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If you tuned in on Monday, you learned our set up this week is totally different. We interview a gentleman named Ross Jackson, and it went so well we decided to take his entire interview and split it up into three different episodes. So today's episode is part 2 of our "Philosophy of Life" series.

On today's episode you'll hear Ross talk about the following ideas:

• Life advice
• What is the definition of success?
• What is the definition of excellence?
• What is the philosophy of the successful?

As mentioned on Monday, if you have a passion for philosophy, look no further than this week's topic. Join us today for part 2 of Ross Jackson and the "Philosophy of Life."

Thanks and enjoy!

Well, we are going rogue this week. We interviewed a gentleman named Ross Jackson this week and our interview was so good, we ended up spitting the interview up into three different episodes. Ross talks about all the content that we had created for the week, so why not do something different? 

On today's episode, you'll hear Ross talk about:

• The basics of what philosophy is?
• Should you have a life philosophy?

Ross goes into great detail about the ideas of both of these. If you are someone who's interested in learning more about philosophy and what it means in your life, please tune into our series this week!

Thanks and enjoy!

Welcome Adam Howard to the podcast! Today's interview explores a deep dive into why it's important to be yourself. Adam gives fundamental lessons on why you can't live in the shadows of other people and why you have to focus on what is important to you. 

So many of us are constantly wondering what others are thinking about us. Adam does a great job explaining why that is an unhealthy lifestyle to live. In addition, he gives some concrete examples on how to feel more comfortable in front of people and block out the noise you perceive as other people's judgements. 

If you are trying to feel more comfortable in your own skin and wondering how to fit in with social groups or where you stand in your own life, this episode is for you. Please check out Adam and his tremendous insight on how to be yourself!

Thanks and enjoy!

(Sorry, we had a few audio technicalities when recording this. It's still awesome!)

On today's episode, we will go over some ways in which you can begin to understand how to feel more comfortable with yourself and why that is important. Let's dive right into this:

The world is tough and knowing that upfront is the first thing you have to accept. Anything worth anything in life is hard and will come with obstacles and judgements from others. Remember a lot of what people say may simply be jealousness of you and what you are accomplishing. Sometimes the only way people know how to stop you is to verbally bring you down. Here’s some ways in which you can forget about this and move forward in your journey. 

1. Knowing people will always have opinions of you. If you know this going into it, it won’t surprise you or bring you down when people try to attack you for what you’re trying to accomplish. 
2. Know that you aren't perfect: By the way, no one else is. So if you make a mistake, it’s no big deal. You get back up and proceed on. Don’t let the judgements of others bring you down if you make a mistake. It’s a guarantee these people will make mistakes too and need to recognize not to throw rocks when you live in a glass house. 
3. Don’t try and read people's minds. I know I've found myself doing this in the past which can quickly turn your mind into a negative fashion. Maybe you’re giving a speech or teaching a class and you begin to wonder what someone in the audience is saying. If you think it’s about you, it could throw you off your game and everything you were doing or saying could be negatively affected. Don’t try and read people’s minds. You don’t know what they are saying so don’t assume its negative about you. 
4. Find comfort on the inside and you’ll have comfort on the outside. As we grow as people and become more confident with ourselves, we will develop internal comfort and external comfort. When im comfortable with myself, it doesn’t matter what others may think of me. How do I get this comfort? Look at what you do everyday and know that you’re trying to crush it and be the best version of yourself. Once you know you’re putting in the effort, you will find more comfort with yourself especially as the results come in. 

Thanks and enjoy!

New topic this week. New insights. 

Topic this week is "Be Yourself" 

When you are navigating the game of life, you have to understand what you bring to the table and the positive traits that you have. So many of us are constantly worry about how others are viewing us that we ultimately stop doing things we believe are important to us just because we are worried what others may think of us. 

This week's topic is all about why it's important to understand being yourself is a good thing and how to go about your life focusing on "you" and not "them." The more you let people dictate what you do, the more you will never push the limits of what you can do. 

The most important idea to take from this week is you will never aspire to greatness if you are always worried what others may think of you. Don't live your life worrying about criticism, just understand it will always be there. You are who you are, and that is awesome. 

Thanks and enjoy!

