Wouldn’t it be nice if you could turn a switch and you’d be fully motivated to do whatever you’re setting out to get accomplished? While there isn’t an easy button, there is a simple little hack or strategy that works just as well. The secret is to figure out your “why”. Pick something you would like to do, but you’re lacking motivation. Let’s say it’s heading out for a run every morning before work. You have the best intentions, but then the alarm goes off, it’s still dark outside and all that ...
Oct 31, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 62
It doesn't matter if you’re working your way through a large project at work or are finally tackling that kitchen remodel. Just about anything big you need to get done can be broken into smaller steps. One step in the kitchen remodel might be to pick out a new sink, another would be to tear out the old kitchen floor. You get the idea. This also works really well when your goal is a little more elusive. Maybe you want to lose 50 pounds, or get yourself into shape to go on a big hike this summer. ...
Oct 31, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Discipline is something we are taught from an early age, but as we start to grow up, we we tend to fight it and eventually become pretty lax about it. Then something interesting happens. We start to realize that there are a lot of benefits to being more disciplined. The main one is that you just plain get more stuff done. You also get it done in a lot less time, leaving you more hours in your day to play. How do you become more disciplined? Try this simple lifestyle hack and see if it works for ...
Oct 31, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 60
I used to be a very shy and insecure person. I didn’t have a lot of self-worth and it showed. Not only that, it hurt me both in my professional and personal life. People are attracted to those that are confident. Who would you hire if you had two candidates for a job? The one that convinces you they can do what you need done, or the one that shyly hides behind their resume and “thinks” they may be qualified. You’d pick the confident one, as would I. That’s why it’s so important to work on confid...
Oct 31, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 59
No matter how many things we do well, the brain always seems to focus on the one that doesn't, go to plan. With a little encouragement, however, it's possible to persuade yourself to see a more rounded picture. Why does the vulgar name somebody once called you, some time ago, to, seem to stick in your brain, far longer than the nice things people say about you? Why do your teachers always seem to emphasise, on what you can't do, rather than congratulating you for what you've done well? If you ex...
Oct 31, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 64
This section is going to take a look at the ten different self-defeating behaviors listed in the introduction. As you saw in the last chapter, there could be other items which are also self-defeating behaviors as well, so don't think by any means what follows is a definitive list. These are only a few of the most common, looked at in more detail to help train you in what to look for. How can you tell if something you're doing is self-defeating? Pay Attention Self-awareness is truly the first ste...
Oct 30, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Understanding self-defeating behavior means first understanding yourself. A standard definition of the term "self-defeating" describes it this way: "Unable to achieve the end it is designed to bring about." Put in terms which are easier to understand, self-defeating simply means we are keeping ourselves from the goals we are setting. The problem with self-defeating behaviors is they keep us from living our life in the ways we are meant to. At an extreme level, they hold us back ultimately. Just ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Often in life, we end up being our own worst enemies. Whether we procrastinate too much, engage in negative self-talk, or don't take care of ourselves – we make achieving our goals monumentally difficult. The world is complicated enough without us making things harder on ourselves. Let's identify our self-defeating behaviors and then overcome them. You are going to discover a lot about self-defeating behaviors. Of course, we first want to discover what a self-defeating behavior looks like. From ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Changing your life doesn't have to be a huge gesture. Many people avoid changing their life for the better because they are overwhelmed by what it will take. The reality is, changing your life doesn't need to include some seismic shift. Focusing and committing to a few small changes can be just as effective over the long term. Here are nine little things that can make a big difference in your life. 1. Try to Stay Positive I know, I know - Easier said than done. The keyword is "try," though. Whil...
Oct 27, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 55
A lot of the time, it’s all too easy not to be aware of them or to know and understand what you’re feeling. However, your thoughts and emotions will come and go throughout the day. Are you aware of your feelings, and then suddenly overreacted, over a silly little incident at work or home? Do you need to have more control over your emotions and how to understand them better? Here are some suggestions that may help you stay in control. See your emotions as information. It’s easy to think of emotio...
