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And now for something completely different. . . we ask and answer Tim Ferris’ questions he posed in Tribe of Mentors.

It was really interesting to think through our own answers, plus to listen to each other’s answers. Give it a go yourself:

Links:

• survey — Half Better
• Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World: Tim Ferriss: 9781328994967: Amazon.com: Books
• Amazon.com: Pilot Metropolitan Collection Fountain Pen, Black Barrel, Classic Design, Medium Nib, Black Ink (91107): Office Products
• Amazon.com : Pilot Namiki IC100 Fountain Pen Ink Cartridge, Black, 12 Cartridges per Pack (69100) : Inkjet Printer Ink Cartridges : Office Products
• Amazon.com : Zebra F-301 Ballpoint Retractable Pen, Black Ink, Fine Point Tip, 9 Pens per Pack Refillable Pens with Refill 0.7 mm Stainless Steel : Office Products
• The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss | Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen, James Fallows: 0884154584063: Amazon.com: Gateway
• Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want: Michael Hyatt, Daniel Harkavy: 0884430287664: Amazon.com: Gateway
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: 9780071775304: Amazon.com: Gateway
• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting (The Peaceful Parent Series): Dr. Laura Markham: 8601400946923: Amazon.com: Gateway
• Amazon.com: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (0710308291511): Marie Kondō: Gateway
• Lems Shoes & Boots | Zero Drop Minimalist Footwear | Barefoot Feel
• Amazon.com: Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Designs for Relaxation (Stress Relieving Coloring Books) (9781795086110): Karalyn Rose: Books
• AirPods - Apple
• Full Focus Shopify Store | New Planners Pre-Order
• Thor by Patrick Doyle on Spotify

Today on the podcast, we’re chatting about quarterly goals again. Q1 just finished, and we’re looking forward to our next set of goals for Q2.

We break down precisely how to do a quarterly review with your partner. And you guessed it, as with all our things - work on yourself first. So, we discuss how we each do our own quarterly review.

Next we discuss how we share those with each other, but more importantly why we take the extra time to do this. We could stop at doing a quarterly review - because that alone is an amazing step in progress towards reaching goals. So we share the 4 reasons why it’s so important to us that we consistently share what we’re working on with each other.

Listen in and let us know - why do you want to share your goals with your partner? How would that help you achieve your goals?

Links:

• survey — Half Better
• Baron Fig • Tools for Thinkers - High quality paper notebooks, pens, & backpacks.
• Obstacle Course Races | Spartan Race
• Focused #70: Digital Decluttering, with Shahid Kamal Ahmad - Relay FM
• The Life Coach School
• Full Focus Planner – The Full Focus Store by Michael Hyatt and Co.
• SELF Journal - Goal Setting Planner | BestSelf Co. – BestSelfCo
• Goal Setting for Couples — Half Better
• Matt Ragland - YouTube

To round out our series on finances, today on the pod, we’re discussing the book Millionaire Success Habits by Dean Graziosi.

While this really wasn’t a finance book, per se, what it did was present the reader with self-reflective exercises and habits to push you towards the next level of success. The thinking goes, with that new level of success, you’ll be able to up-level your finances, your health, your relationships, etc.

The book itself is chock-full of habits, hacks and exercises to try, and while other might resonate with you, we decided to pick out a few of our favorites and discuss them for our listeners.

We hope that you enjoy it - and let us know in the comments below after listening, what is the one exercise or habit you are going to take and utilize to up-level your life?

Links:

• survey — Half Better
• Baron Fig • Tools for Thinkers - High quality paper notebooks, pens, & backpacks.
• The most meaningful gift for your family – StoryWorth
• Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity: Dean Graziosi: 9781401956875: Amazon.com: Books
• YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
• Freedom - Block Websites, Apps, and the Internet
• Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
• Abby Wambach: Take Back Your Personal Power
• Living Forward | A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

The goal of any marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.

This awesome quote was brought to us by our guest — Nikki Beal. Nikki — the brains behind the inspiring Weird Life of Us — is a family finance and frugal living expert, who is helping others live an abundant life on a frugal budget.

