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Episode 3-271  Experience Limitation or Experience Boost

Experience can be limiting.

Experience can serve to provide perspective to be a boost.

We need to be mindful of how we share our experience with others.

We need to be discerning about the application of advice and experience from others.

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Episode 3-270: Monday Motivation - Keep On Keeping On!

Keep On Keeping On!

Three Feet from Gold - You are closer than you were and may  be closer than you think

Don't discount your progress or dismiss your investment

Show Up Open - you deserve that from yourself.

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Episode 3-269: I Like Change, Do You?

I Like Change, Do You?

Change is a necessary part of life and it is also a fact of life.

Without change we are not living.

The discomfort of change is just discomfort that we can choose how to manage

Do What you can to respond to change on your terms and help others do the same

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Episode 3-268 -Ambitious Contentment

Is it possible to be both Ambitious and Content?

Ambition seems to point toward change, and seeking more.

Contentment signals a satisfaction with the way things are.

Perhaps it is possible to be content in the moment and still want more for the future.

Perhaps ambitious contentment is the ideal state of growth and being.

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Episode 3-267: Set Boundaries and Get it Done

Boundaries are a Key to Self Management & Time Management

When we set Boundaries They Help Us and Those Around Us

- Expectations for Ourselves and Others

- Help Us Put things into Perspective – Boundary Benchmark

- What Are Your Calendar Boundaries

Time Management

- Set Boundaries for Your Calendar

- Block Time for Self-Care

- Block Focused Project Time

- How Far Out Do You Want To Schedule

- When will you Accommodate Changes, What Will it Mean

Boundaries help us get things done.

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Knowing your “Why” will help to inform your what.

The reason why can sometimes be relevant but lack the level of passion and commitment to maintain an engaging level of action and momentum.

When we are committed to our "why" it puts us in a better position to conceive and evaluate next steps.

Taking time to evaluate our “why” in depth, may enlighten us to pathways forward we had not considered and it  may help us to be come aware of changes we need to make to avoid self sabotage.

Know your why to make the best choices about your next steps.

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Monday Motivation –  Freedom through Discipline and Intention

Freedom can come with discipline and intention.

Effective Discipline is focused.

Discipline can create opportunity.

Intentions allow us to consider more choices through planning ahead.

Focused discipline and intention, can make way for realizing greater freedoms and opportunities.

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What are you focused on - really - what are you focused on? 

There is a fallacy that we can multi-task.  The reality is we can have a lot of things going on, but we can focus on only one thing. This is part of the issue with "distracted" driving - where people believe they are focused on driving and doing something else.  The reality is that their attention is divided.  Have you ever been watching something and someone comes to talk to you?  You try to keep a focus on what is going one, but with divided attention you begin to miss the details in the different events you are giving divide attention.

When we swap our attention between different things, there is a disruption that occurs. And it takes time for us to regain focus and get to a state of flow.  Think of a time you were in a very comfortable position or a time when you were working on a task and were so focused you lost sense of time.  Now remember being disrupted, having to leave your comfortable position to tend to a pet, a knock at the door, or think of being pulled our of your state of flow to respond to a non-related, maybe even urgent matter.  How long did it take you to get back to your comfortable position or to your state of flow if you were even able to get back to it?  

While the exact amount of time it takes to get back to focused attention after being interrupted can vary greatly depending on the individual and the task a, a widely cited study by University of California, Irvine professor Gloria Mark found that it can take an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to return to a task after an interruption.  That's a lot of lost focus.  

Since interruption and distraction are a part of life, so what can we do about it? We can be intentional about how we manage our time and where we do our work.  Perhaps, many of the conversations about return to work, and loss of commute time as work time, also have to do with the loss of deep focus time, which is so valuable. So, knowing all of this, let's be transparent and real with ourselves - and allow ourselves to focus in on things AND allow others around us the guidance and opportunity to focus as well.  Nothing wrong with being a multi-tasker and having many talents. However, we may just be able to deliver better quality experiences and products when we give ourselves the gift of focus.

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Happy Anniversary – THANK YOU!, Now, what are you going to start?

