What I had him do is rephrase his problems as opportunities.
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Today's episode is with Butch Santucci, the Owner of Glen Burnie Fitness, a Fitness Studio. Today, he talks about how to create success in business by focusing on relationships, being vulnerable, and always showing up authentically.
Butch talks about the power of being the first to be vulnerable. By walking into a business relationship willing to be authentic, vulnerable, and looking for help you can build a trusting relationship that will help you create massive success (as well as fulfillment) in your business.
Today's video is for all of you out there who have ever felt nervous, uncomfortable, and simply a little weary about a big party or event. Whether it's because you're an introvert, you don't know anyone, or it's not a situation you're used to, today's hack will help you put yourself in a position that allows you to thrive and feel your best.
Kathy is the definition of living a life on your own terms. From starting a TV show based on one her books, getting her PHD, being a 12th time award winning author for her 7 books, being featured in many well-known publications, working on ending the underground sex trade in her community, to finding time to do trapeze. She has lived such an inspiring life and says she did it all by simply “following the breadcrumbs” placed in front of her.
To say Kathy is inspiring is an understatement. You do NOT want to miss this episode of Kathy sharing her secret to it all and giving us permission to do the exact same.
Kathy is the definition of living a life on your own terms. From starting a TV show based on one her books, getting her PHD, being a 12th time award winning author for her 7 books, being featured in many well-known publications, working on ending the underground sex trade in her community, to finding time to do trapeze. She has lived such an inspiring life and says she did it all by simply "following the breadcrumbs" placed in front of her.
To say Kathy is inspiring is an understatement. You do NOT want to miss this episode of Kathy sharing her secret to it all and giving us permission to do the exact same.
Magnesium is a very talked about supplement right now. Find out what it does, if it is necessary, and what the effects of taking it are. Is it something you may be missing or something that is recommended? Find out in today's Daily Growth Hack.
Have you ever felt like you have been waiting and waiting for something to happen, and you just don’t know if you can wait any longer? This can apply to waiting for a raise, waiting for a proposal from your partner, waiting for the plumber to show up, or even waiting to get pregnant and have a baby. In this episode, we talk about how to deal with the process of waiting for what we want and exercising patience. Doug talks about the difference between expectations and possibilities and how a switch in your paradigm can change your entire approach.
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Here I am down in Orange County, California down at a private beach, a house located in a gated community with its own private beach just beyond the wall that I'm standing next to. An absolutely amazing place. I'm down here for the holidays visiting my family.
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