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When I am in your head I am out of my Mind... Letting Go of the Thoughts, Actions, and Opinions of others
Acceptance is the Answer,
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These are the 5 questions to ask ourselves Daily to grow mentally, spiritually , and physically.
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Todays Episode
American forces were instrumental in the lives of many Afghans for over 20 years. Many of them never knew life without Americans in in their country.
It’s been a year since the withdrawal and on this Veterans Day we hear the story of Asma Paigeer who overcome immense fear and uncertainty and put the lives of others ahead of one’s own.
Asma Paigeer showed incredible courage as she worked with US Forces to escape the Taliban following the fall of Afghanistan. She not only helped herself but saved the lives of 147 young women and refused to leave without rescuing the 3 that were kidnapped by the Taliban.
Her Father worked with US forces for 15 years and they were a visible family in Afghanistan. When the government was succeeded by the Taliban their home was marked and her family including herself were targeted.
Now that she has escaped to the US she is a student at VA Tech and is making it her personal life mission to learn, succeed and work to improve her country.
Her message is simple. “ If I don’t Succeed, then they Win”
Take a listen and support Asma’s education at with the link provided below https://gofund.me/a97046d7
“Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.” – Bill Crawford
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The 3 M's - Mindfullness, Meditation, and Manifestation
Full Clip from todays episode here : How Mindfulness, Meditation & Manifesting Can Improve Your Life | Emily Fletcher
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The 3 M's - Mindfullness, Meditation, and Manifestation
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The 3 M's - Mindfullness, Meditation, and Manifestation
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ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts and How to Overcome them
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ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts and How to Overcome them
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ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts and How to Overcome them
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“For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear.”
― Robin S. Sharma
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Marc Nudelberg is a Former NCAA Football Coach turned Author, Entrepreneur and High-Performance Coach to the business community.
Hear tangible practices and insights that anyone can practice to UP our game and show up as an Athlete of Life.
He applies the knowledge gained from Coaching D1 Atheltes to his own life and to coach High Performaning Business Leaders.
“For your life to be great,your faith must be bigger than your fear.”
― Robin S. Sharma
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Marc Nudelberg is a Former NCAA Football Coach turned Author, Entrepreneur and High-Performance Coach to the business community.
Hear tangible practices and insights that anyone can practice to UP our game and show up as an Athlete of Life.
He applies the knowledge gained from Coaching D1 Atheltes to his own life and to coach High Performaning Business Leaders.
“The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know what you want and believe you can have it.” —Norman Vincent Peale
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“The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know what you want and believe you can have it.” —Norman Vincent Peale
What If you don't believe?
The Perfect Day Exercise uses a journalling exercise to help you get clear on the Vision for the future you want to create for yourself and how to get there.
“The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know what you want and believe you can have it.” —Norman Vincent Peale
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“The great secret of getting what you want from life is to know what you want and believe you can have it.” —Norman Vincent Peale
What If you don't believe?
The Perfect Day Exercise uses a journalling exercise to help you get clear on the Vision for the future you want to create for yourself and how to get there.
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Terrance Cooley, Chief People Officer and CIO, United States Air Force- JADC2 R&D Center joins the DC Local Leaders Podcast for Episode 107
Terrance Cooley practices minimalism in his personal life which has opened up space for him to lead his team without Mental Clutter
Here how he first began this practice and what it has done for his Mindset and ability to find clarity and purpose in his life.
He shares his story of developing #resilience from his childhood experiences and his passionate for youth mentorship with Stanford Sierra Youth & Families.
Terrance opens up about “WHY” behind his recent decision to become a Foster Parent and how he hopes to impact the lives of future generations with his example.
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“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to” ― Marcus Aurelius
I have learned to set aside time to worry instead of allowing it to rule my thoughts.
This has been a tremendous tool that helps keep me out of my own way.
Here’s a quick summary of the technique:
Every week I set time on the calendar to worry.
I don’t tell myself to stop or criticize myself for worrying in the moment. I simply recognize it, name it and schedule time on the calendar to do it.
I have found that almost 100 % of the time if I haven’t completely forgotten about it until I read the list whatever I planned on worrying about has either:
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Taken care of itself without my involvement
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Been solved by action
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No longer feels like a good investment of time to worry about.
This practice has been a great reminder that of two things:
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If there is something I can do about it then I don’t need to worry. - I can Take Action
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If there is nothing, I can do about it then I don’t need to worry. - Its none of my Business.
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“All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.” Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger is Warrant Buffets' business partner and is famous for sharing his message on using Inverted Thinking to make decisions. He has used this thought process to guide the success of Berkshire Hathaway to its multi Billion Dollar status.
The process of Inversion Thinking involves approaching problems from the opposite direction.
It is usually easier and a smaller list to identify what we don’t want in our future (relationships, careers, health, etc) and work in the opposite.
By addressing problems backward we are able to uncover the hidden beliefs we operate on by muscle memory that are causing tunnel vision and only see what we want to see.
Sometimes it's not about knowing what to do but knowing what not to do that helps us be successful.
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The Belief System is Like a Book of Law that Rules Our Minds – Don Miguel Ruiz
In his book, The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz starts off by describing to us how we form beliefs.
He refers to the world we live in as a shadow world or a fog of life that the ancient Toltecs refer to as Mitote. Often referred to in yoga as Maya meaning Illusion
The formation of beliefs is what he calls the Domestication of Humans. From a young age, we didn’t have the opportunity to choose our own beliefs
Once we begin to question our thoughts and the origin of our beliefs, we are able to free ourselves from the fog
We begin to live as our Authentic selves and leave the Dream that was layered on by the world around
We can develop a new belief system that gives us the freedom to measure up to who we want to be rather than that of the Mitote and Don Miguel Ruiz offers us Four Agreements as a path to Personal Freedom.
Check out today's Episode for a summary of Agreement #1: Be Impeccable with Your Word.
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“Never be a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. You will never be the same.”
― Robin Sharma
We don’t regret or shut the door on the past. Focusing our attention on emotions like Regret is our brain’s way of tricking us into believing that we are doing something to solve the problem
Where focus goes energy flows so if regret is playing a tape of past events over and over again in our minds then we are programming our Reticular Activating System (RAS) to be on alert for more opportunities to practice the same past behavior in the present day.
If we are reliving past events in the present day but imagining that we are doing something different with the hope that this will somehow prevent us from repeating it then we are delusional and living with resentment
Hope is not a strategy and resentment is a Mindset Killer.
It’s responsible for the death of more dreams, joy, relationships, careers, and happiness than any other emotion.
What we need is a plan to embrace our past as a teacher or “Architect” for our feature.
Taking a regular inventory of our emotions such as fear, regret and resentment is the path to Wholeness
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Work harder on yourself than you do on your job – Jim Rohn
A few years ago, when the pain of staying the same finally became bigger than the fear of change I began working on a vigorous plan of action.
Those actions have helped me build a new relationship with fear, get out of my own way, change my attitude and outlook on life, unlearn old limiting beliefs, and improve my physical and mental health dramatically.
In more ways than one, I became an entirely different person.
Among other things I suffered from the delusion that if I just excel professionally and look good on the outside then it didn’t matter how I felt on the inside.
I, unfortunately, was failing at both and had a death grip on the false idea that validation externally would fix all my problems and make me happy.
I had no concept of what it would be like to be joyous, fulfilled, and happy with my everyday experience.
Living a life of daily actions toward improving myself from the inside out by growing personally, mentally, physically, and spiritually changed everything.
As Jim Rohn suggests I began to work harder on myself than I did on my job. In fact, I made working on myself my job. It became and still is my priority.
Once I began to do the work on myself to unlearn and un-layer myself with all of the old limiting beliefs, fears, and habits that had been weighing me down and preventing me from being my true Self
As I focused my attention on growing personally, I began to grow professionally. It took work but it almost began to feel effortless. I began to do all of the things that I once thought I could never do or that would never work out.
Thought for the Week:
One of the very first places I started was developing a Morning Routine. My routine has evolved over time but the starting point was committing to waking up at the same time every day.
I am a 4:30 am riser but that isn’t necessary. What’s most important is that you give yourself the opportunity to keep a promise to yourself.
Taking the advice of Kristen Holmes of Whoop, I now wake up without an alarm but that is absolutely how I started.
Pick a time, set the alarm, and wake up.
If you’re living what feels like the shotgun approach every morning then the rest of the day will feel just as chaotic.
It’s simple but not easy… I’d love to hear if it makes a difference.
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Believe and You Shall Receive – Napoléon Hill Napoleon Hill introduces the Principle of Applied Faith described as a major differentiator between successfully achieving a goal and falling short.
According to Merriam, Webster Faith is defined as “to believe that (someone or something) deserves to be trusted”
Simply put, this is the principle of Trusting the Process. What we believe is possible for us to attain or achieve is often what we take action towards and ultimately accomplish.
If we are taking the daily actions of a successful person then each day, we are becoming a more successful person.
If we are taking the actions that accumulate to successfully achieve a goal then it is reasonable for us to proceed with the Belief that we will successfully achieve our goal.
Sounds Simple right?
It’s Simple…. but not easy…. The tricky part is that Fear often prevents us from taking the first steps We are afraid that even though we take all the right actions and are on the path to success it won’t work for us.
Deep within our psyche lives old behaviors and limiting beliefs that have been programmed in us from a young age usually based on Fear.
They may represent themselves and self-criticism or an undercurrent of belief that we are somehow undeserving or need to be different before good things will happen for us the way they do for others.
The gnawing thought that somehow even though everyone else is able to be successful in taking the same actions but we will not or even worse… We WILL become successful and then not know what to do to maintain it…. not be enough to keep it.
How many times does an internal conversation centered around fear, self-doubt, and a belief that “it won’t work for me” cause you to procrastinate in taking the first step towards achieving a goal?
How many times were you planning to do something entrepreneurial, find a strategic partnership to grow your business, start working out and eating healthier, pitching a new idea at work, or pitch yourself for a promotion but instead used every means of self-justification and self-sabotage you convince yourself to not take the action?
Thankfully there is a solution. I have been on both sides of this coin and am living proof that we can change our brains. Neuroplasticity allows us to interrupt our old patterns, replace those behaviors with new ones, build new Neurol Loops and retrain our brain.
Practice for the Week
Here is one simple practice to incorporate into a morning routine that shifts what we believe is possible.
- look yourself in the eyes in the mirror every morning and say that “I love and approve of myself”.
Yes, it feels embarrassing and a bit ridiculous at first because if you are like me then you’ve never heard those words about yourself before. The more our brains hear those words, the more synapsis we build in that direction then the more we shift our core beliefs on what is possible for us.
On the other side of that discomfort of saying this phrase is the confidence that we are deserving and approved of.
𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 - The energy required to cause a chemical reaction and why getting started is the hardest part of changing. As it relates to Force, Newton, helped us understand that a body at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. That force is the Activation Energy required to get it in motion. When a body is in motion, Activation Energy is the force required to change its path. When it comes to unblocking our minds or changing our habits. ⭐️When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. We change. That pain is the Activation Energy required for us to change our path. ⭐️When our Activation Energy is greater than our Energy of Resistants. We change. When we feel like some external force is acting upon us and pushing us in a different direction. That may just be something doing for us that we could not do for ourselves. That may just be the Activation Energy we needed to change our path. Question for the Week Instead of creating resistance or friction to slow down the rate of change, how can we create momentum?
Today’s episode is with Amy Gilliland, The President of GDIT. Her message is simple …we can do Great things and we are all more resilient than we may even know.
She was raised by a single mother who was in civilian service to the US Army along with her Great Grandfather who served in the Navy. Amy reflects on the impact they both had on her from a young age to be shown an example of working hard, of service to others and the power of gratitude.
After graduating from the Naval Academy Amy spent time on the Deck of a Guided Missel Destroyer ship The USS Laboon where she was taught how to preform in the face of uncertainty and how to lead others effectively when emotions are high.
She was able to Travel the World to more than 40 countries experiencing diplomacy both by ship and as a Congressional Liaison for the House of Representatives. She’s gained The Power Of perspective which is a complexion of all of those experiences that influence how she wants to lead.
As a fellow Early Bird, she and I discuss our similar approaches to being deliberate about gaining clarity of purpose with a morning routine that includes exercise and a Gratitude practice. She includes her kids to share in that experience to set the example of healthy practices to be the best version of our selves. She shares that we’re more than the position we hold and embraces the fact that our home life is a major part of who we are in our professional life.
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“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
― Rumi
Every time I read this; I get a little something more out of it.
The first time I read it, what resonated with me was the idea that it is the “rubs” or those things which we may view at the time as pitfalls, adversity, or mistakes that are actually bringing the best in us.
As we become more and more resilient and recover quickly from the inconvenience of a “rub” we are able to continuously seek those actions that are “Rubs” because they are the very experiences that allow us to be polished.
I want my mirror polished; I want it to shine. It may never be perfect but I am continuously striving for it to be the best version of a mirror that I can have.
Today another thought came to me when I read it…. Why did Rumi choose a mirror?
Is it because is reflects us? As we clear away the dirt, we see who we truly are?
Is the dirt all of my limiting beliefs that block me off and private a layer of “dirt” over the real me?
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Tom Harker former Navy Secretary joins the DC Local Leaders Podcast.
Tom shares the power of learning from our mistakes and that our perceived “failures” ends up being our greatest lessons.
He shares his gratitude for learning this lesson early in his career and recalls a vivid memory of bringing a ship into port and making every mistake imaginable and causing damage to both his vessel and others along with the dock all while his commanding officer patiently allowed him to work through fear and anxiety and mental spiral.
This ends up being the most powerful lesson of his life and that experience has been a catalyst for his continuous personal and professional growth and how he mentors others.
Tom opens up about his experience with asking for help and the power of working on our Mental Health just as we would our physical health. He is dedicated to continuing to help both current and transitioned military service members who are suffering in silence to find the help they need.
As he navigated multiple responsibilities from the US Coast Guard, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs and eventually to the Secretary and CFO of the US Navy and he shares his insights on how to evaluate Risk and its point of diminishing return in our lives.
The lessons he’s learned as the Navy’s CFO applies to Leadership and to Life
Not only is Tom an avid surfer he is also a pretty competitive Beach Volleyball player.
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“𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭.” Fred D.
The reticular activating system is the brains filter and gives us some science-based evidence why visualization meditation work. If you are rolling your eyes at the phrase visualization mediation that this is for you. Listen Today!
The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a bundle of nerves at our brainstem that filters out unnecessary information so the important things get through. It consists of a network of neurons in the central portion or core of the brainstem from the medulla through the pons and midbrain and into the diencephalon
We can’t possibly take in the full amount of stimulus from all 5 of our senses and our subconscious thoughts all at one time. Our brains caches data and creates muscle memory to focus even when we aren’t always aware.
This explains why we can drive a car without thinking about it after some experience. If we hear about a book or learn a new word we suddenly start hearing and seeing it everywhere…It was always there; our RAS just didn’t filter it in.
It’s why we can tune out a crowd full of talking people in a room, yet immediately snap to attention when someone says your name or something that sounds like it… RAS
Visualization Meditation allows us to program the filter of our RAS. Our Brains can’t tell the difference between a real or imagined memory. If you’ve suffered resentment or procrastination than you can relate. Both are living the perceived wreckage of the future or the past over and over but in present day. We feel it as if it were happening today.
Listen in to todays Monday Mindset to hear a visualizing method to help program our RAS that takes all of 30 second. Repetition > Duration.
What do I want my future self to sound like, look like, feel like…
Imaging yourself in that movie screen of our awareness - what am I wearing, hearing, seeing… what emotions do I feel…who else it there… Play the stories out …
What actions can I take today that is in alignment with the person I want my future self to be?
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What we Resist, Persist – Carl Jung
When we resist change, we are clinging to old ideas and limiting beliefs. Where focus goes energy flows. Focusing on the problem makes the problem bigger. Focusing on the Solution makes the Solution bigger.
Resistance can be procrastinating and listening to the voices in our heads telling us we’re some version of not enough; you’re not good enough, smart enough, young enough, old enough, there’s not enough time, even if you achieve it …you’re not enough to keep it.
This negative self-talk that feeds our self-doubt is created by our limiting beliefs, fears, and our selfish opinion of how something or someone “should” be.
Have you ever started “Shoulding” all over yourself?
If we focus on our fears, then they get bigger in our heads. We may even rehearse different scenarios in our mind where things go poorly. It feels like watching a movie in the screen of our awareness where we are the lead character and it somehow turns into a horror film.
We are effectively doing a visualization meditation on the fear and negativity that we are hoping to avoid but instead we are sending more energy and bringing more awareness to it. The Brains filter The Reticular Activating system kicks on in high alert to bring us more of what we focus on the most and unfortunately, it’s the very thing we hoping to avoid.
It’s like procrastinating on something we know we should do. Procrastinating feels like pushing it out of our minds temporarily (Resisting) but somehow when we do it ends up being all we think about all day. (Persisting)
The Secret of Change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but building the new. – Socrates
What have you been resisting?
How can you make space for that feeling or change?
Where can we refocus our energy to building the new…the Solution rather than the problem?
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Lieutenant General (Retired) Bruce Crawford former US Army 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 and now 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 with Jacobs joins the DC Local Leaders Podcast
“The greatest gift we can give to the next generation is the gif of a great example” … “Never Destroy a young persons dream by telling them what they can’t do”
After 34 years of service Bruce is most proud of the relationships he’s built and the joy he feels from mentoring others.
He reminds us not to rob ourselves of a wealth of knowledge that may exist outside of our own perception. “Surround yourself with people who look, think, and feel differently from you”
Lean in and hear his journey from being a teenager in Columbia SC in the 70’s to later becoming the CIO of the United States Army. What he thought would be a short career turned into become a Ranger, traveling the World, learning to be a Leader and building mental #resilience by being part of something bigger than himself.
One person saw something in him when he couldn’t see it in himself and instilled a passion for people. That one determined leader changed the trajectory of multiple generations with their generosity and set Bruce on a path to a gratifying life.
Bruce gives us an honest account of his own experience with #militarytransition and the 3 Major phases of exiting and finding a career for the next person preparing to transition.
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“𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.”- Donald Hebb.
