My Idiot Mentality

Hello and happy Wednesday! It's a rainy day but that's not stopping me from bringing positive energy to the day. Was walking in this morning and I got to think of a few slogans that are important to my mentality. 

Topics covered
1) Being prepared
2) Buy it nice, or buy it twice, but never pay full price.
3) GBED - Get. Better. Every. Day. 

Have Fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Not a great episode but that's ok. 

Topics covered.
1) In a world of abundance, focus is key
2) Seasonality for everything
3) Getting taken advantage of and jumbled thoughts on that topic

Have Fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Releasing this episode from Friday. Must have gotten busy and didn't upload. Bonus! You get two episodes today. 

Topics covered.
1) Passion and energy
2) Conquering your environment
3) Addicted to work

Have fun! Get Better. Love Life. 

Happy Monday! It's a rainy Monday morning but I'm bringing the positive energy to get the week started off right!

1) There's no one event that brings sustained happiness
2) There's no event that says you're ready for ________
3) Life gives you all you need to be successful if you're bold enough to put yourself out there

Have fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Happy Thursday! Trying to bring the energy with less caffeine today. 

Topics covered:
1) Growth Mindset - you can get better at anything if you try. You may not be the best, but you can always get better if you put in effort.  
2) Addiction & being bored - people are more bored now than any other time in history
3) Balancing doing things and not doing things - should I tailgate and be social? or enjoy some down time this weekend?

Have Fun! Get Better. Love Life. 


Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322

Huberman Labs Podcast with Dr. Anna Lembke - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SLviVTlj9FtwgU0S7IQEy?si=70c2f612655c4857

Good episode today! Not every day is a great day, but today I felt really good about my thoughts and generally about how I articulated my mentality.

Topics covered:
1) Self doubts and weaknesses - everyone has them, are my weaknesses a strength? Is it a good thing to be an idiot?
2) Standards - if you're going to do anything great in life, you're going to have to set and meet high standards
3) Attitude reflect leadership - a reminder that I need to bring positivity and fun energy into work every day AND set an example for being energized by challenges. I want people who work for me to have that attitude, so I have to be the leader and set that example every day. 

Have Fun! Get Better. Love Life. 

It's Tuesday and I'm working from the office today. A little cloudy but should be a nice day in Eastern Iowa!

Topics covered
1) Balancing self talk - I'm an idiot and I'm not an idiot. I don't know anything and I know some stuff. I'm not 100% an idiot and I have to find a way to balance those self talk narratives so I don't undermine growth/success opportunities

2) Time is going faster - When you're busy, time seems to go faster. Life is busier with 2 kids than with 1 so it seems like my kids are growing up faster now than when I just had 1 child

3) Budgeting and planning - I'm planning out budgets for 2022. Is it excessive for me to do that far out? Maybe, but I enjoy it and the budgeting/planning process is helpful to me so I'll keep doing it. 

Have fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Good morning! Back at it after a couple days off. 

1) Holocaust Museum - those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it 
2) Understanding different world views - it's a blessing to grow up in Iowa
3) Appreciation - spending time with great friends is great and happens too infrequently

Have Fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Hump Day! This is the last day of the podcast this week. I'm traveling the rest of the week so will save up my idiotic thoughts and mentality for Monday!

Topics covered this week are related to starting a business. I'm looking to articulate my own beliefs around creating a business. Today I cover the following at a very high level. I'd like to dive deeper into these in future episodes.

1) Product
2) Process
3) Pricing

Have Fun. Get Better. Love Life. 

Happy Tuesday! It's my dad's birthday today. Happy Birthday Dad

Topics covered
1) Experimentation - don't let unrealistic expectations keep you from experimenting
2) Finding joy in life - because of this podcast, I'm seeing more joy in life. 
3) Seriousness - how can I be not so serious all the time?

Have fun. Get Better. Love Life.