THE TALKING TREE Podcast

Your birthday is worth celebrating because you are worth celebrating! The lesson of the day is to love yourself! It is hard to love others fully if you don’t love yourself first. What is one action step you can take today to love yourself more?

Maki a straight line out of people....who is responsible for it being a straight line? The leader is responsible. Also, each Individual person in the line is responsible...when it comes down to responsibility, it always starts with you. YOU are responsible for your life and everything in it...straight lines, relationships, jobs, your spirituality, everything! Where are you expecting someone else “to make your line straight for you” and not taking responsibility to raise your standards and lead yourself?

It’s easy to take the easy way out....but how does that effect the long term quality? Instead of always looking for the easy way, ask what is the quality way?

When we set a standard, we must revisit it and make sure we are keeping the standard. Check, recalibrate & move forward. This lesson applies to my family as we work to create a family unit that is connected, on point, fun & full of love and heart!

You can’t skip levels. You must learn the skills to level up. Where in your world are you trying to skip a level when you need level up your skills instead? What is the first smallest action you can take to make that happen?

Everything in your world is either inspiring you or boring you. If it is boring you...then you are dying! This life is meant to be lived!! Look around all aspects of your world & ask if it is inspiring you or not- if you are not inspired...what is the first action step you can take to create more inspiration in that area? Inspiration creates power - momentum - action - RESULTS!

Creating new habits that empower you can be hard, especially if you don’t like doing them. That is why people fail. Jujitsu is about using the opponent’s force against them and for you. Jujitsu your habits is all about setting up habits that you like to do and that empower you...then you don’t have to do it, you get to do it. Action: pick one habit that you don’t enjoy doing and replace it with one that empowers you...

The day to focus on winning is today- not tomorrow- today. When you feel off and out of sync, get back to the basics of today and WIN THE DAY. You are not starting from scratch but from all the victories of the past... win the day and get momentum, inspiration and hope driving forward into today. Where do you need to “win the day” & what is the smallest action step you can take today to get after it?

My daughter lily shot an amazing commercial for school that showcased her creativity and personality....so much more powerful than reading a boring book report off of index cards. Lesson: show up in a way that gives you power, if you don’t feel inspired by how you are showing up- change it!

When other people and circumstances rain on your parade...there is only one person you can control- YOU. Integrity- showing up with a spirit of effort and excellence. You always have the choice to show up in integrity no matter the circumstances. Where do you need to show up with more integrity and how can you do that?