The Optimal Prime Podcast.: Recent Episodes

Ray Forrester

A 2-5 minute podcast where you can Prime yourself to have a mindset that attracts happiness, positivity, and success.

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Music is a powerful tool. Use it wisely!

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The art of mindfulness

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Leads to the same outcomes

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Wise words from the fictional character Geralt the Witcher

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A line from the movie “Moneyball” that really resonated with me, and I hope it resonates with you to.

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Someone has to do the work and milk them!

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Most of us want the same thing. But the directions to get there I’m going to differ from person to person

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The more we push others to win, the more EVERYBODY wins!

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What ACTUALLY happened after The Titanic hit the iceberg

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Successfully or again

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There were lots of Strongmen at my competition on the weekend. But one of us was the strongest by far

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The body does not know the difference between real or imagined experiences

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It always starts with YOU!

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I took a brief hiatus but now I’m back. If we don’t take rest and recovery on our own terms, you’ll be forced to do it on somebody else’s terms

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Most people look out, and act in.

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Progress is progress. It’s all about taking baby steps

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Get it signed, and LIVE BY IT!

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Choose Your Own Adventure.

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A reflection is the return or sending back of light from one surface to another.

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It’s part of the process. Embrace it

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Tomorrow we are called to volunteer in their local communities.

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Take initiative or you’ll be forced to take some teeth!

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A perception, or mental image produced in the mind," literally "a pressing into, or upon"

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Building off from episode #781

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Instead of "Treat Yo Self" I'm going to start saying EXPRESS YO SELF!

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Holmgang was a legal way to settle disputes in medieval Scandanavia. Yet we still do it today.

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From small beginnings

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A destined obstacle, or opportunity 👊🏽

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Sometimes we need to do triple the work to reach our destination successfully

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From the fjords of New Zealand

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Doing hard things that make us better, and make it easier for others to follow our path.

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A unique phenomenon in the Milford Sounds of New Zealand that is applicable to us all.

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Another lesson from the Ottoman Empire!

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From one thing to another!

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Are you addicted? Or have your mindless actions turned into habits? Let's discuss the difference!

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Exploring options, new plan in place, moving forward.

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Overwhelmed, helpless, hostility, and flight of thoughts.

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Struggling to find meaning, reaching out to others, telling one story.

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Frustration, irritation, and anxiety

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Avoidance, confusion, elation, shock, and fear.

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Off to Torrey, Utah for a literal disconnect, to reconnect internally and immediately.

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Sometimes doing the right thing requires a lot of patience and heat!

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What is it, and how can we get better at it?

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What "box" are you subscribed to?

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Sometimes things get canceled on you. Carry on!

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Static. Forces acting on a body at rest. Kinematic. Possible motions a body can take. Kinetic. Explain or predict motion that will occur.

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Insights from the new Minimalist documentary on Netflix.

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Strength is at the base of all progression.

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More wise words from the Dee Owe Double Gee

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There is one 50meter pool in Alaska. A state twice as big as Texas

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The most important factor!

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Your physical health and ability.

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The things we see, hear and feel. Books, movies, podcasts, conversations, the lot!

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The things we do with intention!

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Think of these 5 things like a 5 stage Russian nesting doll. The first stage being your environment.

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One of the key differences that separated the Mormon Pioneers from others.

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"Experience is the school of fools. But some will learn no other" Ralf Waldo Emerson

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"He who is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a God" Aristotle

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A daily occurrence. IF you're looking for them.

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My biggest takeaway from the month I spent with my family in Alaska

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Peacetime is preparation time.

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Get uncomfortable intentionally. In your time, and on your terms.

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Do what you gotta do!

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Know what you are, and who you are talking to.

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Automating elements of our life so we can live up to a true potential

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Vacations are a tool, not an escape.

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I appreciate all of you listeners and all of your love and support! Thank you for sticking with me through the technical difficulties I’ve been experiencing the past couple of weeks but we will be back at it on July 5th!

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3 years of The Optimal Prime Podcast under the belt, and I'm just getting warmed up!

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The three primary needs for motivation according to Self Determination Theory

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We need more of it!

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Lessons I have learned from my 3-year-old daughter.

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It's national "eat your vegetables" day. I think it's silly.

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Tupac Shakur was a major influence on my youth. He would have been 50 today.

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Here is the body for the podcast episode released earlier today

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"It's the way it's always been done" is holding us back in more ways than we know. 

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In honor of Flag Day we're going to talk about.... flags

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When there is a connection with others, keeping your commitments are much easier.

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Assign yourself the trait, not the action.

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Put your money where your mouth is.

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Make the bad choices harder to make.

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Planning what you will do while in a sound mind!

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What the Phub?

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It doesn’t matter what you were born in to it’s up to the individual to learn the skills of success

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Modified “Murph”

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God bless the USA

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Multi tasking as it is commonly known is a thing of the past. Make away for multi channel multitasking

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Stop letting frustration make simple solutions seem like impossible problems

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Time management is pain management.

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If REFINES us!

