In today's episode, we will discuss how we can optimize our days by just adding this one little practice into our daily routine. Meditation is a simple practice that reaps a lot of benefits for those who religiously practice it. Gregg practices meditation but admittedly has not prioritized getting it to stick. We're going to establish, point-by-point, on this episode, why you need to start practicing meditation and how you can easily make it a part of your daily routine to a point where it becomes habitual, that you need not be reminded of it.

About Gregg Clunis

Gregg Clunis is the host of the top-ranked self-help podcast, Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, which has garnered over 3 million total downloads, and the author of a forthcoming book by the same name. He's also the founder of a podcasting agency called Podsimply where he and his team help experts grow their business by creating top-ranked podcasts.

Gregg's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes:

• Achiever

• Futuristic

• Intellection

• Significance

• Activator

Key Takeaways

• Everything you currently have in your life, whether good or bad, every single thing is the cumulative of everything that happened before.
• Little tiny actions do add up.
• In order for our strengths to thrive, we must feed them.

Time-Stamped Show Highlights

• [01:10] Get to know our genius guest who helped me launch this podcast."My mission is to try and help people change their life by changing their day-to-day behavior."
• [04:05] Gregg's thesis that we're not aware of."If we can just be mindful of the stuff we're doing now, it will create more of the stuff we want 20 years from now."
• [05:56] Gregg shares how a "stumbled upon" idea helped him create something that stands out.
• [11:52] Gregg's strength themes and how they uniquely equip him.
• [14:13] What Gregg thought as he was learning his strength themes."I'm really proud of these five."
• [19:29] Alissa shares how creating a meditation practice can help Gregg's strengths to thrive."If you were to take even a 10-minute meditation practice and just be, you'll find that your most brilliant ideas will come to you."
• [22:21] The 10-seater van: letting one or another particular strength drive."I encourage people to start with their top five because those are your strongest."
• [24:56] Gregg's journaling practice."I found it really helpful even just with navigating that celebration piece."
• [30:50] Podcast recommendation of the week!

Selected Links for This Episode

• Gregg's Website
• Gregg's Podcast Agency
• Connect with Gregg on Facebook
• Connect with Gregg on Twitter
• Connect with Gregg on Instagram
• Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
• Insight Timer
• Calm
• Headspace
• Podcast of the Week: Quote of the Day Podcast with Sean Croxton

Frickin' Awesome Resources

• Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneurs Facebook Community
• From Frustrated to Frickin' Awesome by Alissa Daire Nelson
• Daire Success Coaching website
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 test
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath