Live It Or Waste It

Word of the Week: Self-Awareness

Are you self-aware? Are you self-aware when you need it most? Are you reflective after those moments where your self-awareness escapes you?

You gotta watch this! But we break the audio down the best we can.

VIDEO: One of the Best Meltdowns in History !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH3jUDLmVlc&feature=youtu.be

How do we avoid having meltdowns over things we cannot control? Self-awareness people.

This guy is no different than the rest of us. This can happen to any of us if we aren’t self-aware enough to recognize the warning signs.

07:28 – We can all relate to this guy

08:06 – A lot of problems we encounter in life can be dealt with if we planned better

09:13 – Dave W. has been having a time for the past few weeks which has made it hard for him to keep on the morning routine

11:28 – David G has his sleep apnea under control but has been unable to fully re-establish his morning routine the way he’d like to

12:20 – We break down the featured videos this week. Be self-aware of your emotions. When you’re in a bad place, you need to recognize it and be proactive about changing that feeling. You can’t get anything done in that state. Before you deal with any problem you have to be in the right frame of mind.

16:39 – Beware technology, especially first thing in the morning

18:29 – Write everything down that’s bothering you/needs to be done. Empty your brain, get it out of your head and onto paper. From that list, figure out which need to be done now, done by someone else or not done at all and are just there.

22:42 - Planning ahead and sticking to that plan. Use a daily planner. When planning your time for a project, factor in problems and fatigue. Figure in extra time for the bull-crap. Have an efficient way of dealing with deadlines. (This is something we will go into detail next episode) Stick with your routine. Don’t allow your feeling of being overwhelmed take you off your game. Old habits creep in when you feel overwhelmed.

Videos featured this week:

4 Steps to Avoiding Overwhelm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDixLnjgRrw&feature=youtu.be

How to stop feeling overwhelmed right now | Mel Robbins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zEBjqhwobA&feature=youtu.be

Word of the Week: Consistency

Do what you need to do to get the job done. Slow and steady wins the race. This week Dave Wein talks about how things have been going for him, has he been able to continue to implement the tips and strategies we’ve been discussing for weeks now. The answer is yes, but he has been struggling with… consistency.

04:28 – Dave Wein “lives it” everyday but how it unfurls differs from the way he’s planned it out

06:15 – Do you ever feel like the pressure of the things you have to do is like a boulder sitting on your back?

11:18 – David G is trying to get back on his morning routine now that he has his Sleep Apnea machine – he is even dabbling with exercise!

15:12 – Wein is still in the mode of getting stuff done

16:42 – Get yourself a foam roller

18:25 – When you change your life, prepare for people around you to stay the same

22:43 – Decisions in the moment are so important. When you make different decisions you begin to live your life differently

27:08 – The people around you may make different decisions and you need to respect them for where they are in their journey

Referenced on the show:

Smash Your Comfort Zone with Cold Showers: How to Boost Your Energy, Defeat Your Anxiety, and Overcome Unwanted Habits by Jesse Harless

https://www.amazon.com/Smash-Your-Comfort-Zone-Showers-ebook/dp/B07K2KLC3Y

Foam Roller

https://www.amazon.com/321-STRONG-Foam-Roller-Myofascial/dp/B01FOS1WJK/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=foam+roller&qid=1570553654&sr=8-4

So, what does “Living It” actually mean? It isn’t some cookie cutter ideology, or a one size fits all routine. It’s an individual mindset allowing us to see what’s going on in our lives that isn’t what we want, and a systematic approach to understanding that and changing those circumstances.

That doesn’t happen overnight, and it isn’t something we solve in one episode. Instead we take several episodes like this one to understand what is amiss and use that knowledge to grow. In this episode David G. takes a deep dive into the roadblocks he is encountering in his life and Dave Wein dishes out some excellent advice on how to combat those troubles. Spoiler alert – it involves a cookie jar.

Word of the Week: Understanding

04:39 – We’re putting ourselves on public display trying out these self-help techniques – So, how are we doing?

07:12 – What does “Living It” really mean?

09:28 – Understanding our problems and changing behavior is harder than David G. thought it was going to be

13:01 – Understanding behavior needs to happen on an intellectual level as well as on an emotional level or else changing behavior won’t stick

18:53 – Understanding where anger comes from and how we process it will help us control our worst impulses

22:29 – When you’re angry, do this… go back into your cookie jar

We’re talking about what we’re actually consuming. We have set goals to eat healthier but what we actually eat sometimes doesn’t fit well with our goals (especially when we’re fleeing a hurricane)

Word of the Week: Kindness

03:48 – We discuss how our lives have been impacted since starting the show

04:54 – David G. discusses how important it is to recognize one’s own behavior – if you don’t you’ll end up doing things you’ve vowed not to engage in

07:57 – What happens when you’re knocked off your game? How do you get back into your routine when your routine has been disrupted?

10:19 – When we talk about food, we’re not talking about same – we’re talking health & nutrition, and smaller, attainable goals.

14:14 – Dave Wein talks about how to find a diet that actually works for you

15:22 – Give yourself the ability to make good choices for yourself

If you do the things you need to do, you’ll have time to do the things you want to do. And this week we’re focusing on diet and exercise. What we are putting into our bodies is important people! Are you paying attention to what you eat? Are you getting off that couch and doing some form of exercise? Dave Wein is and David isn’t – let’s discuss!!!!!

