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Today I’m talking about the importance of showing up for the jobs you agreed to do, whether that’s in your career or at home or with friends. There is nothing more important than showing your gratitude for the people and opportunities in your life than just showing up. 

In the NBA and other sports this simple truth seems to have gotten lost to the sad trend of “load management.” Which really means “I make $50 million a year but back to back games that’s too much for me.” 

But what about the parent who spends $300 to take their kid to see their favorite player only to find out that that player couldn’t be bothered to even put on a uniform that day. 

Look, the world changes, I know that, we all know that. Things change and not everything is as it used to be and that’s a good thing, that’s as it should be. But some things are fundamental. They aren’t tied to a place or a time and showing up and working hard is one of those things.

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Today I am talking about the importance of silence. There is now doubt that there are lots of amazing things about living in our modern world. Access to information, entertainment, tremendous conveniences, but one of the drawbacks is the noise! 

Both literal noise from sirens, car horns, planes, tv, radio all of it and also the noise in our heads. 

Humans weren’t meant to live with that level of noise and stimulus. So it’s vital that we find time to enjoy some silence, and I found a great article from the Harvard Business Review by Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz called,  The busier you are the more you need quiet time. 

It shows through studies just how important silence is for the brain to heal, learn and absorb new information. So take some time to embrace peace, quiet and solitude. 

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This week I am talking all about the practices and characteristics in life that can bring us peace and well being. I went through the 5 conditions to create well being or PERMA on Monday and Tuesday. 

Positive emotions

Engagement

Relationships (healthy ones)

Meaning

Accomplishments

But there is more to do to maximize the effects of these factors in your life and that’s what I”m talking about today. 

1. You need to cultivate optimism
2. Exercise
3. Good nutrition
4. Good sleep

Do that along with PERMA and you will be as joyful, well-adjusted and resilient as can be!

Source: Seligman’s PERMA+ Model Explained: A Theory of Wellbeing

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Yesterday I talked about some tips to well-being outlined in the field of positive psychology. Today I am covering the last three letters in the 5 conditions that lead to well-being known as PERMA. 

Yesterday I talked about Positive emotions and Engagement.

Today I will cover the other three: the RMA in Perma. 

What are they? Listen to today’s short to find out!

Source: Seligman’s PERMA+ Model Explained: A Theory of Wellbeing

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This week I’m talking about the secrets to a feeling of well-being. The good news about this is you can achieve it and it’s all based on psychological research. 

The field of positive psychology is not only dedicated to helping those with mental health conditions but to anyone suffering from the human condition. So all of us can benefit from the 5 factors that create well-being. 

Today I’m focusing on the first two which are positive emotions and engagement or “flow.” 

Listen to today’s short to hear how you can put these into practice and begin a path to feeling content and fulfilled in your life. 

Source: Seligman’s PERMA+ Model Explained: A Theory of Wellbeing

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Being stuck inside due to winter weather is a great time to take those extra hours and get yourself ready for new career opportunities. 

Here are four tips for you to use to prepare for those future opportunities: 

1. Look back at missed opportunities and see where you went wrong and what you should have done instead. 
2. Keep your eyes peeled and your mind open
3. Learn and study 
4. Build your resume and portfolio now

Do these four things and be ready to pounce on the promotion or that dream job opportunity.

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Today I give three tips to use the downtime in the winter to get ready mentally and physically for positive changes in your life. 

When you are stuck inside because of the cold and the snow there is a lot of mental preparation you can do to get ready for your life. Visualize opportunities, meditate or read inspirational books and readings. 

Take the time to put together an exercise routine and build better eating habits. Nothing crazy, just little changes in a positive direction. 

Build better habits, get up early, get off the computer an hour before bed, stop wasting time and start maximizing it! 

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Spring training is just getting started and many of us are still hunkered down from a winter of bad weather, so I thought this week would be a great time to talk about how to use down time to prepare ourselves for future opportunities. 

When I look back at my spring training experiences it was a time to see what my deficiencies were and to listen to coaches and be open minded to change. I think winter is a great time for all of us to do the same with our lives. When I have been open to advice and change is when I have made the biggest gains in my career and my life. 

So spend the rest of your winter looking for people and sources that can help make you better, and start learning how to prepare because forward-thinking and preparation is a vital skill from childhood all the way until our last days on earth. 

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This Friday is National Random Acts of Kindness Day and so I wanted to talk about the importance of practicing acts of kindness in our lives. 

And this isn’t something that you should just focus on one day, this should be a way of life for all of us. As I researched ideas for random acts of kindness I found some that irked me. 

Be kind to a server at restaurant

Connect with a good conversation 

Be a good listener

Write a positive comment online

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

These were just a few of the suggestions that bothered me when I read them, because isn’t this just sort of a base level decent human behavior? Have we sunk so low that just not being a jerk is the same as being kind? No, I don’t think we have, so let's set the bar a lot higher and let’s practice some radical acts of kindness.

Past episodes on kindness: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1816434/episodes/10590569

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1816434/episodes/10637763

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1816434/episodes/10113021

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1816434/episodes/10120343

Interview with Madison Keys

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It’s Valentine’s Day and what a great opportunity to remind those in our lives how much we love them. 

I thought today would be a great day to share some recent published findings about the world’s longest study on happiness. Dr. Robert Waldinger, who has been directing the Harvard study of adult development since 2005, has a new book he co-authored with Dr. Marc Schulz called it The Good life. 

The clear message from the study and many other studies is that warm, loving relationships are the key to good health and happiness. We all need people to rely on in life to celebrate the great moments and survive the tough ones. Without other people the difficulties of life breed stress, hopelessness and misery. 

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