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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Feeling a little dull lately? Like your drive and motivation are about as sharp as a butter knife? Well, we've all been there. But fear not, because today's episode tackles Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw from Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This habit isn't about buying a fancy new toolbox. It's about self-renewal, the essential act of taking care of yourself in all dimensions. Think of it like this: you can't keep chopping cucumbers with a blunt knife. The same goes for life...

Habit 6: Synergize

Ever feel like a team can accomplish so much more than any one individual? That's the essence of synergy! Habit 6 goes beyond simply working together. It's about harnessing the power of diverse perspectives and creating something truly extraordinary. In this episode, we'll explore the three key ingredients that unlock synergy: valuing differences, fostering open communication, and aligning behind shared goals. We'll learn how to leverage the unique strengths of individuals and create a collabora...

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Ever feel like you and someone else are speaking different languages? Conversations go in circles, and frustrations boil over. Well, today we're tackling the root cause of many communication breakdowns: the forgotten art of truly listening! Stephen Covey's Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood , from his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," is all about unlocking the power of empathetic listening. This episode is your guide to help you become a communication master!...

Habit 4: Think Win - Win

Let's face it, life isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Conflicts and disagreements are inevitable. But what if there was a way to approach these situations with a win-win mentality, where everyone comes out feeling good? That's exactly what Habit 4 is all about! We'll be exploring the concept of moving beyond the "win-lose" paradigm and embracing a collaborative approach to problem-solving. We'll learn about the six different interaction styles and why a Win-Win mindset is the key to building s...

Habit 3: Put First Things First

We're going into Habit 3: Put First Things First from Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." This episode is about conquering your schedule and taking control of your time. Say goodbye to feeling overwhelmed and hello to a more productive and fulfilling life! We'll be exploring the revolutionary Time Management Matrix, a tool that helps you categorize tasks based on urgency and importance. Ever heard of Quadrant 2? That's where the magic happens! We'll learn how to identify t...

Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind

In our last episode on our series about Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", we talked about the first Habit: Be Proactive. We learned how to take charge of our lives and focus on our Circle of Influence. But what good is taking charge if you don't have a clear destination in mind? Today, we're touching on Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind. Our Goal is to hopefully help transform the way you approach your goals and dreams. Imagine having a roadmap for your life, a vision ...

Habit 1: Be Proactive

Are you ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth? Because today we start a series where we'll be exploring "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." by Stephen Covey. This book has transformed many lives, offering a powerful framework for personal development and professional effectiveness. Over the next few episodes, we'll be dissecting each of these 7 habits, unpacking their meaning, and providing you with actionable steps to integrate them into your daily routine. We'll also...

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Body of Work / LSS Productions Update

Hey everyone, and welcome back to the Body of Work Podcast and other productions brought to you by Long Sleeve Service. I'm your host, LP aka Swendz aka DJ Swendz aka Shadez. Over the past few months we've been involved in marking some amazing art and impacting our communities local and world wide. We've got a whirlwind of exciting things coming your way. In the past few episodes, we've scratched the surface of value with insights from artists, creatives and entrepreneurs; and it's been incredib...

Have A Nice Day 3/31/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Friday 3/31/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "The healthiest response to life is joy." — Deepak Chopra” 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Never Knew Love Like This Before by Stephanie Mills from her 1980 album Sweet Sensation. 👾💸Crypto Check: Here are some KEY TAKEAWAYS about Uniswap. Uniswap is a decentralized exchange that enables the trading of digital assets. UNI is the cryptocurrency the Uniswap platform uses. Anyone can earn UNI by agreeing ...

Have A Nice Day 3/30/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Thursday 3/30/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: ""Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."— Lao-Tze 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: the Intro from the Flamerz 5 mixtape by Meek Mill 👾💸Crypto Check: We’re talking about Uniswap layer 2. The Uniswap platform enables users to trade cry...

Have A Nice Day 3/29/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Wednesday 3/29/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: ""Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." — Helen Keller 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: meet me in brooklyn by Yaya Bey from the 2022 album Remember Your North Star. 👾💸Crypto Check: Before we dive into what exactly a hardware wallet is, we first need to discuss public and private keys. How Does a Hardware Wallet Work? Hardware wallets don’t store your crypto itself, ...

Have A Nice Day 3/28/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Tuesday 3/28/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated." -Confucius 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Rider by Mereba from her 2021 EP AZEB 👾💸Crypto Check: We are going to learn about What a Hardware Wallet is. There are two main types of crypto wallets: software-based hot wallets and physical cold wallets. Hardware wallets, a type of cold wallet, provide one of the most secure ways to keep cr...

Have A Nice Day 3/27/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Monday 3/27/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." — Albert Einstein 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Too Much by Kehlani from her 2017 album SWEETSEXYSAVAGE 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $27,941.55 Ethereum $1,769.94 Tether $1.00 BNB (Binance) $328.60 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.45 Cardano $0.35 Lido Staked Ether $1,766....

