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In this episode, I continue my series on Don Miguel Ruiz's book "The Four Agreements" by focusing on the fourth agreement, "Always Do Your Best." 

This agreement is a crucial part of the four agreements and is the key to making the first three agreements work. Doing one's best is not a static thing, but rather it varies from moment to moment, depending on the circumstances. The key is to recognize when you're not at your best and then course correct and move forward. 

To help determine if you're doing your best, ask yourself if what you're doing is enjoyable. If it's not, it's likely that you're not doing your best and it may be worth finding a way to bring more fun to it.

Additionally, it's important to note that our best will not always be the same, and that's okay. The idea is to continually practice and strive to do your best in each moment, without judgment or self-criticism. By doing so, you'll avoid guilt, blame, and self-punishment. It's a process, and with time, it will become easier to determine your best and make improvements.

In the next episode, I'll be wrapping up the series on the Four Agreements by providing practical tips for incorporating these agreements into your daily life.

The Four Agreements are a simple, yet powerful tool for personal growth and self-improvement, and I highly recommend reading the book and incorporating these agreements into your life.

As always, thanks for listening.

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I'm continuing my four part series exploration of Don Miguel Ruiz's book, "The Four Agreements."  In today's episode, I focus on the third agreement, "Don't Make Assumptions."

The book argues that much of the conflict and misunderstandings in our lives stem from assumptions we make about others and their thoughts or actions. Ruiz encourages us to find the courage to ask questions and communicate clearly to avoid these assumptions and their potential negative consequences.

With this agreement, we can transform our lives and avoid arguments, misunderstandings, and conflict.

Join me tomorrow for a discussion of the fourth and final agreement, "Always Do Your Best."

As always, thanks for listening.

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In today's episode, I look at the second agreement from Don Miguel Ruiz's book, "The Four Agreements." The second agreement is "Don't take anything personally."

Ruiz states that nothing others say or do is because of you, it is just a projection of their own reality or dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be a victim of needless suffering. The importance of not taking anything personally also applies to our own thoughts and judgments about ourselves.

To break from this, it is recommended to take inventory of your judgments about others and yourself and ask yourself if those judgments are worth taking in.

My takeaway for today is to remember to not take anything personally and to be responsible only for yourself.

In tomorrow's show, we will be discussing the third agreement, "Don't make assumptions."

As always, thanks for listening.

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In this episode, I'm starting a four-part series based on the book "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz.

The book is based on Toltec wisdom and describes how our life is shaped by opinions from our childhood and society. The Four Agreements are a way to change that and live a life free from fear and full of joy, love, success, and abundance.

The first agreement is to "Be impeccable with your word". This means taking responsibility for your actions and not blaming or judging yourself. It also means not using your words against yourself, others, or participating in negative self-talk.

As Don Miguel Ruiz says, just this one agreement can change your whole life.

Tomorrow, we'll cover the next agreement, which is "Don't take anything personally".

As always, thanks for listening.

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In this episode, I reflect on the concept of labeling and its impact on our perception of others and ourselves.

We often judge people and assign them labels in our mind, like "rude" or "stupid," and these labels limit their ability to change and grow in our eyes. The same goes for the labels we put on ourselves, and they can affect our self-image and self-esteem.

To combat this, I suggest two steps: first, to be conscious of our thoughts and stop adding new labels, and second, to identify and remove the old labels we have put on ourselves.

The only labels we should be assigning are those for our office files.

As always, thanks for listening.

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In this episode of "Every Day A New Thought," I discuss the concept of building your own advanced team.

You may have heard of the idea of a team that goes ahead to make arrangements for a big CEO or President. But did you know that you too have an "energetic team"? It's made up of the people you encounter in your daily life.

I suggest imagining how you want your interactions with these people to go, and creating your own advanced team in your mind. By doing so, you can have more control over your circumstances and ensure everything goes smoothly.

I challenge you to try this experiment for yourself. Pick a situation, whether it's a class, meeting, or even a Zoom call, and set up your own advanced team. Imagine people along the way who will help you. After the experience, take note of how it went.

Remember, you may not be the president, but you can still be just as effective by having your own advanced team go before you.

As always, thanks for listening.

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Happy Valentine's Day! (Or if you're listening to this on the other 364 non-romantic days of the year... Happy Whatever Day It Is.)

In today's episode, I share on interesting experiment that you can try on Valentine's Day. Or anything other day.

The experiment involves PRAISE for someone in your life, and lots of it. So much praise, in fact, that the other person may realize what the experiment is. Or they may not. Either way, you'll learn something interesting about your relationship with them.

As always, thanks for listening!

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Recently, I had a long lasting cold that seemed to never end (and no, it wasn't COVID) It went on so long I actually said out loud, "Am I going to have this #&*%! cold forever." Yes , I actually said all those punctuation signs.

I immediately realized that was a fairly un-evolved question to ask. There are ACTUALLY two questions that are better to ask, and in this episode I show the TWO QUESTIONS I should've asked instead.

As always, thanks for listening!

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Do you know the correct way to walk into a church? Or if you are not someone who walks into churches, do you know the correct way to walk into a building or structure or monument that’s awe-inspiring?

In today's message, I explore the the two ways we can walk into any awe-inspiring structure. One ways is from a POV of humility bordering on "I'm not worthy"-ness. The second way is more interesting, It's from a realization that the mind and consciousness that created this structure is YOUR mind too.

Today's let's expand our mind as to what we're truly capable of.

As always, thanks for listening!

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You’ve seen ice skating in the Olympics, right? Where the skater is being hyped because they are going to do some incredible jump in their program. '

And the announcers are telling you it’s about to happen and you’re watching and the skater begins the jump, and in that moment... you want them to be great, right?

Whenever you or I are giving a presentation, the same thing happens.

Today, we’re going to talk about why the audience wants you to be great. And I share three ways to think about HOW to be great.

As always, thanks for listening!

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Dr. Thor on Instagram @thorchallgren

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