What difference will you make? What impact do you want to make – not he impact that others want you to make, or that others think will resonate with some large group, but the impact you want to have.

Helen Keller’s nurse focused on one student. Anne Frank wrote one book. There are many one-hit wonder musical artists. Some people have many ideas that lead to one breakthrough. Though it is a success or breakthrough for them, it isn’t really about them at all. It’s about the positive impact.

When I was young I recall my mother liked a hymn called Brighten the Corner. For a long time I thought it was Right in the Corner. The message of the song was that you could be a light to others by brightening the place where you were at and that your light could be seen from a distance. I can say that I have found that to be true in my life. When I recount the places I’ve worked, the people I have served, the organizations I’ve belonged to, I like to think that the service I offered made a unique difference.

I’m sure you have met people that have led lives of service or have just done their best and not given up, and in so doing they have inspired many. There are people of great wealth who choose to live in obscurity while practicing great generosity and philanthropy. There are teachers who give students extra encouragement and time, expecting nothing in return, only hoping to have some positive impact the will impact a life trajectory. The thing they all have in common, is that they are difference makers. They each had an intention to put out into the world the gift they had to give. In so doing, they’ve had positive impact.

One year ago today, I set out to share 2 minutes of helpful content for twenty days. Over time I been able to hone in on my goals of sharing, the content to be shared is meant to be inspiring, to help you think, learn, grow, and live fulfilled. I continue to share messages that I have found, and continue to find, helpful. It warms my soul when hear from listeners that they were encouraged, inspired, or gained new perspective. It hasn’t always been easy, but worthwhile things rarely come without some required change and learning. It has been fulfilling and even spurred some new opportunities and for that I am grateful.

We all have one life. We impact the people closest to us, the people at work, school, in various community groups, in our houses of faith. This week, take some time to think about the impact you want to have, let that be your motivator, let that shape your intention, and take action! “What are you waiting for? Pay no attention to the naysayers - focus on the people who need you and who will benefit from their interaction with you, your service, or your products. Make the positive impact!

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What next step will you take? Chart your path – OK to make edits

Recently I was talking to an insurance broker. One of the questions you are asked, is about your plans.  What are your plans for the future? There’s no right or wrong answer – it’s just information needed to help identify the best tools/offerings that will serve you.

How you chart your path is up to you. The other day I was listening to some successful people talking about how they had started out. One person commented that they had very simple humble beginnings and then contrasted that with people today who have a complex life of abundance, but long to get to a place of more simplicity, less stuff, with a deeper connection to self. In my opinion, there’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting to live lavishly or simply. My point is about the knowing, knowing how you wish to live will inform your choices. And today’s choice may be influenced by experience or circumstance that might change. If I were to find out I had a very serious but treatable health ailment, that might cause my path to change. Likewise if I were to find myself in a financial situation that allowed me to identify my role as a philanthropist, my path might change. Again, the point is to have some direction.

In our jobs and in our lives, what is our path? Are we waiting for someone to define that for us, or do we have a plan? If we have a plan we can work at it, without a plan, we have nothing and leave it to chance or to others. In our personal lives, if we want things to be better tomorrow than they are today, what are the things we are doing to move in that direction. With our everyday decisions, what is our plan and how are our decisions affecting us and others in the short term and long term. I've heard it said that by not making an intentional choice, we are making a choice.  It's important to be aware of that so that you understand your role and your power in directing your life.

To identify the next step, we must take inventory of where we are? Envision yourself on the bank of a rushing river. To get to the other side of the river safely, we must take inventory of our circumstances. There may be rocks we can use to cross, we might build a flotation device, we may go upstream or downstream to find a calmer place to cross. We may choose to stay put…for now, and to try another time.  They are all options and to exercise any one of those optionsor others, we must be aware they exist in order to make the best use of them.

So I will end where I started – What next step will you take? What is your plan? If you are leading others, you not only need to know your next step and plan, but you should know the plan of others in order to provide effective leadership for their next steps.  And in some cases you may figure out the plan together, which is an OK place to be to.  It's about having a plan and working your plan. And remember your plan has to work for you - it's your plan.

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