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Joy Conditioning is a term first used by Dr. Wendi Suzuki. It is mindfully scheduling times to experience joy for our minds much like we schedule exercise for our body. Learn more by following Dr. Wendi Suzuki.

Episode 6: The Yoda of High School Football Coaches, Chris Yeager by John Perry

The apple watch comes with an exercise

ring that will not close without activity. My guess is it works off your heart rate and may not be

100% accurate but I know from tracking for 365 days that it works just fine.

January, I closed my exercise ring once, February twice, and March three times. After a visit to

Birmingham, Al with Chris Yeager, I returned home on April 11 and missed 10 days the rest of

the year. Yes, I closed 256 rings since that trip and lost 80 lbs.

The small daily habit (1%) of intentionally walking 30 minutes a day is life changing. In the

process, my wife jumped on board, not at first. She has lost 45 lbs. and we love our time

together each day. It gives us an opportunity to spend 30 quality minutes together no matter

how busy the day or week is. Some days we just talk, some days we listen to a podcast or

Christian music and we pray together at the end of each walk! She has caught the ring bug.

She wants to close them daily or she is not a happy camper. And yes, she has left the house at

10:00 pm to walk up the street because she was 2 minutes short of the 30 required for that

apple watch to say the all-important words, “You have closed your exercise ring.”

I would coach you to start with 14 min and 24 seconds every day (1% of a 24-hr. day) - rain,

snow, sleet or shine. Will be easy! Once you establish the habit of doing it, you will naturally

increase.

We do interval jog/walk just to get our heart rate up more, since the 30-minute walk has

become pretty easy. Start small. Small things turn into big things.

The equation that changed my life and can change yours. This is the basics of E+R=O.

We do not control the Events in our life nor do we control the Outcomes (if we did control the outcomes,

why are we not all in Hawaii right now sipping on drinks with little umbrellas in them), but we do control

how we Respond to the Events in our life. And the better we respond, the more influence we can have

over the Outcomes that we want to achieve.

What does it look like in life?

Let's say a careless driver pulls out in front of you. You have 2 choices at that point. Respond with

discipline (intentional, on purpose, skillful) or with default (impulsive, resistant, on autopilot). Let's go

down both roads. Without thought (default) we become upset, blood pressure rises, driving skills drop,

emotions rise and our outcome is driving that is more at risk of accident. Let's say we Respond with

discipline and say to ourselves, I am going to give them a pass, they didn't see me or they may be in a

rush to get to hospital to see a loved one. The outcome is no big emotional change, the heart rate stays

steady, and focus is still on driving safely. Our chance of an accident is less.

The R Factor has 6 steps (which we will go into more detail later) which step 1 is PAUSE. Pause so

you can respond with discipline and thought. Our impulsive responses are not always the best. Anyone

ever said something to one of your children that you wish you could take back, sure you have - we all

have. Learning to pause and think about the outcome you wish to have helps us respond with more

intent and can help our chances of having a more positive outcome.

Applying E+R=O is a lifetime event. Work, athletics, family, etc are a constant flow of events. We will

never be perfect but this equation will help us be better. Lets practice a better R today!

For more information on the R Factor. Follow Brian Kight on twitter @tbriankight or on instagram

@tbriankight and visit his website www.tbriankight.com He is the master of E+R=O. You can sign up for

his Daily Discipline email at [email protected] it is fabulous.

The equation that changed my life and can change yours. This is the basics of E+R=O.

We do not control the Events in our life nor do we control the Outcomes (if we did control the outcomes,

why are we not all in Hawaii right now sipping on drinks with little umbrellas in them), but we do control

how we Respond to the Events in our life. And the better we respond, the more influence we can have

over the Outcomes that we want to achieve.

What does it look like in life?

Let's say a careless driver pulls out in front of you. You have 2 choices at that point. Respond with

discipline (intentional, on purpose, skillful) or with default (impulsive, resistant, on autopilot). Let's go

down both roads. Without thought (default) we become upset, blood pressure rises, driving skills drop,

emotions rise and our outcome is driving that is more at risk of accident. Let's say we Respond with

discipline and say to ourselves, I am going to give them a pass, they didn't see me or they may be in a

rush to get to hospital to see a loved one. The outcome is no big emotional change, the heart rate stays

steady, and focus is still on driving safely. Our chance of an accident is less.

The R Factor has 6 steps (which we will go into more detail later) which step 1 is PAUSE. Pause so

you can respond with discipline and thought. Our impulsive responses are not always the best. Anyone

ever said something to one of your children that you wish you could take back, sure you have - we all

have. Learning to pause and think about the outcome you wish to have helps us respond with more

intent and can help our chances of having a more positive outcome.

Applying E+R=O is a lifetime event. Work, athletics, family, etc are a constant flow of events. We will

never be perfect but this equation will help us be better. Lets practice a better R today!

For more information on the R Factor. Follow Brian Kight on twitter @tbriankight or on instagram

@tbriankight and visit his website www.tbriankight.com He is the master of E+R=O. You can sign up for

his Daily Discipline email at [email protected] it is fabulous.

Life can be like a pot of boiling water. Learn what it means to be a carrot, egg, or coffee bean that's put into the pot and what happens to each.

The carrot turns soft and can get taken advantage of, the egg turns hard and can developed a hardened heart, and the coffee bean has the ability to transform the water to coffee.

We each have the power of a coffee bean in us.

Join us in this episode as we learn more about being a coffee bean with Damon West.

The Question is ... How can I get 1% better today?

The answer – By using the phenomenon called “clustering”. It has been found that behaviors, attitudes, and even health/wealth outcomes tend to form in social clusters. In other words, “Birds of a feather flock together.”

If I want to get better today, I can add one successful/positive person to my group. I do not have to talk to them daily but having a conversation once a month will be helpful in adding that person to my cluster.

Listen to more about how birds of a feather flock together in this episode.

Follow John Perry on Twitter at @Jperry_nixa

Welcome to "Never Stop Getting Better," the podcast where we embrace the journey of continuous improvement. I'm your host, John Perry, and I am thrilled to embark on this empowering and transformative exploration with you.

In a world that's constantly evolving, it's easy to feel overwhelmed or stagnant. We often find ourselves yearning for growth, seeking ways to enhance our lives, both personally and professionally. That's where this podcast comes in—to ignite the flame of progress within us and empower us to become the best versions of ourselves.

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