Decide Your Legacy

This week Adam is joined by a special guest expert on travel (and his sister), Erica Gragg from Escape to Shape to talk about the three ways that travel can positively transform your life.  On this episode we discuss:

• How Erica discovered her passion for travel
• How she approaches travel in her business
• Using travel to creating a shift in perspective
• How fear drives us to pull away from things that are helpful
• Becoming more flexible and open to new experiences
• Travel revealing opportunity for growth
• Getting started with travel through food

See how Erica can help you with your travel needs!

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Resources:

Be More Spontaneous (podcast)

The Travel Book by Lonely Planet

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Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

If left to my own devices I could be addicted to almost anything.  Today I want to break down why we get addicted and ways that we can overcome those addictions.  On this episode we discuss:

• Why we become addicted
• The benefits of overcoming addictions
• Sympathetic v. Parasympathetic
• What are you avoiding?
• You must admit there is a problem
• Create a regular schedule
• Don’t go it alone

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

Who Are Your True Friends? (video) by Adam Gragg

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #52: Pain is the Price of Freedom on Apple on Spotify  

Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson (1990)

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Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

Do you feel depleted?  Like things around you are leaving you drained?  Today I want to explore how we can build energy into our lives so that we have the courage and capacity to achieve our goals.  On this episode we discuss:

• Identify things that energize you and fills you up
• The leaky cup
• Emotional v. physical energy
• How energy levels shift
• What are your energy drains
• The role anxiety plays in your energy level
• Making a plan and be accountable
• What you are good at and what you enjoy

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

FILLS & DRAINS WORKSHEET

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Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

So I bought a car with cash, no loan required.  But something was nagging at me and I decided to return the vehicle within the 30-day window.  I discovered I was compromising my values by purchasing this vehicle and I want to share with you how to ensure you don’t compromise on your values.  On this episode we discuss:

• Why staying true to your values is so important
• Identify your core values 
• What do other people believe your values are
• Values are behaviors
• Being willing to make adjustments
• Take a personal inventory of your life
• Be prepared for the temptations
• The times you should not make decisions
• Feeding your imagination by ruminating
• Seek accountability
• Share how your values are being lived out
• Work your core values into your life

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #23: Core Values on Apple on Spotify

Who Are Your True Friends?

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Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

Are you in a rut and not progressing forward?  You need to ask the right questions to expose what is keeping you stuck.  On this episode we discuss:

• The things that are keeping you dissatisfied
• How perfectionism kept me from making my first course
• What would you do if you had no fear and 10x more courage?
• Define what you want
• Get clarity on what is creating the gap
• What is the action that you can take

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

My 20 Favorite Questions to Ask Clients (post) by Adam Gragg

20 Questions to Ignite Meaningful Conversations (post) by Adam Gragg

7 Questions That Can Positively Transform Your Relationship (post) by Adam Gragg

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #2: The Decide Your Legacy Journey on Apple on Spotify

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #3: Asking Great Question to Build Relationships on Apple on Spotify

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Connect with Decide Your Legacy!

Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

This episode I wanted to build on last week and focus on how you can find value within yourself.  We look at three practical ways you can improve your self-concept and handle the trauma that is in your life.  On this episode we discuss:

• The difference between self-worth and self-concept
• The role of critical people in our lives
• Comparison v. inspiration
• The lies we believe about ourselves
• Your three closest friends
• Being a friend to yourself
• Cleaning up what’s on the inside

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

Dealing with Disappointment (Podcast Episode 69)

Self-Worth Activity
What are 4 qualities you like about yourself? Watch this Your True Value Video and complete the Your True Value Worksheet. Save it on your desktop, complete it, and email it back to me. Use this article A Transformational Self-Confidence Building Activity as a guide as well. Consider getting input from friends and family on what they see as your positive intrinsic qualities. Post these qualities somewhere where you see them every day. (e.g mirror in the bathroom, your car dash, on the fridge, etc.)