The Consistent and deliberate practice of Gratitude Practice is powerful enough to change the neurological make up of our Brain.
WHY? - Hebbian Learning shows the discovery of Mirror neurons that give neuroscientific evidence Of Vicarious Activations; the neural substrates of our own actions are vicariously activated while witnessing the actions of others through vision or sound.
If we surround ourselves with People, Places and Things that cause us to experience Gratitude we will be neurologically shifted into more Gratitude. Likewise, if everything we see, hear, and experience is fear based and negative we will be neurologically shifted towards Resentment
HOW? How then do we increase the frequency of these Vicarious activations in the Brain? By purposely building a consistent Gratitude practice. Hebbs research says that in order for one neuron to begin affecting the efficiency of another in a certain direction it needs to repeatedly (consistency) take part in firing (deliberate action or causality) the other.
simply put to the more gratitude we deliberately practice then the more we will begin to naturally experience Gratitude when not being deliberate.
WHAT? - I have come to view Gratitude as a VERB and not a Noun. It must be Acted upon consistently towards the people, places and things for which we are grateful. This reinforces Gratitude and increases the capacity to identify things in my life large and small that I am grateful for.
Consistently starting my day with a Gratitude list without any minimum or maximum of items allows for a Jump Start to the Reticular Activating System (our Brains filter) to be on the lookout for more opportunities, people, places and things for which I can practice gratitude.
As experience these People, Places and Things I am purposely ingesting through sight and hearing (what we watch and What we listen to) things that generate a feeling of gratitude that cause these Neurons to Fire Together and Wire together creating more opportunities for Vicarious Activation.
Question for the Week
What direction are YOUR Vicarious Activations occurring in?
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Diet is way more than the food we put in our mouth.
We’ve all heard that we are what we eat but the idea of Nourishment includes more than just food that we put into our body.
I recently went on a 72 hour fast and have since been incorporating a 36 hour fast each week. One of the many benefits of fasting is that it eliminates Toxins from the body. In his book The Seven Day Mental Diet author Emmet Fox provides a method for going on a Mental Fast and eliminating the Toxins & negative thoughts from our Minds.
We’re not just what we eat. We are a product of everything we consume in every way that we consume it. We are a result of the people we surround ourselves with, everything we watch, everything we listen to, the ideas we are exposed to and believe, the examples we follow, and the environment we spend the most time in. Everything that affects our Human senses is a part of our Diet.
Is it reasonable to eat junk food nonstop and refuse to exercise and expect a healthy body?
Is it reasonable to allow junk thoughts into our minds nonstop and refuse to work on ourselves and expect a healthy Mind?
We take care of what we eat and don’t consume food in excess all day long, choosing healthy nourishing foods to intake, and perform regular physical exercise in a variety of forms to maintain a useful, healthy and strong body.
Likewise, to maintain a resilient, positive, healthy Mindset we must make healthy choices in the diet of what we think, view, hear, and the company we keep.
As with the requirement for the consistent practice of physical exercise, maintaining a healthy mindset also requires a consistent practice of mental exercises. These exercises come in the form of things such as Gratitude Lists, I Am statements, self-reflection, affirmations, meditation, identify limiting beliefs and reframing them into positive action-based statements.
I Am statements to for the week:
Today I am taking actions to maintain a healthy mindset.
Today I am Standing Guard at the Gates of My Mind.
Today I am fasting from Negative thoughts.
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BG. Shane Reeves, the 15th Dean of the Academics Board at West Point joins the DC Local leaders podcast for our latest episode
Shane Reeves is a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He is the 15th Dean of the Academic Board of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y, and previously served as Professor and Head of the Department of Law. He founded and was a Co-Director of the Lieber Institute for Law and Land Warfare.
While he could have practiced law anywhere but he couldn’t see himself doing it anywhere else but the US Army. His law focus has no greater stakes and focuses on National security, War and War Crimes which has taught how to understand the Human Condition.
Shane is an incredible example of Humble Selfless Service and in a charismatic and funny way he’s the lessons he’s learned in leadership and understanding humans that we can apply in our daily lives.
- Humans are Humans – people always
- Step Up – If We don’t Lead then Who Will?
- Winning matters but it’s not, zero sum game, humbly champion the success of others
- Access to Information does not mean Wisdom
- Red Cell Everything
- Dispassionate disagreement
- Intellectual Coddling / Intellectual Adversity – Out think our Problems.
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𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 – 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
I was first introduced to cold immersion by Wim Hof a few years ago and now one of my favorite hobbies it to study the work of Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford. His research includes documents the myriad of benefits of cold-water immersion:
- Metabolism, Optimizing Brown Fat Cells
- Mood (Dopamine regulation), Mindset, Mental Health Recovery
- Exercise Recovery
- Pain & Inflammation regulation
- Focus & Mental Resilience
I am 100% seeking the psychological change. I am training for psychological resilience on a daily basis with deliberate periods of physiological discomfort. Through repetition we can develop a Habit and build more neurological feedback loops in the direction of taking action in the face of stress, strain and discomfort.
By utilizing the powerful connection between psychology and physiology we can change our narrative and remove our self-imposed limitations.
Multiple mornings have gone by where I say “ugh …I don’t want to do this”. I even begin developing justifications and excuses …” This is Excessive”, “Who do I think I am?”,” I’ve done it long enough”. I almost quit. As soon as I hear that voice and feel that physical feeling in my Vagus Nerve…I take IMMEDIATE Action in the opposite direction. I do it any way… I step and WIN that small mental battle.
This is me keeping a promise to myself. My SELF heard me commit to cold showers and each time I live up to that promise, I solidify the belief that I am a person who does what they say they will do. 𝐀𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 – 𝐁𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝.
At some point throughout the day and life there will come times that I have to endure discomfort and each day I prove to my SELF that I am capable.
The water is also never as cold as I think it will be the second before step in. The narrative in my mind is worse than reality. The meditation I use while in the cold helps me focus on:
Where else in my life is my narrative worse than reality?
Where am I suffering my imagination in advance?
Where do I procrastinate? …maybe the water isn’t that cold.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
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“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲” – 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐈, Don Miguel Ruiz
In his book The Four Agreements (A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom), author Don Miguel Ruiz suggest that we must make an agreement with ourselves to not take anything personally.
When we think of taking things personally, we often think of receiving criticism from another person or some external event the we feel is happening to us specifically because of us. We tell ourselves some version of the story that “if I were different or if I were someone different than they wouldn’t say that or this wouldn’t be happening”. In that moment we are acting on an overdeveloped sense of Personal Importance. Taking the words or actions of others as personal to us is actually an extreme expression of selfishness.
We are making it about all about ourselves when it may have nothing to do with us at all. We may hear feedback from another person as judgment or as criticism because we each process what we hear through our awareness of our flaws, weaknesses, and insecurities. We are not affected emotionally by what is actually said, but rather by our interpretation which is formed by our beliefs.
Taking things personally is a direct result of the stories we tell ourselves and what we ultimately believe about ourselves. We believe a story about ourselves and their words touch an emotional wound that causes pain. We create a narrative of what the person meant with their words rather than what they actually said.
Notice how many words refer to SELF in this description? Are we being selfish and taking things personally?
What story do we have a habit of reliving when we take things personally?
What are the cues that cause me the or remember this story?
What is my usually reaction to this story?
How can I respond instead?
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Dr. Marina Theodotou, EdD is an incredible example of the fact that how we start does not have to determine how we finish. She reminds us in this episode that “we don’t determine the cards we’re dealt but we do have a choice in how we play them “
At a young age she was exposed to having to flee her home country of Cyprus and grow up in a foreign country in Northern Africa. Even in her description of that event she is careful to say that just because they lost every material possession, she did not lose everything because she had her family. That experience and hardship along with the example of her parents and older siblings is what forged a mindset resilience and gumption
Her mindset of gumption allowed her the opportunity to have former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl as a mentor, pursue a Ph.D. in an entirely different field from her former experience, and make a mid-career shift where she has the opportunity to impacts the lives of thousands of people each day.
Losing a job is actually the catalyst and provided her with the freedom of newness that was the catalyst that led her to the next chapter that is even more gratifying than the one before.
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𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐬 – 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐧
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If we have decided we want to change and we agree that our Habits are what make us who we are then we are ready to take actions. We agree that nothing changes if nothing changes or in others words in order for our life to become different, WE have to become different; take different actions. We are accountable to future self and the current results in our life is a result of our current habits.
Developing the habits required to successfully achieve goals takes rendering down the endpoint to the smallest possible action that is required to begin …and doing it. The author Leo Babauta reminds us that “Actually, doing the habit is much more important than how much you do.”
It’s not about quantity of each event is about repetition. Small actions create massive results when done consistently because of the concept of momentum. Momentum builds with every action we take no matter how small it is as long as it is constant an in the same direction.
If we can boil down the starting point to an actions item so small, we almost feel ridiculous not taking it we remove all obstacles and options for procrastination.
