Be Intentional; Intentionally you with David Browne

What are you telling yourself? What are you allowing others to convince you of? Our mindset and happiness is so dependent upon us protecting what we allow into our ears. In this podcast I speak to this and also announce the future of this podcast. It has been a while as I took the summer off. As we near the winter months, I will be looking to get back to this once a week. This time, I will be looking to do it through YouTube as I have had many tell me how much they like it and yet don't chime in. With the absence of video, I have learned most tune out and would tune in of given the visual. For this reason, I look forward to connecting in via YouTube once I get up on that. Until then, cheers and be intentional; intentionally you!

Special Addition: Everyone has different life situations. Different life situations tend to lead to each individual adopting their own limiting beliefs. Reject your oppressive limiting beliefs and find your leverage. I assure you, if you transition away from your limiting beliefs and over to your leverage, you will hit goals and find your increase. If you haven't listened to it yet, or even if you have - it would be a great one to go back on and listen to, but check out one of my favorite episodes, "The I Factor" as it is a good one to couple with this one. When doing these podcasts, one of my objectives is to be thought provoking and it is my hope that others can be inspired to be the same. Being thought provoking is a great way to challenge ouselves and lets face it, when we go unchecked or un challenged, we can find ourselves stagnant or even in a decline. I share some personal life information that normally I wouldn't, but felt it was a good way to help highlight things in this podcast. Hope you enjoy and find value in this.

Can we lift one person up without tearing down another? Gas is the fuel for your car, gas people up! Embrace the Barnabas Approach and be the great encourager to those around you. Stay classy when lifting others up to avoid the sense of need to tear another down. This podcast is a quick conversation to share thoughts around the importance of lifting others up!

Time is the most valuable commodity. Once spent, we will never get it back. Time is also perhaps the most disrespected aspect in life. We fail to respect our time. We fail to respect the time of others. We also fail to even acknowledge this as we find ourselves "busy". Most peoples focus with time is being "busy" and very often, busy is the worst thing you can do. You lose opportunity in one area as you remain busy in another area that is sucking the life out of you. This podcast is not to tell anyone what to, or how to do something. This podcast seeks to be thought provoking and help us, through many open ended questions, to challenge ourselves. Todays open ended questions is, "Where is your focus"... Be intentional with your focus and become intentionally you!

"What you focus on expands". How are you tracking your progress? How often are you tracking it? To be intentional, intentionally you, it is important to know where you are and where you are headed. Tracking also allows us to make needed adjustments. In this podcast I discuss, with open ended questions, how important it is to track what you do.

"It is impossible for someone else to piss you off. It is your belief on how they should act, speak, believe, etc that upsets you. So, next time you get upset, check your own beliefs".... People get upset over just about everything, regardless of how small. In the end, you are in control and I encourage you to take control. By empowering yourself, you allow yourself to put out to others what you want back. If you are routinely getting back what you don't want, take a step back and look at how you are treating and talking to others. We are an emotional being. Most people think through their emotions. Most people react through their emotions. Most people make decisions based on emotions. Those around you know this and therefore they tap into your emotions. Take control and tap into your own. Emotions are a feeling and again, you are in control of your feelings. Be intentional, intentionally you!

In statistics 101 you learn that statistics is the easiest thing to manipulate. Because most people don't understand how to interpret and digest statistics, I often see and hear people throwing out statistics that, while are 100 percent true, are also 100 percent not relevant to the subject matter that they use them for. Most people seek information that supports what they want to believe and will tell them that they are "right", even if that specific information is the wrong info to be going off of. Supportive info over truth is what, perhaps most seek as they allow their bias to lead them over objective, thought provoking, and inquisitive mindset. Part of being intentional, intentionally you, is to challenge yourself and your mindset. Challenging yourself more than you do others in efforts to make sure that you are genuinely coming from a place of understanding and even more importantly, WANTING to come from a place of understanding is prudent. My email is BeIntentionalPodcast@gmail.com. I am going to be starting to do a weekly (every Monday morning) podcast instead of once a day. I would rather have fewer podcasts with more substance than more podcasts with less substance. Looking forward to Monday and in the meantime, be intentional, intentionally you!

Do you have grit? Grit is derived from passion and is what will ensure for your success in what ever it is you seek. To be intentional, intentionally you it is important to follow your passion and by following your passion, you will naturally embrace grit... You can do it so dig deep, follow your passion, and realize that nothing worth while is overnight. The longer you possess grit the "luckier" you will be....

Thought provoking session that speaks towards our road to achieving our goals, and our perceptions/ judgements of those that have already reached their dreams. Be sure to be intentional, intentionally you, and don't be afraid of personal success. As silly as that sounds, many do fear success as everything around them changes and in general, we as a people are complacent where we are, even if we don't like where we are.

