Season 2, Bonus Episode from Monday Morning Jumpstart

The more you know who you are (vision and values), the better you will know where you are and the greater the impact you can and will have on the relationships and world around you.

Without a clear vision and core values, it becomes hard to find our direction in life.

There are 3 kinds of people who are trying to find direction…

1. People who don't know what they would like to do - Confused!

2. People who know what they want to do, but don't do it - Frustrated!

3. People who know what they want to do and do it - Fulfilled!

The way to know what we want is to first know who we are!

Part of knowing who we are is understanding our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats or roadblocks.

When is the last time you took a Personal SWOT Assessment? To maximize growth in our lives we should all take a personal SWOT yearly. SWOT allows us to continually clarify those things that are important to us and make sure we have what we need to keep growing

Take a quick SWOT - List your 

STRENGTH's

WEAKNESS's

OPPORTUNITIES

THREAT/ROADBLOCKS

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Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come...

Rick Torrison

Season 2, Episode 1

Do you find yourself at the end of the day evaluating your success for that day based on the number of things you accomplished?  What if you accomplished many things but did not accomplish that one thing you really needed to get done?  Would you still consider your day a success?

What keeps you from that One Thing that you really desire to do or accomplish?  For many of us, it is the tyranny of the urgent that always seems to be pressing in on us.  The truth is that there is always something urgent or important that needs to be dealt with.  Which one gets our attention... it is the one that is the loudest or most immediate.  When we don't establish the most important thing, someone else will.  

Here is the most important question you can ask yourself when setting your priorities for the day or week or month...  Looking at all you have to do, all that is on your list, ask yourself this one question.  If I was only able to get one thing done today, what would that one thing be?  That one thing that if I accomplished it I would be able to say I was successful today!  Once you have established that one thing, ask yourself the same question 2 more times.  You know have your top three priorities for your day.  Once you set your priorities you need to set the strategy to get them done.  

In today's podcast, we talk about how to identify and build a strategy to accomplish the one thing that is most important to accomplish in order for you to succeed that day, week, or month.

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Season 1, Episode 35

The greatest need we have when communicating is to be heard and understood!  To understand what someone is saying requires our listening.  Hearing and listening are not the same!  Just because we hear someone talking, doesn't mean we are actually listening.  

Have you ever had someone say to you (maybe a child?)... "You are not listening!"  Unfortunately, I have heard this all too often from my children and on occasion from my wife.  Hearing is about volume and projection, listening is about understanding.  Listening is not about having an answer or solving a problem.  Listening involves feeling, emotion, and connection.  

In today's episode, we will discuss the difference between hearing and listening and some practical steps we can take to become better listeners.  When we become better listeners we become better leaders!  

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Rick Torrison

Season 1, Episode 34

Principles are those things that are true.  They do not depend on our belief in them and they do not change because of belief, culture, language, or geography.  Principles are always true but how they are lived out in our lives is unique.  Today we are going to talk about one of those principles that when lived out in our lives, has the power to change everything and bring real freedom to our lives emotionally and relationally.  

Life is all about relationships.  Relationships are both a source of great joy and love as well as great challenge and frustration.  As long as we are living, we will have the great pleasure of working through and engaging in relationships.  When relationships are strong and healthy, there is nothing better, but what happens when an important relationship becomes challenged or broken?  

In today's episode, we will talk about the pain of broken relationships and the power of forgiveness in bringing healing and freedom.  It is absolutely easier said than done, but the potential restoration of the relationship is worth it.  There is power in forgiveness, but forgiveness is not about the other person, it is about you, your heart, and your freedom.  

I hope you find some freedom in today's message!

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Rick Torrison

BONUS EPISODE Today we partner with Monday Morning JUMPSTART

Today we talk about A Year in Review!  How do we finish well and prepare for growth?

Here are 4 things you can do to review

If you could start this last year over again, knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?  While we do not want to go back, this question is important because it can inform us going forward.  

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Rick Torrison

Everyday leader and entrepreneur, choosing to live life out loud and doing in community together.  

How we finish one thing is how we enter the next!

