Mark Dunn: Recent Episodes
Mark Dunn
The journey through life is a process that allows for you to make progress. These podcast are meant to inspire you to take control of the space you occupy with self awareness.
Life a marathon. Take a breath and pace yourself. You have nothing to prove early because you are on a journey.
Life is short and life can change in an instant. Value it. Appreciate it and be happy with it.
A committed individual is a dangerous individual because they won’t stop until they achieve their goal. Making a commitment is not hard once understand it.
An insecure person is a dangerous person that can infect others like a dis-ease. Be mindful.
Life is more about having the right mindset and knowing how to make a mindshift. Here are some tools and strategies that may help you.
Establishing a human connection is vital to business and life because psychological safety is established through this art.
This podcast episode is based on a conversation I had with my son on the value of building his mental fitness to enhance his physical abilities.
Psychologically safety starts in the mind. It is important to protect it and invest in it while adjusting to life.
To preserve is to be resourceful while developing habits that create results. Once the results are achieved you a process that you can reap in other areas of your life.
What we do and how we live must not be based on what is popular to do but what is best to do for the long term individually. Stay in control.
Change is happening all around us but most importantly when one thing appeared to be under control then something else is coming. Be ready , willing and able to adjust.
Complaining and crying about life is what most people do. These two traits reduce your ability to live a healthy life.
Failure and rejection is a part of life and human development. Where this gets challenging for most people is how we interpret failure and rejection. You can see it in a positive manner or a negative manner.
Life is about choice, understanding your choices and making the best decisions that work for you. The skill of being selective about your selections may help you evolve and adapt.
The concept and meaning of growth has changed since we are in a new normal. I will speak on growth and provide tips in this podcast to leverage as we evolve.
Information is coming in at us at a very high level. Information is here to help you not to harm you. Filter out what you need and discard what you don’t need.
Hard work has been redefined because of the pandemic. This podcast will cover work ethic and other principles that will allow the meaning of hard work to have a greater purpose.
Self awareness, self esteem and self reliance are key to staying motivated to maximize your one life.
Motivation is something that comes from within. It is triggered by the human will to keep going and pushing on because the purpose is bigger than the alternative.
Reactive mindsets are challenging to have and cope with due to it being a learned behaviour throughout a persons life time.
Today it’s all about what’s best for the individual not following what everyone is doing that may lead to envy or copying them. It’s time to focus on building yourself up from within and doing what is best for you. Here are some tips.
Evolution is a part of life. It is something that occurs outside of mostly rather than inside. To evolve is to stay relevant to your development.
Accountability is your responsibility. This is why your problems belong to you. It’s no longer a blame game.
I believe that 2022 is the year of the individual. It is important to understand ourselves on a deeper level. Mental toughness and resiliency has a new meaning now.
Courage is something we all have the ability to activate but most people struggle finding it. Today I want to share with you where it could be located.
Being follower of trends maybe popular today but you don’t know how it will impact you in the future. Taking the lead is key to giving you a chance to optimize your life.
Happiness is a choice. If you appreciate life with perspective happiness comes easy. But if you are bitter , a perfectionist or a complainer happiness is hard to genuinely show.
Seeking perfection is not healthy and has a great impact not just on the individual but on others who are not living from that framework. To be perfect is to lack patience with yourself and others.
Today most people are looking for genuine and authentic people to connect with. Being able to convert your authenticity will lead to building value added relationships.
We are experiencing an increase of failure , rejection and disappointment in this new normal. Determination is a must have to cope and grow.
Facts lead us to the truth while fear helps us bend the truth. Be mindful of your thoughts and attitudes.
Being fired up about life requires a self awareness and self control that allows for you to continue to improve in all areas of your life. Stay focused and stay positive.
In these unprecedented times being indifferent is key to functioning in an different world.
My top 10 tips can add value and longevity to your mental , emotional and physical health to ensure that your legacy remains intact.
Making decisions is a part of life. But it requires a process to help you decide to do what is right and not what works.
In this time we are in the pandemic is exposing us and determining our truth, our thought process and how agile we are.
Life does not come down to competing with the external but you must compete with yourself. This allows for you push beyond other people’s expectations and maximize your potential.
As we go through life we are building our layer cake of our legacy. We have a foundation , middle and top. We are all at different phases of building our cake. Be patient and flow with the process.
When you don’t know who you are you become an illusion that is given meaning to live in the place of your authentic self.
I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful for my health. I am grateful for my family. What are you grateful for?
We are being pressed with stress to be the best version of ourselves in this new normal. Give yourself permission to evolve.
Having perspective for living helps create an attitude of gratitude. Somebody will always have it worse than you. So learn to appreciate what you have.