In this special interview episode, we discuss:

One of the biggest takeaways that Nikki leaves everyone with is a sense of hope and purpose.

Links:

• Rogue Amoeba | Quality Audio Software for MacOS and Windows
• Welcome - The Weird Life of Us
• Dave Ramsey
• $1000 Challenge - The Weird Life of Us

The most important change you can make in your relationship with money is to change your habits surrounding money. Spending money is a habit. Saving money is a habit. Budgeting is a habit.

Now a budget for yourself is one thing, but so many other things come into play when there are two people (and an entire family) that can affect the budget.

If you are new around here, I want to catch you up on the three things that we do every week that are the keys to our success as a partnership. The first is individual: The weekly Preview/review. The second two are the partner meeting (which includes a budget meeting) and our family meeting (which can sometime encompass money talk as well). Today we're going to focus on the section of our partner meeting that deals with money: The Budget Meeting.

Once you have had your money discussion - then it's time to graduate to a budget meeting. This is, essentially, a meeting you have with your partner (hopefully every week or at least once a month), where you look over the budget together.

We chat about what we’ve learned over the years in budgeting together (the do’s and don’ts), and what habits we’ve created to help with budgeting and debt repayment.

How about you? Do you discuss your budget with your partner? What does that look like?

Links:

• A Couple's Guide to Setting and Supporting Goals - halfbetter.us
• Values Determination - Demartini
• Budget Tracker & Planner | Free Online Money Management | Mint
• Dave Ramsey Homepage
• Dave Ramsey Budget Template
• YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
• Classes | YNAB
• Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity: Dean Graziosi

Do you talk about money with your partner? Do you sit down weekly and discuss your financial status? Do you know how much you spend in different categories? Do you have debt and if so, do you know how much you have? Do you have financial goals together as a couple?⁣

We spent several years not talking about our finances. . . so we are all too familiar with how hard of a first step it is to talk about money with a partner. There is so much shame surrounding money, especially if together you’re not handling it well. Today on the podcast, we give you some easy tips on how to take that first step.⁣

Specifically, we discuss:

We've come a long way in our 16 years together, and our communication in regards to money has significantly improved. We’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way, and by talking about something a lot of people don’t want to talk about (particularly inside your relationship) - we hope you can avoid the pitfalls and arguments that we had in our relationship!

Links:

• A Couple's Guide to Setting and Supporting Goals — Half Better
• How Special Time Makes Children Content | Hand in Hand Parenting
• Dolby Cinema - Wikipedia
• slashfilmcast
• None More Black - YouTube
• Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
• WHOOP - The World's Most Powerful Fitness Membership.

Those of you in the CrossFit world have heard the acronym AMRAP. It stands for As Many Reps As Possible. So, for example in a workout, you could be given 10 minutes to complete as many reps as possible of 10 air squats, 10 double-unders, and 10 push-ups. You set the clock, go, and see how much you can push yourself to get things done.

Today on the podcast, we dive into the AMRAP Mentality by Jason Khalipa by discussing his newly released book, As Many Reps As Possible. Using the framework of an AMRAP, Jason has sought to extract as much as possible from the time he has in each day, and he encourages his readers to do the same.

We discuss the AMRAP framework, specifically covering:

Join us for the discussion and see how you can apply the AMRAP Mentality in and out of the gym.

Links:

• Family HQ — Half Better
• Whole Life Challenge | 7 Habits (That Might Change Your Whole Life)
• Best Nutrition Advice - Protein Shakes - Health Bars - Supplements
• Precision Nutrition | Nutrition Coaching, Software, and Certification
• AMRAP '19 — Jason Khalipa
• NCFIT
• CrossFit Open - Let's Play
• The Pomodoro Technique® - proudly developed by Francesco Cirillo | Cirillo Consulting GmbH
• Parkinson's law - Wikipedia
• Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain - The New York Times
• Colophon – Shawn Blanc

We continue our focus on health this month by talking about Exercise. This is a great episode, especially if you set goals for yourself in 2019 to “be more healthy.” We talk about :

Our next book is As Many Reps As Possible by Jason Khalipa.

