Choose Don't Excuse

By Jody and Judie Sedrick

Jody and Judie Sedrick explore your greatest power, the power to choose.When you discover this ultimate power you can literally change and direct every aspect of your life; emotional, physical, ... more

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December 05, 201942. Holiday Mindset
We are full swing into the holiday season. With the holidays comes the Holiday Mindset. How do you manage your time, get things done and still enjoy the season?
Jody shares the challenge he’s having in keeping productivity up but allowing his team to enjoy the season

You are always going to have something going on whether it’s the holidays or not

Meeting with the team to set a plan to hit the goals so everyone can enjoy the seasons

Establishing habits before the busy or challenging times hit you.

When the feeling of the season hits you is it genuine or fake? Are you only feeling love & gratitude during the season or all year round?

Why Judie doesn’t Black Friday shop

Is my Holiday Mindset and annual mindset? Is it a true indication of my heart and character?

Fully enjoy the moment. It’s easy to be on either extreme - work all the time or play all the time

Time management often is viewed as a negative when it actually FREES you to truly be present

Choice and Excuse Segment
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36min
November 28, 2019When You're Not Feeling Gratitude and It's Thanksgiving
We LOVE Thanksgiving and Christmas. This has been one of those weeks where discipline kicks in. We want to be grateful but desire to be sincere and right now it feels like we are going through the motions. How do you find gratitude when you are just not feeling it? Join us as candidly discuss our struggle to be grateful in the face of heavy challenges.
When emotions take over discipline is needed to pull you through

Finding more gratitude for one of our children when you are frustrated and upset at their decisions

Dreading the holidays when you normally love and look forward to the holidays

Getting passed the quaintness of saying “I’m grateful” and finding true gratitude

Sometimes you have to go through the motions first can start putting you in a positive grateful zone

Serving others will get you out of your head and do something for others

Be grateful for the specific thing you are struggling with.

Going through the motions is a synonym for discipline

Some gifts you have to work for

Inky Johnson “you don’t rise to the occasion you revert to your training” (episode 201 S2S Podcast)

Focus on Form

Take out the ego and pride

Having gratitude enables you to honestly say I’m sorry

Be grateful for everything around you.
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33min
November 21, 201940. What? You're Not Perfect?
What do you mean you’re not perfect? How come we feel such heavy pressure to be perfect? Why can’t we give ourselves some grace? Grace to rest. Grace to Grow. Join us as we discuss the pressure to be perfect.
Show highlights:
Continually pushing ourselves that we are consumed by perfection

Judie as a young mom falling into the comparison trap and struggling to “keep up”

Society has set women up that they have to be able to do everything and be everything otherwise they are not a full woman

The challenge women face of continually having to work extra hard prove their worth and play the perfection game

Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in Heaven because within me you can become like Him through his Grace

We tend to only look at the bad things that we do instead of identifying and embracing our natural gifts

Thinking of ourself less than others because we don’t have their gift

Learning to know when to turn to others for their gift to complement our personal gifts

It’s not about perfection it's about progression.
Tips
Assess the basics; did I eat, do I need sleep, or do I need movement

Look at and keep a thankful journal

Embrace your own gifts

Write yourself a love letter

Accept a compliment
Mentioned in this podcast:
Shon Hart’s 90 Days to Dominate Your Lane http://shonhart.com
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32min
November 14, 201939. Visualization and Vision - The realization of a dream
This week we visit the power of visualization to bring a dream to reality that was inspired by Jody attending the Glassparency product reveal at SEMA last week. It hit me like a ton of bricks with Ray Doran said, "I envisioned this exact event 3 years ago". Do you have a dream so big that it is pushing you to work the long game? Join us as we discuss:
Ray Doran’s visualization of the GP Reveal that he envisioned 3 years earlier

Holding tight to your vision and seeing it to fruition

When things are going bad say “Good” It’s an opportunity to grow, to learn to become something new

Flip the switch in your mind

Sometimes you have to shed that which is holding you back

Why is it that we retreat when we know there is a better plan, a better way for us?

You need to be able to honestly, personally assess where you are?

Are you willing to do what is needed to accomplish the vision you seek?

Prep, plan, and plan in your mind what you need to do

Get rid of works like “Can’t” and replace with “I Am”

Admit where you are and then develop a plan to change

Seek a trusted advisor to get honest feedback of where you are and what we need to become or what we need to shed

Instead of blaming others discover what you need to change

Declare your intentions and vision, Get it OUT!
And of course we have our Choice or Excuse segment to wrap it up. Thanks for tuning in. Please like, share, subscribe and give us a review. Mahalo!
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38min
October 31, 201938 The ABC’s in Our Quest for Success
This week we revisit our experience speaking at the Success Quest conference in Salt Lake City this past weekend. What an AMAZING experience preparing for this conference as well as presenting. It was a great opportunity for us to work together to pursue and accomplish a goal.
Show highlights:
Vision of Kalob Valle and Jacob Harmon to create a community of “Questers” who are seeking to find, build and discover success in every aspect of your life

Success Quest conference at the Olympic Training facility ( where greatness is literally being built)

What does it take to find that inner strength to really push yourself to the next level

Our 5 hour drive and conversation about success in preparation for us speaking at the conference

The power of reflection

The ABCs to success that we shared at the conference

A -ttitude

B -lessings

C -ommitment and Celebration

The power of POSITIVITY

The power and coolness of pursuing and executing on a goal together

Preparation lays the foundational steps for success

Weekly Segment: Choice or Excuse
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41min
October 24, 201937. Get my MOJO Back
You ever find yourself on a POSITIVE vibe then someone or something happens your life to cause you to lose your MOJO? Let's be real it happens to the best of us. Join us as we explore how to recapture and hold on to our mojo.
Show Highlights
We will be speaking at the SuccessQuest "Becoming The Best You" Conference Saturday, October 26th from 6-9 pm

Feeling great and then losing your mojo

Recognizing that it is a moment in time

When the rain clouds and storms of life hit what do we do?