The home should be a safe space where life education begins. When you learn to see that what you do in the home reflects outside of the home then you will know how important the home is to human development.
Being grateful is an understanding that requires humility over ego. Practice being grateful each day it will do wonders for your attitude and outlook on life.
When things are not going as planned or expected it is happening for a reason. Trust your process of what you are going through with no judgements as you navigate through it.
You are an asset not a mistake. The more you know about what makes you tick the less you rely on status , money , title or a degree to define your self worth.
In this new normal we require to have a mental approach to cope because it’s a mental game. In business some people are hiring for mindset. In life we need to mentally tough to cope with change. Time to get our mind right.
How one expresses oneself is a reflection of the character of oneself. Respect is earned not fear instilled with attention seeking cursing.
It is important to manage our peer group and it’s influence on us now more than ever. Know who you are surrounding yourself with and how it is impacting your mental and emotional health. This you have control and choice with.
In life it’s important to have the skill to think critically to seek a better understanding so you can make better decisions in life.
In these unprecedented times most people are rushing a process. Don’t rush it just flow with it.
Humility has been easily forgotten prior to the pandemic but is now showing its face again to educate humanity on the importance of exercising it.
We all need essential tools and resources to help us grow, develop and prosper. Simplicity leads to sustainability.
Living life to do what is right is not a popularity contest. It is an opportunity to maximize your potential as a parent , a child , staff or organization to make an impact. Doing what works leads to short term progress.
All things are possible. It comes down to self belief and shutting out everything else.
Hard work is a requirement and entitlement is not. So put in the work in all that you do. Stop waiting on the easy way out.
We are all custom made to be on earth. Each day alive tells us we are born to do something. Keep life in perspective.
People will label you , put you down to feel like a clown or put their own insecurities on you. Don’t fall victim to this type of conditioning.
To reduce letting our emotions get the best of us so we become reactive try to incorporate my 3 C’s to give you balance and perspective.
Life has a purpose and process for each one of us. It is important to make sure we do what is right not what works.
Time is a precious commodity so is your energy. It’s important to assess how are we using them in order to get a ROI (return on your investment) for the long term.
Each day alive is a gift. Most importantly you have gifts all around you. Appreciate don’t mitigate your gifts.
Help is what most of us need today but maybe are afraid to ask or to be resourceful enough to get the help they need. Don’t be afraid ask. Just do it.
In life we all have dreams , goals or targets we want to hit. But the process in the middle will determine how committed you are on the journey.
As we adjust the discomfort, be uncomfortable and pain of changing is temporary. Stay active and see it through.
There is a growing disparity happening through changing toward a new norm. Be aware and adjust accordingly.
Time is something we all have. But it is important to maximize it so we don’t ever waste time.
It is important to have faith just like breathing. We need it living in this loud discombobulated world.
When you need to rebrand , restart and rejuvenate yourself it will require you to be resourceful. You can’t achieve progress alone. You need supports to help you.
We can no longer look at life from the end result perspective but from the idea of starting to finish. A women can’t be half pregnant. Therefore, you can’t life a half life.
Life is short and life can change fast. Take time to smell the roses and appreciate what is in your own purview.
We need faith to help us figure out what our purpose is. You will always make it with faith.
Forgiveness is something we all have to do but is also challenging to do. If we don’t do this we are adding weight on our hearts and minds that can be damaging in to ourself and others.
Life is not about the quantity of what you can get out of life but rather the quality of living your one life.
We all have a unique finger print. That means we all have a unique path to live on. Become an expert of who you are within your own lane.
Age is nothing but a number. Therefore, enjoy aging with the beauty of life because how you feel mentally will impact if you live a healthy quality of life.
Grace , Humility and Gratitude are the main ingredients needed to evolve in a ever changing world. Focus on the me before the we.
Competition is a good thing. But it is important to compete with yourself to get better , stronger and wiser while limiting the measurement of your self worth to others.
Blaming others for our circumstances leads to not taking responsibility for your one life.
Time. Where are you in time. Are you on societies timeline or on your timeline. Time is precious and beautiful. Don’t waste it.
If you own a vehicle you know that it is important to maintain it so it is a well oiled machine. That is the same about you. When you don’t maintain you can’t sustain.
Life is a challenge. But you have to keep going and figure it out along the journey. Focus on the basics and fundamentals of life.
The mind controls the body not the body controlling the mind. It is your responsibility to protect your mind and filter what comes in as well as what goes out.
Faith is a natural belief in oneself that always understands the glass is half full not have empty. Fear is a learned behaviour that the individual chooses to give power. Seek understanding to be understood.
