How Ya Livin' ?

What is your ultimate goal in life? And more importantly, what steps are you taking today to achieve that goal?

Here's why I ask:

When we set goals, especially massive goals, it can burden us with stress. This type of stress results in procrastination, perfectionism, and giving up. But when you set proper expectations, you control your attitude and your actions.

In fact, these expectations are the difference between reaching your wildest goals or giving up on them because you didn't realize how close to them you were.

In this episode, you'll discover how expectations free you from stress and help you conquer your dreams with ease.

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Show Highlights Include:

• Why reaching only 50% of your goals gives you a "hall-of-fame" career in any endeavor you try (1:15)
• The simple 2-step formula for unleashing joy throughout your body (even if others upset you) (3:01)
• The "Daily Expectations" secret for achieving almost any goal you strive for (4:37)
• How to free yourself from the insidious shackles of stress other people put on you (6:53)

Nobody can survive their entire life without being leveled by a few personal storms. Whether they be financial, spiritual, physical, or with your relationships.

Most people shy away from stormsâ€"my old self included, when my first wife passed. I weaponized blame, and used it to cope, not realizing it snatched the benefits of the storm from right under me.

But this storm caused me to have an epiphany:

Just as nature needs natural storms to cleanse and blow out dead debris for new life, humans need personal storms to make us stronger, more resilient, and redefine our life’s purpose.

In this episode, you’ll discover why every storm has a silver liningâ€"no matter how hopeless it seems at the moment. Plus, I’ll give you a few simple techniques to overcome storms easier.

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Show Highlights Include:

• How scripture can help you survive the darkest storms of your life (even if you’re not religious) (1:18)
• Why writing down your most humiliating failures helps you conquer your next one with ease (7:56)
• The “Sanctuary Moment†secret for transforming gut-wrenching misery into unprecedented trump (8:33)
• How to create hope out of thin airâ€"even in the darkest times of your lifeâ€"by making one simple choice (12:25)
• 3 questions to ask yourself in the midst of a storm to come out of it a stronger person (13:41)

Many people think they know what hope is, but if you've ever been in a truly desperate situation you may understand that it can be more complicated and difficult than you once thought to have hope.

In this episode, Dr. Rick explains how the language you use can destroy your hope, how to restore hope in your darkest time, and the one action you absolutely must take to achieve what you hope for most.

Show Highlights Include:

• How the language you use cheapens the power of hope (2:38)
• A definition that will help you understand hope better than ever before (5:09)
• Without this, your hopes will continue to go unfulfilled (7:59)
• These common misconceptions about hope can destroy your life (2:29)

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.

Napoleon Hill, the author of Think and Grow Rich, said one of the most common causes of failure is quitting when overtaken by temporary defeat.

For example, during the gold rush, a young man and his uncle drilled for gold for months on end. Then, they gave up, and sold their equipment to the "junkman" who found out they were only 3 feet away from striking gold.

Everybody faces temporary defeats in the game of life. But if you don't quit and keep standing, success is closer than you think.

In this episode, you'll discover how to bounce back from failure and temporary defeat, so you can achieve exceptional success.

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Show Highlights Include:

• Why failure is the trademark of success (and how to get comfortable with failure) (0:50)
• A world-renowned psychologist's "Capitalization" secret for earning tremendous growth (even if you're not the most talented or successful) (1:32)
• How making failure your friend unleashes achievement, growth, and happiness in your life (2:43)
• The "Fail Forward" technique created by one of the world's best leaders for using your mistakes as a stepping stone for success (3:32)
• The insidious way temporary defeat tricks you into giving up when you're inches away from jaw-dropping riches (7:50)
• 2 things that saved me from immeasurable grief and despair when my first wife passed (and how to use them whenever tragedy strikes your life) (11:29)

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 shy away from failure. It's embarrassing. It hurts. And we've been taught to avoid failure since we were children.

But this is a mistake. Just ask legends like the late, great Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and even Coca-Cola's former CEO Muhtar Kent. Each of them embraced failure — and achieved more success than most can dream about.

Here's the truth:

The only way to achieve sustainable success is by embracing failure.

In this episode, you'll discover how to turn failures into competitive advantages you can use in any area of your life.