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We feel loss much more than we feel gain!

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Stop getting caught up in syntax

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How can you play the Queens Gambit in your life?

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Mental gaps that need to be filled

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The answer is ALWAYS

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A great little book, and four Great pearls of wisdom

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Be sure to know the difference between the two words.

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Prepare to be unrelatable

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We are all residual beneficiaries in one way or another. Sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse.

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Don't let your message be watered down in the way you come across to others.

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There’s no science to back it up but it’s a real thing.

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Get yourself a guide!

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They are bad investments

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They are very important. Your future depends on them!

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The simplicity of a Pro's and Con's list

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You have to take risks in life

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You don't have to be the "yes" person.

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Stop acting like one. You have choices

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To what and who do you have allegiance to?

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If you don't, no one else will either

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The good, the bad, and the ugly!

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it's almost the definition of insanity!

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Not the one from Outback Steakhouse!

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68 A journey of 3 years starts with a a single plan today.

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32 Both need attention daily!

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27 In the process, not the destination.

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Without one, you have the other.

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Start waiting ON things

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Wise wisdom from Jay Shetty

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Thats sooooo 2020... its 2021 now.

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A tantalizing tale of punishment!

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When you invent the ship, you also invent the Shipwreck!

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Its not one of his songs, but part of a thankyou speech he gave.

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I’m have been a magnet for technical difficulties lately!

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7 episodes vanished into thin air!

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Write your thoughts OUT! left in the mind it will surely get lost and twisted.

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To secure, and transform!

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How, why, and where?

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It has to come out!

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Create your own!

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Most people only want to pay the actual price.

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What is yours?

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Someone needs to hear this today... if it’s you, YOU GOT THIS!

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We all worry at times... but there is only one way to fix constant worry

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You WILL use them at some point. Seriously!

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At least a 1/3 of people and at least 1/3 of the time 😂

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Do what you can, when you can

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Don't settle for the first "thing" you find on your adventure.

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Keep the main thing the main thing

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Very different actions at their core

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Start small

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It’s about the work or process DURING those hours that matter most

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Everything we want to learn in life is right in front of us

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You’ll be damned if you don’t!

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We make thousands of choices a day. But big picture they really are only two choices to choose between

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More great advice from the one and only Jim Rohn

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It is NOT the absence of fear

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Nothing worthwhile comes easy!

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A lesson from the richest man in Babylon

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As Zatarra once said "Dig now, gold later"

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Your 3P’s must be intentional

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A fantastic quote from the late and great Kobe Bryant

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It’s like a gas can with a hole in the bottom. It needs to be refilled constantly an order for you to keep moving.

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Sorry for doing this twice in one week everybody! Here is the meat and potatoes of today’s podcast

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Your brain can be a record of the past or a map of the future. You decide. 

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You will automatically get what you don't want.

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We all need outside help and assistance every now and then.

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Technical difficulties! Here is the body of today’s episode 👍🏽

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Holding on to extra baggage is holding you back.

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Not just words... but people

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If you hate your job, you need VISION!

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Be critical of the people and places you get your information from

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Falling and loud noises are primal fears. What fears have you learned?.

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Psychologically induced blind spots that enable us to stay the same.

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Let's discuss the differences.

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Being proactive will always serve you better than being reactive.

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You'll either need to change your dreams, or change your habits. I know which one I choose.

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A lesson from Neil Degrasse Tyson

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Unfortunately, it involves your waistline.

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Invest your time in social media. There is a difference.

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When you're behind, you should have ONE SINGLE GOAL...

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If you lay with dogs, you'll get up with fleas

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Don't let your "bad blood" hold you back in life.

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Don't go to work today! 8am-9am

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Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

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100% yes. Yes, you are.

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Sometimes when looking for a stud, you get the dud! But what were you using to find the stud?

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What it truly means to have di-vision

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Taxes serve a purpose. But it is your moral duty to pay "taxes" to yourself before anyone else!

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With one, you are using your time to build someone else's dream. With the other, you use your time to build YOUR dreams

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Brick by brick, you can build your dreams

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To get someone to buy into your dream, your business, or your services, you must transfer EMOTION

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So what is confidence?

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Do you know the difference between reflecting on the past, and dwelling on the past?

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There are cycles or patterns in all things. Observe and learn!

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resolutions are obsolete. Craft a thesis and do the work.

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I wish everybody in the world could embrace this statement.

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Another incident of something getting lost in translation

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Planning around “nap time”

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We all celebrate in our own way, and family traditions are one way to express it!

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If you are stressed right now, you are Christmas-ing wrong

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If you're moving, the "dogs" of life will most definitely be barking at you.

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Proximity can be a game-changer in your life.

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Episode 606

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It will happen if you like it or not!

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There is a time and place to compare.

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There is an actual reason!

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Wow, I am shocked and humbled

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Be in that small, elect group of people.

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Just do those two things the right way!

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Even the most experienced amongst us can mess up every now and then.

