Enjoy Life Podcast w/ Nick Maizy: Live Your Best Life

Simple check-in on your progress and where you're at can help you keep moving toward your goals. Imagine this for a moment: You feel like you’re making progress toward your goals. You even see the improvements you’ve made. You’re able to notice when you need to make a shift in your focus and actions. After you make a few little adjustments, you’re back on track and moving forward. You know where you’re at, when you need to do, the next steps you’ll take, and how far you have to go. Doesn’t that sound like a great place to be?

When you look at the progress you’re making, it can help you to appreciate all the work and effort you’ve put in. That’s huge. Know what you’ve done and appreciate it. See the gains you’ve made, even the small ones have be motivating and help you to keep going.

Here are a few tips to help you review your progress, appreciate it, improve it, and keep moving. 

Full show notes at: https://nickmaizy.com/review-your-progress/

More material at: https://NickMaizy.com

Have you heard that one of the simplest acts that will make you more likely to hit your goals is to write them down? Sounds pretty simple, right? Just taking the time to write down what you want can help you to get it.

Read the full show notes at:
https://nickmaizy.com/write-goals-write-plan

Watch on YouTube at:
https://nickmaizy.com/YTL

Have you heard that one of the simplest acts that will make you more likely to hit your goals is to write them down? Sounds pretty simple, right? Just taking the time to write down what you want can help you to get it.

Read the full show notes at:
https://nickmaizy.com/write-goals-write-plan

Watch on YouTube at:
https://nickmaizy.com/YTL

If you decide that you really want it, then it’s time for a few things to happen. If you want it, then make it happen. My material is all about pursuing and conquering your goals. Of course, I believe that you are capable of achieving great things. It just takes doing the work. That is why I say “REALLY want it” because if it is not a true burning desire, then you may not want to do the work. Just be honest with yourself.

There are a few things that happen when you really want something.....

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https://nickmaizy.com/if-you-want-you-can-win/

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Listen on YouTube:NickMaizy.com/YTL
Learn from great books at: NickMaizy.com/books
More material and resources at: NickMaizy.com

If you decide that you really want it, then it’s time for a few things to happen. If you want it, then make it happen. My material is all about pursuing and conquering your goals. Of course, I believe that you are capable of achieving great things. It just takes doing the work. That is why I say “REALLY want it” because if it is not a true burning desire, then you may not want to do the work. Just be honest with yourself.

There are a few things that happen when you really want something.....

view full post at:
https://nickmaizy.com/if-you-want-you-can-win/

__________________________

Listen on YouTube:NickMaizy.com/YTL
Learn from great books at: NickMaizy.com/books
More material and resources at: NickMaizy.com

We can take everything in life, everything you know and experience and put them into two categories. There are things you can control and things you can’t.

• Your attitude
• Your actions
• Your goals
• Your words
• Where you place your focus
• Ultimately –  your mindset

• Your genes, parents, family origin
• Everything that has already happened: The Past
• OTHER PEOPLE
• Pretty much everything else out there

There is a whole lot that you can’t ‘control’ many things in life you don’t have the power to change directly. But, that certainly doesn’t mean to give up.

When you do your best with what you can control, you can impact the rest for the better.

Do Not Let What You Cannot Do Interfere With What You Can Do
– John Wooden

nickmaizy.com/choose-your-mindset-see-opportunities/

We can take everything in life, everything you know and experience and put them into two categories. There are things you can control and things you can’t.

• Your attitude
• Your actions
• Your goals
• Your words
• Where you place your focus
• Ultimately –  your mindset

• Your genes, parents, family origin
• Everything that has already happened: The Past
• OTHER PEOPLE
• Pretty much everything else out there

There is a whole lot that you can’t ‘control’ many things in life you don’t have the power to change directly. But, that certainly doesn’t mean to give up.

When you do your best with what you can control, you can impact the rest for the better.

Do Not Let What You Cannot Do Interfere With What You Can Do
– John Wooden

nickmaizy.com/choose-your-mindset-see-opportunities/

How Dangerous Can One Little Excuse Really Be?

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just decide that we will achieve our goals and then poof they’re achieved? Ya, that would make things a lot easier. But, you know that is not the case. In real life it is harder and takes more work than that.

