The Ten Minute Life Coach

It just takes one little slip to lose your momentum and all incentives from the hard work you had previously put in. But temptations will come, so you must have a greater understating of your true motivations to help you deflect those moments of weakness.

I once had a boss who tried to reassure me that my inability to clean my office (and create order) wasn’t a sign of failure, because I thrived when working in chaotic situations. This is me stating for the record that while I can work through just about any stressful situations, I still believe I can always operate at a higher if I am actually working from a base state of calm.

The ability to spread misery is more powerful than any virus that man could imagine. But you can do your part to keep the spread of misery down when you do find yourself in that state.

Being alive on a planet with over 8 billion other humans means abiding by rules to keep everyone civil and safe. But every rule on the books, despite its ability to keep us all civil and safe, may not be as necessary now as it seemed to be when originally passed.

There are two simple tenants to personal improvement. It is improvement for yourself that can affect the world around you (not the other way around), and there must be some sort of measurement of improvement to gauge if the efforts are working. And they are efforts that involve work.

In times of trouble, it’s good to know who will really be there to help you out. Do you know who will really be there to help you out in times of trouble?

Any goal worth achieving will take effort--i.e.--work to accomplish. But when that work turns to obligation or tedious activities, you have to ask yourself what about your work is making it so much like ‘work?’

This is the 100th episode of the Ten Minute Life Lesson podcast. And while I am normally big on celebrating milestones, this episode will focus on a simple premise: using a checklist to stay productive (and sane).If you need a form to use for your own checklists, you can try my Daily Dozens Planner here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hep00ddyc94of7z/daily_dozens_combined_sheets.pdf?dl=0

You have a story that someone needs to hear.

What people are into is a window into what they are going through.

Why are you getting this opportunity now? Why do you receive any of your opportunities? The answers to these questions can help you see a pattern that will allow you to prepared for better-timed opportunities.

There is a lot going on right now, and it's easy to let any one thing get you down. But you are in complete control of how you handle everything. Do not allow anyone to steal your joy.

That journey of a thousand miles cannot begin without taking that first step. But it will help you reach that long destination if you consult a map first.

Ask yourself two questions when you find yourself called into service: why you and why now?

After dealing with my own stresses and struggles with pandemic life, I am back producing this podcast. Hear how a little arrogance caused a lot of trouble and the disruption of an attempt to do a nobile act.

In order to truly find ‘success,’ you have to define what success means to you and what parameters must be met to achieve it. You can not rely on the blueprints other are pushing upon you as their idea of success.

Mob rule is not such a bad thing for the person leading the movement the mob currently wants to support. But mob support doesn’t last long, and anyone the mob is against will receive the full wrath, regardless of former affiliation.

Too many people read lists of tips, tricks, and 'hacks' and feel good about themselves for a moment. But they don't put anything from those lists into practice, and they actually remain unchanged. The only way you will grow is to put a few of those new or affirmed list items into practice, and learn from the successes or failures of each action.

In troubled times, knowing how to reduce living expenses is key to making your way through the issue and manage your stress levels along the way. Even you’re not facing a crisis, but just want to build up a nest egg for yourself, these five tips will help you focus your efforts.

I have problems accepting feedback of all kinds. As a way to improve taking in and processing the feedback I take in, I worked on improving the process I use to give feedback. Here is how I do it.