Level Up with Dan Chiodo

Get serious about your goals. Have a real strategy so that you accomplish more than you ever thought you could. This episode is called: Beyond Goal Setting: Creating a Strategy to GetDone. This strategy can apply to both your business and personal goals.

Cindy Moore, a Motivational Speaker, starts her year out with two essential elements. She creates a VISION BOARD that captures all she wants to experience and a WORD that guides her every action for the year. Here she looks at 2020.

Not everyone knows about this diamond in the rough-- a program teaching you how to speak with real persuasion-- whether it's for your profession or just for you own enjoyment. The Toastmasters program is one of the best and costs so much less than some programs out there.

There is so much we could accomplish in a lifetime, but how many times does resistance keep us from doing all we might achieve? Join us to do a deep dive into the subject of RESISTANCE.

Become the best time manager you know by learnnig a basic concept Dan created in his book PerfectTIMING. It's called PORE. Learn how to Prepare for your day, Operate at your highest level, Refresh yourself regularly and Evaluate every single day.

Young professionals learn so much from being mentored-- especially in a group setting where they can exchange ideas and discuss both challenges and successes.  Gary Duncan has led his mentor group for several years.  Those who are part of the program (as well as those who have moved on to other cities to accomplish great things) talk about what value he brings to this project and to them.

Leading an Extraordinary Life: A Healing Journey

We can be healthy and vibrant at any age

I. It Started With Celery Juice

A. Cindy's journey out of pain and illness began with celery juice and books by Anthony William

B. Once she started with celery juice, a plant-based diet soon followed

C. Within a week, she put away her cane

II. Plant Based Diet

A. You won't miss the sugar, fat, etc. once you learn use seasonings and herbs

B. You can make any food amazing

C. You would think that "plant-based" means salads every day, but it doesn't

D. Her health is so much better, she intends to always eat plant-based

III. Beyond Self: Cindy's progression

A. First, she began improving herself with a plant-based diet

B. Then she began to look outward to others

C. Raised her awareness of health for self, for others, for the planet

1. Eliminated plastics

2. Eliminated chemicals

IV. Fully Accepting Self

A. Need to first take care of self to get to concern for others

1. Before you can love others, you have to love yourself

a. We lose some of that self-love in teenage years

B. Behind your greatest fear is your greatest gift

C. Has recently rediscovered talents and hobbies from childhood and younger years

1. Started writing, and now writs two blogs

2. Challenged herself to do something new every day

V. Follow Your Passion and Everything Else Will Take Care of Itself

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TRAINING: Leadership, Sales, Time Mgmt., Communication, Customer Service

EXECUTIVE COACHING: Helping you 'Level Up" to your very highest potential

AUTHOR: PerfectTIMING "How to Gain Two Hours Each Day" -- print or audiobook

RADIO PODCAST: "Level Up" is found under PODCASTS at impactbydan.com

Learning How to Truly Prioritize

I. Do you really have to answer that call, that email, RIGHT now?

A. Don't get distracted and not complete what you are currently working on.

B. Chances are you can answer that call or email in an hour without issue

II. To Do Lists

A. Being busy is fashionable now

1. We can tell others how busy we are

B. A To Do list brings comfort in having everything listed, yet, we hate it!

1. We measure our success by how busy we are

2. Becomes a vicious cycle

III. Time Management/ An Organized Life

A. Prioritize your list and work it

B. Time Blocking

1. Set aside a specific amount of time for each task

2. Be realistic

3. Allow for interruptions and the unexpected

4. Facilitates good customer service and maximum profitability

a. Helps you be respectful of your customers (or those you serve) time as well as your own

C. Use a planner as well as any electronic calendars

1. Writing it helps it stick

2. Seeing the Big Picture in a planner is helpful for prioritizing and time blocking

3. We become numb to our phones constantly pinging us all day

D. Flow In/ Flow Out

1. Never walk from room to room empty handed

2. If stuff isn't put away, we end up owning too much/ duplicates

E. Goals

1. Deadlines/ target dates on everything

a. Otherwise, nothing gets accomplished

I. Peak performance is best achieved by leading a Relentless Life

A. Be relentless in pursuit of peak performance

B. Be relentless in pursuit of your best self

II. Chance's mother always told him he could do anything

A. This helped him with:

1. He was bullied as a youngster

a. This eventually led him to the gym and exercise and high school football

2. He was diagnosed with a nut allergy at a young age

a. Had to learn to read all nutrition labels and from this learned healthy eating

B. This will be a motto he used with his children some day

C. When you are in this type of negative event, you don't always know what it will mean to your life until later

D. He listened to a lot of motivational tapes

1. This is where he first heard the word Relentless

2. Loved the word; it became his motto

a. He had Relentless tattooed over his heart

E. All this combined to help him overcome the bullying

III. His podcast: The Relentless Life with Chance Galloway

A. Features people who have been relentless in their pursuit of life

B. Themes:

1. Making Connections

2. Learn as you go

3. Keep an open mind

IV. DNA

Dream Big

Never Settle

Always Smile

Being positive about life