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The basic 6 step structure of “The Process”

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With the good comes the bad. They are inseparable pairs

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It all starts the day before

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They are all the same size

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Just like in movie flashbacks, we need them from time to time to help clarify our current storyline 

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It just makes sense!

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Keeping it simple to keep it classy. 

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When past experiences make us perform under our true potential,

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It ain't over till it's over!

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Quite often our default mode is to say NO when we are uncertain and don't really KNOW

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Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 here is my other favorite poem.

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You can only carry so much

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The role of a good teacher.

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One is proactive, the other is reactive

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When we forget that most media is for entertainment purposes only

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I have two favorite poems. Here is one of them, again

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Vulnerability is necessary to succeed. But it is often confused with playing the victim

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Keep flipping or keep complaining

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Sometimes we are getting the answers but we still don’t hear him

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There are two ways to do this. But only one way to do it correctly

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Obstacle or opportunity?

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Instead of wondering, ask questions and get to the bottom of it

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When it rains in our lives take comfort in knowing there’s always a reason why

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Love to do the hard things

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Clear communication is king

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Be yourself. Be genuine.

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Get new friends

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Stop asking to be rescued

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A native wood in New Zealand which is considered sacred.

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Analyze your data and draw a conclusion

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Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment

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Construct a hypothesis

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Step number 2: do your background research

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The scientific method is a great way to learn and understand things. Here is step 1

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If you’re not moving you’re going to get flattened

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If you can’t vividly picture yourself at the Destiination you were going to have a hard time breaking through the roadblocks you’ll encounter

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It depends what you’re measuring yourself against!

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Always have a contingency plan

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Abundance mindset!!!

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A good way to get started now is to go scope out the people, places, environment of the direction or goals that you have

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We all have them, and we need to manage them

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Don’t be the person looking back in the future wishing you started today.

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I intentionally haven’t recorded episodes this week. It was really hard

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It’s always about just giving it your best effort

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Just keep doing what you’re doing and don’t worry about harassment from smaller birds

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Look for the signs, be consistent, and don’t give up.

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Don’t be a geezer, be a geyser

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Keep it simple

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Stop waiting till it’s perfect because it never will be

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Funnel alternative to sitting outcome goals.

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Now is the time to push down even harder on the gas pedal!

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Take care of what you need to so you don’t encounter “death”

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Big difference in actions and results

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Be sure to do a little homework before making big commitments

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Just go do it right now, I’ll plan to do it in the future right now.

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As I was prepping the weeks worth of podcasts, Accidentally posted them all at the same time. It’s OK to goof up as long as we don’t let it derail us 👊🏽

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You’re either Phil Dunphy, or the Rock. It’s up to you.

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How you carry yourself has a very real impact on your mental state

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If you want to do great things just bite the bullet and get the hard part done

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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it many more times. Coaches need coaches too

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Winning doesn’t only feel good, our lives literally depend on it

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It’s only 100 days away. Stop planning. Stop preparing. No excuses

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I personally believe vulnerability has become a buzzword and is incorrectly used and applied in society.

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The information is all out there we just need help applying it

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Remember, and make the world a better place.

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If you’ve got a dream, go out and get it. A lesson learned from the movie “Tangled”

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Whatever job, whatever responsibility, whatever you do, do it properly and do it well.

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Happiness and life is not a zero-sum game

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Defining rest and labor

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Use your time in Château D’if to become better

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Another mindset shift to help you and your journey of progression

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One of my personal values I strive to live my life by.

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A shift in focus that can help you achieve more and in turn, help others achieve more

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Make sure the The passion is there to fuel you through the hard times

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A principle taken from Clayton M. Christiansen’s book “ how will you measure your life?”

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I sure fire way to make an impact on the world

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What good is knowledge sitting on a shelf?

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Leave a legacy for the next generation

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The old saying goes along the lines of “First don’t make fun of you, then they’ll ask you how you did it”

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Another strategy that could work as a long-term or short-term intervention to improve productivity.

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The smarter you get, the less certain answers you realize you have.

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All the three!!!

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Take the time to stop and admire the beauty that is all around.

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The Green Beret motto

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But it pays to at least see what’s on the inside before discarding it.

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There are two types of seagulls. Be the one that works.

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I miss quoted Spiderman reference that is absolutely true.

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Honesty and integrity must triumph over everything else.

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It’s all a part of the process. Use it to your advantage.

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If you’ve never used an assault bike, give it a try

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A really hard concept for most of us to grasp

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A great strategy for grabbing a hold of life

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Your limbic system role in fear

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Wisdom from the movie Mulan

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Unfortunately, it’s longer than we think!

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How about “survival of the fittest & friendliest”

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Don’t just sit around and watch water boil. Keep yourself actively engaged

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The more you invest in your health, the more “returns” you will get in every other area of your life.

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If you’re not contradicting yourself occasionally, you’re not learning or growing

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2 years, 500 episodes, highs & lows, wins & learns, and grateful for all of it!

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Strive for a sustainable lifestyle of constant progression

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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Take time to listen

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There is enough for all of us

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Prioritize!