Oct 26, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Did you know you probably have one of the world’s most significant failures as a product sitting on your desk right now? The Post-It Note was an accident that never should have happened. The original creator of this innovation, Spencer Silver, was trying to find an adhesive to use in the construction of aeroplanes. Looking at the strength of the glue on a Post-It Note, it’s easy to see he missed the mark by quite a bit. There’s absolutely nothing strong or even permanent about a Post-It Note. On...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Situations change. You’re set on one path, thinking all is right with the world and suddenly, the carpet is pulled out from under you. Technology shifts, something becomes obsolete, and now what you’ve been doing for years, no longer works. What do you do? For Soichiro Honda, the answer was to shift and adapt. You find the next best solution, regardless of how crazy or off the wall it seems at the time. Honda started out back in 1939 with the idea of creating a piston ring for Toyota, the protot...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 51
When is the last time you flew in an aeroplane? How long did this trip take you? More importantly, how long would it have taken you to reach the same destination if you’d never flown at all? Without Wilbur and Orville Wright, the world would be a very different place. But did you know the Wright Brothers, who revolutionized powered flight never finished high school, much less had any college degree? To the outside observer, the Wright Brothers didn’t look like much. They started in an entirely d...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Even the unhappiest of beginnings can’t hold you back when you have drive and determination. Meet Walt Disney . You’ve heard the name before, whether from the beloved mouse who’s graced our TV and movie screens for almost a century, to Frozen and a whole slew of animated and live-action movies our kids beg us to watch repeatedly. Disney never set out to become a household name, even though that’s what happened. His beginnings have a whole lot more to do with escaping from a bad situation and try...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Chocolate. So good. So tasty. Who knew a candy bar could lead to a success story? Hershey chocolate has become a staple in just about everyone’s diet. Whether you are a person who loves the straight-up Hershey bar or are more of a Kit Kat or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup sort of person, there’s something for every chocolate lover. We can’t imagine life without chocolate, although only 150 years ago, only the rich could enjoy the delicious confection. Chocolate had been around for centuries, but cand...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Why does everyone know the name, Stephen King? He’s the sort of success story every author dreams of becoming. Not only are his books popular, but quite a few of them have been adapted quite successfully as television and movies. He’s known all the world around as being one of the great storytellers of the weird and creepy and has a considerable backlist waiting to be explored. So, where did he come from? And how does his story apply to yours? Stephen King was a writer at heart all the way back ...
Oct 25, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 46
If you believe someone you know is displaying a change in behaviour or mood which you feel may be potential red flags of poor mental health/mental illness. Many people have mental health concerns from time to time. But a mental health concern then becomes a mental illness when ongoing signs and symptoms affect your ability to function independently. Anxiety Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1...
Oct 25, 2020•12 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Who do you listen to? It’s so easy to become discouraged when you hear the people around you, especially those who don’t quite catch the vision of your dreams. How you deal with this kind of naysaying can mean the difference between failure and success. Henry Ford experienced just this problem. When you think of Ford, you probably immediately think of cars, or even the entire assembly line process. His success was not immediate, though, and in fact, he failed twice before finally getting to wher...
Oct 24, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Have you ever had what you thought was a really great idea turn out to be not so great after all? Now imagine someone else picking up your discarded idea and proving it actually was quite brilliant after all. This is what happened to Al Fielding and Marc Chavannes back in 1957. These two gentlemen were working on an aesthetic problem. They wanted to create a textured wallpaper to create an interesting effect in a room. Their solution? Take two shower curtains and put them together, so that pocke...
Oct 24, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Stupid. Failure. No good. Idiot. Albert Einstein heard all these phrases about himself and more. Growing up was tough for young Albert. He didn’t express himself well and struggled in school. Even his teachers gave up on him, deciding that he was impossible to teach. Those around him considered him mentally retarded, and no one thought he would ever make anything of himself. This doesn’t sound like an auspicious beginning for someone who is considered to be one of the greatest geniuses of all ti...