Patience is not just a virtue it is a requirement if you want to take time to smell the roses on your journey. Don’t force life but flow with it.
When you respect yourself it is because you know your self. Don’t show off in order to go off. Stay humble with principles to keep you keeping on.
Your history has significant value to you. Know what you need to improve on or add so your legacy is not easily forgotten.
When you start you are building momentum to move forward. For most people it’s hard to get started. The choice is yours.
Living life from within your own purview means you are living from within your own reality.
Taking a stand for your one life means you rely less on excuses and more on being a solution focused individual
Taking it to the next level is a decision that is based on having a mature mindset instead of an immature mindset.
When we focus less on ourselves and more on others this can impact our life and mental health. We need to focus on developing the me before the we.
Life becomes difficult when you live outside of your own purview. Keep it simple and go narrow and deep within yourself.
Working from within your own purview builds on working from within your ethos. When you self audit yourself you will discover an ethos. The picture is a representation of my great grandparents and the start of a family ethos.
Not everything in life will be equal. The goal is take what disparities come and leverage them into your work ethic, ambition, self-awareness and what’s in your own purview to prosper over the long term.
The journey through life is not a one size fits all. It’s a process that requires you to go against the grain sometimes to grow and evolve.
To suffer is to grow or get pulled back into the darkness of a victim mentality. We all suffer including myself. It’s important to understand your source of your suffering , accept it and develop a strategy to grow through it.
When you spend time on you it is good to unpack and learn about your triggers so you can use them for your good.
It is your duty if you care about yourself to set up your one life with a playbook that is based on what works for you in order to create the best life possible.
We all have fears that we have learned and can be unlearned by choice. If you want to go through it you can grow through it.
Having a negative attitude leads to becoming a negative person that poison the mind and heat of others. Just know that there is always another alternative.
The home is the first place of education and what you have control over. Therefore, it’s not a factor but a safe space to feel safe in order to develop with the tools to face the world.
It is important to learn how to trust your process by knowing yourself and working within your own purview.
When you wake up in the morning what is your mindset like? Are you leaning toward complaining or leaning toward evolving with gratitude. If you start right you can do right.
Focusing on what’s in your own purview , designing your life and playbook allows for you to not get caught up in the world view of how you should live but why you are living. Keep your life in perspective always.
We have to be ready, willing and able to take advantage of trying, tasting and doing different things to be efficient and effective.
It’s time to develop your own playbook based on your strengths and unique qualities that is always a work in progress.
When you know thyself you reduce not being manipulated for someone else’s gain. Spend time unpacking your strengths, values and triggers so you can design a playbook for your life.
Patience is not just a virtue but a requirement. Learn to navigate this within your own purview.
We are getting large amounts of information from the news , social media and others around you. This can lead to being misinformed and confusion with no direction.
Evolution brings struggle but not excuses. We must realize that our weaknesses that were once covered up prior to covid19 is now being exposed. It’s time to be personally accountable to ourselves.
Having the right mindset allows you to face adversity so you can Rise Like A Phoenix to become victorious.
It is important not to get caught up in societies timeline for your life. We all have a unique fingerprint which means we all have a unique path and time to achieve success. Be patient.
The external world is sending out more messages of fear and negativity that debilitates the human mind from making progress. Most people are feeling hopeless instead of hopeful.
Throughout our development we have to develop a narrative that can connect to people’s heart and mind while building companionship/community that can improve humanity.
Most people have a hard time expressing their emotional state and may deflect it on others. We must be ready to adjust by focusing on where our mind is and where our behaviour is.
Patience and understanding and knowing what works for you helps you work from your own purview. This will allow you to feel safe in the space that you occupy.
Going through life is about designing your life. Changes are happening all around us. But what matters is how we take what is given to us and customize to meet our individual needs.
We are not immune to failure , rejection, disappointments or struggles. Humans need this to evolve. Yet most people get stuck in the mud of laziness, blaming and complaining while not trying to help themselves to improve their situation.
People need people who care and will establish trust to help them grow. Great people make greater communities.
A planned society model can no longer prosper in a ever changing world of technology and information. It’s time to customize our approach to life by focusing what’s in our own purview to improve and make an impact in the long term.
As we go through life our fuel tank may get low and we will have to refuel. Due to getting fired from a job, laid off from a job, dealing with an illness these things can lower your fuel. We can always refuel to restart.
It’s important to prepare the mind to shine by staying flexible in your journey through life personally and professionally. Those who adjust stay in the game.
Fear is at all time high In humanity. Fear can cripple you or fear can empower you. It’s all in how you see it.