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Connect with Decide Your Legacy!

Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

Some days (weeks, months, years, etc.) just don’t turn out the way that we are hoping.  Honestly, I’m wrestling with some of that right now.  But today I want to share with you how I’m dealing with my own disappointment.  On this episode we discuss:

• How do you define a close friend?
• Process your feelings with trusted people
• The value in seeking to understand others
• Remember the good things in your life and practice gratitude
• You must be specific
• Do things you enjoy (even when you want to isolate yourself) and take care of yourself
• Maintaining your energy level (energizers v. drainers)
• Lower your expectations
• Give back to your community

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

25 Gratitude Building Questions (post) by Adam Gragg

30 Happiness Building Actions (post) by Adam Gragg

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Connect with Decide Your Legacy!

Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

What would your life look like if you followed through on your commitments?  So much can be possible when you can take the action that allows you to pursue your goals.  Today we are going to get down to some actionable strategies that will allow you to move forward.  On this episode we discuss:

• Become aware of your thoughts
• Core beliefs you have about yourself
• Power questions to become aware of your thinking
• Learn to relax
• Peace from your mind
• Taking smaller incremental steps
• Expose yourself to the fear holding you back

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cycle Graphic

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #62: Building Trust with Others on Apple &  Spotify

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Connect with Decide Your Legacy!

Adam Gragg is a Legacy Coach, Blogger, Podcaster, Speaker, & Mental Health Professional for nearly 25 years. Adam’s life purpose is helping people & organizations find transformational clarity that propels them forward to face their biggest fears to LIVE & leave their chosen legacy. He’s ultra-practical in his approach, convinced that engaging in self-reflective ACTION & practical tools, practiced consistently, WILL transform your life. He specializes in life transitions, career issues, and helping clients overcome anxiety, depression & trauma. Contact Adam HERE. if you're interested in getting started on deciding YOUR legacy.

Whether in the office or on the field, young or old, it’s common for internal or external factors to create pressure that leads to anxiety.  I recently appeared as a guest on the Feel Better Be Better Show with my friends Nevada and Kaitlyn to talk about this very subject.  On this episode we discuss:

• The art of letting go
• The Magic Magnifying Mind
• The difference between process and outcome
• Training instead of trying
• Staying in the game
• Trusting your personal value
• Not giving fear time to set in
• Unspoken expectations

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

Check out the Feel Better Be Better Show on Apple, Spotify or YouTube

Be sure to follow me on Instagram @adamgragg

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Adam is a life coach and counselor who specializes in helping individuals and organizations find transformational clarity.  He specializes in anxiety, depression, life & career transitions, adolescent challenges, and family counseling.

We’ve all seen the “believe” sign on Ted Lasso and experienced the hope that it stirs inside us.  We aspire to be people who believe in ourselves and our capabilities, but how do we get there?  Today we chart a path to developing a strong belief in yourself.  On this episode we discuss:

• The ways we put ourselves down
• Accepting your past
• Forgive those that have hurt you
• Build positives into your life (big and small)
• The act of building mastery
• Shifting your focus to others
• Identify what you truly like about yourself
• Trusting your intuition and ignoring the noise

Shatterproof Yourself Video: 7 ACTIONS to START Building Your Legacy

Resources:

30 Happiness Building Actions (post) by Adam Gragg

Assertiveness Activity

Select a specific interpersonal challenge you’re currently dealing with, will most likely face soon, or that you’ve unsuccessfully addressed in the past. Answer the questions for addressing this issue using this DEAR MAN Assertiveness Tool. 

Decide Your Legacy Podcast #47: Being Assertive with Difficult People / Situations on Apple & Spotify

How to Make Good Decisions (post) by Adam Gragg

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Adam is a life coach and counselor who specializes in helping individuals and organizations find transformational clarity.  He specializes in anxiety, depression, life & career transitions, adolescent challenges, and family counseling.