Oct 24, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Many of the best insights I have gained over the years have often been counter-intuitive. For example, as I have been developing muscular strength with a rigorous weight training program, I have found that I can push more weight and complete more sets when I relax and calm myself mentally before and during each group. The calmness helps me push through the pain. In this example, the more obvious approach (for me at least) would be to pump myself up with a bunch of deep breaths and yell out loud ...
Oct 22, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 42
I talk to a lot of professionals and salespeople and even entrepreneurs, people starting their own businesses, and they want to learn how can I develop more confidence or even just get myself a bit of faith so that I can be more successful in what I do. You have to realise what confidence comes from and what confidence means. Confidence is your ability to take action and feel good about yourself. Feel like whatever it is you're about to endeavour into, that you can do a good job and that you can...
Oct 20, 2020•4 min•Season 3Ep. 41
I talk to a lot of professionals and salespeople and even entrepreneurs, people starting their own businesses, and they want to learn how can I develop more confidence or even just get myself a bit of faith so that I can be more successful in what I do. You have to realise what confidence comes from and what confidence means. Confidence is your ability to take action and feel good about yourself. Feel like whatever it is you're about to endeavour into, that you can do a good job and that you can...
Oct 20, 2020•4 min•Ep. 40
One aspect of achieving success in life that many people never think about or discuss is the idea of social intelligence. In his book, Mastery, Robert Greene defines social intelligence as “the ability to see people in the most realistic light possible”. In other words, social intelligence is all about reading other people and figuring out the reasons why they behave the way they do. Think of it as your ability to think from another person’s perspective. When you have a “run-in” with someone whe...
Oct 18, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Many people go to college to do what they believe they have wanted to do all their lives. The first several years are rewarding, and then they start to realize this is something they are going to do until they retire. They are quickly disillusioned, and they get into a rut. Many people continue doing what they do out of fear; there is nothing else, or they are getting a steady paycheck. The lucky few, however, break away and find their true passion in life. While starting up a new career may be ...
Oct 17, 2020•3 min•Season 3Ep. 39
You are different from everyone else. Celebrate that. You offer a unique perspective in this game called life. We should all be thanking you. If you are constantly comparing yourself, it means you aren’t happy with who you are. Why is that? People are brought up to conform to society. If you don’t fit within society’s norms, you are looked upon disapprovingly. However, most people aren’t ordinary in the most real sense of the word. Everyone has quirks and idiosyncrasies. It’s these differences t...
Oct 16, 2020•2 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Creating a Better Mood Is it possible to create a better mood for yourself? Can you do it for others? If it is possible, why isn’t everyone always happy? It seems being happy is preferable to being in a bad mood. Studies have shown it is possible to improve your mood. It can be as simple as thinking you’re in a good mood. If you believe it, your attitude will change. Even when you aren’t in a good mood, the simple act of smiling can perk you up. One reason why people don’t improve their mood mor...
Oct 14, 2020•2 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Better Listening Through Questions Did you ever notice that people don’t like to ask questions? It’s understandable when those questions are personal. You don’t want to offend anyone. But, most people willingly give answers to questions asked of them. So why are we so afraid to ask? When you ask questions, you have the tools you need to be a better listener. It’s indirect and subtle, but it works. When you ask questions, you listen for the answer. You aren’t spending your energy trying to think ...
Oct 14, 2020•2 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Helping Others Overcome Grief If you have ever gone through the grieving process, you would think that when you do it again, you will handle it better the next time around. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. You will feel just as bad each subsequent time. It’s a necessary process in life, however. Where experiencing it in the past can come in handy, is helping others who are going through the grieving process. If you are faced with trying to help someone who is grieving, make sure that you...
Oct 14, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1
10 Habits That Promote Emotional Wellness Guard your self-esteem. Learning to feel confident and comfortable with yourself is an important habit for protecting your emotional wellness and safeguarding Honour well-being. Improve your attitude. Your outlook is one part of your emotional health that you can control each day. When negative things happen or you start to feel negative emotions creeping in, turn those into positive thoughts. This will help you become more resilient, too. Be realistic. ...
Dec 31, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 35