When you know what makes you happy then you can use that to help you define what success means to you. Focus on what’s in your own purview.
It is important to know you are a walking talking billboard. Therefore, how you brand and market yourself must be authentic in order to make a connection. Thrive on change and adjust accordingly.
In this tough economy due to covid19 the way how people work have changed. We are possibly seeing a shift as technology evolves very quickly and putting pressure on traditional ways of working. As more people work from home the evidence is being documented to support a new era of how we work.
In the face of adversity and the dirt it’s time to restore. Stay calm , fly slow and watch the organic growth happen.
Pain , failure , disappointments and rejection are temporary but needed to evolve. You can discover and uncover who you want to become through these experiences.
Living life is simple. We are born, we learn , we grow and make a space in the world to have impact. Over time we are not keeping life simple but finding ways to overthink and complicate life. KEEP IT SIMPLE.
The home is the first place of education and human development. It will expose if you have developed emotional intelligence to be a leader or was given regurgitated pain of the past from others to become a follower. Home schooling helps build your emotional and mental foundation to stand up to the world.
When making a change and wanting to have an impact you must focus on what’s in your own purview not globally.
Everyday you can choose to put on make to cover up your insecurities, fears and lack of self confidence or live naturally through your beauty and intelligence that shines from your heart to the world.
As we go through life most people want to be successful but very few will make it to success.
It’s not what you say it is how you say it that will determine how you can get the best out of your children , staff, spouse and friendships.
Most people struggle to stay consistent and persistent when trying to maintain a new habit. They tend to look for motivation and inspiration externally instead of internally.
The year of 2020 was challenging but filled with great opportunities. However 2021 is unknown. Exercise patience and flow with it.
This podcast was developed to acknowledge my audience by letting them know how thankful I am for them.
Most people feel that you should celebrate successes/accomplishments at the end of the process. In retrospect we should be celebrating during the process. (daily , weekly, monthly)
You can choose to be trained to do something like a robot or be educated to build/invent something.
We are currently going through some unprecedented times. We have seek an increase in stress, worry , anxiety, fear while living with failure , disappointments and increase rejections. What we go through is for our good.
To be a positive being requires hard work because negativity is getting more attention and remains loud daily. Let’s learn to incorporate positivity in our daily living to reduce the loudness of negativity.
Your decision to say I CAN means you are ready to compete. Get ready for a hard journey that is not easy.
Having self control comes from a place of patience, kindness, self love, gratitude and humility. Flow with life.
Fronting and being a part of the make up era comes from a place of insecurities and valuing other people’s judgement. The make up will eventually come off because life will expose you to your truth.
Life is not about trying and finishing in 8th place thinking you are just as good as the person who finished #1. The pain of losing must always drive you to compete to reach for the top in sports and life.
When you don’t have the endurance to stay consistent and persistent in life fatigue will make you a coward.
Fronting/Faking it until you make it and being something you are not is dangerous. It can harm you and your reputation in the long run.
Change is happens to help us evolve and not to dissolve. Change brings growth and opportunity. Accept it , work with it and build with it.
Learning in a unconventional way is a strength not a weakness. However, society may think otherwise. Therefore, it’s easier to place a person in a box with labels that leads to defining their value.
Having a target or a map that guides you toward your goals is key because it gives you purpose and meaning.
We can’t control the family we are born into but we can control who want to become by filtering what we see , hear and feel.
Having the right mindset can improve your health and daily productivity. Protect it , invest in it and use it to maximize your potential. #mindset
Self Improvement is a treadmill that you get on because you have a mission or purpose. #greatness
Today is a new day. How do you start you day? Being alive is an opportunity to be grateful. #perspective
It is time to get down and dirty because if you don’t you can’t see the opportunities. #hardwork
You have control of you and not the government, the job marketplace or other people. Focus and keep perspective of what you have control of.
Your head is your asset and your heart and mouth defines your character. #life, #business, #selfawareness
Life is challenging with pressure. Yet you can handle the truth of it. In the grand scheme of things you will be ok and everything will work out for your good. #selfawareness
Disappointments are a way of life. Face them with the intent to learn and evolve from it.