How do we finish 2019 in strength so we can enter 2020 with a purpose!  It begins with a simple intentional step each day.  It starts with breathing.  It may sound simple, in fact you are doing it as you read this and listen to this podcast.  but when you stop and take a few deep breathes you rush oxygen to your bloodstream which stimulates your mind and wakes up your body.  You can also take control of your calendar.  When you do and take control of your life!  

To finish well is to rise above the chaos of the moment.  Chaos is part of life but how we engage the chaos is critical to our sanity and success.

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Episode 32

The Holiday Season can be some of the most joyous times and the most challenging times of the year.  The holidays have a way of magnifying everything.  Not only the good things but also those painful places that we have buried deep hoping they have gone away.  Do you ever look at the holiday season with the mindset that says, if I just hold on to the new year it will all be better.  Have you ever thought that?  If you have you know that it is a lie because 12 months later you are saying the same thing, year after year.  It doesn't get better over the years, it only gets worse as we get older.  We become hard-hearted, cynical and often isolated.  

BUT THERE IS HOPE AND FREEDOM from becoming Scrooge with a Bah Humbug view of life and the holidays.  

It is time to move from our past pains and into our future potential and possibilities.  You are so much stronger than you think you are!  The truth is that we can not go around, over or under the obstacles that are in front of us or the pain that is buried deep within us.  The only way to go up is to go through...  That may seem hard and scary, but you already know the truth.  Just because we ignore something, pretend it does not exist or bury it deep down inside of us does not mean that it is gone!  Getting by is no way to live our lives.  You were created for MORE!  You are stronger then you think you are.  You are NOT perfect and you won't be.  If you wait until you are perfect or have it figured out you will never move forward and go through.  

Here are a few thoughts on how to start walking (I am not saying they are easy steps, but when engaged they will lead to a better outcome)

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Believing Your Best Is Yet To Come...

Rick Torrison

Season 1, Episode 31 (this episode was recorded as part of Monday Morning JUMPSTART)

Have you ever said to someone Be grateful! Count your blessings! Focus on the good!

living from gratitude, particularly when the airwaves bombard us with all the "not-so-good," is easier said than done.

Fires. Tragic shootings. Anti-semitism. Terror attacks. Hurricanes. More violence against innocence.   What about the pressure and problems, trials and the unexpected.  The job stress, financial stress, marital and kid stress...  there will always be something that isn’t as we’d like it to be. Things that can cause anxiety, sadness, self-pity, despair, frustration or resentment.

There is an answer to ALL of it!  

In today's episode, we look at the power of giving thanks and the shift that happens in us when we focus on gratitude and thanksgiving rather than the storms around us.  

When we

BUT

When we

Epictetus once said that a wise man “does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”

Emotions are contagious!  What emotions are you carrying?  What are you infecting those around you with?

Imagine the difference it would make if each of us, individually and collectively, decided to trade our complaining for thanksgiving

When we give thanks, we magnify our blessing and expand our ability to be a blessing.

When we are a blessing, we will be blessed

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If you could go back in time, is there anything you would have done differently? Do you regret how you handled a certain situation, or that you passed up an opportunity you didn’t recognize at the time?  What would you want your younger self to know?  I know they probably wouldn't listen... but if they would, what would you tell them?

Here is a more interesting question.  What would your younger self tell your present self?

What would your younger self think about how your present self is doing in life?  Would your younger self be excited about what you’ve done with your life or would your younger self be disappointed that you didn’t fulfill the dreams you had when you were younger?

In today's bonus episode, we partner with Monday Morning JUMPSTART a facebook live community that meets every Monday morning at 7:15 am over on facebook.com/rtorrison.   

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Bonus Episode from Monday Morning Jumpstart

Have you ever seen plate spinners?  They have a bunch of sticks, and they quickly begin to spin a plate on the top of each stick.  As one plate spins they quickly add another plate.  As they add more spinning plates the ones they started with begin to slow down and wobble!  Then the chaos begins... They have to run from plate to plate to keep them from crashing to the floor!  It wears me out just thinking about it.  

How many of us feel like we are spinning plates right now and it is only a matter of time before they begin to hit the floor?  

In today's episode, we will look at the challenges of plate spinning and how we can stop the chaos.  It is all about focus and knowing what your purpose and passion is!  

Purpose is the reason your journey and Passion is the fire that lights the way...

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