Word of the Week: Discipline

This is the show about remaking our lives the way we want. We have a great Facebook group we are inviting our listeners to join. We aren’t experts, we’re going off expert advice and see if its worth its salt. This show isn’t for everybody, if for those of you who have a real determination to live the lives you want, not the one you necessarily have.

04:41 – Dave Wein is concerned about David’s eating habits

06:05 – Why we’re concerned about your eating habits and why it’s important and how you can change them

10:10 – Dave Wein has made nutrition a priority in his life for the last 7 months – this is what he’s learned, David G is more focused on being awareness of his crappy eating habits

12:34 – David G can’t seem to muster up his ability to begin his exercise routine

14:17 – Who is right? Dave who says you gotta exercise or David G who wants to gradually move in the right direction?

17:01 – Gratitude fuels your ability to change.

18:07 – How do you decide what to eat when you decide you want to eat healthy?

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Coming to you from the Podcast Movement 2019 Convention in sweltering hot Orlando, Florida. The biggest podcast convention of them all and we are there. This week we’re talking about goals people. How to make them and hot to hit them and how to get off the sidelines and get into the game.

We give our lowdown on all the action at the Convention

02:28 – Our takeaways from PM19

04:56 – LIoWI is here to supercharge your ability to make better choices for yourself

07:19 – Concrete goals need concrete plans to successfully achieve them

11:45 – If you find you aren’t hitting your goals, mindfulness is key to understanding what’s going on

13:43 – Being mindful of what we eat and the sugar we consume is one thing to consider when looking at our diets (are we addicted to it?)

18:40 - When reshaping and reforming our lives we need to understand our needs and desires (and to see what’s a realistic expectation)

23:20 – Changing your actions means physically rewiring how your brain functions

28:32 – We’re looking for feedback people! Has this show resonated with you, if so or if not let us know?

31:44 – Life is like a football game (you gotta hear this important Dave Wein analogy)

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So how are you doing in your process of changing your life? Because we’re struggling.

01:36 – We’ve hit a wall after we got out of our routine

05:33 – When life has you down you need a cookie jar to keep you going (per David Goggins’ teachings)

07:45 – Dave Wein got himself in a similar predicament when he went all-in redoing his office.

11:18 – Even during the hard times, we were able to make it through using the techniques we’ve been learning

12:43 – Sometimes willpower isn’t enough, sometimes we need to consider something medically being amiss – and get that checked out.

15:25 – In the audio production of life – stay out of the red or you’ll end up giving up

18:49 – Be thoughtful before adding a goal or item to your daily routine - you will fail if you give yourself unrealistic goals – this is self-awareness people!

29:18 - We are sharing our highs and our lows folks – not easy to do

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The word of the week is: Gratitude

This week we focus on healthy habits you may want to adopt to live life to its fullest. We also re-cap some of the work we’ve been doing since we’ve adopted the Live It or Waste It lifestyle.

When attempting to change your ingrained habits some things you want to keep in mind:

- Start early in the morning

- Don’t adopt too many changes too fast

Video of the Week:

7 Lifestyle Changes You Need to Adopt to be a Success (Evan Carmichael)

07:21 – Establish a morning routine

08:34 – Create a better environment

12:30 – Accept responsibility for everything

16:51 – Take action!

21:05 – Stop trying to do everything yourself

23:46 – Be consistent

27:47 – Believe in yourself

BONUS Healthy Habits:

30:57 – Diet & exercise (watch out for sugar and take-out food)

Next week: What do successful people do to be… successful.

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What happens when you wake up each morning? What do you do? If you can’t answer those questions it means you don’t have a planned morning routine. And, as the saying goes, if you want to be successful you have to do what successful people do. And those folks plan their mornings. In this episode we share some tips and strategies on planning your morning. Hopefully these ideas connect with you and help you walk the path of the morning routine. David Wein and David Guggenheim also share their morning routines and also discuss the trials and tribulations they’ve experienced in executing their planned mornings.

We run down the 7 things Evan Carmichael of the Believe Nation suggest people do to get their morning routine off to the right start.

06:46 - Prepare the night before for the day you know is coming.

08:44 – Have a family moment in the midst of the morning bustle.

10:17 – Turn on some music and see if it doesn’t lighten your mood.

11:50 – Have some tasty lemon water to start your day.

12:55 – Get that morning workout in, get your exercise in and get your energy up.

16:03 – Remember why you are living in an intentional way

17:05 – Do a task that gives you energy, get in a quick win people!

We then share our morning routines that we’ve developed to inspire you to plan your mornings. Guggenheim shares his routine which includes getting up at 6am sharp each morning… we’ll see how that ends up in a follow-up episode. They aren’t all successes people!

25:12 – We help YOU begin to organize your day and craft a morning routine. Let us know if you adopt the morning routine idea. Is it working? Is it benefiting your day? Is a miserable failure – we want to know it all!

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Videos referenced in this episode:

7 Morning routines for business and personal success

Morning MOTIVATION | How to START Your DAY RIGHT!

7 Toxic Habits to AVOID in Life (Do Your Friends Do Them?)

So you want to change? Where do you start? In this digital age, living an authentic life is hard but it is rewarding - how is it even possible to commit to change and make it stick? In this episode we discuss the first things we did to get started on this new path. We have been trying these ideas out for a while now, and now we're reporting back on our mistakes and our successes.

05:04 - How a white board can change your life

12:00 - Become comfortable being uncomfortable

16:05 - Learn to ask for help

18:06 - Take one element of our discussion and do it for a week and see how it impacts your life

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