Ep 50 Expect Opposition, Resistance, and Setbacks

Its natural to get frustrated when you have a well developed plan and a good cause and things seem to come from every angle to get in your way, slow you down, and throw you off. This episode is a real life lesson on what was standing in the way of getting this podcast to the episode 50 milestone, and how to be more ready for that to happen whenever you really go for it. We can learn to expect it, and be prepared with a simpler plan and a clear response when it shows up.

Its not a very exciting game or eventful life if there is not some form of going backwards included.

Sometimes you just need a simple first step to get pointed in the right direction and get back on track.

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Ep 49 Stop Building Life Upside Down

What I have seen through personal experience, inspiration, and lots of conversations, observations, and research is that the number one cause of malaise, or chaos and a life out of sync is building it unknowingly upside down.

Its not a debate that hard work, and money, and drive, and goals are a necessary ingredient, its just that they cannot hold up the weightier things that really matter in life.

The base of the pyramid (self development, people, family, connection, health, faith, belief, attitude, mindset) must always be kept as first priority and kept in alignment or the next layer of the pyramid (hard work, ambition, money, growth, and advancement) will always buckle under the weight, because its meaning can never be big enough to make a proper base. And the meaning of other things can never be small enough to be left for last.

Its not idealist. Its practical. Why would you build something so you can be stressed about it falling down all the time?

If you are exhausted and overwhelmed from not having enough hands, and holding up an upside down pyramid, its time to get some helping hands and support and tactics to bring the right pieces to the right places, and fix the structure, so it supports itself.

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Ep 48 Doing All The Right Things, Still Feeling Wrong?

This episode tells the story of the walking wounded in mind and spirit. Putting in a valiant effort, and never giving up. Getting results, and progress, but feeling unfulfilled and trapped with no understanding why.

Trying to help others in worse condition, but ignoring their own, expecting it to resolve itself.

Feeling like as long as we do our duty, serve, and keep others happy, our seemingly insignificant wounds will be just battle scars.

Except the mind and heart and spirit know the truth.

I share my expedition through this dense jungle of confusion and how I found my way out, with some help.

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Ep 47 How To Make Milestones Do More

Need a built in way to make things happen? Tie your visualizations to other unrelated milestones to make them a reality.

Thanks to Bret Riggle, for teaching this unique method of converting consciousness to real life creation.

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Ep 46 Get In the Game, Stay In the Game

One question that is really easy to overthink. Where do I start?

What are the right steps to take after that?

We won’t do a lot of things because we are not sure where to begin, or where its going to lead, or why its better than where we already are.

People like to say control what you can control and don’t worry about what you can’t. But then that starts another analysis. What can I control? What can’t I control? Am I sure about either one. And around and round we go.

And we have not taken any action while we are trying to find the best plan, strategy, or jumping off point.

Meanwhile we are not getting any younger.

Break that progress defeating thought loop with this alternative:

If you want something, then there are two steps.

1. Get in game.

2. Stay in the game.

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# 45 No More Slow Freight

I just had to share one more powerful principle from the book I recently read called “The Power of Truth” written in 1902 by the author, William George Jordan.

The chapter I pulled the quotes from in this one is entitled “The Things That Come Too Late”. It has everything to do with how we have the power now to make them not too late.

In this case its about not being quick with condemnation and slow with commendation. If you have admiration, love, or gratitude toward someone. Show it, speak it, prove it with your actions. Don’t assume they already know it, or don’t need to hear it to feel it.

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#44 No Solo Parts

This episode is a summary in reference to another well articulated lesson from the book “The Power of Truth” written by William George Jordan back in 1902.

Its a very common trope in today’s self development conversation. In an effort to remind everyone that they can’t fully rely on others to get the things they need, lots of leaders and gurus and “self-made” role models are reiterating the phrase “No one is coming to save you, only you can help yourself.” I get that entitlement seems to be spreading in a lot of ways in our time. But we must not think that we do anything alone. We all play a part in the big picture of our own and others’ lives. We must act and seek and share and build one another up. We must reach out for help.

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#43 Fulfillment from “Swords and Scabbards”

On a previous episode I mentioned a book called “The Power of Truth” by the author William George Jordan, written in 1902.

It was so jam packed and striking to me that I have decided to share a principle or two from the book on an ongoing basis from time to time.

In the chapter entitled Swords and Scabbards he talks about where we place our value and how some things may appear to be important that actually will inevitably fade away. Those are the scabbards. The swords are the true implements of battle to fight the good fight and focus and lasting things in our lives.

I share some direct quotes surrounding individuality, conviction, and going against the trends and safe paths and the trap of following a desire to please the world and be seen well by public opinion, as a guide for action.

One of the other concepts shared as an antidote to this disease of the soul is to focus on rivalry with ones self and the desire to beat our records of yesterday.

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# 42 Don’t Cheapen It

Sarcasm, cynicism, minimizing significance or achievements or value, is a bad habit. Making something that is sacred or exciting or valuable and amazing or heroic or honorable to someone seem cheap or stupid or idiotic and misguided is cheapening it. Its a power that people think makes them funny or safe from the people and things that scare them. Guilty as charged of doing this at my weak moments. This episode is a call to clear that lame tactic out of our lives.

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#41 Less Hypocritical

Its easy to find reasons to not share our thoughts and lessons learned with the world. One of those being fear of judgement. Or in other words fear of being seen as a hypocrite.

In this episode I offer my simple strategy for moving past that obstacle.

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