Do you use the words "just" and "only" in your everyday language? You may think it's no big deal if you do...but in today's episode, Doug talks about why having those 2 words in your vocabulary are allowing you to justify your own shortcomings and how eliminating these two words can fully allow you to get real, and make the changes you truly want to make.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

Last night someone asked me, they said, "Doug, how do I know when I see somebody that's actually living The Author of Your Own Story lifestyle? Give me two examples, just something that I can look at in other areas of life that I can really see." And I said, "Easy, that's really easy for me to do." And they looked at me in astonishment. "Well, why was it easy?" Well one, the skater. The skater is the perfect analogy, right? You see a skateboarder and what are they doing? They're trying tricks and they're eating it hard. If you watch, there are tons of YouTube videos as well as Instagram channels dedicated to this phenomenon.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

A snap shot in time, the present moment. Ask yourself, "Is it working or is it not?" Now, oftentimes we kind of fudge things around. You know, "Is your diet or exercise program working?""Well, you know sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. You know, sometimes I'm on it and sometimes I'm not." Well, that's BS right? Either it is working, or it's not working. And if it's not working sometimes that means it's not working for you.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

People often ask me, why do high-end successful business owners and coaches turn to me for coaching? Well, the idea is really simple. We need to always be growing. And so, the conversation revolves, and they say, well Doug, these people are already successful. I know some of your clients. They have a private plane. They have a successful business. Now, not everybody does, right? Some of my clients are actually entrepreneurs just starting out. They're willing to take the deep dive, but all of them have the same need, the same desire, and that's growth.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

Just yesterday I was sitting in my office and my office is at home, and I was working away on a big project. We're launching a huge program that we think is a game changer here. And as I was working on it, I have glass windows, glass doors, on my office and I looked outside and I heard the words, "Da-Da." Now, I looked to my right and there was my young son smiling, and he was just gleaming from ear to ear. Now, I was so focused on this project. I was working hard and I wanted to get it through. Now, I could have easily stayed and worked on my project, and that was the first reaction that I had. My first reaction was, ah, that's cute, back to work. Let's get some focus time, maybe I'll even close the drapes so I can just focus on this project.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

The other morning, I was driving to the gym, it was 5:30 in the morning. And as I was driving down, I came up into a roundabout, and suddenly another car entered the roundabout going pretty quick. I hit the brakes to slow down and found myself on a patch of black ice. Now, to give you some reference, I've lived my whole life by the beach. In fact, the coldest place I've ever lived is Santa Barbara California. Now, recently, my wife and I moved up to beautiful Bend, Oregon, and we live by the base of the mountain, 'cause we love the mountains and the outdoors, and all it brings to us. So I hit this patch of ice, and I course-correct instantly and immediately to avoid the car.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

Contrary to popular belief, the key to creativity is actually focus. I know a lot of creatives are going to be like, "Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I don't like rigidity. I don't like this out there. I want to be creative. I want to be in flow." Well, you can't be in flow if you're constantly being interrupted. In today's age, we have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, social media galore going right at us. We have chats coming up on our computer, email coming in, people talking to us left and right, so many distractions that it's almost impossible to be in a flow state unless you actually create it by being focused.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

In today’s daily growth hack, Doug gets honest with us and talks to us about him falling “off track” and moving away from his “why” and what that looks like when that happens. All of us experience feeling “off” every now and then, and sometimes it can be harder than others to figure out how to get back “on”. Learn the insight you need to discover where you may be living out of alignment

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

Is there an area of your life where you are laser focused on achieving a specific result? It could be bringing a certain dollar amount in your business’ revenue, reaching a specific physical goal, or even achieving a certain result in your relationships.  In today’s episode, we talk about what you might be missing with in your laser focus.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***

The fear of what might happen. I don't know about you but I have definitely been in a situation where I feared what could happen rather than focusing on the here and now and the possibilities.

***Subscribe --- Episodes up DAILY***