Developing new habits requires forming new neurological loops in our brains. This means Identifying our CUES- whatever would cause us to take the negative habit. Interrupting that pattern by identifying the former actions without criticizing ourselves for having it. Replacing the action with the new habit and rewarding the new behavior. Celebrating the victory and rewarding the new behavior is crucial. Each time we celebrate it activates the dopamine sensor in the brain to anchor and reinforce those new actions with that cue which creates a desire for the new routine which brings that reward thus forming the HABIT.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Will Durant’s translation of Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do and we believe what we repeatedly think. “I AM” are the two most powerful words we can say to ourselves because whatever we follow that with is how we identify ourselves and expresses what we believe about ourselves. The language we use carries power. Whatever we repeatedly say will slowly become a Habit of thought and that habit will solidify a core belief within us. It’s those core beliefs that will then dictate our actions and those actions become what we repeatedly do. Our lives will be a summation of the actions we take habitually.
If I’m constantly telling myself a story that is some version of: “I AM” too much of this or “I AM” not enough of that, then I am reinforcing ideas that will eventually determine the daily actions I take.
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Up to 40% of our daily lives are repeated with behaviors and activities that are in near-exact as the day before. Day after day we think the same thoughts, drive on the same roads, eat the same set of foods and do the same tasks. We slip into a what feels like a robotic trance of thoughtless habit.
Those daily actions, Repetition, routine, ritual and consistency known as our habits dictate who we are and what we become. Living a life of success and happiness is not an accident, it’s a habit. Our habits of action will dictate what we become which will then reinforce the language and beliefs we have and around we go. Our quality of life, feelings of success and our sense of wellbeing become a self-fulfilling prophesy.
In order to change what we think of ourselves and what our future self becomes, were going to have to Act our way in to a better way of thinking because we simply think up better actions. To change our thoughts, we start with our actions.
The most important aspect of habit formation is getting started. Every small act can make an enormous difference in our life so Start by doing Just one thing! Even if we don’t feel like it, do it anyway. The actions lead and the belief will follow.
Jeff “Montis Man” Harris is a living example that We Can Do Hard Things !
On Dec 25, 2018 he was diagnosed with Achalasia and did not eat solid food until Dec 25, 2019. He endured 365 days of living on protein shakes multiple surgeries, needing to sleep upright in a chair all while serving as a CEO and continuing to compete in Endurance Races.
When it comes to self-discipline and a Hunger for Greatness, He’s learned a few things because e’s had to do a few things. He set out to be an example of how to shift our victim mindset to a warrior mindset.
“Our Attitude it the most important decision we make every day” – Jeff Harris.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐱 - 𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧! – Les Brown
Our words not only have wisdom but they can work wonders. Sharing a kind or encouraging message to another human being can change the course of their actions and what they believe about themselves.
Helping others fills our cup more than any accolade or material possession. Walking a path with another person and using our experience to pay forward is one of the many gifts granted by #mentorship. This symbiotic relationship is a conduit for 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 . Sharing our experiences with another person clarifies our message and hold us accountable to our own advice.
A truly #gratifying experience happens when we share a part of ourselves with another human being. When we lean in to #vulnerability and share honestly about the challenges, thoughts and the lessons we’ve learned from our experiences. We give the other person and opportunity to find a connection they may have never thought they'd have. Even though the circumstance may differ, the way we felt during that moment is the same and they relate to us in a deeper way. This opens the door for many more meaningful conversations in the future.
No one person accomplishes great things on their own. They have a team of people guiding and encouraging them along the way. Who we surround ourselves with and the attitudes, outlooks and language they use eventually become our own They become our examples of what we believe is possible. Those beliefs are reinforced our words and actions.
#mentors allow us to go places within ourselves that we may not go by ourselves because they can see things in us that we may not see in ourselves.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥!
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK:
Who are the mentors you're surrounding yourself with?
Who in your life are you encouraging?
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“𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 – 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬
WE HAVE THE CHOICE. We don’t have to allow our external circumstances to govern our thoughts, emotions, and actions. When we are doing this, we are living our lives in a reactive state and our mental and spiritual condition are at the mercy of the natural unpredictable realities of life.
It’s not all about us - we cannot live our lives based on our personal preference on how things “should” be or thinking that we have complete control over external people, places and things. If we allow external circumstances to have sole control over our internal state of happiness and wellbeing then we are actively choosing a life of resentment, fear and disappointment and actively refusing a life of gratitude, serenity, and fulfillment.
Living life on life’s terms means being mindfully fit and continuing to increase our awareness of our natural reactions to life and how they affect our thoughts and actions. Putting this principle into practice takes time and effort.
The first step to no longer living a reactive life is acceptance. If we are disturbed, it is because I find some fact of life in some way unacceptable to our personal preference. I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
We must actively work on raising our awareness of our natural reactions to life where these natural reactions or emotions originated and how they affect our actions allows us to 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭.
WE HAVE THE CHOICE
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Tammy Barlette is a Lieutenant Colonel with over 20 years of active duty service to our nation, who founded a speaking collective featuring female veterans (www.AthenasVoiceUSA.com).
She is a fighter pilot who flew the mighty A-10 Warthog, a graduate of the prestigious US Air Force Weapons School and an experienced Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) pilot.
Her professional experience is highly unique and powerfully impacted her outlook on life. She is passionate about sharing what she's learned with the world, believing the power of positive and inspiring human connection can change people for the better.
She is on a mission to help others see the power to accomplish great things is within them.
Her stories of triumph and tribulation will move you to action.
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗮
Just as fire strengthens steel adversity makes us stronger. The Key to becoming mentally, physically and spiritually resilient is not pain avoidance its acceptance and action. We have to ability to rob misfortune and hardship of its ability to cause suffering when we accept every difficulty as an opportunity to grow.
Our adversities are our individual calls to action and the education earned in overcoming them solidify our ability to withstand future hardship. We no longer manage our life with the single intent of avoiding discomfort.
As Seneca says - I judge you fortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed though life without an opponent – no one can ever no what you are capable of, not even you.
ACTION ITEMS:
- Ask yourself “where am I avoiding difficulty and robbing myself of the opportunity to learn what I am capable of? Listen to what story are you telling yourself as to why.
- Take inventory of the fears surrounding your inability to act. Make a list of each fear by using the statement “I am in fear of…”.
- Identify the worst possible outcome of each fear and the smallest actions you can begin taking now to make progress.
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“We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca
How many of us spend time living in the wreckage of the future?
The discomfort and uncertainty of future events can allow our imaginations to run wild and we begin to suffer in advance. Fear and uncertainty can broadcast an internal a story line across the screen of our imagination and we find ourselves living in the wreckage of the future based on the imperfections of our past.
Its important to remember that if we have one foot in tomorrow and one foot in yesterday then we are * ing all over today.
Moments of growth and are often characterized by and stepping outside of our comfort zone. Many of us associate a feeling of comfort with the known outcomes and results that that we can control. Future outcomes are among the many things that we don’t have control over especially when we are doing something new and are growing outside our comfort zone. All we really have control over at any point in time is the actions we take and the attitude we have while taking them.
Rather than regretting the future that hasn’t yet occurred, what we can do today is take the small incremental actions that are within our power to help us achieve the future we’d like to create. Being present means focusing on the required work of today.
Trust the Process
Focusing on our daily habits and celebrate the small victories we make along the way of getting to our end goal. Reinforcing the small victories and keeping small promises to ourselves to take the required actions keep us free from being distracted by fear and uncertainty.
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Omar Dennis, Former US Marine and now CEO & President of SEDULOUS shares his message of Leadership and Self Awareness with the us in our latest episode.
He shares about growing up in Baltimore in the 70 and early 80’s and how his perception of what he thought was possible for himself has completely changed through he course of his life due to his experience with becoming a US Marine where he was shown the value of Self Awareness, Self-Discipline, Integrity and Work Ethic
After experiencing a traumatic accident early in his Military career Omar quickly learned the value of leaning into fear, continuous Self Inspection, overcoming challenges and living a life of continuous improvement.
As a student of stoicism, he uses his opportunity as the Leader of SEDULOUS to continue to improve the lives of those around him by creating an alliance based culture that prioritizes, self-reflection, emotional intelligence and service to others.
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𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗯! – 𝗜𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Gratitude is one of the most powerful resources we have at our disposal. It has the ability to unlock the fullness of life and as author Melody Beattie puts it -turn what we have into enough, our denials into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity.
We also have an opportunity to use the power of gratitude to list how we can be of service to the lives of our fellows. As Adam Grant says “𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤”
A grateful person is often more optimistic, energetic, enthusiastic, determined, interested, and joyful than a person stuck in resentment, fear, and views the world though a lens of scarcity.
Expressing regular gratitude has been attributed to feeling stronger when faced with challenges, feeling less envious, and experiencing less stress.
Rather than simply making a list of things we enjoy about our life. It also includes the mundane, the hardships that have allowed us to grow, as well as our contributions to other.
Gratitude as an action means it’s a verb and works best when it is embodied or acted upon, spoken aloud and is incredibly fulfilling when it connects us to someone else.
𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸
What are three contributions that I am grateful for? Can I list a different 3 each morning?
How can I actively share gratitude with at least one person per day?
What are some challenges in my life that I am grateful for the opportunity to grow from?
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Scott is an accomplished, combat-tested leader and highly decorated fighter pilot who has successfully commanded at multiple levels in the United States Air Force including serving as an installation commander for a 10,000 acre base with over 11,000 Airmen, civilians and contractors, 34 mission partners and $50 billion.