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Have a vision and align your actions accordingly

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Stop being reactive

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Updated and refreshed!

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give yourself, and everyone else a break!

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Winning isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, and neither is losing

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An amazing story about an amazing young man

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Was yesterday!!!!

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The tale of two brothers

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A quote from Jordan B Peterson’s book “12 Rules for life”

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Read this book!!!

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CS Lewis was ahead of his time!

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A short term, ultimately useless strategy

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It’s not needed, until it’s needed!

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Which is better? The answer may surprise you!

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We all have selective attention. It is a biological necessity for survivals sake.

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Overcome the odds, leave a legacy.

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I personally agree, it is the apex litmus test regarding being a good or bad member of society

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Stop popping your other 3 tires

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The most innovative, or damning question there is.

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Never stop trying

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Get good with it, instead of trying to turn everything into a nail

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The obstacle is the way

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Until you know where you have been

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Help often come in ways we least expect it

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Be prepared for The dangers

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Listen. Again and again

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Share your message! There are literal and figurative lives to save!

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Don’t be “insane”

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A new way of thinking introduced to me earlier today! Something I need to improve.

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Period

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Take a few steps back and look at the bigger picture and do things that serve a bigger purpose with a clearer view.

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Take it slow and don’t get burned

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We are prepared, then we are sent on our way!

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Sleep hygiene hack

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A great acronym to learn and implement to reinforce “good behavior”

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Doesn’t matter how big your goals and objectives are you can succeed if you think outside the box a little

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It’s our duty as human beings to improve

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Don't put too much weight into that "survey" you read on social media. 

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Will power is not your ability to continually say no over and over again

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Nobody is above help end guidance in progression and moving forward

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Labels can change. They are not definite

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Sometimes you’ve got to be on the path to know you’re on the path.

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Check your sources, and continue forward against opposition.

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Be a positive influence on those around you, By focusing on the positive.

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A good practice to do when you are feeling overwhelmed

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Happy Mother’s Day

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A good way to make more accurate assessments on things

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No matter what it could always be a win-win situation

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When you start something and it doesn’t work it doesn’t mean you should give up on it completely. Maybe you need to loop around and tried again a different time

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Think bigger! Think better 👊🏽

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Sometimes it’s in our best interest to procrastinate certain tasks till later

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There are two kinds of hobbits... be the latter 🙂

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The use of medications may be necessary in order to get you started in the path towards recovery and improvement

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Never assume someone is “born bad”

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A resonating quote from Vince Lombardi

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As a lives in situations change so will the Pareto principle

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Outsider methods will help you with innovation.

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Try this intervention next time you are struggling with anxiously induced behaviors.

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Only good at one thing? That’s absolutely fine! Keep getting better at it!

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Use the things we’re not good at to improve on the things you are good at.

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I significant number that represents major change

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Hindsight is always 20/20. Visualize and mentally rehearse situations before they happen and you’ll be much better off for it.

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They are both of utmost importance in order to optimize and therefore maximize your productivity

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Winning the morning is very important but winning the evening will enable you to actually win the morning

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A principal in sports science that also applies to mental Health

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See where your time is really going

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We are all essential

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No matter what “thing” we are freaking out about today, there’s going to be something new to freak out about tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that.... so KEEP LIVING!

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A lesson from the ancient Greek philosopher Demosthenes

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A simple structure to live by

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Revisiting Victor Frankel’s famous modality of therapy

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Make sure you’re looking in the right places.

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It’s getting crazy out there... be sure to pay attention to your physical well-being!

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A quote from Abraham Lincoln

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This is an awesome opportunity

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Keep doing what’s working... don’t feel pressured into doing more, or less

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Pretend you have COVID-19

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Most use these words anonymously but they have very different meanings. Which do you have?

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It’s not our circumstances that should define us

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By your words you will create positivity or negativity

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We’ve seen it before

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An innate expression we are born with. If you don’t exactly know what “the point” is, give it time, and you will

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You can be rich immediately if you decide to be

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Whatever we come up against we can overcome and use it to make us bigger better and stronger.

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Reach out to someone in need

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Stay calm

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This applies specifically to goal setting

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Stop overestimating the amount of preparation you need to start. Run with it now to get past the inevitable roadblocks and setbacks

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A single piece of information can change history of events in an instant.

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Just something to be aware of.

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What I wish everybody knew about reactive attachment disorder.

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What I wish everybody knew about The SELF!

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What I wish everybody knew about ADHD, behavioral management, and oppositional defiant disorder.

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What I wish everybody knew

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What I wish everybody knew about substance abuse and addiction

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This week I’m going to give me 10cents on the areas of my expertise.

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Music is one of the most powerful tools we all have access to strengthen our mindset and thought processes

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Self awareness = good. Self diagnosis = not so good

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It involves a lot more than just “working hard”

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Be a leader no matter what!

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The art of Bootstrapping does not lie in getting into the HABIT of bootstrapping.

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It’s there no matter what

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A message from a friend of mine that I feel applies to 99% of us.

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If you ain’t failing, you ain’t human!

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A metaphor regarding mental health dilemmas every single person will experience.

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The difference between giving up, and changing your strategy.

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To be high on emotion, is to be low on rationale.

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We load our backpacks every morning when we wake up

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What others think should never stop you from being you. But what they think it still matters

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Be mindful of this scourge. It’s everywhere

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Jet lag is (I’m feeling it right now), but emotional jet lag is even worse.

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As our family trip comes to an end, this childhood classic to mind.

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We all have different tolerance levels, so you have to do what works best for you!

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An unavoidable reality

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The secret to this is Qualitative versus Quantitative research and data

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An example of having all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips, but no application behind it.

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An issue that most people struggle with at some point.

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Another example of “Your Why” and purpose

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What are you really saying when you ask “why?”

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The second part of SMART goals most of us forget about.

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Everyone has a family member who is making bad choices. Here are two things you can do to help them.

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The assumption of cause and effect.

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A fallacy to be aware of in a find of so many self professed “authorities”

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When we divert our discussions or actions away from what is most important

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Another logical fallacy that can get us in trouble with others, and ourselves!

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Beware of doing this to others, or yourself!!!

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A little throwback. I’ve heard this story a few times lately from various sources, and the concept is worth repeating!

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It’s the time of year many people are facing setback in regards to goals. Here’s the pre-requisite you need for them to be set on a good foundation

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Not to be confused with being unlikeable!

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Life will only get busier, and you will regret not taking action sooner

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There are NO limits to how often we can restart, and have new beginnings

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Refocused and ready to rock and roll

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Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly

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Know when to quit

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Boring is needed

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Start with the edges, work you way in, and random luck!

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We all need it

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Mental shifts can come like an catastrophic earthquake

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Do the work.

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You have to EXPECT it to be hard in order to reap the rewards.

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This will help give more intention and purpose in all that you do.

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Our views and perspectives on things should always be changing. For better or for worse.

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Three very important things that need to happen on order to boost productivity.

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Prepare to be unrelated and possibly despised for the good things you do. Merry Christmas!

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The Christmas I found out the truth about Santa

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Misunderstandings can cause pointless frustration and pain

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The small and simple things are always the most important

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Break through the hard part

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1-Purpose, 2-Who?, 3-Edge, 4-Double Down, 5-Recruit, 6- The cost.

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A story of sacrifice to become great!

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List the things you need to do to increase the probability you’ll actually do it!

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Start now... don’t wait

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Empathy is the key

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It’s pays off (literally and figuratively) to double check things.

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Sports massage style!!!

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Even if failure is imminent, sometimes it’s good to still push through.

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Always strive to improve and learn

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Do what’s highly important but hard first!

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Accept the fact, and focus forward 👊🏽

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Step by step you will get there

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Stop talking and start doing

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The kind gravitates TOWARD thoughts... not away

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My favorite Steven Covey Quote

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The day before the event is a little late to prepare

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An old saying that has deep meaning

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Sure as the sun will rise, you’re going to have “cold” times in your life

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Facts > Feelings

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Something I’ve started doing that has improved my daily productivity

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What’s the one thing you need?

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It’s all about the journey

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It’s great competing against other people, but at the end of the day it’s all about competing against yourself!

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You can’t have a victory without a battle

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Four things you can do if you’re facing adversity

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Every path leaves clues. But sometimes there are false Clues!

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To many options are sometimes worse than limited options

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Thank a Veteran!

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Sometimes all of our hard work goes unnoticed.. it’s ok. Keep doing what you know you need to

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Back up what you say! Or at least have the ability to

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We are only ever 2 decisions away from heading down a broken path

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Start today!

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We are all going to experience grief and loss in life. Here is some information that may help

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Don’t fall for “customary excuses” to regress in your progression. Flip the script.

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It’s a part of the process!

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Simple word change will help increase your gratitude

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Keeping it SUPER simple. I’m challenging myself on these 3 simple goals from today till the end of this year.

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Wrapping up this “mini series”

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The most important chemical in my opinion

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The first of the selfless/social chemicals From our internal pharmacy

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The second selfish neurotransmitter

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“Selfish” chemical number one. Working hard and laughing hard equal endorphin rush!

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Tune in this week as I discuss each of the primary neurotransmitters our bodies produce

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Don’t worry about other people’s fragile egos

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But head on a swivel

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Create a space or environment where meditation can take place

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There is always a way to be both!

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Right towards the end is when it gets the hardest

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Use them in conjunction and the sky is the limit

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Helpful, but Gabe their limitations

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Train with a goal in mind, but focus on the process!

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Be an”angel” fish for somebody today

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The cheese is ALWAYS on the move.

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I discuss the Maori word WANANGA

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Never stop learning

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Sunk cost fallacy. You don't have to stay with the "new" thing if it is not working for you.

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The story of Oscar Figueroa! Olympic Gold medalist!

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Good tradesmen never blames his tools, but you can be sure he’ll always have a good quality tools

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Tabata style working methodology

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Who are you getting travel info from? A tour guide, or a travel agent?

