Plan Your Day Ahead Of Time...Backwards (TMLL 117)
You can gain an advantage by taking time the night before to plan ahead. You can gain an extra advantage by planning your day from the end to the beginning.
Jan 01, 2021•14 min
The Ten Minute Life Lesson Podcast
One of the greatest obstacles for people who want to go deeper into personal development is lack of time. J Cleveland Payne tries to negate that obstacle with the Ten Minute Life Lesson podcast, offering a complete and actionable lesson in personal development in ten minutes or less. Come out of the work week with a new lesson, as the podcast drops every Friday in your podcast feed or the website yourbetteryou.info.
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The True Word For 2020 Is ‘Hard’ (TMLL 116)
There are many words you can choose to describe your view of the last 12 months. I would guess that few of them would be kind. But the word that should sum it up for all of us on the planet is hard. In fact, that word should fit any year.
Dec 25, 2020•14 min
The Next Conversation Could Lead To A Big Break. Or Not (TMLL 115)
That next encounter could be the introduction of the love of your life. Or it could lead to a huge business deal. Or it could be a polite conversation that fills a temporary gap in time.
Dec 18, 2020•12 min
You Learn More From Real-World Experience (TMLL 114)
It's a simple statement: you always learn more from real-world experience. But you don't have to be the person who lived through the experience to receive the lesson.
Dec 11, 2020•12 min
Everything Is Better With A Friend (Or Competent Partner) (TMLL 113)
The song may state that 'everything is better with a friend,' but it's equally as true if you claim just about any type of coupling.
Dec 05, 2020•15 min
Leave Things Better Than You Found Them (TMLL 112)
I had a former coworker who moved through various roles and nearly destroyed them at every stop. I have also had personal relationships that ended on sour notes with my ex’s pushing the needle even further after the break-up. Whether you’re dealing with a shift in your personal or professional life, you need to leave things better than you found them.
Nov 27, 2020•13 min
The Risks You Should Never Take (TMLL 111)
Risks are necessary for development. But these three risks are never worth the gambit.
Nov 18, 2020•15 min
The Right Way To Raise Your Averages (TMLL 110)
The way to work toward the raising of the average is not to push hard for solid A’s and extra credit towards the end of the grading period. It comes from ensuring you never make failing grades from the start.
Nov 13, 2020•13 min
Ask The Question, "If It Weren't For Me..." (TMLL 109)
Your business should do more than just work to make a profit. It should matter to the people who work there, the people who shop there, and neighbors around it. Ask yourself this question and study your answers.
Nov 06, 2020•14 min
Life At The Center Of The Universe (TMLL 108)
You have all the rights in the universe that you are the center of to do as you wish. But you do not have the right to bully anyone around that would directly affect their status as the center of their own universe.
Oct 29, 2020•14 min
Understand Your Motivations To Fight Your Temptations (TMLL 107)
It just takes one little slip to lose your momentum and all incentives from the hard work you had previously put in. But temptations will come, so you must have a greater understating of your true motivations to help you deflect those moments of weakness.
Oct 22, 2020•14 min
Try To Work From State Of Calm Not Chaos (TMLL 106)
I once had a boss who tried to reassure me that my inability to clean my office (and create order) wasn’t a sign of failure, because I thrived when working in chaotic situations. This is me stating for the record that while I can work through just about any stressful situations, I still believe I can always operate at a higher if I am actually working from a base state of calm.
Oct 15, 2020•13 min
The Power Of Trickle Down Misery (TMLL 105)
The ability to spread misery is more powerful than any virus that man could imagine. But you can do your part to keep the spread of misery down when you do find yourself in that state.
Oct 08, 2020•15 min
All Rules Are Meant To Be Tested (TMLL 104)
Being alive on a planet with over 8 billion other humans means abiding by rules to keep everyone civil and safe. But every rule on the books, despite its ability to keep us all civil and safe, may not be as necessary now as it seemed to be when originally passed.