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Show Highlights Include:

• The "Competitor's Secret" for using their most gut-wrenching failures to fuel their long-term success (0:39)
• How your fear of making mistakes cripples you success (and how to overcome your fear of failure) (1:04)
• The "Celebrate Failure" method from Coca-Cola's former CEO for embracing mistakes and growing because of them (1:27)
• How to create an unfair competitive advantage in anything you try by forcing yourself to fail (4:43)
• The "PMI" daily exercise for transforming every failure you encounter into an opportunity (10:57)

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.

In today's social media-run world, most people do everything in their power to appear perfect. Nothing has compromised quality more than this.

Why?

Even though perfection ought to be the standard, it's impossible to achieve it. When you put perfection on a pedestal, you make it impossible to learn from your failures. And nothing enhances your quality as a person more than learning from your mistakes.

In this episode, you'll discover why being a quality person today gives you an unfair advantage in anything you do. And how to build your quality little by little each and every day.

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Show Highlights Include:

• Why paying the price for quality now returns your "investment" in droves down the road (0:49)
• The insidious way the false appearance of perfection comprises quality (and why your imperfections make you a high-quality person) (3:10)
• Michael Jordan's secret for failing your way to becoming the all-time greatest at what you do (3:23)
• The weird way to multiply your quality as a person by buying more expensive material items (7:35)
• The two words which appear in the bible 455 times (and how to become excellent at both of them) (9:37)

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.

Growing up, our parents drilled the importance of quality into our heads. But today, it seems like nobody teaches the value of quality anymore.

And it's a shame because quality never goes out of style. In fact, becoming a quality person is the best way to improve your relationships, become happier, and serve your true purpose.

In this episode, you'll discover why quality unlocks your best life. And the insidious reason quality doesn't get taught today.

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Show Highlights Include:

• The "Extra Added Effort" technique for intoxicating every person you meet (1:17)
• The weird way eating off a garage floor makes you a better person (even if it's not your garage) (1:35)
• How to leverage your most gut-wrenching failures to expand the quality of your life (6:06)
• How to minimize your risk of making mistakes before you even have a chance to make them (6:26)

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.

Everyone goes through seasons of gut-wrenching grief and misery. But great people aren't defined by their successes, but by how they bounce back from failure.

And I have good news if you need to overcome any sort of trauma or negative emotions:

Overcoming holds no educational level. It holds no status. It takes no financial requirements. Instead, it requires a simple choice: helping others.

Helping others provides therapeutic benefits for you, and massive benefits for those you're helping.

In this episode, you'll discover how serving others helps you overcome anything you're dealing with (even the tragic passing of a loved one).

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Show Highlights Include:

• How one simple thought instantly pulls you out of the dumps whenever life beats you down (0:27)
• The selfish reason for helping others and overcoming any mental turmoil you're facing (1:03)
• The 3 words my dad told me as I stared at my first wife's casket which saved me from breaking down (and how these 3 words will empower you too) (1:14)
• How to overcome the worst season of gut-wrenching grief in your life doing nothing more than helping others (2:56)

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.

Go, go, go. Spend, spend, spend. Buy, buy, buy.

The consumer mindset in our society pushes us into thinking that the next purchase will make us happy. Yet so many people feel empty and depressed. Instead of focusing on what they have, they dwell on what they lack.

Gratitude is the key to getting out of this rut.

In this episode, I discuss how consumer culture destroys happiness, why gratitude is in short supply today, and an exercise you can do to instantly become more grateful.

Show Highlights Include:

• The consumer culture effect that makes you feel inferior to others and how to overcome it (2:06)
• The depressing reason that gratitude is disappearing in society (3:04)
• The counterintuitive way practicing humility brings you instant happiness (5:15)
• The surprising reason dramatic improvements in your life make you miserable (5:43)
• What a Mourning Dove can teach you about peace and happiness (8:29)
• The One Minute Happiness exercise that can instantly develop gratitude in your life (10:56)

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.

Everyone faces challenges at some point in their life. You may have faced more than others, but what truly matters is how you respond to those challenges. Your legacy is determined by how many times you get back up after you've been knocked down.

No one remembers the quitters.

In this episode, Dr. Rick discusses what you can learn from the failures of several well-known individuals, why opposition in your life is a good thing, and a trait you must have to become more resilient in the face of adversity.

Show Highlights Include:

• JK Rowling's profound lesson on being resilient (3:05)
• Why you shouldn't fear opposition in your life (7:10)
• Without this, you will never be resilient and life will crush you (8:31)
• Here's how you can build resilience when you feel like you can't go on anymore (10:30)
• How you do this determines whether challenges will cause you to grow, or defeat you (12:05)

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.