Scott was both a graduate and instructor at the prestigious Air Force Weapons School (TOP GUN),
Scott continues to be of service as a sponsor for USAF Academy Cadets and as an Executive Coach at Victory Strategies
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“𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.”― 𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦
Whether we are conscious of it or not our Well Being and future-selves are a function of our current daily habits, beliefs and self-talk.
What we think is eventually what we become because our self-talk shape our beliefs which are expressed by our actions. These repetitive actions become our habits and shape our future-selves.
Who we are today is a result of our current language, mindset and habits. Whether it’s positive or negative our current habits and rhetoric are a result of small repetitive actions done consistently over time.
If we have decided that where we are is not where we want to be and that we want to improve our future-selves than we must interrupt our language patterns and repetitive actions and replace them with new ones.
If we are to improve our well, being it will have to be done one small step at a time and the result if done constantly over time will be Massive. It may take working backwards in the beginning and action our way into a better way of thinking rather than thinking our way into new actions.
𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠
➤ How many negative affirmations have you been telling yourself without knowing it?
➤ What limiting belief are they reinforcing?
➤ What limiting actions have they been causing me to take?
➤ What is one small step I can take today and each day going forward to increase my awareness and interrupt the pattern?
Maybe just being aware and taking note of how often one particular thought arises is a great starting point…
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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬
This quote reminds us to accept responsibility for our lives and that we are accountable for taking actions that are in alignment with the outcomes we desire.
“𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟” places the responsibility on the individual. While we may meet likeminded peers who support us along the path, no one can do the work for us.
“𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” provides a sense of accountability along with freedom because we have a choice. We cannot control the results but we can control our Actions. The actions we choose are what “𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞” our lives. If we follow a Brownie recipe, then we most often wind up with Brownies.
When we are creating our own recipe, sometimes those actions need to be reverse engineered and stripped down to the smallest possible Action I can do each day to get us one step closer to our goal.
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬… 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭
Questions for the Week
What goal or project have we been procrastinating on?
What are the smallest steps we can begin taking “Action by Action” towards realizing our goal?
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Shannon Huffman Polson is the author of The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience and Leadership in the Most Male Dominated Organization in the World, and the founder of The Grit Institute, a leadership institute committed to whole leader development and a focus on grit and resilience. As one of the first women to fly the Apache helicopter in the U.S. Army, leading line units on three continents, Polson combines her passion and firsthand experience in and study of leadership and grit to deliver world-class keynotes and training to companies and organizations on leadership and grit.
After serving for a decade in the armed services, Polson earned her MBA at the Tuck School at Dartmouth. She went on to lead outstanding teams in the corporate world at Guidant Corporation (later Boston Scientific) and Microsoft Corporation.
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Trust the Process |Let go of the Outcomes
Holding on to our perceived outcomes causes us to judge ourselves on the amount of current progress. We can become self-critical and begin “shoulding” all over ourselves with the belief that we “should” be further along towards a goal.
What if we are EXACTLY where we are supposed be at all times? Remember that an extra firm grip often results in rope burn not more progress.
What if we let go of what we think success is supposed to look like and focus on the process instead? Maybe we are selling ourselves short based on a limited perception and something even greater is in store.
How willing are we to stay consistent with our actions and believe that we will be guided, corrected and redirected along the path?
How willing are we to continue taking the actions without concern for the results?
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Fran Racioppi is the Host the Creator and Host of The Jedburgh Podcast, Chief People Officer of Analytix Solutions, Former Army Ranger, and College Athlete Fran talks about human performance and just how much further we all have to give when we emotionally and, mentally think we are about to fail.
He shares his Gratitude, and appreciation for Comradery that his experience as US Army Ranger provided him.
He continued to be of service by sharing the message of Leadership and Perspective that he has gained from traveling the world and conducting missions.
His transition out of the army wasn’t easy on him professionally or personally but Fran shares an honest account of some of the challenges he faced and the help he was able to find in resources like Get Headstrong to help him reconnect with himself and his family.
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How often do we fall into the mindset of the production team of Radio station WIFM “what’s in it for me”?
How Can I treat every person I meet and every new interaction I have as a gift and an opportunity to be of Service?
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Kim "KC" Campbell is an outstanding example of #bravery, #valor, #humility and #leadership
kim served over 24 years in the United States Air Force as a combat-tested fighter pilot, retiring as a Colonel. She now begins the next chapter as a Speaker and #Leadership Coach with Victory Strategies.
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★ 𝙆𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙁𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚-𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙜𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙙.
Before retiring, Kim served as the 𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 at the United States Air Force Academy, responsible for the professional development of faculty and staff and reinforcing character and leadership programs within the 4,000-member Cadet Wing.
Kim is a distinguished graduate from the United States Air Force Academy. She is a Marshall Scholar with two master's degrees, one in business administration from the University of London, and one in international security studies from the University of Reading, England.
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Having Tea with Our Demons?
Having Tea with our Demons is a metaphor for practicing acceptance of our own Mistakes, Shortcoming, failures, poor judgements, or external circumstances. We may often try to fight these thoughts in an effort to change when things go wrong in life. Some of us may feel that we can self-deprecate ourselves into better actions and become self-critical and assign a sense of blame or shame around of our own limitations.
When we think of the phrase Silence the Enemy Within the question arises of how exactly do, we do this? Fighting these thoughts often only brings more awareness and focus to them through our reticular activating system and Where Focus Goes Energy Flows.
Learning to have tea with our demons is a practice of allowing our mind space to have certain thoughts, accept them as a part of our growth process and using those thoughts to understand the root cause. Understanding the root cause allows us to develop a plan of action to improve.
To improve our flexibility, we don’t force or fight our body into a new position. We gently allow the muscle fibers to expand one fiber at a time and consistently over time our bodies change. If it can happen in our body why can’t happen in our mind?
What rises to the surface in the moments when you feel the most overwhelmed, experience a feeling of impending doom for no good reason, or not enough in some way? What’s your go to self-criticism?
This is a pretty good indicator of our most prominent personal demon who could probably use a cup of Tea…
Anna Frazzetto is a Leader, Keynote Speaker , and an SIA Global 150 Powerful Woman
Anna shares the amazing lessons and experiences she has had from therapy and what it has done for her as a Leader and how it has changed the way she connects with others
Her Father who immagrated to the US as a tailor for names like Salvatore Ferragamo, Ralph Lauren, and Zegna instilled the lessons of hard work and passion in her that she carries with her Today!
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"𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀; 𝘄𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴." - 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠, 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡, 650 𝐵𝐶 To make progress in a particular skillset we have to practice it. We have to build the muscle memory or mental synapsis in the direction that we would like to go. If we want to improve our running…start running, if we want to improve our flexibly …start stretching
We have the same ability shift our Mindset and Spiritual Condition as we do with our body. We must continue to expand our awareness and increase and ability to withstand challenges if we are to be resilient when experiencing the anxiety, fear, and uncertainty that we are sure to experience when growing as a person and becoming a better leader.
How can we become more aware of the relationship between Physiology and Psychology? How can we challenge ourselves physically so that we can continue to build ourselves mentally? … ( TAKE THE COLD SHOWER)
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Every time we allow Analysis Paralysis to block us from taking the action we miss out on the opportunity to earn the experience of Progress.
Remember that Done is better than Not Done and that before we can improve and make progress it must exist.
TAKE THE ACTION !
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Curiosity , Humility & Courage !
Jim "Hondo" Geurts shares with us what 35 years of Servant leadership in 3 Seperate branches of the US Military has taught him about Leadership !
Jim has served in the US Air Force, US Army SOCOMM and in the US Navy. His years of Learning by mistakes has provided him with the Scar Tissue he needed to be an incredible Leader, Mentor and Friend.
We'd like to express our Gratitude to Dodona Manor -the George C Marshall International Center in Leesburg VA for their hospitality and allowing us to film in such a historic Library!
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One of the things that I value above all else are the genuine personal relationships that I have with other people in my life.
On a daily basis I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity to have real connections with other human beings that I can be honest with, seek advice from and those that I'm able to help with my own experience.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Its 2022 and we're off to an outstanding start!
As we set out our intentions, our goals, our new habits to replace the once we'd like to change it is important to have a Plan of ACTION as well as a Plan of ACCOUNTABILITY
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Today is Going to Be An Outstanding Day. We Can and We Will!
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Reeba Magulick founded the prominant Government Relations firm in the Washington DC area 4 years ago and shares the story of the name D8 and why it was powerful in representing her passions.
She gives us some insight that alot of Leaders face - how to overcome the feelings of "Not Enough" which represents itself as the Fear of "What Will People Think ?"
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Our Attitude is our Responsibility.
If we find ourselves heading into an interaction that is uncertain or emotionally challenging, our Attitude will dictate the outcome and is our responsibility to maintain.
What techniques can we use to find Acceptance for another person and how can we bring an Attitide of Service, Joy , and Gratitude to even the most challenging interactions?
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Sujey Edward the CTO of Octo Consulting shares with us the lessons he's learned about the Human Condition from years of coaching Basketball and being able to recover from the Dot Com Bust of the late 90's and Early 2000's
The Leaders he is today is more than just a summation of his experiences and we have the opportunity to share exactly why he's so effective at creating and Leading High Performance Teams
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Are You Playing Golf With A Tennis Racquet ?