Run for shelter - Retreat and Regroup; music, prayer, breathing

Assess & Empathize - Your mindset determines your reality

Separating the emotion from the event - Clinically address the situation

Point of friction is where you grow

Shelf it. Put on your performer hat and revisit later

Your mindset determines your reality
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44min
October 17, 201936. Lessons Learned from Judie's First Body Building Competition
This week we explore lessons learned from Judie preparing for and competing in her first bodybuilding competition.
We discuss Judie's realization of her goal of competing in a Body Build competition.
Lessons learned from this experience
Why did it take you so long to achieve the goal?

There are seasons in your life and the timing wasn't right

Not being brave enough to ask questions

Fear of the unknown - Posing on stage. "The unknowns were the hardest thing for me"

Practice, practice, practice

Evaluating each practice session to make minute improvements

Don't baby me - hold me accountable

Failing is a good thing - fail forward

Ke'ilani's experience coaching a young athlete

Compare to admire and be inspired. Don't compare and despair

Why not do it now?
We are excited to announce that we have been invited to speak together at the SuccessQuest conference in Salt Lake City on October 26, 2019. If you guys are in the Salt Lake City area and looking for a great event for motivation and inspiration come join us with Kalob and Jacob the founders of Success Quest. Register at SuccessQuest.com
We also want to invite you to join us for "No Excuse November" - 6 weeks of "The Work". Forget waiting until the new year. Let's get fit now as a Christmas and New Year's gift to you now. Contact us a [email protected]
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43min
October 11, 201935. Maniacally Focused
Are you Maniacally Focused? What does it mean to be maniacally focused? Is there a difference between being laser-focused? Our conversation and thoughts are inspired by Matt Oppenheimer’s Keynote address at Boise Startup Week’s Grow Track. Jody had the opportunity to Emcee the event and be one of the speakers on Tuesday.
Join us as we discuss:
🥶 What happened to Fall? We are freezing.

🍁Boise Startup Week overview (https://boisestartupweek.org) 😁A brief description of Jody’s speech, “Found Money Through Operational Excellence”

😈Maniacally focused versus laser-focused

😃Exponential growth happens when we are maniacally focused and open to pivoting based on new information

👁Staying laser-focused can inhibit your ability to pivot or adjust when needed

👀Preconceived notions can really trip you up.

🤔Do you find yourself asking the same questions over and over? If so it’s time for a change.

🧐Create Precision in Your Vision but open to new info and be willing to respond accordingly.
We want to give a special thank you Zion’s Bank, University of Idaho, The SBA, Eide Baille and Perkins Coie for sponsoring a phenomenal week
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31min
October 03, 201934. Your Past Doesn't Define Your Destiny
We are amazed at the response to our two past episodes exploring our personal battle with anxiety and depression. If you missed them please listen to Battling the Internal Turmoil and Battling The Invisible Illness.
This week we explore the importance of not letting our past hold us back and defining our destiny. Embrace the lessons, the heartaches, disappointments and even success of the past and use them as launching points for where you are trying to go.
Show highlights:
We touch on a few thoughts we received from people who are experiencing depression.

Jody's discussion with Neil Legend about what he missed as a child with his dad.

The tendency to make excuses because of our past and even our present to not taking action to change our destiny

Not staying with a goal long enough

How long do you stay working for a goal?

Make a decision today and stay consistent in the efforts required to achieve your goal

Set markers so that you can measure your progress

Micro improvements compound to build big things

Don't let the skeletons of the past define you.

Finding your true self worth.
Podcasts Mentioned in the podcast
FathersFyre - Jody Sedrick

ChampionFyre - Cornelius Dunlap

LeadershipFyre - Michael Gingras
Books mentioned
The Dip by Seth Godin
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43min
September 26, 201933. Battling The Internal Turmoil
In followup to last week’s podcast, we share some tips that we've found or that were share with us to help you work through or prevent the downward spiral of stress, depression, and anxiety. Plus Judie rolls her eyes and Jody leading to a funny discussion.
Show highlights:
Recognizing that stress is real. There are points of friction that we need to embrace to grow.

Battling the internal turmoil while putting on your best face for the world

Extend a little more grace, kindness, and patience

If you didn’t have bad luck you’d have no luck at all

Laughter can help you face challenges and dark days

Tips to battle the internal turmoil
Be aware of yourself

Journaling your good days and bad days so you can see patterns. Mind Mapping

Talking to others

Happy light. Getting sunshine

Staying busy at productive things

Say no at the right time

If you are struggling and would like to visit with one of us please contact us at [email protected] Make sure to check out last week’s episode where we have a candid discussion about our personal battle with anxiety, depression and stress.
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55min

FAQs about Choose Don't Excuse:

How many episodes does Choose Don't Excuse have?

The podcast currently has 78 episodes available.