Whenever you are working on developing habits into your life, it’s easy to try to do it all on your own. Especially when you have tried to do it before and failed. You feel a sense of shame because of that failure, so you do it alone for two reasons:

You don’t want others to see you fail again

If you succeed, then you’ll be able to show off that you can do it

The problem with trying to establish new habits on your own is that it’s easier to fail.

We’ve all read different self-help or productivity books, and there are many that talk about a narrow section of a particular topic. I mentioned this as I started this season, and I’m interested in exploring what it could look like to take several of these books and start to put the concepts together to get a more broad view of the topic.

I’d like to start exploring how these different books intersect - how they fit together, like a puzzle.

We all operate at lot based on our habits - those things we do with little-to-no thinking.

The problem is that we have many habits that don't support good health.

Formerly a software executive, life and weight-loss coach Elizabeth Sherman joins us on the podcast to share how to build healthy habits into your life.

As we explore many areas relating to self-development and self-care, we focus mostly on building habits, productivity, and health. While many of these are more tactical, there are other things that are more like glue, holding everything together. One of those things is music.

A lot of people listen to and enjoy music, but many people don’t really think about how the music is affecting them. Bill Protzman is here today to talk about music, specifically in relation to self-care and self-development.

2 weeks ago, we looked at what intermittent fasting is and how it can benefit. I also mentioned that it pairs well with the keto diet, which is what we are going to look at today.

As a reminder, I am not a doctor or nutritionist - I’m just a guy trying to figure out how to lose weight safely.

Perhaps you have heard the terms:

”Inner Critics”

“negative self-talk”

“Impostor Syndrome”

For many years, our guest today, Michelle Kuei, allowed negative beliefs to rule her life and keep her down. Her story is one of courage, determination, and vulnerability. But more importantly, it is about having the confidence to face fear in everyday life. Facing our own worst enemy, facing our own judgments and harsh criticism.

You've struggled with your weight and health just like I am. A month ago, I found myself at a high weight of 295 and at risk for a lot of health problems.

One solution to address these is intermittent fasting (doctor recommendation). After 1 month of this new lifestyle, I'm sharing what I've learned so far.

We all face failure in our lives.

Sometimes the failure shows up in small doses on a daily basis. Sometimes the failure is bigger and throws our lives into a tailspin.

Stephen Somers joins us to talk about failure and how to apply it to our own lives.

He looks at success through the lens of the coronavirus and encourage listeners that if they are finding themselves without work, this is the perfect time to examine and look at other outlets to sharpen skills and branch outside of your comfort zone.

When it comes to facing the uncertainty in our world today, there are a lot of people that have given into fear.

At the time of this recording, the whole world has been in upheaval because of the Coronavirus. But even before this, and I’m sure after this is over, there is always something going on somewhere that is causing uncertainty. But we can’t allow ourselves to give into the fear.

So, what are we going to be looking at?

Well, the Success Road podcast is about the journey to reach success – and that means different things to different people.

While I’ll be sharing things that are under the broad topic of self-development, there are a couple areas I really plan to focus on:

Productivity/time-management

Habits

Health

I plan to share these both with interviews with authors or other experts, various forms of case studies, and personal insights and examples.