We may reach a Jumping OFF point - A moment in Time where we cannot continue doing what we are doing but we are uncertain of what to do next.
At the time this can be incredibley painful both emotionally and physically but when we reflect we realizze that we wouldn't be who we are or have the relationships that we have had it not been for this experience.
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Don't Confuse Discipline and Consistancy for Motivation.
All Three are requried for success but Motivation comes and goes. Consistancy is built with Discipline.
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Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet shares his principles of Leadership learned throughout his 30+ year career in the US Navy, as Asst. Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Director of NOAA.
Tim shares his technique for remembering the names of each person he's intracted with!
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Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't , You're Right - Henry Ford
Not only does this statement emphasize how much attitude determines success or failure it puts the responsibility on the individual to maintain the believe system accordingly.
How We Speak to ourselves determines what we believe about ourselves and what is possible for us
Would you speak to another person the way you speak to yourself?
Sid Hasan is Co Founder and CEO of Mespoke a revolutioinary Technology platform that with its recent Patent Award is quickly disrupting the Retail and AdTech industry and putting the control back in the hands of the Consumers. Described by Forbes Magazine as "a Facebook Ad on Steriods"
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Sid describes himself as the Accidental Entrprenuer and among the many experiences his life has provided, he describes being a Father as the most important Title he has ever had.
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Gratitude is a Verb not a Noun.
What am I grateful for ? Any time I am feeling, resentful, fearful or not enough Gratitude is the most useful tool to bering me back to center and allow be to realign with all of the amazing things our life has to offer.
How am I taking actions to express my gratitude?
If I am grateful for the relationships in my life then how may I be of service to those poeple?
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PV joined NetImpact in February 2021 with 30+ years of results-oriented operational and financial success. Previously, he served as the President of Unisys Federal, a Washington Technology Top 50 government contractor, where he oversaw a team of over 3,000. He is the son of a Farmer and shares how that Mindset has been instrumental in his success.
Kavita is the Founder and Chairperson of NetImpact Strategies Inc., and spearheaded NetImpact’s growth at a staggering 75% CAGR since inception. Under her leadership, she has grown NetImpact to become the 9th Largest Women-Owned Business in the DC area (WBJ, 2020). Kavita was inducted into the FedHealthIT 100 Hall of Fame in 2020, honored with the WBJ Minority Business Leader Award in 2019, and recognized by FedHealthIT with the Women in Leadership Impact award.
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The Mind cannont tell the difference between real or imagined.
Visualization Meditation allows us to build synapsis in the direction of our goals and increase confidence in taking action towards them!
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Chris Schmitt, former Army Special Forces Green Beret and Founder of Azimuth Consulting joins the DC local leaders podcast for episode 31
Chris is a veteran and retired after 30 years of service in the United States Army. He speaks about his experiences as a 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 “𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭” and how “𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬” was the most effective weapon in his kit bag. The big idea of the Azimuth Consulting Group is how the lessons learned from Special Operations in combat seamlessly translate into corporate sector leadership.
During the three decades of Military experience Chris has gained extensive experience in commanding, planning, and executing special operations missions around the world. His career allowed him to serve as a mentor, trainer, and coach both in combat and uncertain environments at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. This experience gave him the necessary experience to coach, facilitate, and advise dynamic leaders in today's volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment.
✪ 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 4-𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙪𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
Chris has earned an Executive Certification for Coaching from Columbia University in New York City, a Master of Science in Organizational Development from Central Washington University, and a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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How many limiting beliefs and I operating on that absolutely believe but simply are not true?
At the core of my limiting belief is it simply a deep-rooted feeling of “Not Enough”? That some challenge will arise that I am “Not Enough” to handle? That I am “not enough’ to deserve the joy or happiness that I seek?
How can I become more aware of the ideas that I have that are real but not true?
How can I build real human connections and lasting relationships by sharing my vulnerabilities with another person to free myself from the bondage of “Self” and the weight of these limiting beliefs?
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Angie Heise leads Microsofts Defense & Intelligence efforts both in the US and Globally
Listen to the end to learn Why 5:20 am is her start time.
Having grown up on a farm she learned the value of planning and by leaning in to uncomfortable opportunities she is able to share a critical lesson to
"never let fear drive your career decisions"
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“human beings perform best and are most productive when they alternate between periods of intense focus and intermittent renewal.” - Tony Schwartz, The Energy Project
Pausing is our tool to compound a series of next best decisions is what ultimately leads us to going farther , faster, and achieving our goals.
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Kristie Grinnell the Global CIO and Chief Supply Chain Officer of GDIT.
Kristie started her career on the assembly floor as Manufacturing Engineer at General Motors and through a series of saying Yes to opportunities she is now the CIO of GDIT which is roughly an 8 Billion dollar company.
She is an outstanding example of Mentorship and Leadership and shares her personal routines and exepreinces that have lead her to success.
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The Compound Effect - Small actions + Time + Consistency = Massive Change !
Getting 1% better everyday compounded over a year = 37% better
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Jess Szmajda current GM of VP at AWS is the former CTO of Axios Media and Co-Founder of Optoro.
She shares how going through major life changes can shift our perception and has taught her that we can do hard things
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Are you overthinking and over engineering every decision trying to find the optimal way to avoid the pain of being incorrect?
Here some steps you can take to help get past the fear and Take Action!
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Ali Pourghassemi is an Industry Liason with the Internal Revenue Service and Professor at The University of Maryland.
Hear the lesson's in Leadership & Entrperenuership learned from his immagrant parents and how overcoming challenges now allows him to maintain an open mind and connect with leaders in our Government and people in the community.
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The Reticular Activating System is that part of our Brain that seperates the Unconscious Mind from the Conscious Mind.
It gives us more of what it thinks we want.
How can we use it to shift our Mindset?
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Lieutenant Colonel (Ret US Army ) Kevin Petit Phd, is a West Point Graduate, former Army Ranger , Airborne Infantry Paratrooper and a Phd Graduate of George Washington University
He is also a Board Member of Jump For Valor
Jump for Valor is a charitable organization that strives to offer military veterans, including combat, retired and disabled veterans, access to a community that brings them joy, a sense of freedom, and something they can participate in and enjoy with friends and family.
Topics Discussed Include :
- Taking the advice of General Petraeus and continuing education
- Army is in the young person development business
- Comparative Politics
- Alliance Flipping Lesson from a Street Fighting in Baghdad
- Non Zero Defect Culture
- Ego / Vulnerability / Accountability
- 2 Parts Hedgehog 1 part Fox
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We have on average 70,000 thoughts per day and 95% are repetative.
We can't start making a change in our thoughts until we know what we have. Taking regular or daily inventory allows us the opportunity to check in with ourselves evaluate the quality of those 95% repetative thoughts and replace our invetory.
Any Business that doesn't take regular inventory will surely go broke.
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Moe Jafari is the Chairman of Executive 1 Holdings Company , a privately owned holding company whose operating subsidiaries include Coras , HumanTouch, LLC , and Plasticity, Inc.
This episode was made possible by Decorate A Vet founder Jeff Jones. Jeff is also an amazing Photographer and you can check him out on IG @jeffreywjonesphotos.
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- Jesse Itzler and Motivational Influences
- Unexpected Journey
- AI ML, NLP
- Developing a Patent
- The Benefits of Failure
- Benefits of a Sales Background
- Following the Model of Carlyle & Blackstone
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Activation Energy is the minimum energy required to cause a reaction to occur and Newton's first Law says a body at rest will stay at rest until an external force acts upon....
How much activation energy are we putting in???
Is that event thats outside of my control just the "Activation Energy" from an external force that I need to get moving?
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If you are a current or aspiring CISO or CIO than this episode is for you!
We are doing something slightly different form our norm with this week’s episode just in time for the annual NTSC Conference happening now in DC featuring an opening address with Jen Easterly, Director of Homeland Security CISA and Congressman Jim Langevin as well as an addresses from Robert Hannigan former head of GCHQ and now head of BlueVoyant, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson to name a few. Use the link below to tune in virtually. This is part 1 of 2 with Patrick Gaul the former Chairman of TAG and now Executive Director of the National Technology Security Coalition NTSC. Part 2 is coming soon with his personal experiences with Leadership development, personal growth, military experience and how it has guided his life and career.
Topics Discussed
- National Data Breach Notification Legislation.
- Global Data Protection Act. CCPA model on GDPR
- Cyber workforce development. Out of the fortune 1000 companies, there's only 26 female CISOs
- We have over 5,000 institutions of higher learning in this country. Only 86 of them have qualified cyber scholarship for service
- Lobbying for Computer programming & coding to be treated like foreign language requirements in schools
- Public & Private Partnership
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If you are a current or aspiring CISO or CIO than this episode is for you!
We are doing something slightly different form our norm with this week’s episode just in time for the annual NTSC Conference happening now in DC featuring an opening address with Jen Easterly, Director of Homeland Security CISA and Congressman Jim Langevin as well as an addresses from Robert Hannigan former head of GCHQ and now head of BlueVoyant, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson to name a few. Use the link below to tune in virtually. This is part 1 of 2 with Patrick Gaul the former Chairman of TAG and now Executive Director of the National Technology Security Coalition NTSC. Part 2 is coming soon with his personal experiences with Leadership development, personal growth, military experience and how it has guided his life and career.