Welcome Dr. Jon Zeser to this Friday session of "Creating a Vision." Who better to have on the podcast to talk about vision than an optometrist? Dr. Zeser does a great job taking you on a journey of why it's important to create a vision both in your business and within your personal life. 

Dr. Zeser gives clear examples of what has worked within his practice but admits if something isn't working that he will re-evaluate when needed. The key to creating a vision is getting everyone on the same page through communication, inspiration and a clear path to travel along when trying to fulfill the vision. 

Please tune in and learn from Dr. Zeser. If you have had a desire to understand vision and what it can do for both you and your business, this is the episode for you! 

Thanks and enjoy!

Today, we want to give you all some tips and how to create a vision for yourself, family or company. 

Here are some steps in which you can create a vision. Let's use an ice cream shop as our example throughout these steps: 

1. What do you want the outcome to be? An ice cream shop makes ice cream but the outcome is the consumers enjoying the ice cream. So let’s try this: Example: ABC Ice Cream is dedicated to providing high quality ice cream that always satisfies our customers. 
2. What separates you from everyone else? Talk about this in the vision statement. Example: ABC Ice Cream is dedicated to providing high quality ice cream, created from an old  midwestern superior dairy farm recipe that always satisfies our customers. 
3. Give some specifics on who will benefit: In this case, we want to talk about who comes into the ice cream shop. Example: ABC Ice Cream is dedicated to providing high quality ice cream, created from an old midwestern superior dairy farm recipe that satisfies every customer. 
4. Add a human element: Add some language in the vision statement that allows your customers, employees, or whoever else the ability to picture how this will turn out in the end. Example: ABC Ice Cream is dedicated to providing high quality ice cream, created from an old midwestern superior dairy farm recipe, that creates a smile on every customer who comes in. 

You can see where we started and how we finished. We kept adding these important pieces to the vision statement and the final outcome is much better than when we started. 

Thanks and enjoy!

Great new series we start this week and it begins with part 1 today where we discuss at length why it's important to have a vision statement. Creating a vision, whether its personal, family oriented or in the workplace, gives you a path to travel along in order to fulfill certain goals. Think of it like this. We’ve all sat down and dreamed about what it would be like to have X or be able to do X or accomplish X. In those moments that may be a dream but ultimately this could also be a vision for you. We think vision is taking your dreams and putting them into reality. We think vision is painting a picture of what you want things to ultimately look like. We think vision is looking down the road and seeing things differently than they are now. Creating that vision gives you drive and motivation to complete the necessary tasks along the way. 

“The Vision is the What, Where, or Who you want the company to become. The Mission is the WHY the company exists, it is your purpose, passion, or cause.” So vision is more about how to create buy-in, inspiration and motivation. It gives us a direction on which way to go as we move forward. 

Having a vision statement helps aid in decision making. We talked earlier about creating a vision being personal, family oriented or job related. If you created a vision for yourself to live a healthier lifestyle over the next year, this gives you direction as to what decisions you need to make in order to fulfill this vision. Creating a vision also helps create and define a culture. When the vision is set by the boss, it really lays out how everyone should make their decisions; it fuels the workforce and helps everyone and the company reach its potential. 

Thanks and enjoy!

Are you a leader? Are you a good leader? Are you leading at a championship level? If you have a desire to increase your knowledge and understanding of how to lead, this is the episode for you!

Please join Brian Agler, a two-time WNBA championship coach for multiple WNBA teams. He is also a Division III championship winning basketball player as well. If there is anyone who has the knowledge and understanding of how to increase your leadership, it's Brian. 

Listen in as Brian shares his personal stories surrounding his successes and failures. He gives in-depth details about what traits and characteristics he used during his championship seasons and how other people have made a huge impact in his life as well. 

You will surely grab some additional bullet points to add to your leadership tool box in this episode. 

Thanks and enjoy!

On today's episode we go over several ways in which you can begin to lead yourself, your family or your business to a championship level. We talk about the fire service and how the rank structure is. We also talk about the leadership pyramid and span of control. Jason goes over some examples in the fire service on how vision, communication and systems play a crucial role in the success of the business.

Please tune in and find out more on how to begin to lead at a championship level. 

Thanks and enjoy!