As we evolve we must be Approachable, Agreeable and Available in order to offer something in return. #selfawareness, #value , #patience, #perspective
Establishing humility is important to our health and humanity. You can be humble or life will find a away to humble you. #selfawareness, #humility , #patience
Spend time on you in order to have a awareness on about your strengths and weaknesses. #selfawareness
Keeping life simple is privilege but making your one life complicated is a danger to your health. Learn to simplify your one life because your health will thank you for it. #selfawareness, #patience, health, #mentalhealth, #physicalhealth
To build reputation means you are building trust. As you build trust you become a person of character who values people. #empathy, #relationships , #humility , #gratitude
Rejection is the gateway to progress and your authentic development. Embrace it. Learn how to leverage it and stop looking at it with a negative lens. #selfawareness, #patience, #rejection, #resilient , #authentic
Hard work is required. Nothing in life is easy. So put in the hard work to elevate your talent. #selfawareness, #hardwork, #mentaltoughness , #gratitude , #adversity
Authenticity of who you are can help you improve overall health while staying the course with #selfawareness. Be yourself because you can manage your life better. #health, #mentalhealth
Adversity can be seen as a negative thing but in actuality it is a positive thing. When we avoid adversity it just leads to mental health challenges and dark bitterness. #selfawareness, #faceit , #adversity , #resilient , #faith
Never feel sorry for yourself and take responsibility for your one life. Yes things maybe hard but you can do whatever you put your mind to. Drive , dedication and effort will help you. #selfawareness, #encouragement , #strongperosn , #resilient , #youth
Is your intentions pure? As you grow within your intent it will get challenged. Never waiver from your intent. Stay in your lane. #selfawareness, #authentic, #humility , #patience , #intention
A new day is a blessing and a privilege. As we go through the day we should not turn into controlled robots but remain human in order to take time to reflect , learn and smell the roses. #mentalhealth, #opportunity , #selfawareness , #safespace
In life things don’t come easy even though sometimes it may appear like that for others. The truth is don’t get caught in the delusion that hard work , sacrifice and perseverance is not required to help you succeed in life. Get ready for a fight. #selfawareness, #patience, #purpose , #fight
If you want to know who you are underneath the skin sometimes we have to take risks. Risk helps us learn more about ourselves while strengthening our #selfawareness, #selfconfidence and #selfworth.
Help is not a weakness but a requirement to help you improve. #help, #selfawareness, #insecure
Being in the moment to reflect , relax and rejuvenate yourself is good for your mental and emotional health. Take time to appreciate the moment and being present with #gratitude. #selfawareness, #faith, #present
Insecurities is the number one killer of your dreams , ambition and life. We should never avoid this but address this at the root. #insecurities , #selfesteem, #selfawareness
Being alive means we are not immune to challenges and difficulties. Therefore, we need them to grow and help us move forward. Trust the process and be patient going through your #challenges and #difficulties because they have significant #value to offer you. #selfawareness
We are designed to physically move forward while exercising the power of #choice to mentally stay moving backwards. It is personal choice to keep on keeping on in the direction of making forward #progress. #selfawareness, #selfaudit, #keepmoving
Your gifts are aligned with your purpose. The gifts you discover and uncover are meant to be shared with the world. Don’t waste them. #gratitude , #gifts, #blessings
The storms of life are made to test our faith , courage , resilience and perseverance to see if you are who we say we are. Storms are delays so hang in there. #selfawareness, #challenges , #hope
If you want to become something of value it requires talent and effort. Life is not easy. It is what it is. Don’t wish you are something show that you are something with what you have and maximize it. #selfawareness, #maximizeyourpotential , #hardwork, #patience
In life it’s not where you start but where you are going. You are created to manage your ups and downs because life will only give you what you can handle. #selfawareness, #resilient , #mentalhealth
Knowing your value is more important then waiting for a degree, job or status to define you. Your understanding is key because if a pandemic or crisis hits you know your value and you are willing to do something to bring value. Complain less and do more. #selfawareness, #value , #purpose
How you start your day is key to your #health, #attitude and actions you take daily. Keep life in perspective and appreciate taking time to smell the roses. #selfawareness, #gratitude, #mentalhealth
Telling the truth is a very healthy thing to do. Yet most people find it hard to do. The truth will always set you free. #truth, #choice , #selfawareness
The world is in need of more people being kind to each other. Kindness is never a sign of weakness. It is a significant strength that shows your character, integrity and that you care. #selfawareness, #care, #kindness, #values , #principles
As human beings we all have emotions. However, we have the power of choice to decide how our emotions can help us or harm us. #selfawareness, #choice, #school , #family, #business, #society
Patience is not just a virtue but a responsibility because life is a long game. In addition having perspective allows for gratitude to override the ego. #selfawareness, #mentalhealth, #mindset, #attitude
Life is busy and we tend to put other things as a priority over ourselves. It is just as important to make yourself a priority while increasing your self awareness. Take time to smell the roses. #selfawareness, #mentalhealth, #choice
Mark shares the importance of having faith, courage , resilience, perseverance self awareness and never giving up starting at the age of 7. I wanted to share a part of my journey with you not just to inspire you but to give you hope.