Welcome to the Level up Your Life Podcast hosted by Keynote and motivational speaker Mark Black. Mark has a contagious zeal for life and lucky for you he wants to share it with his listeners. Mark underwent a heart and double lung transplant at the tender age of 23 and it is this experience that has lead him to motivate others. Over the course of his show's season, Mark wants to give us strategies and tactics to improve our businesses, fitness, and relationships. Really, he just wants your life to be awesome!

 

In this episode, Mark gives us an intense and comprehensive list of tips and strategies to make 2019 the best year it can be! He challenges all of his listeners, and that means you, to take one to five and implement them in your daily life. Don't go over five, Mark warns because that could set you up for failure! Without any further   see Mark's list below!

 

• Be Intentional
• 1. To create something amazing you have to set out to create something amazing
  2. Spend time really focusing on what you're trying to achieve
  3. No more than 3 goals - don't overwhelm yourself
• Move your body for at least 30 mins a day
• 1. Helps you live longer
  2. Think clearer
  3. Be more productive
  4. Mood improvement
  5. Make it a non-negotiable
• STOP comparing
• 1. Social media causes us to unconsciously compare ourselves to everyone on our newsfeed
  2. Nothing good comes from comparisons
  3. People only share their highlight reel on SM
• Make time for the people who matter most to you
• 1. All that matters is the lives you touch
• Spend less than you make
• 1. Easy concept but hard to do
  2. Bombarded by consumerism everywhere
  3. You don't "need" much
  4. Don't spend to the point of stress
  5. Intention
• Remember that being happy is better than being right
• Drink at least a liter of water a day
• Spend ten minutes a day being grateful/write it down
• 1. Benefits to your health
  2. Doesn't mean everything is perfect
• Read for fifteen minutes a day (Audible Free Trial )
• 1. If we're not learning and growing - we're dying
• Be one percent better this week than you were last week in any area in your life
• 1. Incremental change is simple
• Forgive everyone
• 1. Having a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting to hurt the other person
• Forgive yourself
• Remember to look how far you have come
• 1. Appreciate the journey
  2. Confidence
  3. Motivation
• Make one person smile every day
• Stop Hiding Your Light
• 1. Humility is NOT hiding your gifts
  2. Responsibility to use our gifts/talents
• Take action
• 1. Imperfect action is more important than a perfect intention
  2. Follow through
  3. Don't hesitate out of fear

• Be true to your values

1. You have to look at yourself in the mirror

• Stop waiting

1. Life is short - just do it
2. Take action - do it now!

 

"Don't live every day like it's your last day. Just be alive every day"

"Not about quantity but quality and consistency."

"Our lives are the sum of the difference we have made in the world"

 

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