Daily Boost - Clarity for Life and Work

I have an admission. I'm a bit lazy. Yes, I also like to work harder than most people. Still, I'm lazy when doing things I don't want to be doing.It's been said that when you do what you love, you will never work another day. Frankly, I've found it to be quite the opposite. I love what I do, but it is challenging and takes time and effort. Still, I'm lazy. I want everything to be easy, and I want it now. I don't think I'm different than anybody else. I'm lazy. Yes, I'm driven. I'm also lazy.I think I made my point. And if you know me well, you may think he's not THAT lazy. Oh yes, I am…While it may take a long time to master the skill required to make things easy for myself, I'm only willing to go through the hard work if it allows me to be lazy - someday.And do you know what the coolest thing is about being lazy?Not only does your initial hard work allows you to be lazy, it makes what you do look easy to others. Too bad for them. I guess they were sleeping or binging Netflix when you were working so hard to make it look easy and be lazy.Here's today's life lesson.It's good to be lazy as long as you are willing to do the work required to allow yourself to be lazy - someday.Get the Daily Boost Commercial-Free at https://dailyboostpremium.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was a baby DJ in broadcast school, I spent a lot of time learning the rules of journalism. While that subject fills books, almost everything we needed to know was -Who? What? When? Where? Why?If you know that information, you can tell a complete story.Years later, I re-arranged the formula for personal growth. Every time I set goals and consider a different direction, I ask -What? Why? When? Where? Who? Occasionally I need to ask HOW I will accomplish my goal - but that usually takes care of itself.Get the Daily Boost Commercial-Free at https://dailyboostpremium.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Success Principles You NeedYou may have heard that you will elevate your station in life to the degree that you elevate yourself.Personal Development is how you do that.Here are some easy ideas to move you forward:1) Acknowledge that all emotions come from within you.2) Seek out someone you respect. Use them to stay honest.3) Recognize there is life after failure.4) Read purposefully. Apply your knowledge.5) Challenge yourself to be brutally honest.6) Reflect on what you spend the most time on.7) Remind yourself: you weren’t meant to procrastinate.8) Put the phone away. Be present.9) Remind yourself that time is your most precious resource.Can you imagine how much you can change in your life when you live by those principles?Get the Daily Boost Commercial-Free at https://dailyboostpremium.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop Letting Your Emotions Sabotage Your LifeDo you ever feel emotionally triggered and tossed off track for the entire day?You are an emotional person. When emotions keep you from logically navigating your day, problems begin.How do you control being triggered?1) Identify what triggers a response you want or don’t want to experience.  2) Decide how you want to feel when triggered. Make a plan to respond.3) The next time you are triggered, recognize what is happening and execute your plan.Identify. Decide. Respond. The more you catch what emotionally triggers you, the more control will have over how you feel. That is true power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Motivational Laws You Shouldn’t BreakSpecific actions, thoughts, and feelings have revealed themselves to be the truth. If you want to better yourself, here are my Top 10:10) Purpose And Passion Come From Clarity of Thought.9) Purpose And Passion Begin With Acceptance.8) Faith and Courage Power Transformation.7) The Secret Lies Within You.6) Some Doors Must Close Before Others Open.5) Strong Values Create Strong Passions.4) Goals Are The Heartbeat of Your Life.3) Emotions + Logic = Change.2) Momentum Is The Result of Planning.1) Everything Happens When Something Happens.The path to all success is well-worn. Follow the path that others have blazed. Your dreams are waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Bad Do You Want to Live Your Dreams?Do you ever feel stuck?Is there something you want but don’t know HOW to get it?Worse - everybody is giving you the same advice?  What’s your WHY?”Getting what you want is simpler than that.You will always get what you want when you want it bad enough.Do you want to be happier? How bad do you want it?Do you want more money? How bad do you want it?Do you want better relationships? How bad do you want it?Nothing can stop you when you want it bad enough. You will always find the way.Don’t believe me?I guess you don’t want it bad enough - yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live Longer Being an Optimistic RealistAre you an "Optimist" or a "Realist" who is optimistic?It makes a difference.  Studies have shown that Optimists don't live as long and Optimistic Realists.Why?Being blindly optimistic today can lead to massive disappointment and stress. There is too much noise in the world trying to bring you down.When you choose to be an optimistic Realist, you look at the world with a much clearer lens. Occasionally you will be surprised by an outcome. You will rarely be disappointed.  I think it's better to be surprised occasionally than constantly worried. How about you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creating Your Perfect Day - Every Day.What if every day was perfect for the rest of your life?Your subconscious mind is a beautiful thing. You can use its power to design your life exactly how you imagine. Here’s how:1) Write down an event-by-event vision of your perfect day. Yes, it’s a fantasy - for now.2) There are no rules. No limitations. No consequences. Be honest about what you want. Don’t be shy.3) Believe it can be yours! You deserve it.If you follow these steps, your subconscious mind seeks to make your dreams come true. All it needs is a partner willing to take action. Do that, and you’ll create an extraordinary life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are You Missing Your Future?Have you noticed how everybody is running so fast these days?Are they living in the moment? Are they dwelling on the past? Are they dreaming of the future - and waiting for it to arrive?Any human would experience a combination of all three every day. That's normal as long as it doesn't get in the way of living.A decade and a half ago, my first wife passed away from Cancer. She was 46 and too young to die. I was too young to be a widower. My children are too young to lose their Mom.  While challenging, our family had an unconventional outlook on life - and death. Our goal was to make it the best death ever. Sadly, we achieved that goal. It was the strangest accomplishment any of us had ever experienced.After she passed, my daughter, Carlyn, wrote a poem that resonates to this day -Soon we'll all find our way.Soon we'll know what.Makes us who we are.Soon we'll wake up.Today, we can appreciate.Soon we'll know that.Tomorrow we'll be better.Soon we'll trust that everything's okay.That the past is gone.Can't hold us back.Soon we'll smile about today.Soon will come too soon.Don't let it slip away.Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future. Don't let it slip away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billionaire Habits You Can StealWhatever you get in life is a result of your daily habits. What is a habit?According to the dictionary, it is a settled or regular tendency or practice. It is also, especially, one that is hard to give up.Good habits or bad - they are hard to give up. If that's the case, you may as well choose good habits.In a survey of 233 self-made millionaires, here's what they did that lower-income earners didn't -Get up early, read a LOT, and spend 15 - 30 minutes each day on focused thinking.Good habits, done daily, create success.Make exercise a priority, spend time with people that inspire them, and pursue their own goals.Settled habits create settled success.Get enough sleep, have multiple incomes, and avoid time-wasters.If you're not getting the desired results, there is a high likelihood that you're not giving up your current habits.Until you establish new habits, little will change. When you do, everything will change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices