Thursday, May 16, 2024

Success Tips

 


Zig Zigglar said, "don't be a wandering generality, be a meaningful specific."




Yesterday I met a young entrepeurner who is not only changing his own life but is changing the lives of those around him.


He is on track to being debt free and his wife will no longer have to work and they both will be able to stay at home debt free and start a family. He said to me, "you've never heard of a house husband and a house wife together." It made me laugh. He will continue to work part time.


The most amazing thing to me is that he changed his life from playing video games almost forty hours a week. He and his wife met a mastermind group who has helped them financially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.


He wanted to share some tips to help me as well. He is listening to books such as Everybody Connects by John Maxwell, The Compound Effect, and The Magic of Thinking Big. 


Here is what Jonathan has learned.


1) Make the decision that you want to be successful. 

2) Find Someone Successful.

3) Consistently get around them and study them.

4) Do exactly what they teach you.


I added, do passions with purpose. Which would be part of part 1. I would also add that one needs to constantly suppress the stress response and to lesson your stress as much as possible. The stress hormones need to let up.


Ways to let up and get over the stress would be to journal and to exercise. I would also add watching funny movies to reduce stress.


Some helpful movies to watch:

The Secret

Heal

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Trust your Gut, by Gina Meyers

 


I recently watched a Netflix's documentary on the Gut. Coincidentally enough, my aunt sent me an article on the gut. All in the same week, wow! So I started watching Netflix's Gut Special. I don't have a lot to say about it other than so much of our lives revolves around how we feel about our middle. As I was subbing the other day, I overheard a child say that I was skinny. This made me happy to overhear her say this. It was just an observation on her part and we were preparing for a math timed test so it wasn't like her comment to her friend interfered with her daily work schedule. But it made me smile inside, knowing that I will be 53 in exactly one month and staying fit is so important.


It's a funny thing to talk about the gut and our middle because it is as if sheer willpower or something has anything to do with anything. Our bodies change as we age/mature. The thing about the gut is how we use the word in everyday language without knowing. The article my aunt sent talked about foods to eat and other ways to bring more oxygen and healing to the brain via the gut health including probiotics. But what fascinates me in the lexicon surrounding the gut. 


TRUST YOUR GUT

GUT INSTINCTS

IT TAKES GUTS

THAT WAS A GUTSY MOVE


The word itself has such a profound affect on one's psyche. 


So they next time you think about your middle or your gut, remember only the truly brave are willing to talk about their gut!