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Everyone can improve their "Willpower"

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3 simple ways to help you wake up in the mornings if you struggle

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Today I’m re-doing one of my favorite quotes

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If it doesn’t uplift and inspire you then unfollow.

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Just a little info regarding CBT, as I’ve had quite a few people ask more about it

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Your responsibility for your response ability

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I don’t HAVE to make this podcast daily... I GET TO!

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Our “shields” aren’t just to protect us, but to protect those around us

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Sometimes you’ve got to throw (metaphorical) punches in order to help others.

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The sea of life is a rocky, stormy place. Stay on your ship. Don’t jump off just because you are scared

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Look to the past to help propel you into the future

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What is Priming, and why should we do it?

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Welcome to The Optimal Prime with Ray. Small introduction and reason behind the podcast

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Today we remember the tragic events of September 11th 2011

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Lots of hard work will sometimes give very little payouts

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Even though we did not complete the mission, we completed what we were meant to complete

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A few more questions

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Answering a few questions from listeners 🤟🏽

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When you’re unsure about something... split test!

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Be patient and observe. Very different to sitting around and doing nothing

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The four emotional states that precede falling short.

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I messed up yesterday! Here is the audio 😁🙌🏽

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We all have individual algorithms that let us be the best we can be. But just like all algorithms, it takes a whole bunch of trial and error to figure out what it actually is.

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Be a practitioner

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1st world problems

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Keep on pushing... you’re nearly there! Don’t give up

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You can say yes at first, then no on the follow up

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There’s on one way to do it

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Be genuine and authentic in your values or else you will eventually be exposed

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Straight from the source! Reading a segment from the book “5 levels of leadership” to hopefully make what I was saying yesterday clearer 👍🏽

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I hope I made sense during this episode... but ultimately we need to balance caring about people and being candid with people

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New insight on what the game has done for me

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A principle that spans cultures and religions

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Treat the janitor the same as the CEO

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After re-reading (most) of this book while on vacation, I had some candid conversations with myself.

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So awesome that you make other people awesome!

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Make those around you better!

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Walk the walk and getting stuff done!

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John C Maxwells level 2 of leadership: Permission 

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John C. Maxwell has the 5 levels of leadership. I will go over each level over the next 5 days. 

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It’s all part of the process

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A quote with a simple way to reduce anger and frustration

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The most obscure game I’ve ever played

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Beware who you take it from

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We all fall into this

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Face the wave

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Fun is a crucial ingredient to long term success and sustainability

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Intentional practice

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What’s the purpose?

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A concept that helps me to be less reactive in my life. It can be a way to increase your ability to be proactive

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From Tony Robbins

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We can always find an excuse if we want it

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Information, application, transformation.

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We can only rearrange what time we have. Rearrange it in your favor

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Helpful

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Leave the trail better than. You found it.

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Watch out what you spill!

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Be all you can be

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As uncle scar would say... “Be Prepared”

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Do what you say

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Cheap seat feedback versus Arena feedback

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We all have different tastes. And the brands we like reflect that

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What we see and what we hear isn’t really how it is sometimes

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Not now.... what’s it gonna cost later!

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The most important character trait!

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You're either growing, or decaying. Which do you prefer?

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The next three episodes I will be discussing our core values at Crossfit St George. Grit, Grow, and Give

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What’s it worth to you?

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Own it! The Good, the bad, and the ugly

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Break the imaginary mold holding you hostage

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No longer just another weekend day

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Give yourself permission to breeeeeeeathe

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Separate yourself from the things that are holding you back

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Some of the science behind how I would environments affect our subconscious thoughts and behavior

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Small doses of the things we are afraid of

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A great poem to help put hardship in the right frame.

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Forever improving!

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Simple questions can clear things up sometimes

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It’s got nothing to do with being fake!

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More effective than caffeine

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Make sure it’s a good one

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It’s a package deal

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After 3 seconds, the chance of it happening decreases dramatically

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In order to truly give your best, you have to do this one thing

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Otherwise it’s just stupidity

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Simple, yet effective

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It all depends how you want to look at it

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Say yes more often

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There’s a time and place for beast mode(s)

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Don’t get lazy and cut corners. Finish strong!!!

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Sometimes we can be so convinced we’re on the right path, but then we realize we weren’t even close

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If you’re living in a perpetual state of “waiting till the weekend” then you. Red to change your life.

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Run a multiple regression on your life and activities to see if it is REALLY leading you toward your intended outcomes

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Anything worth doing IS worth doing poorly

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Be sure you get both perspectives when “researching” things

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Hardships make us strong

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Sleep more

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Same thing over and over again 

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"work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"

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Aggression is a trait we all need at certain times and places

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An important word. But remember what exactly?

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You’re 100% is going to differ from day to day. Get used to it

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Very simple explanation of meditation

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What’s your safety net?

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Comparison is a joy thief! Don’t let it stop you from making the most of opportunity

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Simple yet effective

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Even social validation requires work to continue progressing

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Instant versus slowly over time

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The great outdoors

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It’s never just one thing

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Be proactive and intentional in your actions!

