The Blueprint with Melvin Banks: Recent Episodes
Melvin Banks
Design Your Dreamlife with insights and challenging thoughts that will help you to shift perspective and begin living a rich, full and proactively. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/melvin-banks/support
Are you living the life that you want to be remembered for?
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The trials of life often bring things into focus! What do you see in your life?
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We've all been through or in a mess! If you're like me that mess isn't always something you're proud of, but if you shift your perspective just slightly that mess would be the message that saves someone else's life.
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Our breakthrough moments are often revealed to us through times of challenge and trials!
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Our most debilitating and limiting beliefs are often instilled in the earliest stages of life. In order to get beyond them, we have to understand the key principles of breaking the chains that are holding us down.
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A ship is safe in the harbor but that's not what it's built for!
Have you been living your life in a safe place? It's time to venture out and do what you were created to do!
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When everything has collapsed and it's all of our own doing, how do we rise from the ruins?
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The only way to bring about change in your life is to raise your expectations of yourself and the people you surround yourself with!
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It's time to live life boldly!
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Legends are defined not by victory but how they respond to defeat. Our life will be defined by the same standard! When you get knocked down by life, you have to get up off the mat!
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Being successful in any aspect of life has no hacks or shortcuts! It's all about the power of discipline!
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With all of the hustle and Bustle of life, sometimes we need to just pause and take a breath!
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No matter how far behind you may be in the game of life, everything can change in the fourth quarter! Keep believing! Finish Strong!
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When nothing goes according to plan and everything gets off track, sometimes we just have to hit the reset button.
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How do we get back to center in a world that has become so polarized?
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"The conversation I wish an older couple had with my wife and I when we were young and struggling! Every couple needs to hear this!
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Sometimes in life, the most dangerous place to be is in our comfort zone!
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In today's highly politicized world we have to ask ourselves a question before we share or hit send when using social media.
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Does this represent my thoughts?
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Does this represent my beliefs?
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Does what I'm about to share take into consideration my family, friends and my circle of influence?
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What does it take to accomplish all that God has in store for you? Living with a spirit of excellence!
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What do you do when you reach midlife and all of a sudden your world gets flipped upside down?
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The hardest part of being a parent is having difficult conversations with your teenage and young adult kids, but that's when they're most critical! In this episode, my wife and I discuss how we've approached this difficult aspect of parenting.
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The only way to close the gap between police officers and people of color is through honest dialogue, perspective and asking the tough questions.
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Part 2 is Q & A. Are you asking the question, What can I do? listen in.
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In light of all that has transpired last week with the George Floyd murder and the re-emergence of the hatred and evil seething beneath the surface of our country. What we need right now more than anything is understanding and a willingness to have constructive dialogue!
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In marriage there is no you or me, only US!
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It's only when we face our fears that we conquer them!
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It takes five years for the Chinese bamboo seed to produce a chute. It the subsequent 12 months it grow 40 feet tall. It's what happened in the 5 years that mattered and allowed it to remain standing despite the winds and wears of the world!
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Perspective can completely change your life without changing your circumstances!
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When life is changing rapidly around you, perspective is vital! You aren't experiencing trials and challenges for no reason. When God begins to place you in uncomfortable situations it's to force you to shift! He's trying to move you to something new! Embrace this season of uncomfortable growth so you can go to where he's trying to take you!
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Life is pelting us with lemons at this very moment! You can either dodge them or catch everyone and make lemonade!
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With the world changing rapidly before our eyes, what is our new normal?
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Americans are in over $1.5 Trillion in student loan debt. The average American student leaves school with $36,000 and is unhappy in the field they are in. How do we change the narrative?
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In a world consumed with filters and giving the illusion of perfection, our greatest challenge is "keeping it real" and living without filters!
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Everyone was created for a unique purpose. Knowing how to gain clarity as to what that mission is, is key to having a sense of purpose and direction in life. This week's episode will help you begin the process!
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Live isn't about winning or losing, it's about becoming our best self! Are you in constant competition with who you are so that you can become who you were created to be?
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The rule of 5 is simple! It states that you become the 5 people that you associate with the most. That being said, are you associating with the type of people that you want to be like? In life, we have to be accepting of everyone, but selective in who we allow in our inner circle.
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What makes a marriage successful? How do you go from, "I DO" to building a life together? My wife and I have been together for 25 years, married 21 and we've been through every experience that life has to offer: Births, deaths, illnesses, unemployment, relocations and financial hardship. So how have we been able to thrive through it all? Partnership! In this episode, my wife Angela joins me to discuss our life together and give insight into what it takes to last forever in a temporary world!
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Perspective changes everything! Failures can be a stumbling block or a stepping stone!
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What is it that separates those that live purposeful, joy filled lives from those whose lives crumble due to poor decisions? Simply put, The Invisible Line!
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There's only one thing that separates those that live intentionally from those that wake up each day going through a melancholy existence, VISION!
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In this episode, we'll discuss what it'll take to make tangible progress in your life!
Hint: It's not a resolution!
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