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How To Start Your Side HustleEvery day I spend time on the phone with excited folks who know they are close to getting what they want. They can't figure out how to get their hands on it.  Let's start with:1) Anything you want in this world is owned or controlled by somebody else.2) If you want their help, you will have to get their attention.It always comes down to three things. In this order:1) What problem are they having? No, it may not relate to you. It doesn't matter. If you can help, you will get their attention.2) What's your solution? How can you fix it? When can you fix it? You'll know when you are close when you see the excitement in their eyes.3) What's your offer? What must they do to get you to help? What do you want?  It's simple.Address another person's problems with a robust solution and an offer they can't refuse. That's a real win-win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Succeed With Your Best TalentsNo matter your goals in life, there is a good chance you are striving to be the best at something.Whether it’s the best Mom or Dad, excelling in your career, or winning at the game or sport of your choice. Being the best always comes down to:1) Do what you love and are good at naturally. You’ll have the edge over others. Stay in your wheelhouse.2) Commit your focus toward mastery. Being a Jack-of-all-trades won’t work. Specialists always win over generalists.3) Spend more time doing than learning. There’s a big difference between knowledge and wisdom. Experience is what matters. 4) Hire a Coach. When you’re at the top of your game, working with your Coach will take you from second place to first.5) Keep going until you get what you want. Never stop and never make excuses. It was your idea to pursue your path. Enjoy the privilege of being able to make that choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Stop Burnout NowSteven Covey called it sharpening the saw. If you take a break to sharpen the blade, you will always cut more wood. The same applies to life.My formula for stopping burnout is Ritual, Rest, Rejuvenate, Reactivate, Repeat1) Success comes when you perform ritual actions every day. Figure out what works and do it.2) Running full-out all the time is not sustainable. You must stop and rest.3) Resting allows your body and mind to rejuvenate and become strong again.4) When you are ready, it's time to reactive into action mode.5) Repeat until you get what you want.It's easier to cut more wood when you take a break to sharpen your saw. A walk in the park on a busy day counts too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Live Your GreatnessWith the craziness of life, are you having difficulty breaking through to the greatness that is YOU?What does greatness take?1) Imagination. Your ability to form images, ideas, and sensations in your mind. Without help from anything or anybody. Use yours. Trust yours.  2) Enthusiasm. Living life with the excitement of feeling is PASSION. Only involve yourself in activities that you are enthusiastic.3) Persistence. Life is long. Things take time. Learn to love being doggedly persistent. It will serve you well.4) Faith. Have faith in yourself. Live your life in complete trust and confidence in someone or something.Imagination. Enthusiasm. Persistence. Faith. That's living. Imagine how good it could be with a bit of Gratitude? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living Your Purpose Every DayThere's an incredible idea floating within your mind. It will soon demand your attention.  "Is this all there is? Am I destined for something bigger?"You are.Here's how to discover your path:1) Accept WHO you are on the inside by reviewing your past choices. The good ones are a clue. Do more of them.2) Accept WHAT you do when you are doing you. It's not a thing; it's a feeling.3) Accept WHEN when you want to begin living. Now is a good time.4) Accept WHERE you are in your life. You CAN get there from here, as long as you know where HERE is.Accepting real purpose is usually revealed by your daily actions. If you don't like the direction you are heading, it's time to try a new one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Choosing To Be Positive in The WayWe live in a world that can sometimes feel overwhelmingly negative, making it seemingly impossible to be and feel positive.Please don’t fall for it.Overall, the world has always consisted of billions of people choosing from a 50/50 split of negative and positive options. Since everything in the Universe is balanced, it makes sense that half of our choices are negative and the ofter half positive.It’s also why everybody can choose — but there’s a secret.People who are not growing and thriving will almost always take the easy way out and let negativity fill the gap. That’s why gossip and negative people are everywhere. Most people want to take the easy way.On the other hand, people who decide to grow automatically choose a positive path, are happier, and eventually don’t even recognize negativity.The trick to being a positive person in a negative world is choosing your path in life and taking action toward it. As soon as you do, the negative doesn’t matter, and life gets good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Balancing Every Minute of Your DayIf you’ve ever felt like your life is a balancing act of activities that fill your day — to get everything done so you can be happy, here’s another way to think about it.When I began my career, I was in radio. Initially, I thought my job was to step into the studio and play whatever music I thought would make me and my audience happy. But before my shift began, my Boss introduced me to the ‘Format Clock.’A Format Clock was a clock face drawn on a piece of paper divided up like pieces of a pie into sections. Starting at the top of the hour and spinning a complete circle, each segment told me what to do. My Boss explained it like this.There are some songs that people love, and we play a lot. We want to introduce new songs to our audience, and there are old songs that people want to hear again. Your job is to rotate through each category so our listeners are always happy.Later in life, I realized that our day-to-day activities are very similar.There are some things we love to do more than others.There are new things that arrive in our life that excite us.There are traditions, rituals, and memories of the past that make us feel happy.Your goal for any particular day is to rotate through the things that you happy and productive, moving closer to your destination, and allowing you to live with a content state of mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Focusing on Your Twenty PercentIf you’re like many folks, you have so much on your plate that it’s challenging to keep up— forget about moving closer to your goal. There’s good news; you are not alone.Everyone lives according to the 80/20 rule that almost everybody has heard about. The Pareto Principle means that 80% of outcomes result from 20% of all causes for any event.However, to get what you want in life, there is a slight twist to the equation that says,80% of the things you focus on in life have nothing to do with what you ultimately want. They are simply the busyness of life.20% of the things your focus on in your life have everything to do with getting what you want and will yield the most significant return for your efforts.When you eliminate, delegate, or ignore the 80% and hyper-focus on the 20%, the math changes, and suddenly you are living your best life 100% of the time.Focusing on your best 20% changes everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Define. Refine. ExecuteIt is part of our human experience to constantly feel lost as we ramble through our day - feeling more like we are, bumbling and stumbling than moving toward our purpose in life. Living a meaningful life is about knowing where you are heading while dodging the millions of others who are drifting. If you're not careful, you'll get caught up in their aimless journey. The first and every thought in your mind should always be defined and definite—the overall life purpose and the minor purposes that lead to your overall goal. Getting what you want in life also requires constant refinement of the goal you seek. The best tool to use for this task is the wisdom that you have acquired through years of experience. Your wisdom will allow you to cautiously and effectively move closer to your defined goal.The final step also differentiates between those who don't find their way and those who do—execution of your plan in the direction of your destination. Your consistent execution of the action is the way to your success.As you walk through your day today, define, refine, and consistently execute to get what you want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forget Improvement. Go For a New Opportunity.Have you ever wondered how much easier things would be if you didn’t have to think so much?What if the future or your past didn’t matter?Imagine if you didn’t worry about the possessions, success, or drama of others.What would happen if you believed that YOU were in control?  Now you are starting to think like a Stoic Philosopher.Stoicism is about paring down and simplifying. They eliminate unproductive traits that define the majority of the population. One of the most common is turning obstacles upside down, creating opportunities, and seeing them as teachable moments.For a Stoic, every bad thing becomes a new source of good.  Marcus Aurelius said it this way, “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in your way becomes the way.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices