Zen Commuter

We keep negative people in our lives even though it is in our best interest to confront them or eliminate them from our lives altogether.  We do the same thing with places.  we go to places that sap our energy and make us stressed.  While we think the reasons are good, it turns out that it is simply easier.  Yup, we hate to be inconvenienced so instead we just settle, and do what we always do, stay comfortable and let life happen to us.

Today I talk about those reasons more in depth; the reasons that you go to places that are not beneficial.

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• How opting for convenience will lead to stress
• 3 reasons you soak up negativity
• A plan for choosing better places to frequent

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This week I am working with the premise I outlined last week; that to be happy you need to surround yourself with positivity.  The focus last week was on people. This week I am taking the same premise, yet instead of people I am going to be talking about places.

Each of us walk into places without any concern about how our environment. The places we frequent have the ability to shorten your lifespan.  It may sound far-fetched, but in this episode I will talk about how the negative energy in those places takes years off your life.

More to the point, I will help you identify those places so that you can stay clear of them and safeguard your heath.

I finish this week by explaining how to go about saving a negative relationship.

Every one of us, at one time or another, made a friend who turned out to be negative.  They may have started out positive, but somewhere along the line they turned sour; always complaining, never smiling, and most of all, bringing you down.

So what did you?  You let them know how you felt, right?  You told them their new behavior was not helping you be hopeful or optimistic, right? You didn't?  Why not?  You know that if you continue to hang around negative people it's going to bring you down, right? It will, and fast.

If you aren't sure why you are holding on to negative people I have 7 reasons you may want to hear.  Chances are very good that I list the reason.

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• Why you shouldn't worry about hurting someone's feelings who doesn't respect you
• Why people choose to hang on to negative people instead of being alone
• The negative qualities of the people in your life

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Everyone wants to be happy, right?  So how come some people aren't?  I thought about this the other day and I came up with a pretty clear reason why; people don't assess where they are happy and where they are not.

Take people, for instance.  If you want to have a positive, uplifting and happy life you need to be surrounded by like minded people.  However, many people let negative people stay in their lives because they never assessed if they added to their lives or not.

Many people make excuses for having negative people in their lives. They feel they can't just quit a job with a boss that doesn't respect them (YOU CAN AND YOU SHOULD).  Or they feel that a parent that is abusive or unkind needs to stay in their lives (again, no, they don't)

This week I am putting the focus on helping you evaluate all the people in your life that you spend the most time with.  Today, I am going to talk about evaluating the people in your life and then once you have that list, the people that add to your life and the people that don't, then I will talk about how to change or relationship or end it.

On Friday I will talk about adding more positive people to your life.

• How to evaluate the people in your life
• The positive qualities of people that add to your life
• The negative qualities of the people in your life

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It's not one of the most popular new year resolutions, but I bet it's on your mind.  I'm talking about increase your level of focus and attention.  It's not an easy thing to do either.  technology has given us myriad ways to pee away time when we lose the focus of what we are working on. 

Ultimately though the responsibility is yours to stay on task. However, that is not as easily done as you may think.

In fact, the reasons you lose your focus may not even be aware to you.  Thankfully, I am go to demystify it for you.  On today's show I am going to talk about 4 reasons you become distracted, along with 4 questions to help you understand which applies to you.

On ZEN commuter though, I don't leave you in the lurch.  I help you get out of the unserving space you are in, and this is no exception.

I am going to talk to you about ways you can stay focused.  I am going to talk about a variety of techniques, apps and methods all designed to help you stay on task.

If you have ever experienced a bout of distraction (or continually do), then this episode, Episode 692 is for you.

• How a fear of failure feeds distraction
• How not getting enough sleep leeds to lack of attention
• The Link between nutrition and inattentiveness
• When a lack of self worth is the cause of your distraction
• What corporate FOMO is and how it leads to distraction
• Apps that help you stay focused

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TRAVELERS!

And travel is a very appropriate word today, because to start off the year right I am sharing my interview with musician Murray Hidary.  He is the creator of Mind Travel, a musical experience unlike any other.  Murray combines his talents as a concert pianist and photographer to take listeners on a journey that leaves the richer for the experience. However, he is much more that an a musician.  He is an entrepreneur, artist, speaker and Zen scholar.

I am please to have him join me on ZEN commuter as we discuss Burning Man, the nature of his music and how he uses it to bring peace to his life and thousands of others.

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The holiday craziness is hopefully slowing down for you.  Regardless of the time of the year, it is important to learn how to slow down at any time, at a moments notice.  Our culture, our technology and societal beliefs all push people to move, and to move fast.  However, anyone wishing to live a purposeful life does not yield to the beliefs of the masses unless those beliefs serve them.  In this case, they do not. 

While the world is telling you to speed up, I am offering that it may be more serving for you to slow down.  I belief so fully in the ability to slow down that today I am going to discuss ten methods for slowing down and becoming calm.

• Why to walk looking at your feet when you are alone
• How to use your smartphone to schedule time for deep breathing each day
• Why you don't want to get a massage and why you should

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ZEN commuter has a few common goals.  Help you become more purposeful, kinder and happier to name a few.  However, there is one goal that is ultimately the most important one, and that is teaching you how to love and appreciate who you are.

If you don't start there then the rest is for nothing.  If you can't agree that you are remarkable, deserving of happiness and joy, then you will sabotage your efforts to make it happen.  Consciously you may want to be happy, but if your subconscious isn't on board then it's easy to see who will win.

Today I want to give you 6 ways to increase your level of self love.

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The world is your oyster once you learn how to think positively.  Today I talk about how.