Have A Nice Day 3/24/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Friday 3/24/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Live for each second without hesitation." — Elton John 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Flooded by the Migos from their 2018 album Culture II 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28.165.21 Ethereum $1,773.27 Tether $1.01 BNB (Binance) $321.85 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.42 Cardano $0.36 Dogecoin $0.07 Lido Staked Ether $1,766.81 Polygon $1.10 📝📮Tip t...

Have A Nice Day 3/23/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Thursday 3/23/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this." — Celine Dion 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Sweet Harmony by Liquid released in 1991 👾💸Crypto Check: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Ava Labs, the company building out layer-1 blockchain Avalanche, to help scale blockchain adoption across enterprises, institutio...

Have A Nice Day 3/22/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Wednesday 3/22/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak." ― George Clooney 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Us” by Rick Ross ft Drake and Lil Reese from Ross’s 2012 tape “The Black Bar Mitzvah. 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28.269.68 Ethereum $1,799.21 Tether $1.01 BNB (Binance) $327.38 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.45 Cardano $0.37 Dogecoin $...

Have A Nice Day 3/21/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Tuesday 3/21/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "I like criticism. It makes you strong." — LeBron James 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: "Triggered” by Jhene Aiko from her 2020 album Chilombo 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28,344.51 Ethereum $1,822.67 Tether $1.01 BNB (Binance) $340.40 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.44 Cardano $0.35 Lido Staked Ether $1,819.47 Polygon $1.16 Dogecoin $0.07 📝📮Tip...

Have A Nice Day 3/20/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Monday 3/20/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise." — Kobe Bryant 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Back In The Day by Erykah Badu from her 2003 album Worldwide Underground 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28,328.48 Ethereum $1,787.61 Tether $1.01 BNB (Binance) $340.51 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.38 Cardano $0.34 Poly...

Have A Nice Day 3/17/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/17/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off." — Kevin Hart 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Love Language by Kehlani from her project While We Wait 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Cr...

Have A Nice Day 3/16/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/16/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." —Dolly Parton 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Feel Good by Sambi from her 2022 album Shut Up 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $24,988.99 Ethereum $1,662.25 Tether $1.01 BNB (Binance) $316.19 USD Coin $1.00 XRP (Ripple) $0.36 Cardano $0.32 Polygon $1.14 Dogecoin $0.07 Lido Staked Ethe...

Have A Nice Day 3/15/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/15/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Turn your wounds into wisdom." — Oprah Winfrey 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Raketka’s Boiler Room set uploaded to youtube on March 10th 2023 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $24,702.32 Ethereum $1,690.44 Tether $0.99 BNB (Binance) $309.01 USD Coin $0.99 XRP (Ripple) $0.37 Cardano $0.34 Polygon $1.21 Dogecoin $0.07 Lido Staked Ether $1,688.21 📝📮Tip to Ta...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 3/14/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/14/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– Soren Kierkegaard 🎼🎵Jam of the Day Double Play: Telegraph Ave (“Oakland” by Lloyd) by Childish Gambino from the 2013 album Because the Internet and Zealots by the Fugees from the classic 1996 album The Score. 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $26,031.53 Ethereum $1,771.72 Tet...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 2/22/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/22/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Get Ready by The Temptations from their 1966 album Gettin’ Ready 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: 1.Bitcoin - (down) $24,188.57 2.Ethereum - (down) $1,647.99 3.Tether - $.99 4.BNB (Binance Coin) - (down) $308.86 5.XRP (Ripple) - (same) $0...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 2/21/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/21/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Don’t Make It Harder On Me by Chloe x Halle from the 2020 Ungodly Hour 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: 1.Bitcoin - (down) $24,717.76 2.Ethereum - (down) $1,682.03 3.Tether - stable at $1.00 4.BNB (Binance Coin) - (down) $31...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 2/20/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/20/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: Did you know The Kalahari Kung people of Africa have been using Breathwork as a healing modality since ancient times. By integrating both rapid and shallow Breathwork techniques with dance movements, they are able to attain Kia, which is a powerful emotional and physical state of grounding healing and ecstasy. 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Playboy (Don’t Hate Me) by Big Tymers ft Lil Wayne and Bub B from the...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 2/17/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/17/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “An unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: G-Bop by Grace Kelly from her 2005 album Dreaming 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: 1.Bitcoin - (down) $23,666.97 2.Ethereum - (down) $1,656.31 3.Tether - stable at $1.00 4.BNB (Binance Coin) - (down) $309.57 5.XRP (Ripple) - (down) $0.38 (all in USD amounts) 📝📮Tip to Take: You be...

Have A Nice Day, Wen 2/16/23

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/16/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” - George Addair 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Let Me Get You On Your Toes by Jamie Foxx from the 2010 album Best Night Of My Life. 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: 1.Bitcoin - (up) $24,632.46 2.Ethereum - (up) $1,699.75 3.Tether - (down) $.0.99 4.BNB (Binance Coin) - (up) $320.43 5.XRP (Ripple) - (up) ...