Topics Discussed
- National Data Breach Notification Legislation.
- Global Data Protection Act. CCPA model on GDPR
- Cyber workforce development. Out of the fortune 1000 companies, there's only 26 female CISOs
- We have over 5,000 institutions of higher learning in this country. Only 86 of them have qualified cyber scholarship for service
- Lobbying for Computer programming & coding to be treated like foreign language requirements in schools
- Public & Private Partnership
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Limiting Beliefs and the Community we surround our self are directly related
No Matter what, the people that we surround our self with the most will ultimatey determine the language we use , the habits we build and the beliefs we live our lives with. So lets pick wisely !
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Graham Plaster is a Serial entrepreneur, consultant, national security technology startup advisor, investor, author and speaker.
Following a successful career in the United States Navy he Founded The Intelligence Community Inc. moderating a nextgen trade association of over 100,000 National Security professionals online: www.TheIntelligenceCommunity.com.
He is the Author of "In the Shadow of Greatness" which Tom Brokaw calls a "must read for all Americans" | 2x Bestseller
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What does it actually mean to be comfortable with being uncomfortable?
Being uncomfortable is a blessing. It means we're growing past our limitations and letting go of the old self to become the person we are learning to be!
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I’ve driven my career with the mindset of don’t Put Blinders On…You should never come out of the other side of a challenge not having changed for the better - Jennifer Ives.
Jennifer Ives is a Global Digital Transformation Executive, named Top 50 Women in SaaS by The Software Report, and Founding Member at CHIEF. She current leads global partnerships and Alliances with 3pillar global and is a member of the Advisory board of The Mentor Method and is an advisor with the Tandem Innovation Alliance.
Topics Discussed
- Starting technical / Geospatial Engineering
- The power of Mentors / Accidental Mentorship
- Saying Yes to Opportunities
- Learning from the Start Up Journey
- Pain Points – Big Headaches vs Little Headaches
- Setting an example as a parent
- Lessons learned from her father
- Imposter Syndrome / Growth Moments
- Public Speaking Techniques
- Lessons learned from Competitive swimming
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It’s not fear itself that holds you back; it’s the fear of failure that paralyzes you. – Brain Tracy
3 Steps to help Reframe Fear and Redefine Failure.
3 Steps to Reframing the ideas we have around Fear and redefining the word Failure.
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Accurately defining our goals. Are we focusing an outcome or just avoiding pain?
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Fears Inventory - recognizing that our imagination is harsher than reality
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Focus on Learning, Where focus goes energy flows. Every challenge is a growth opportunity.
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Dr Sarbari Gupta founded Electrosoft 20 years ago by herself and has grown it to an award-winning IT and professional services firm specializing in cybersecurity that has been named one of Washington Posts Top Workplace for Cyber Security in for the past two consecutive years.
Sarbari shares her entrepreneurship journey and all of the lessons she has learned along the way.
Key Topics discussed:
- Protecting the Mornings
- Yoga Practice for Effective Management
- 4 Quadrant Notebook for Success
- Entrepreneurship / Mentorship
- Losing Loved ones and Lifestyle Changes
- Scaling a Business
- When to add the First employee
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“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James
"Act As If" is NOT Faking it until you make it.
"Act As If" is a call to action...
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Elizabeth Watson is a passionate individual who exemplifies entrepreneurship and grit in everything she does.
From dedicating your life to the disciplines of Dance to moving across country she has learned lessons in resilience and leadership that she now coaches to our Federal Government
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- Adult learning Theory
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-Creativity Thrives within parameters
-Disciplines of Dance
-Setting Intentions
-The Five Whys
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The Brain makes an average of 35,000 decision each and everyday.
As with our muscles exhausting after a long cardio workout, our brain is also a muscle that becomes exhausted.
As we become fatigued by decision-making, our self-control guard is down, and we are more likely to making impulsive decisions that are not necessarily the right choice.
Sometimes this may not be the wrong choice, but it could just be the safe choice.
How can we avoid decision fatigue and allow ourselves the best opportunity to make the best decisions towards accomplishing our goals and finding fulfillment?
One of the most powerful things we can do is work on getting exterminating the ANTS from our brain. (A)utomatic (N)egative (T)houghts, that have become our knee jerk reactions based on old stories that we have repeated to ourselves over and over again to the point where we are completely unaware of it and we believe that these simply are our thoughts.
The danger is that it eventually becomes a part of our self-talk and those words will eventually become our actions. Those actions will eventually form into habits. Those habits will ultimately become our values and our values will ultimately dictate our destiny. So, if what I'm thinking eventually becomes my actions and ultimately my destiny. How do I take care of what's going through my mind?
The secret to success is Doing the Common thing uncommonly well – John D Rockefeller jr
Ron Cruse is not only the CEO and President of Logenix an international logistics company focusing on Developing nations but the Author of Lies Bribes and Peril, a collection of lessons learned from doing business across the globe for over 30 years.
Key Topics Discussed
- Lesson’s Learned from an Entrepreneurial Mother
- Lessons learned from his Strict father
- The Collapse of the Soviet Union
- Exiting a Destructive Business Partnership
- Understanding International cultures in Business
- Shame & Pride in Business
- First Russian American Join Venture
- Chernobyl Reactor Modernization
- When work becomes Passion
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Getting 1 % better every day means making changes in our life but sometime we can get in our own way.
We all know If we continue to do what we’ve always done then we’ll continue to get what we’ve always got but IF we’ve decided that there is something about our life that we are unhappy with and we want to improve whether it be our relationships, our health, our finances etc.
Then it going to mean trying something new or making changes in our life which is always is a little bit scary. No matter how tough we are the fear of the unknown always creeps up and we can end up getting in our own way.
What does that mean? We can start telling our selves stories about ourselves that aren’t true and we can star to repeat them to ourselves over and over again in our heads until we actually start believing it. But just because we happen to think something or happen to believe something doesn’t actually make it true.
So what do we do ? How do we get out of our own way?
R.A.I.N
R- Recognize
A- Allow
I - Investigate
N - Non identify or Nurture.
Haresh Bhungalia is the CEO of CasePoint a software company based in Northern VA. Haresh shares all of the lessons he has learned over the last 20 years of entrepreneurship and building two companies in two totally separate disciplines all while raising a family and experiencing Life on Life’s terms.
Topics Discussed:
- We become a Product of our surroundings
- Work doesn’t have to mean anxiety
- His relationship with his Children
- Impacting Others
- Developing a culture of honesty
- Pushing past our limitations
- Avoiding the Comfort Zone
- Gratitude
- Growth is an Evolution not a revolution
What does it mean to be Resilient?
The definition according to Webster’s is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change and many people speak of its meaning to be synonymous with toughness or elasticity but what does it mean to be mentally resilience?
Anyone who is looking to make changes in their lives, entrepreneurs or anyone continuing down a path towards a goal will need to develop and practice some sort of mental resilience. But the question is how.
Clarity of purpose! Being clear on our vision and having purposeful intentions each day is how we cultivate resiliency. We build this “staying Power” one day at a time by setting clear long term and short-term goals and reverse engineering yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily actions items that align with our goal.
We are able to meet and adjust to adversity when our purpose is clear, our actions are defined, and we remain present on our task at hand.
We can’t control outcomes but we can control our actions and showing up everyday to take those actions is resiliency in action.
Send smiles!
George and Will Dukas are the 3rd Generation of Father and Son who have been fulfilling promises and bringing joy with flowers in Northern Virginia
Lean in to hear their journey of passion dedication, and resiliency. Hear how they are using technology to continued to grow and shape their business with every father & Son generation since the original founding member began the business on a street corner in New York
What sets them apart is that they get their products directly rom the farms of Columbia and Ecuador. These farms are selected for their quality, maintenance, technology, and socially-conscious, certified eco-friendly practices. One farm features lush flowers growing across two valleys in the high-altitude sierra of Ecuador. In these distinct microclimates, vibrant flowers grow in nutrient-rich, volcanic soil with clean water and twelve hours of sunlight year-round.'
Hear their story of Family and Community !
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The Magic Formula : TP + HM = EP
Ronda shares this magic formula Of Talented People Plus High Motivation equals Exceptional Performance taught to her by one of her mentors. Ronda takes us through her journey of being guided by her mentors and learning along the way to becoming the first female CEO of USGIF. Following a successful career in the public sector Intelligence Community, Ronda now leads USGIF which supports our Intelligence community who secure our national security and hosts the annual GEOINT Symposium which will be in St. Louis this year.
Key Topics Discussed:
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Pro Drag Racing with her father
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Traveling Yoga
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Being the First Female CEO of USGIF
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Experiencing an Adult relationship with her daughter
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NGA & USGIF Mission
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Power of Positive Self-Talk
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Being Pushed by Mentors
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Training for the Pan Mass Challenge
The DC Local Leaders Podcast learns from the #Mindset, #Motivations & #Habits of Executive #Leaders in #Technology | #Government | #Military. Their experience helps us align with our #purpose, grow individually and achieve our goals.
