Fun is a basic need many overlook. Play, laughter, and joy are key components to enhancing the quality of our everyday lives. Reconnect with what has brought you joy. It’s at your fingertips. “There is no road to happiness. Happiness is the way.”

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You are not your past. Who you are today is not defined by the way you’ve been treated or the heartaches you experienced in your life. You are worthy of happiness, joy, and self-fulfillment. You are entitled to experience each of these because you are valuable and important. We place ourselves in the bondage of our past. We sometimes dwell in the “once was” and neglect the “what could be”. The past is fixed and unchangeable, but our present and our future is malleable and can be designed and created. It is your human right to be happy and to be the creator of your life. Embrace the blessings that are rightfully yours.

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There is no other way to achieve greatness or to become our best selves than through change. If we keep doing what we’ve always done, we’re going to get what we’ve always gotten. If we want a different outcome, we have to change our approach, the way we think, and our overall style of living. Change is hard. It’s uncomfortable. It’s uncertain. And change dwells in the unknown. Embrace the discomfort that accompanies change. Co-exist with the awkwardness of feeling different. But avoid sliding back into your default in order to feel comfortable and surround yourself with what’s familiar. Success will come to you when change is accepted as the bridge between what once was to what is and what will be.

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How close are we to becoming who we want to be and what we set out to achieve? The truth...we never know how close we are. We may feel that we’re getting near, but sometimes it feels like we’re ages away. We don’t know what lies in the hours, days, weeks, months, or years away. We don’t know if we’re a single moment away from hearing the answers we’ve been looking for in our silent reflection. We don’t know who we’ll bump into who will be the collaborator for achieving our dreams. We don’t know the opportunities that are available to us just around the corner. Our purpose, our ambitions, are worth the wait. Keep the faith, keep hoping, keep the vision, stay aligned in love, embrace the journey, and respect the Great Timing that goes beyond our planning and expectations. Your time is coming.

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Silence is loud. Many of us are uncomfortable and avoid silence in our lives, because of the deafening judgments it screams. In our quietest moments we gain much knowledge about ourselves. Silence allows our inner voice to be heard. What is that inner voice saying to you? What are you listening to throughout your day and how is what you’re hearing being filtered by your perspective? What someone is saying to us sometimes isn’t what we hear, just as what we are looking at isn’t always what we see. Find knowledge in solace. Be intentional in spending time in silence each day. What you hear will be necessary for you to find your most authentic self and reveal your greatest self.

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Patience is an essential virtue to achieve success that is sustainable. To answer to the call of getting what we want as quick as possible puts us at risk of cutting corners, skipping fundamental experiences, and cheaply building the foundation we need for solid sustainable success. Patience slows us down while we co-exist with our urgency and strong ambition to achieve and become, in order to set up the necessary timing. Patience is backed up by understanding. Understanding the process and having faith in our timing. Your time is coming...and when the time is right, you’ll be ready to realize your dreams standing on foundation that can hold up in even the toughest storms you will face. Be patient. It will come.

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No one ever achieved greatness by being ordinary. We hide behind an ordinary life fearing what the extraordinary may bring, failure, criticism and judgment, the unknown. But what if it is our extraordinary selves that the world has been waiting for? What if your extraordinary self brings extraordinary rewards? What if the life you’ve always wanted was the result of you stepping out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary? What if we stopped allowing fear to dictate what direction our life will go? The world is waiting for you. You are already extraordinary. It was how you were created to be. Don’t minimize your greatness. Stop hiding behind the ordinary life and realize your best self by stepping out with courage. You are amazing! You are extraordinary!

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“When the tide rises, all ships rise with it.” I spent the evening at an event celebrating the great contributions an organization provides to communities throughout the region I live. Agencies, corporations, politicians, and individuals coming together to help people in need. It is true that when we support members in our community not only do we directly impact those we serve, but we lift up our community as a whole. I encourage you to be part of something greater than yourself, to be an active member of your local community. Expand your awareness, look for those in need, and help fill that need. Be a blessing to others, your heart will thank you and so will they!

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Real change takes real work. The principles, philosophies, and practices I share in these podcast are real. These are not strategies for avoidance or escaping reality, but rather confronting challenges head on and putting us in the best space to create real change in our life. I don’t talk about acquiring financial wealth or finding the love of your life, for example, because I know that by doing the things we need to do to balance ourselves, manage and learn from the storms in our life, developing a positive and supportive network of people, maintaining our focus to remain aligned with our purpose, and so much more, that the by product will be all those things, wealth, loving relationships, our dream career, etc. Embrace the process. Embrace the effort it will take to be fulfilled. Embrace the journey to living your best life and being your best self!

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With so much information available to us to help us achieve great things and become our best selves, why are we not successful? “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him put on his bathing suit!” I believe the reason we don’t achieve what we set out to achieve is because we get in our own way, we over analyze, we fret, we make excuses. We suffer from over-analysis paralysis. Minimizing thinking and increasing doing will help us move closer to what we want and who we want to be. If we make a mistake, fall down, take two steps back from trying...it’s ok. We just need to adjust and try another approach. We won’t know what we’re capable of achieving if we get stuck in over analyzing and not trying. Let’s get out of our own way and act on our dreams, and not simply think about being great, but truly living greatness by doing.

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