Links:

• Family HQ — Half Better
• The Incomparable | Full Disclosure - The Best of 2018 (Episode 440)
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club): Theodora Goss: 9781481466516: Amazon.com: Books
• Amazon.com: The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel (P.S.) (9780062110848): Helene Wecker: Books
• The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards): Scott Lynch: Amazon.com: Books
• Amazon.com: The Caledonian Gambit: A Novel (9781940456843): Dan Moren: Books
• Organic Hibiscus Spice - Allegro Coffee
• Oak - Meditation and Breathing Exercises
• Brilliant Life Shop
• Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear
• ClassPass | Fitness Studios & Classes | Free Trial
• Whole Life Challenge | 7 Habits (That Might Change Your Whole Life)
• Fit for life - Copperhead CrossFit - YouTube
• Two Minute Drill, #3 || Chasing Excellence with Ben Bergeron || Ep#057 - YouTube

This month on the podcast, we will be focusing on Health - both physical fitness and nutrition. So we're starting the month off by focusing on nutrition, and since we both just read James Clear's Atomic Habits, we thought diving in and discussing habits for nutrition was the perfect next step.

This is a great episode, especially if you set goals for yourself in 2019 to “be more healthy”. We talk about :

We've been getting some super great questions about the #familyhqcalendar, so we took a few moments to do a little Q&A about our family hub, and also why the Family HQ supports us as a family in our nutrition goals.

Our next book is As Many Reps As Possible by Jason Khalipa.

P.S. - Download our new freebie, How to Create a Family HQ!  This is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through setting up a Family HQ so that you can get your family all on the same page. 

Links:

• Family HQ — Half Better
• The all-new Things. Your to-do list for Mac & iOS
• The Enneagram Institute
• As Many Reps As Possible: Jason Khalipa: 9781684019816: Amazon.com: Books
• James Clear
• The Whole Life Challenge: Why You Should Participate with Your Partner — Half Better
• Whole Life Challenge – The Game That Changes Your Whole Life
• Jeff Walker
• Green Chef Meal Delivery
• Plant Nanny - Water Reminder with Cute Plants
• WaterMinder® - track your daily water intake, hydrate, feel better!
• MyFitnessPal | MyFitnessPal.com
• Paprika Recipe Manager for iOS, Mac, Android, and Windows
• Nutrition Coaching, Macro & Flexible Dieting | Working Against Gravity

What defines you? What makes you, you? James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits, presents strong evidence to the fact that your habits reveal who, in essence, you are. Your actions show how strongly you want something, and how much something means to you.

Over time, these habits become your identity. Habit formation (and getting rid of habits) is more about a process of becoming someone, rather than wanting something.

In comparison to Charles Duhig's book, The Power of Habits, this book is approachable and clear. I finished The Power of Habits wanting more - I got to all the science and the why's, but I didn't get the HOW. With Atomic Habits, you finish the book feeling like you have the capability to quit your bad habits and the systems and processes to start those new ones.

Today on the podcast, we dive into this fabulous book, exploring the 4 Laws of Habits (how to create them and how to get rid of them). We also discuss:

To start off 2019 with a bang, and to help you reach the goals you set for yourself this past New Year's, listen in for an actionable episode that will help you create a system for reaching those goals.

Want to read the book? You can get it here.

Links:

• Family HQ Guide — Email List Sign-Up — Half Better
• STREAKS. The to-do list that helps you form good habits. For iPhone.
• Use the Shortcuts app on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
• Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear
• The One Habit That Stops Procrastination In Its Tracks
• My 2016 Integrity Report | James Clear
• Podcast: Why and How to Set SMARTER Goals — Half Better
• Podcast: High Performance Habits (Book Discussion) — Half Better
• Podcast: Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts - Becoming the Person You Want to Be (Book Discussion) — Half Better
• Is It Possible to Make Your Partner Change? — Half Better
• ​​Matching Your Planner with your Personality with Megan Seeley — Half Better
• MINDSET: Are you fixed or growth oriented? — Half Better