Gratitude Takes Action
Who are the people in our lives that that we get to support and that fill our cups with Gratitude?
As Jim Rohn says that “we become the average of the 5 people we spend the most time around” How has your circle developed? Was it a natural gravitation to likeminded individuals?
How can we show our appreciation this week? What actions are we taking to express our gratitude? Not that it is transactional but just that it is reciprocal.
Let us make a list of 5 people that are in our lives that we are grateful for and reach out to 1 person a day. Ask them how they are doing and offer to be of service in any way that would be helpful.
Take action towards our Gratitude!
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Alec Harris, Managing Director of Halo Privacy a lean but powerful Secure Communications & Intelligence firm joins the DC Local Leaders Podcast and shares his experience.
His journey of #entrepreneurship began in college where he founded a successful event planning company. From there he participated in multiple startup companies leading him to Halo Privacy.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Open-Source Intelligence
- Learning through Failure
- Data Protection
- Bitcoin
- Daily / Morning Routines
- Leaving the Grid
- Imposter Syndrome
- Spiritual Growth
- Personal Accountability
The DC Local Leaders Podcast learns from the #Mindset, #Motivations & #Habits of Executive #Leaders in #Technology | #Government | #Military. Their experience helps us align with our #purpose, grow individually and achieve our goals.
Happy Monday! We’re starting something new here called Monday Mindset
Quick 1-3 min podcast design to help you in your practice and designed to help motivate you to be great!
Maintaining a healthy mindset takes work but it is some of the most gratifying work we can do and it starts with a healthy morning routine.
A healthy morning routine doesn’t have to be exhausting. Like most things it’s more important to get started that to be perfect and it will grow and evolve over time. It’s like building muscle memory Neurons that fire wire together so it will get easier over time.
What used to be a lot of work in the beginning will slowing become progressively easier.
Start by doing just one thing!
Jocko Willink says Disciple Equals Freedom. The freedom he is talking about is the freedom to make small adjustments throughout the day when the unexpected happens because we already have a frame work that we are working with. It’s way easier to make one adjustment for something unexpected than it is to recreate a brand-new routine everyday
We’ll have more Monday Mindsets to help you create a morning routine that works for you as well as other tips and practices to maintain a healthy mindset
James Schenck is Force of Energy and infuses every room he enters with gratitude and motivation.
Not just the Leader at Pentagon Federal Credit Union he is a Veteran, Pilot, Triathlon, Marathon Runner, Risk Taker and Motivator
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Vicki Schmanske has been a Mentor and a Champion to multiple Men & Women in the Technology and Defense Industry and Beyond.
Lean in as she shares her journey of how she learned to bring her whole self to work.
Tim Spadafore leads the Defense practice of CGI and joins the DC Local Leaders podcast to share his Mindset Making Moments
As a former Hockey Player at Rensselaer College little did he know that one Cobol class would lead him on a rewarding journey in Technology. He finds gratitude and joy with spending time with his daughter learning to ride at Sprout Therapeutic Center and helping other student athletes find their way
Listen is to hear how his parents differing personalities shaped his Mindset and how he and CGI continues to mentor entrepreneurs and small businesses grow their business. Did we mention he used to Roller Blade ?
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After being told "DON'T START A BUSINESS!" by one of his MBA professors at Georgetown Veeral did it anyway!
Listen in as he shares what its really like in the early days of being an Entrepreneur.
Hear the journey of starting a business in his late 20's, navigating life's changes, surfing the highs & lows, motivation of being a Father and gratitude that his wife that has a different Risk Profile
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Sumeet Shrivastava CEO & President of ARRAY shares the impactful and pivotal moments of his life and how it energizes him to mentor others and give back to his Alma Mater George Mason University
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Tina shares her lessons learned from traveling the worlds most dangerous areas with PAE, learning the human condition with a coach, practicing empathy , being a mother, saying yes to opportunities and learning along the way
It's not hard to see why she was asked to lead the Siemens Government Technologies mission!
She also gives us some insight on how #SGT is doing some amazing things to help our government save billions on energy cost!
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The DC Local Leaders Podcast has partnered with Northern Virginia Technology Council and iheart Media to bring you a Video series of Talks with our Technology and Innovation Leaders here in the Greater Washington DC area.
This episode is Featuring Dr. Dannette Gomez Beane and Dr. Robin Jones of Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
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Russ Berkoff CEO and President of StealthPath shares an insightful journey of all the lessons learned from West Point, Army Special Forces, NSA and now a leader of StealthPath with a culture of innovation, collaboration and unity of effort.
We cover everything from family, the exciting ways Stealth Path uses Zero Trust security and blockchain, Competitive mindset, decentralized command, combat training, crypto currency, and the continued work he does to support families who have lost a loved one in service with Special Forces and those transitioning out of the Military
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Kristyn Burr leads the way with HomeAid Northern Virginia to serve all humans suffering from Homelessness. Over 10,000 people are homeless each night in the Washington DC area and approximately 37,000 are veterans nationwide.
Hear the journey to her purpose of blending an MBA with a passion for philanthropy and service to others. Her shift in perspective from traveling to over 40 countries, being a mother, a cyclist, and a Yoga Teacher prepares her to serve every day. Additionally, she is the founder SEVA Prison Yoga which takes a yoga practice to prison inmates in Fairfax County and Loudoun County.
An example of their work is HomeAid Northern Virginia’s partnership with Christopher Companies and Operation Renewed Hope to renovate and rebuild a home creating a safe space to live for formerly homeless veterans.
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The DC Local Leaders Podcast has partnered with Northern Virginia Technology Council ( NVTC), iHeart Media and 104-7 WONK FM to bring you Talk Tech With NVTC
Talk Tech with NVTC is a Video series with all episodes available on our YouTube Channel - with Outtakes for comedic relief !!
Come meet Next Gen Tech Leaders and Learn how they are driving Impact and Innovation
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Heather Combs is a fantastic storyteller, mentor, and business leader. She takes us through her journey of learning to lean into Yes and working through the fear of uncertainty.
Going from Capitol Hill to now leading a company of more than 1,600 at 3Pilllar Global she continues to learn along the way and champions the idea that “if we’re not making mistakes, we’re not trying hard enough”
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Thalia has a personal mission and passion for impacting others and bridging the opportunity gap in our Education System.
From a young age she was able to recognize the value is mentorship and support within the education system and the immense impact it has on the overall trajectory of a person’s life and she has dedicated her career to taking meaningful action and being of service.
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“When the Why Out Ways the Fear “ featuring Jerimiah Watts Co-Founder of DWATTS.
Jeremiah takes us through the inception stages of D | WATTS and the 4 years leading up to his collaboration with business partner David Doherty. Learn the path of seeking advice and working through equals parts of burning entrepreneurial spirit and agonizing fear of the unknown.
They embody and live their Values supporting each other’s strength and weaknesses and employ their unique Pumpkin Plan as written by Michael Michalowicz
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Tune in to hear Rahul share not just an account of Collabralink’s growth and Leadership through multiple challenges but that of his own personal journey with taking care of “Mental Hygiene” and keeping the "Windshield Wipers On The Mind".
We hear his experience with practices that help us be the best version of ourselves as we shows up in our relationships both professionally and personally.
Happy New Year and remember to follow DC Local Leaders on LinkedIn and our multiple media outlets for more episodes. Don’t keep it to yourself, remember to share our episodes to your colleagues so they don’t miss the message!
We hear an energetic and genuine journey to Success and Leadership by being the atypical C Suite business Leader and how that has allowed the space to grow. Mike continues to be mentored as well as Coach others in developing a growth mindset and building effective teams. He opens up about his path through personal growth and shift in mindset going from a US Marine to the C Suite of multiple companies.
To contact the host for questions concerning Commercial Real Estate or to suggest a guest please contact Phillip Naithram @ Phillip.Naithram@transwestern.com
In this episode we receive an Outstanding message of Leadership, Learning, Creativity and Mentorship from Naveen Krishnamurthy, CEO of RIVA Solutions, Inc.
He shares with us his step by step thought process and experience of going from learning the business of Government Contracting, accepting the advice and mentorship of others and overcoming fear through learning to create RIVA Solutions Inc. and successfully growing the company with his partners from a few people to over 400 through its 10-year rise.
His message is simple – Continue to Learn and Mentor Creativity. It’s no wonder why RIVA stands for - Results Innovation Values Accountability
For more information about RIVA Solutions Inc. and the work they are doing supporting he federal government visit RIVA Solutions, Inc.
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On Todays podcast we speak with Sonia Mundra the President of Chenega Analytic Business Solutions a Division of the Chenega MIOS.
She opens up and shares her experience on how she became a risk seeker and developed an attitude of leaning into fear as she worked her way up from being an accountant to President.
She shares what she has learned on her journey and how she mentors others with that knowledge and leads by example.
For more information about the Chenega MIOS and the work they are doing supporting he federal government visit Chenega MIOS
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The DC Local Leaders Podcast is a Journey into Leadership. We are here to uncover and share those Intimate details and strategies used to cultivate a winning Mindset, Shifts in Perspective, and lasting perseverance. We don't have to look far to find Mentorship and Greatness in our Community. Join us as we embark on our mission to get to know the Top Players in the Washington DC Areas.