When everything goes wrong in life, it’s easy to throw in the towel. The obstacles seem too great and it feels like everyone is against you. 

But every successful person has ups and downs. The difference is whether you use your problems to prosper (or tear you down). 

Perseverance is what leads you closer to everything you want. And if you let every obstacle get in your way, life never improves.

In this episode, you’ll discover how to never give up and always stand in your purpose (no matter what).

Show Highlights Include:

• Using Winston Churchill’s philosophy to work through your goals with confidence. (1:41)
• The Eli Jones way to live through your purpose (when the whole world is against you).  (3:37)
• Using the ‘Outcome Oriented’ mentality to avoid the temptations of quitting and overcome all obstacles. (6:21)
• Why Zig Ziglar’s ‘PC Model’ is your biggest key to consistent success. (7:16)
• The two words you need for holding onto hope (when you want to throw in the towel). (8:13)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Most people avoid hard work. They want instant results and see anything else as a waste of time.

But there’s no substitute for becoming better. And becoming better starts with a work ethic that never stops. 

If you want to be successful in life, you have to put in hard work. Even if you can’t see where it’s going to take you right now. 

In this episode, you’ll discover how to step up your game with a strong work ethic for the things you want most in life.

Show Highlights Include:

• How to push aside workplace distractions and become the best at what you do. (0:52)
• How to build a stronger work ethic with Ozzie Smith’s Hall of Fame Speech. (2:16)
• The ‘Vince Lombardi’ way of investing into what you want (and experiencing joy on another level). (3:36)
• Why Nick Saban’s coaching style advances your career and improves your sense of pride. (5:40)
• Using the 4 AM Farmer’s philosophy to get your dream job. (7:41)
• Why success doesn’t happen overnight (and how to get real results without a time limit). (9:49)
• Why showing up like Cal Ripken Jr. builds your life legacy of respect, hard work, and excellence. (11:00)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Negativity is the tendency to be disagreeable, skeptical and pessimistic.

When you’re negative, you assume the worst case scenario and look for the worst in every situation.

This negativity can hang over your life, cloud your judgment and force you to make gut-wrenching mistakes.

But here’s the silver lining:

You don’t have to fall victim to negativity’s insidious power. In fact, by taking charge of your mind, you can reshape your life with positivity. 

How?

In this episode, I’ll show you how to create positive energy and unspeakable joy in yourself and your environment—using only the power of your words. 

Listen now.

Show Highlights Include:

• 11 factors that inject negativity into your life. (0:49) The 3 most common behaviors that magnetize negativity (1:16)
• How to take charge and reverse your negative mental habits. (1:43)
• Why this common mistake sets you up to have a bad day (and how to avoid making it). (3:58)
• The simple, yet powerful pre-speech routine I learned from Bill Cosby for injecting positive energy into any activity. (6:47)
• 3 words that you should never say (these words build negative energy) and what you should say instead. (11:07)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Negativity is the tendency to be disagreeable, skeptical and pessimistic. 

When you’re negative, you assume the worst case scenario and look for the worst in every situation. 

This negativity can hang over our lives, cloud our judgment and force us to make mistakes. .

But here’s the silver lining:

You have a choice. You can choose to either take a negative or positive outlook on life everyday. 

You can choose to take charge of your mind and shape your life with the power of your thoughts.

But how?

In this episode, I’ll show you the damage being negative can have on your emotional health and your relationships. You’ll discover how to squash any negativity you feel and instead take on the power of positive thoughts to shape your life.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include: 

• Ten ways negativity manifests in human behavior and worsens it. (1:42)
• The damage being frequently negative and cynical can have on your brain. (3:45)
• How to take charge and reverse your negative mental habits. (5:24)
• This simple mistake taught me how to keep my ego in check and not blame others (and how it can make you a great leader). (7:41)
• 3 tips that will help you shape your life positively with the power of your thoughts alone. (13:33)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Servants are an important ingredient that holds communities and families together.

When we serve others, the environment changes, needs are met, people are impacted, folks feel valued.

But that’s not the only benefit of servanthood.

When you serve others, you feel gratified and fulfilled.

In this episode, you’ll discover how servanthood can lift you from a depressed state, grow your influence and establish your leadership.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

• The therapeutic effect of servanthood (and how it can lift you from the depths of depression better than actual therapy) (1:16)
• The traits you need to attain and practice to be an impactful servant. (4:20)
• How servanthood instantly unlocks pent-up leadership skills laying dormant inside you  (6:08)
• How to use your servanthood to improve team spirit (so your business can be even more efficient) as a leader. (7:37) 

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Servanthood is an important ingredient that holds communities and families together.