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Upgrade your life, upgrade your problems.

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Simple but effective technique

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Action over inaction all day!!!

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We NEED superhero’s!

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We can never be 100% without family

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Just because you invested time and energy into it. Does not mean you have to stick with it

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Compound must take priority over isolation in 99% of cases

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Always remember to have an attitude of gratitude

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It’s easy to “be good” when the sea is calm and steady. That’s when you prepare for the storms

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Being silent is something many of us have become unfamiliar with

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You used to be able to rely on peoples words... now it’s all about the picture

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It always requires hard work up front so we can appreciate it

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Lowering standards will never raise quality

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All the practice you do on your own, shows when you are in front of a live audience.

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Be loyal

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An issue we all fall into, or experience frequently.

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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, it all starts in our heads

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My new morning ritual

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Automate and systematize as many choices and decisions as you can to be optimal

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Now days you can find your FITness just about anywhere... you just need to look hard enough

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The more you focus on the micro, the greater impact you’ll have on the macro

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The first instance where “fake it till you make it” has applied in my life

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We all need anchors

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Doesn’t matter what circumstances in life you’re in you can always do something

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Following the crowd is safe usually, but you could be missing out on a lot of benefits

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Multitasking is a myth for 99.9% of us

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It’s the same formula for everybody, but each value differs from person to person

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Everybody plays the fool

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Thank you for listening to The Optimal Prime Podcast with Ray!!!!

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A term that gets thrown around lightly, but has heavy significance

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Just keep on moving

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Stop looking for extremes

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Drastic measures are sometimes necessary

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Kaizen is a Japanese word that has no English translation.

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Movie previews are like futures goals!

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Proximity is a major motivator in reaching your end result

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Compare, complain, and criticize.

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Think of your commitment in terms of a dial instead of an Off/On Switch

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Keep it simple stupid

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Typically not a good thing

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The 80/20 principle in regards to your strengths and weaknesses

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Another daily habit o have found to be super helpful in keeping me “on track”

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Always be in a mindset a place where you can learn new things

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Consistency requires repetition

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Instead of saying “treat yo self” try “Pace yo self”

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Sometimes the system around us changes. We can either sit around and complain or adapt and adjust to keep plowing forward

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Life is about testing and retesting ourselves

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You are enough! Go out there. And do what you gotta do!

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Equifinality

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Process goals encourage shortcuts. Focus on the process

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Don’t dumb yourself or slow yourself down in order to keep others comfortable

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Force perspectives that put you in the best light!

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Be prepared to cut people out of your life

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Bored with the basics

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Keep on jabbing and eventually the left hook will connect

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Learn to discern the difference with in yourself and in others

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This recent trip home to New Zealand has helped me to reground myself with increased purpose and direction. Re-grounding will help you do the same.

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Often imitated never duplicated

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Grand gestures will always pale in comparison to consistent small and simple things

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What are you FIT at?

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The 80/20 principle is a great place to start when on a new endeavor

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two simple grounding techniques to help you get out of emotional states

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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What are you packing in your bag when you travel in this journey of life?

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There’s only one way to strengthen an arch... and that’s to increase the load placed upon it

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Begin with the end in mind

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Think out loud when you’re trying to find problems to solutions and you’ll be more successful in doing so

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We should have clean motives and all that we do.

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If you write down 20 things and only accomplish one that’s good enough as you continue on the path to being productive

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Every time I fly into a major city I’m reminded to have the abundance mindset

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Mindset shifts are hard, but culture shifts are even harder!

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Being busy does not mean you are being productive. Writing checklists is an easy antidote to this mind trap

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Work work work

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Small and simple things

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The wider our window of tolerance, the more we can function normally in life no matter the circumstances

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When you why is bigger than yourself you’ll find the how eventually

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Find meaning in everything you do!

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Control what you can control

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Do the things that scare you and build that courage muscle!

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Little acts of service will go a long way

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You gotta push when you feel like you can’t in order to reach your second wind

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You can get by doing whatever comes your way, but to be the BEST you can be you need to be in the right position.

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If you don’t have systems in your life then you have chaos

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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A place where I give myself permission to keep junk!

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7 books I’m committing to read in the next 6 months

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Sometimes the group can suppress or dampen your ability to think creatively or outside the box

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There are many things in life where if we don’t use it, we will lose it.

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We need competition!

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Treat people as they can be, not as they are.

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Happy New Year!!!

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The only way 2019 will be “the best year of my life” will be if you do things you don’t want to do!

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Our environment can have an enormous positive or negative effect on the habits we already have

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When you’re “losing” look for ways you can get small wins

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The holidays are hard enough as it is. Don’t make it even worse for yourself by feeling guilty for enjoying yourself a bit.

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We grow so we can give

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What you do on the eve will have an effect on your day/event

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There is tremendous value in having a coach/mentor/therapist/sounding board to help you in your journey!