Have you ever told yourself a reason why you couldn’t or wouldn’t be able to hit a goal? Even a small goal?

If so, then that was an excuse.

When you Google excuse, a few difference definitions come up. Here are two:

1. as a noun – a reason or explanation to defend or justify a fault or offence
2. as a verb – release someone from a duty or requirement

On the surface excuses may seem just like a simple explanation for why things turned out the way they did. But, don’t be misled. They can be far more cunning and destructive than a simple explanation.

They offer a justification for the outcome. When the outcome of any situation is not what you want, you can justify it with a well crafted excuse. That way you’re off the hook for how it all turned out.

Other people may even believe your great excuse. That must mean that it’s doing its job then.

The even better (and more dangerous) ones are not only believed by other people. You may even believe it. That’s when you know it really sounds like a good one. And at the same time a terrible one. When you believe your own excuses, you may begin to think that there was nothing that you could have done and that your actions didn’t matter. That is a dangerous place to be because your action do matter. Your actions are what will accomplish your goals. Never let a little excuse have you to thinking that your actions don’t count.

An excuse can help you to feel better when things don’t turn out how you’d like.

Didn’t lose the weight you wanted? It’s okay. Here’s a nice excuse to help you feel better.

Didn’t stick to your budget and save the money you wanted? Don’t worry. There’s an excuse for that too.

Didn’t get organized and really pursue your goals this year? Oh, there are plenty of excuses for that.

According to the definition above, excuses release someone from a duty. If you commit to doing something, then it’s your duty to stick to it. Simple, huh? When I commit to a goal, it’s my duty to myself (and maybe others) to stick to my commitment and do what I say I would do, right? Of course, it is my duty that I’ve created. If I say that I’m going to do it, then I need to do it. Otherwise, my word doesn’t mean much.

If we commit with our words and back up our words with action and follow through with persistence, then we are capable of great things. And there won’t be much need or room for excuses.

Do you want to give all your power away? It would be like diligently saving money for many years. Then, after accumulating the exact amount you wanted you walk up to a complete stranger and say please take care of my life’s savings. There’s no way you’d do that, right? That would clearly be giving away power over something valuable to someone else.

Using an excuse gives the power and control you have over your life to something outside of yourself. Whatever outside circumstance or situation is the excuse is where the power goes.

• There wasn’t enough time – Time gets your power.
• Nobody would help me. – Everyone else gets your power.
• I wasn’t born with that talent. – Your past gets your power.
• I’m too busy. – Your other choices have your power.

Each excuse gives power away. When you accept responsibility for your life, actions, and outcomes YOU have the power to choose! You can make changes and improvements!

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nickmaizy.com/fail-achieve-your-goals/

nickmaizy.com/mindset-achieve-goals-enjoy-life/

How Dangerous Can One Little Excuse Really Be?

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just decide that we will achieve our goals and then poof they’re achieved? Ya, that would make things a lot easier. But, you know that is not the case. In real life it is harder and takes more work than that.

Have you ever told yourself a reason why you couldn’t or wouldn’t be able to hit a goal? Even a small goal?

If so, then that was an excuse.

When you Google excuse, a few difference definitions come up. Here are two:

1. as a noun – a reason or explanation to defend or justify a fault or offence
2. as a verb – release someone from a duty or requirement

On the surface excuses may seem just like a simple explanation for why things turned out the way they did. But, don’t be misled. They can be far more cunning and destructive than a simple explanation.

They offer a justification for the outcome. When the outcome of any situation is not what you want, you can justify it with a well crafted excuse. That way you’re off the hook for how it all turned out.

Other people may even believe your great excuse. That must mean that it’s doing its job then.

The even better (and more dangerous) ones are not only believed by other people. You may even believe it. That’s when you know it really sounds like a good one. And at the same time a terrible one. When you believe your own excuses, you may begin to think that there was nothing that you could have done and that your actions didn’t matter. That is a dangerous place to be because your action do matter. Your actions are what will accomplish your goals. Never let a little excuse have you to thinking that your actions don’t count.

An excuse can help you to feel better when things don’t turn out how you’d like.

Didn’t lose the weight you wanted? It’s okay. Here’s a nice excuse to help you feel better.

Didn’t stick to your budget and save the money you wanted? Don’t worry. There’s an excuse for that too.