Serving others helps build strong communities and changes the lives of others around you. Even something as simple as offering a helping hand can make a difference in somebody's life. 

It is a catalyst for achieving even greater things as an individual and a community.

And can be your very first step toward being an even more effective leader.

In this episode, you’ll learn the importance of servanthood to your community and world at large. You’ll discover how to spark happiness within yourself by sharing joy with others.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

• The importance of servanthood to the community. (1:01)
• How servanthood eliminates two of the biggest challenges that haunts our communities. (1:44)
• The positive impact of World War II (and what you can learn from the people who lived in that era). (2:27)
• How paying forward a stranger’s kindness saved me from despair (and how to inject joy into your life even when you’re depressed). (6:42)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

What is virtue?

It is possessing the courage to do the right thing in every instance regardless of the cost. A person of virtue is one of moral excellence. 

To be virtuous means knowing the right thing to do and doing it, everyday.

There are many different virtuous characteristics you can imbibe and exhibit from day to day. These characteristics make you stand out and help your virtue shine even brighter.

In this episode, you’ll discover the virtue checklist written by the apostle Paul himself and how you can imbibe each characteristic in your daily life.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

• A virtue checklist you can always refer to (written by apostle Paul himself) (1:38)
• The core of all virtues you should look to imbibe (so your other virtues can shine even brighter) (2:43) 
• How the preacher with no great oratory skills became famous throughout England by simply loving people (and how you can too) (4:21)
• How this particular virtuous characteristic helped a disadvantaged bench player get inducted into the Major Leagues Hall of Fame (5:40)
• Why you need this virtue to reach the next level in your business, life or career. (7:14)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Virtue is a human quality that has been discussed for centuries, from the days of Socrates and Platos.

It is possessing the courage to do the right thing in every instance regardless of the cost. A person of virtue is one of moral excellence. 

To be virtuous means knowing the right thing to do and doing it, everyday.

So how can you exhibit virtue in your day-to-day activities?

In this episode, you’ll discover how to live virtuously on a daily basis and extend it to the people around you.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

• The truth about what virtue really is. (1:25)
• The story of a small-time  preacher that lived a virtuous life (and how you can learn to be as helpful and humble as he was) (4:12)
• How Chapman turned a sworn enemy to his friend (and how you can do it too). (9:51)
• A simple way you can start living virtuously and building your character in the next [specific timeframe]. (12:20)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Do you ever remember someone telling you to “give it some thought” or “think things through?” That’s because critical thinking leads to better decisions.

And if you never make time to think, you’ll always depend on snap judgments and reactions. When you live life on impulse, you also live with more stress. 

When you give yourself time to think, you draw connections you’ve never noticed before. Your perspective changes and you feel focused. When you make better decisions, you live a better life.In this episode, you’ll discover why critical thinking leads to your most joyous life yet.

Show Highlights Include:

• How to make better decisions, free up your time, and feel less stress with Malcolm Gladwell’s art of thinking. (1:52)
• Why you only need 15 minutes to improve concentration and make deliberate action towards your goals.  (3:44)
• The Stanford Study’s five things you need for becoming more efficient with your time. (7:49)
• Using the 45/15 Method to consistently expand and improve your thinking. (9:24)
• How to get rid of any life limits with Catherine Sanderson’s suitcase story. (12:54)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Our brain is one of the most important organs in our body.

It’s a powerhouse that drives us everyday.

We’ve not even begun to use its full potential power. Experts agree that we only use a small fraction of our brain power at any given time.

But just like other muscles in your body, if you don’t use your brain you’ll eventually lose function of it.

So we must keep training it. 

In this episode, you’ll discover how you can significantly improve your brainpower and cognitive skills. I’ll reveal the habits that increase the risk losing function of your brain at later stages of your life, and how you can avoid them.

Listen now. 

Show Highlights Include:

• The tactics my wife used to significantly improve my mother’s memory (you can use them even if you’re above 80) (1:14)
• How you can use my annoying professor’s ‘no-calculator’ policy to develop your brain power. (2:11)
• How navigating without electronic devices during road trips can increase your cognitive function and math, astronomy and logic skills. (5:49)
• Why using GPS can weaken your brain (and how you can train your brain to avoid early dementia) (8:33)

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.