What are you telling yourself? What are you allowing others to convince you of? Our mindset and happiness is so dependent upon us protecting what we allow into our ears. In this podcast I speak to this and also announce the future of this podcast. It has been a while as I took the summer off. As we near the winter months, I will be looking to get back to this once a week. This time, I will be looking to do it through YouTube as I have had many tell me how much they like it and yet don't chime in...
Oct 12, 2021•10 min
Special Addition: Everyone has different life situations. Different life situations tend to lead to each individual adopting their own limiting beliefs. Reject your oppressive limiting beliefs and find your leverage. I assure you, if you transition away from your limiting beliefs and over to your leverage, you will hit goals and find your increase. If you haven't listened to it yet, or even if you have - it would be a great one to go back on and listen to, but check out one of my favorite episod...
Jul 01, 2021•20 min
Can we lift one person up without tearing down another? Gas is the fuel for your car, gas people up! Embrace the Barnabas Approach and be the great encourager to those around you. Stay classy when lifting others up to avoid the sense of need to tear another down. This podcast is a quick conversation to share thoughts around the importance of lifting others up!
Jun 28, 2021•7 min
Time is the most valuable commodity. Once spent, we will never get it back. Time is also perhaps the most disrespected aspect in life. We fail to respect our time. We fail to respect the time of others. We also fail to even acknowledge this as we find ourselves "busy". Most peoples focus with time is being "busy" and very often, busy is the worst thing you can do. You lose opportunity in one area as you remain busy in another area that is sucking the life out of you. This podcast is not to tell ...
Jun 14, 2021•7 min
"What you focus on expands". How are you tracking your progress? How often are you tracking it? To be intentional, intentionally you, it is important to know where you are and where you are headed. Tracking also allows us to make needed adjustments. In this podcast I discuss, with open ended questions, how important it is to track what you do.
May 17, 2021•7 min
"It is impossible for someone else to piss you off. It is your belief on how they should act, speak, believe, etc that upsets you. So, next time you get upset, check your own beliefs".... People get upset over just about everything, regardless of how small. In the end, you are in control and I encourage you to take control. By empowering yourself, you allow yourself to put out to others what you want back. If you are routinely getting back what you don't want, take a step back and look at how yo...
May 10, 2021•9 min
In statistics 101 you learn that statistics is the easiest thing to manipulate. Because most people don't understand how to interpret and digest statistics, I often see and hear people throwing out statistics that, while are 100 percent true, are also 100 percent not relevant to the subject matter that they use them for. Most people seek information that supports what they want to believe and will tell them that they are "right", even if that specific information is the wrong info to be going of...
May 04, 2021•9 min
Do you have grit? Grit is derived from passion and is what will ensure for your success in what ever it is you seek. To be intentional, intentionally you it is important to follow your passion and by following your passion, you will naturally embrace grit... You can do it so dig deep, follow your passion, and realize that nothing worth while is overnight. The longer you possess grit the "luckier" you will be....
May 03, 2021•8 min
Thought provoking session that speaks towards our road to achieving our goals, and our perceptions/ judgements of those that have already reached their dreams. Be sure to be intentional, intentionally you, and don't be afraid of personal success. As silly as that sounds, many do fear success as everything around them changes and in general, we as a people are complacent where we are, even if we don't like where we are.
Apr 30, 2021•9 min
I initially said "Taking the Blame". Responsibility is a better word. Are you taking real responsibility or are you embracing the blame society that points fingers at everyone and everything other than you? Taking responsibility allows you to maintain control, gain trust, and maintain respect. I spoke last week about "The I factor". This podcast speaks to a the interior factor over exterior factor as well. To be intentional, we must embrace the interior factor. Be intentional, intentionally you!...
Apr 29, 2021•8 min
Never in the history of this country has the average persons balance sheet looked so good. W are really poised to boom this year as we open up more and more. That said, we can always be better. While I am not a financial planner or advisor of personal finance and certainly advise speaking with yours on what plan may work best for you, in this podcast I share with you a outlook on how I have seen it for me in the past. This has not only worked for me, it is really designed to be thought provoking...
Apr 28, 2021•7 min
Part of being intentional is to protect and respect your time. Are you? In this podcast I briefly discuss the importance of allowing our fingers to walk...away...from key board warriors. It is so easy in this day and age to get caught up. People love to suck others in. People love to pigeon hole others in efforts to spark up and keep arguments...Oops, I mean "debates" going. Start asking yourself, is there a real purpose? Outside of wasting your time and feeding into all the hate, is there a pur...
Apr 26, 2021•8 min
Do you believe everything that those you agree with say? Do you not believe everything those you disagree with say? Are you looking at surface only or challenging what is said? Perception is such a huge element to life and challenging our own perceptions are so crucial. To be intentional, intentionally you, we need to be willing to challenge even ourselves or we can be easily duped by the picture being painted for us. In the painted picture, I challenge you to look beyond the surface.
Apr 24, 2021•8 min
Because we tend to listen to respond versus listen to understand, we often pigeon hole others. People will elude to something specific, and therefore be specific to a subject, and we automatically classify their entirety based on that specific statement, stance, etc.... We must do a better job coming from a place of understanding over quickly classifying others by pigeonholing them. Failing to understand by responding too quickly serves no real purpose other than to build barriers between us and...