Oct 03, 2020•13 min
Personal Improvement Is Work That Only You Can Do For Yourself (TMLL 103)
There are two simple tenants to personal improvement. It is improvement for yourself that can affect the world around you (not the other way around), and there must be some sort of measurement of improvement to gauge if the efforts are working. And they are efforts that involve work.
Sep 24, 2020•13 min
Who’s Got Your Back? (TMLL 102)
In times of trouble, it’s good to know who will really be there to help you out. Do you know who will really be there to help you out in times of trouble?
Sep 17, 2020•14 min
When Your Work Turns To ‘Work,’ Ask Yourself This Question (TMLL 101)
Any goal worth achieving will take effort--i.e.--work to accomplish. But when that work turns to obligation or tedious activities, you have to ask yourself what about your work is making it so much like ‘work?’
Sep 10, 2020•14 min
A Check List Is The Secret To Success (TMLL 100)
This is the 100th episode of the Ten Minute Life Lesson podcast. And while I am normally big on celebrating milestones, this episode will focus on a simple premise: using a checklist to stay productive (and sane). If you need a form to use for your own checklists, you can try my Daily Dozens Planner here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hep00ddyc94of7z/daily_dozens_combined_sheets.pdf?dl=0
Sep 03, 2020•14 min
You Should Try Harder To Journal Your Life (TMLL 099)
You have a story that someone needs to hear.
Aug 27, 2020•13 min
If It Matters To Them, It Should Matters To You (TMLL 098)
What people are into is a window into what they are going through.
Aug 20, 2020•13 min
Question Your Windows Of Opportunity (TMLL 097)
Why are you getting this opportunity now? Why do you receive any of your opportunities? The answers to these questions can help you see a pattern that will allow you to prepared for better-timed opportunities.
Aug 13, 2020•13 min
Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Joy (TMLL 096)
There is a lot going on right now, and it's easy to let any one thing get you down. But you are in complete control of how you handle everything. Do not allow anyone to steal your joy.
Aug 06, 2020•13 min
Before You Take A Step, Buy A Map (TMLL 095)
That journey of a thousand miles cannot begin without taking that first step. But it will help you reach that long destination if you consult a map first.
Jul 30, 2020•15 min
Your Time Might As Well Be Now (TMLL 094)
Ask yourself two questions when you find yourself called into service: why you and why now?
Jul 23, 2020•12 min
Fighting Your Way Back (TMLL 093)
After dealing with my own stresses and struggles with pandemic life, I am back producing this podcast. Hear how a little arrogance caused a lot of trouble and the disruption of an attempt to do a nobile act.
Jul 19, 2020•13 min
Your Definition Of Success Is YOUR Definition Of Success (TMLL 092)
In order to truly find ‘success,’ you have to define what success means to you and what parameters must be met to achieve it. You can not rely on the blueprints other are pushing upon you as their idea of success.
Apr 16, 2020•12 min
The Fickleness Of Mob Rule (TMLL 091)
Mob rule is not such a bad thing for the person leading the movement the mob currently wants to support. But mob support doesn’t last long, and anyone the mob is against will receive the full wrath, regardless of former affiliation.
Apr 09, 2020•13 min
Lessons Aren’t Learned From Lists (TMLL 090)
Too many people read lists of tips, tricks, and 'hacks' and feel good about themselves for a moment. But they don't put anything from those lists into practice, and they actually remain unchanged. The only way you will grow is to put a few of those new or affirmed list items into practice, and learn from the successes or failures of each action.
Apr 02, 2020•13 min
How To Live More Economically (TMLL 089)
In troubled times, knowing how to reduce living expenses is key to making your way through the issue and manage your stress levels along the way. Even you’re not facing a crisis, but just want to build up a nest egg for yourself, these five tips will help you focus your efforts.
Mar 26, 2020•14 min
How To Give Good Feedback (TMLL 088)
I have problems accepting feedback of all kinds. As a way to improve taking in and processing the feedback I take in, I worked on improving the process I use to give feedback. Here is how I do it.
Mar 19, 2020•14 min
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