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Writing things down greatly increases the chances it will happen!

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Giving is what it’s all about

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It’s not the size of your environment, but the quality of what is in your environment that matters most

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Play the hand you are dealt

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Your TEAM can be your Partner, your family, your workplace, your community, or an actual sports team!

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We’re more afraid of what we may lose, versus what we may gain

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My big three 🤙🏽

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Mental rehearsal and visualization are not the same thing

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There’s an Easy way, and a hard way to learn... but there’s an even better 3rd option

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One more time..... Start today!

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Save for a rainy day!

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Stop sitting around theorizing, and start practicing your craft! Do work!

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We see what we want to see in people and in situations

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Start the process, and get better while in the pursuit!

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The best ability, is availability!

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Continue to do the basics

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Some of us just need to work on one thing at a time in order to reach our goals

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Thank you notes are awesome!

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Show restraint! Think of the big picture in everything we do

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Thanksgiving time!

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Don’t only be grateful for the good times and for all the wonderful things that happen in our lives but also be grateful and thankful for the hard times and hardships.

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Internal and external. We need both for a fulfilled life

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Be grateful!

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Self care is like bathing. It should happen frequently. Preferably daily.

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Trials add to your story

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Change is hard!

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We’re always looking for “the key” but in reality, it’s always a combination

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Always do your best! Summary of the four agreements

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Don’t make assumptions! The third part of a four part miniseries on “The Four Agreements” by Miguel Ruiz

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Don’t take anything personally!

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The first agreement. Be impeccable with your word.

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A great little book with great insight. I’ll discuss each agreement over the next 4 episodes

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Our subconscious assimilation’s can be for good, and for bad!

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Anchors keep you safe, and keep you grounded

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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A great quote from MJ so sum up the weeks topic

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If you’re gonna lose one thing, make it your pride

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Great quote from Theodore Roosevelt that sums up who losers are, versus those who lose.

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Losing versus being a loser. There’s a big difference!

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“Losing” is REQUIRED in order to progress to the highest levels.

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Very few people lack the desire to change... its the ability that needs work!

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More than just being "agreeable"

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Don’t mistake giving up, with failure, because they are different!

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Why wait until you're on E before fillong up your tank?

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don’t just go through the motions. Have real intent in the the things that you do!

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Dig deep, remeber your why, and keep moving forward.

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Priorotize your time. Stop trying to "find" it

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A little clarification on episode #54 🤙🏽

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Take care of your to do list!

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Walk the walk, talk the talk.

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Walt Disney started at the bottom now he’s here 🤙🏽

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Seeking multiple streams of Health, wealth, and Happiness in your life is of utmost importance!

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I answer a question about how I record these episodes. Ans discuss how Its about the process/journey, not the end result.

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Choose your friends wisely, and be a wise friend

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Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Adjust your sail/mind to continue forward progression.

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Latest episode of The Optimal Prime with Ray

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Try new things, or just keep restarting old things until they stick!

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Focus on what really matters, the people who "like" not the amount.

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Stop emotionally WebMD-ing yourself!

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To attain Fitness in any area of your life its going to require sacrifice, and dedication

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If you don't believe in yourself, someone else might, but it still wont get you very far

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3 words

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Simplicity

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Imcrease your chances of people giving you things... like their time, and attention

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Be grateful! Your life will thank you for it!

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Give yourself permission to succeed!

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Reconnect with someone from your past and let then know you're thinking about them

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Dont live by other peoples assumptions aboit you

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See it as an opportunity!

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To be world class, prepare to be unrelatable

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Dont mistake activity, for productivity!

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Own what you're good at, and use it to do good!

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Take care of yourself!

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Dont ignore problems... or they'll sut next to you

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Giving up something good, for somthing better

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Most of us are looking for cheerleaders, when what we really need is a coach

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Repitition has its benefits, but only if it is helping us move forward and not remain stagnant

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Supplements are not there to replace, they are there to SUPPLEMENT

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The simple solution, tends to be the best solution

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When life hands you lemons, make orange juice, then life will be all like "whaaaaaat?" - Phil Dunphy xxxxxx

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Sometimes we all need a little airplane mode in our lives to block out temporary distractions

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Scarcity is a myth when it comes to your mindset. There is always enough to go around

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Your ability to adapt and adjust will serve you well when you "get punched in the mouth"

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Dont let the nature of others change your nature /actions

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A crucial ingredient in finding out who you are, and being happy.

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Self improvement and renewal on a consistent basis are crucial to preform optimally

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A foundational principle in order to grow and progress

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We must be aware of the physical and mental environment we place ourselves in.

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Break goals into smaller chunks to get them achieved

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Win the morning and you can prime yourself for success the rest of the day!

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Going the extra mile can be hard, and uncomfortable. But it’s what champions do!

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There are good sources of feedback and bad sources. Know the difference and look for the good!

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Come to expect failure, and you’ll be more resilient in your endeavors

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The more consistent you are, the more intensity you can have in your life.

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All or nothing thinking is what often stops us from starting or finishing things that we start.