Apr 23, 2021•7 min
I for interior! There are interior and exterior factors. Are you focused on your interior factors, or, are you allowing all the exterior factors dictate your life and direction. As long as you are committed to the idea that people and things around you (exterior) need to change, etc, you have no control as you are dependent upon others. Now, if you focus on adjusting and adapting to your surroundings and focus on the controllable interior factors, not only will you see more progress, you will be...
Apr 22, 2021•7 min
Systems, Surroundings, focus, and energy are some of the pieces to our interior and exterior infrastructure. What you focus on expands so what is it that you are focusing on? When times are good we tend to pound our chests and pat ourselves on the back due to all the hard work we did to get us to it. At same time, we fail to give systems credit. Of course, the moment things change with our economy, industry, etc, we blame the system and don't give any blame to ourselves. Our systems/ habits are ...
Apr 21, 2021•12 min
We only see what we allow ourselves to see. We only hear what we allow ours ears to hear. We believe only what we allow our minds to believe. Being objective and challenging even even the most fierce beliefs we hold benefits us more than we realize. Of course, unless we are perfect. I for one am not. Are you? Objectively speaking anyways!
Apr 20, 2021•9 min
"A body in motion stays in motion, a body at rest, stays at rest". We have been "at rest" for over a year now due to the COVID pandemic. We are on the back end of that and moving forward. Now that we are back in motion, and gaining speed, I encourage you to build up and maintain the momentum! Momentum is a part of life that can often be difficult to build up. Once it is going, it is crucial we keep it going. As we come out of this COVID pandemic, there has never been such a crucial time to be in...
Apr 19, 2021•7 min
Is your mind too busy? Have too many people in and around you? Have you lost track of those closest to you?
Apr 16, 2021•10 min
Are you or have you been trying to get ahold of contractors? Frustrated? In this podcast I speak on a topic that even I had not put into perspective until today. Patience and the words we choose have perhaps never been so crucial. Hope you enjoy, find value, and lead your day to be intenional, intentionally you!
Apr 15, 2021•7 min
Don't discount yourself. Momentum is a huge benefit and it will not last for ever. So, ride the momentum and never discount yourself. Trim the excess, take action, track, and embrace progress and your value!
Apr 14, 2021•12 min
While I seek to be positive, optimistic, encouraging, etc., life is not always roses. Part of being intentional is acknowledging that and understanding that often, its about how we respond. Part of being intentional also means that not everything is within our control, although we can be more focused on the thing within our control- our response. I speak to what I call the COVID effect. "A body in motion stays in motion, and a body at rest stays at rest". There is a lot of "unseen" right now and...
Apr 13, 2021•10 min
Are you leading, or simply managing? Open communication, empowerment, and trust are 3 key elements to leading to better. I encourage you to find ways to step back and allow others to do more in your absence.
Apr 12, 2021•12 min
Where some hear complaining, others see opportunity. I challenge you to listen to what people are complaining about. There is opportunity with it! Seek understanding through listening, and seek opportunity through understanding.
Apr 09, 2021•6 min
Are you coming from a true place of understanding? Are your beliefs or your bias to things and people leading you to pigeon hole others and heir "face value"? Part of being intentional, is to come from a place of understanding. A place of open ended questions that you present because you genuinely want to know and hear the answer over what you want to hear? Allowing a face value mindset to direct us, opens us up to being duped. Our thoughts and ideas are already known by people, even if they don...
Apr 08, 2021•8 min
Are you comparing others outsides to your insides? Do you feel defeated at times as you embrace the urge to "keep up with then Jones's" mindset? Stay focused on your goals and seek to be the best you. Be intentional with your days and in part, that means to not worry about others doing so well as that leads us to not see the opportunities before us.
Apr 07, 2021•7 min
As we seek to be intentional, we need to be intentional from the moment we wake up. When are you waking up? Are you waking up earlier than you would like? Later than you like? Are you waking up, when you do, simply because it is "the" time you have been conditioned to believe is the right time? OR, are you intentional and waking up when the beginning of your day is ripe?
Apr 06, 2021•7 min
What are you attached to? What attachments do you have that have you in bondage? Last week I spoke on "The barking dog". Attachment to things, is a barking dog; a distraction! I challenge you to engage in belief. Belief in yourself, over bondage to other things and people.
Apr 05, 2021•7 min
Mindset is so crucial. What is your mindset? Have you convinced yourself that everyone around you needs to change in order for you to have a chance? Have you allowed others to dupe you into this dream killing mindset? Reject it as of now and be the Victor!
Apr 02, 2021•5 min
What kind of energy do you give out? Are you a "debbie downer" or are you the singing hummingbird? The humming bird symbolizes hope and optimism. Part of being intentional; intentionally you is being purposeful on how you react and interpret things. I challenge you to be as I call it, the singing hummingbird. It has been a long year for everyone and there has perhaps never been a time in our lifetime where people need us to spread hope and optimism.
Apr 01, 2021•6 min