Didn’t get organized and really pursue your goals this year? Oh, there are plenty of excuses for that.

According to the definition above, excuses release someone from a duty. If you commit to doing something, then it’s your duty to stick to it. Simple, huh? When I commit to a goal, it’s my duty to myself (and maybe others) to stick to my commitment and do what I say I would do, right? Of course, it is my duty that I’ve created. If I say that I’m going to do it, then I need to do it. Otherwise, my word doesn’t mean much.

If we commit with our words and back up our words with action and follow through with persistence, then we are capable of great things. And there won’t be much need or room for excuses.

Do you want to give all your power away? It would be like diligently saving money for many years. Then, after accumulating the exact amount you wanted you walk up to a complete stranger and say please take care of my life’s savings. There’s no way you’d do that, right? That would clearly be giving away power over something valuable to someone else.

Using an excuse gives the power and control you have over your life to something outside of yourself. Whatever outside circumstance or situation is the excuse is where the power goes.

• There wasn’t enough time – Time gets your power.
• Nobody would help me. – Everyone else gets your power.
• I wasn’t born with that talent. – Your past gets your power.
• I’m too busy. – Your other choices have your power.

Each excuse gives power away. When you accept responsibility for your life, actions, and outcomes YOU have the power to choose! You can make changes and improvements!

_________________________________

nickmaizy.com/fail-achieve-your-goals/

nickmaizy.com/mindset-achieve-goals-enjoy-life/

There is a sure fire way to make it more difficult to achieve your goals. It’s guaranteed to make the struggle worse, more painful, and just plain miserable. If that’s not enough, then it may even end up stopping all your progress and preventing you from hitting the goal you want most.

What is it you ask?

Refusing to acknowledge the good things you have and appreciating them.

You ever feel like giving up, run down, depleted, spent, unhappy, miserable, and pessimistic with a bad attitude? I know that I can’t be the only that has experienced those symptoms. And they are symptoms of where we choose to place our focus. We get to choose where place our thoughts and what we choose to focus on.

To be completely honest, I was experiencing some of that negativity recently. It was really unpleasant. I had started thinking about all the things that I wanted to be different, to have, or be able to do and what I was missing out on. That led me to miss many of the wonderful things that I do have in my life. I was not celebrating and appreciating.

Why even take the time and effort to make sure you celebrate and appreciate the good things? Shifting your mindset to one that is grateful for the big and the small positive things can help you to accomplish more and enjoy life.

When you focus on the negative it grows. The negative will begin to seem bigger and bigger. It will consume other areas and start to overshadow any positive thing that gets too close. The good things will seem smaller and less significant while you focus on the negative.

Ever have one negative thing happen and then you thought about it and thought about it? Maybe after a while you thought about it so much that any positive thing didn’t even seem that great because all you could think about was the one negative event.

The same thing can happen when you choose to focus on something positive. The positive can grow, become greater, overshadow negative inconveniences and make life a little nicer.

You can choose where you focus. Choose to focus on what you want to grow.

All about mindset here and being grateful helps the mindset. Seeing the positive things you’ve done can help promote the ever helpful ‘Can Do’ attitude. That great feeling confidence you can accomplish one thing because you’ve already accomplished something else. Celebrate your victories can keep that attitude that You Can Achieve!

Seeing the good things, people, and blessing can help you to keep action toward your goals. My family is one of my good things. I appreciate them being in my life. When I think about them and think of anything I need to do that would help them, I have the energy to do it. I may be exhausted, but the positive mental boost I get by choosing to focus on a very big positive helps me to take action even when tired.

This is a simple one. It just plain feels good to celebrate successes and appreciate blessings. So, do it. Yes, it may help you to take action toward your goals, improve your mindset, increase confidence, or a host of other things. But, really you could just do it because it feels good.

What progress have you made?
What action have you taken?
What goals have you set?
Are you willing to try?

What blessings or skills do you have?
Are there people in your life that you appreciate?

There are good things in life even when you’re still striving to make changes and improvements. There is something good and positive out there.

Look for it. Find it. Value it.

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Listen on YouTube: NickMaizy.com/YTL
My recommended reading: NickMaizy.com/books
More material at: NickMaizy.com