A day late, a dollar short. Learn in this meditation that it is best to build rapport and commonality with the person you are trying to negotiate with even if that person is yourself. Friction is good with trying to start a fire. Friction is not good when trying to negotiate.

You cannot make all the people like you but you can rob people of a sound reason for disliking you. We talk about how character overrides popularity.

Everytime you influence another person to do a better job, you benefit that person and you increase your own value. We share personal stories of people we have influenced in life.

Once you make it a habit to go the extra mile you will achieve greatness. You will fail along the way but it is worth the effort. In the episode we talk about the Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and how that book ties into the meditation of the day.

In this episode we talk about walking in the shoes of another person in order to understand where they are coming from. There were two stories about Southwest Airlines that depict what this meditation is all about.

This second episode talks about doing the extra things in life that is positive and in kind people will go the extra mile for you. Pay it forward in your personal life too.

In my first episode we get into the month of September in the Positive Action Plan book by Napoleon Hill. After reading the excerpt from the book, we expand our thoughts on what it means to being the peacekeeper in today's society.