Model Mindset

Having a healthy, loving marriage is one of the most fulfilling things a person can experience. But it is much more than an "I do" on a date you claim as your own and a life a rainbows and butterflies that follows. It is something that you have to treat with the upmost importance and priority in your life. It takes a tremendous amount of work and attention to make your marriage as successful as possible but it can still be an incredible journey with the most fun you'll ever have.

Setbacks are what you perceive them to be. Are they temporary or permanent? How can you decide or decipher between the two? It is all about how you use the setbacks. In order to have setbacks you first have to be working towards something. With no purpose or journey, there are no setbacks. But without setbacks there is no journey or purpose.

On todays episode we sit down with the very insightful Tom Clark. Tom is a former Army paratrooper and medic as well as a retired law enforcement officer. Tom takes us through his journey to discovering his purpose in law enforcement and the challenges that came with it. In his career, Tom has experienced many high stress situations where he had to demonstrate an incredible amount of composure and balance with his though process. Tom does a great job giving us some great insight on how he was able to have such a long and successful career, all while maintaining the mental clarity he has to this day. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Tom Clark.

Talk that talk!

How do you talk to yourself? Are you someone who is influenced how others feel and in turn use that as a standard for how you internalize your own thoughts? In order to have positive self talk, you have to ask yourself the right questions to answer. You have to choose to understand the power of the words you say to yourself as if they are the words of your best friend. When you do that, you will see the value in your self talk and how it truly shapes your day.

“Strange isn’t it? You know yourself better than anyone else, yet you crumble at the words of someone who hasn’t even lived a second of your life. Focus on your own voice; it’s the only one that matters.”

Confidence may be the one thing in our lives that comes from within but it mostly dictated by others. On todays episode, we talk about the ways to flip that script and understand how to not only create confidence but to understand its roots. Confidence stems from other factors in our lives. It is not something you are born with, it is developed. If we do not take the proper steps to understand its development, it will be stunted and its ability to grow and flourish in our personalities will be diminished.

In order to chase your dreams, you have to accept a few things. It won't be easy, people won't understand, and you have to love the journey as much as the results. It takes something special to be able to accept these things and still wat it, to still chase it. So make the decision today to be that person who is special. Who is different. Who will take today and make it the starting point to not being normal.

“Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don’t do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals” -John Johnson

Combating overwhelm is a tall task. We tend to be paralyzed by what could happen next to us that we are afraid to act. When in reality, the steps that we should take are very manageable and often require minimal "effort." We have to be able to understand when we need to step back and take the time to give ourselves the proper maintenance to aid us getting our mindsets back on track.

We have to start taking more ownership of our time and not let what is ahead of us dictate our current moments. Being present is something that all of us can improve on. We live in a society that thrives on distractions and you often train your mind to look for distractions instead of having clarity. So this week, we challenge you to take 15 minutes, distraction free, and be present with the people around you.

We all deal with stress, but are we dealing with it the right way? On todays episode, we talk through what stress is to us and some ways we navigate it. There are many ways that stress impacts our lives but once we figure out how to address it constructively, our energy output will drastically improve. We all have different things that can cause us stress, but the ways to fix it can be universal.

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -Ralph Emerson

On this weeks Model Mindset Monday, we discuss what individuality really means. Find your unique characteristics and celebrate them. If everyone in the world was the same, it would be a pretty boring world to live in.