First Things

Wayne Dyer recently passed away. He was a hero of mine, and someone that I always listened to and realigned my life afterward. Dr. Dyer has many amazing teaching out, and I would encourage that you check them out. In this episode, I talk about some of the top 10 things I have learned […]

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I'm back! After a VERY long absence, I decided to return to podcasting. Where have I been? What have I been up to? What is the future of the show? Hear all about it! Click to Listen "The Return" Show Notes No show notes for this week. "The Return" Episode Resources No resources for this […]

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We introduced the concept of "mindsets" in our last episode. I always like to get the author's perspective on their topic. In this episode, we listen to a speech that Carol gave on the topic of mindset. Click to Listen "Carol Dweck on Mindsets" Show Notes "Carol Dweck on Mindsets" Episode Resources Resources on Mindset: […]

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Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference. Every so often a truly groundbreaking idea comes along. This is one. Mindset explains: Why brains and talent don't bring success How they can stand in the […]

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We have spent 22 weeks talking about the issue of Essentialism. We are now at the end of our study on this, and today we give an Essentialism Summary. In this episode, we cover the last chapter of Greg's book, as well as go through a big overview of the entire book. What is the […]

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What does it mean to live fully in the now … the present moment? It means that your awareness is completely centered on the here and now. You are not worrying about the future or thinking about the past. When you live in the present, you are living where life is happening. The past and […]

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As we wrap up this study on Essentialism, I wanted to play an interview with Greg McKeown. I had hoped to interview Greg myself, but our schedules didn't work out. Instead, I want to play you a recent interview with Greg by Michael Hyatt. This interview comes from Platform University, a wonderful interactive environment from […]

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In my life I've gone through periods of intense, driven productivity – months where everything fell into place, and my goals almost seemed to accomplish themselves. At the other extreme, there have been times in my life where I was completely overwhelmed, burdened by my different projects and responsibilities – and frustrated because so many […]

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Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow … toward your resonators … your dreams … your essential things. We can get so "destination minded" that we forget the journey in front of us. If we do this we lose site that making any progress is better than no progress. Click […]

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To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day. —Lao-tzu What is the obstacle that is keeping you back from achieving what really matters to you? By systematically identifying and removing this "constraint" you'll be able to significantly reduce the friction keeping you from executing what is essential. Click to […]

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