IMPROVE THIS! with Jon Strand

In this episode we discuss practical ways how you can develop grit.

What is grit? Where does it come from and how can you develop it? And why is grit critical for personal and professional success in nearly every endeavor?

Join us as we dive into the different facets of belief. Charting historical, psychological, and the physical importance of what it means "to believe" and how that belief is the foundation to unlocking success.

Life skill. Are you someone who can get things done?

In the chaos, trials, stress, and pain of life - how do we maintain any sense of peace? This episode tackles some of the hard questions and examines practical steps we can take forward to guarding and enhancing our internal sense of peace and balance.

Don't die with your music in you. In this episode we identify the comfort zone and discuss how to apply the principle of Forward Motion from the book The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michaels. We examine real life examples of how we create our own subtle comfort zones. We discuss how to break free by embracing the pain that produces growth.

Are you in the habit of having fun? As children we all valued, prioritized, and were experts at play. As adults, having fun sometimes does not come to us so easy. In this episode we talk about the importance of having fun (even at work) and how we can more consistently add fun into our daily lives.

DaVinci said of himself, "I am passionately curious." In this episode we explore why this attribute is critical to developing intelligence, health, well being, and success.

In this Locke & Ladder Monday meeting, Jon Strand discusses the importance of taking care of each other. Why it matters, and what it looks like in the workplace and our daily lives.

How do we become better humans? In mind, body, and spirit. What is the process like and what are some of the necessary tools to take steps forward.

This episode kicks off a series of tackling these questions and their practical application. Jon Strand discusses some of his own failures as well as steps taken to improve.