I initially said "Taking the Blame". Responsibility is a better word. Are you taking real responsibility or are you embracing the blame society that points fingers at everyone and everything other than you? Taking responsibility allows you to maintain control, gain trust, and maintain respect. I spoke last week about "The I factor". This podcast speaks to a the interior factor over exterior factor as well. To be intentional, we must embrace the interior factor. Be intentional, intentionally you!

Never in the history of this country has the average persons balance sheet looked so good. W are really poised to boom this year as we open up more and more. That said, we can always be better. While I am not a financial planner or advisor of personal finance and certainly advise speaking with yours on what plan may work best for you, in this podcast I share with you a outlook on how I have seen it for me in the past. This has not only worked for me, it is really designed to be thought provoking. Part of being intentional, intentionally you is to have your finances in order.

Part of being intentional is to protect and respect your time. Are you? In this podcast I briefly discuss the importance of allowing our fingers to walk...away...from key board warriors. It is so easy in this day and age to get caught up. People love to suck others in. People love to pigeon hole others in efforts to spark up and keep arguments...Oops, I mean "debates" going. Start asking yourself, is there a real purpose? Outside of wasting your time and feeding into all the hate, is there a purpose? I urge you to allow your fingers to walk...away...from meaningless arguments. Your time is more valuable than that.

Do you believe everything that those you agree with say? Do you not believe everything those you disagree with say? Are you looking at surface only or challenging what is said? Perception is such a huge element to life and challenging our own perceptions are so crucial. To be intentional, intentionally you, we need to be willing to challenge even ourselves or we can be easily duped by the picture being painted for us. In the painted picture, I challenge you to look beyond the surface.

Because we tend to listen to respond versus listen to understand, we often pigeon hole others. People will elude to something specific, and therefore be specific to a subject, and we automatically classify their entirety based on that specific statement, stance, etc.... We must do a better job coming from a place of understanding over quickly classifying others by pigeonholing them. Failing to understand by responding too quickly serves no real purpose other than to build barriers between us and others.

I for interior! There are interior and exterior factors. Are you focused on your interior factors, or, are you allowing all the exterior factors dictate your life and direction. As long as you are committed to the idea that people and things around you (exterior) need to change, etc, you have no control as you are dependent upon others. Now, if you focus on adjusting and adapting to your surroundings and focus on the controllable interior factors, not only will you see more progress, you will be mush happier in life. Be intentional, intentionally you with focus on the interior factor!

Systems, Surroundings, focus, and energy are some of the pieces to our interior and exterior infrastructure. What you focus on expands so what is it that you are focusing on? When times are good we tend to pound our chests and pat ourselves on the back due to all the hard work we did to get us to it. At same time, we fail to give systems credit. Of course, the moment things change with our economy, industry, etc, we blame the system and don't give any blame to ourselves. Our systems/ habits are perhaps the most important aspect that leads to success. Without solid ones, we are only floating on luck with hopes its not the titanic we are floating on.

We only see what we allow ourselves to see. We only hear what we allow ours ears to hear. We believe only what we allow our minds to believe. Being objective and challenging even even the most fierce beliefs we hold benefits us more than we realize. Of course, unless we are perfect. I for one am not. Are you? Objectively speaking anyways!

"A body in motion stays in motion, a body at rest, stays at rest". We have been "at rest" for over a year now due to the COVID pandemic. We are on the back end of that and moving forward. Now that we are back in motion, and gaining speed, I encourage you to build up and maintain the momentum! Momentum is a part of life that can often be difficult to build up. Once it is going, it is crucial we keep it going. As we come out of this COVID pandemic, there has never been such a crucial time to be intentional with your activities. Be intentional, intentionally you!

Is your mind too busy? Have too many people in and around you? Have you lost track of those closest to you?

Are you or have you been trying to get ahold of contractors? Frustrated? In this podcast I speak on a topic that even I had not put into perspective until today. Patience and the words we choose have perhaps never been so crucial. Hope you enjoy, find value, and lead your day to be intenional, intentionally you!

Don't discount yourself. Momentum is a huge benefit and it will not last for ever. So, ride the momentum and never discount yourself. Trim the excess, take action, track, and embrace progress and your value!

While I seek to be positive, optimistic, encouraging, etc., life is not always roses. Part of being intentional is acknowledging that and understanding that often, its about how we respond. Part of being intentional also means that not everything is within our control, although we can be more focused on the thing within our control- our response. I speak to what I call the COVID effect. "A body in motion stays in motion, and a body at rest stays at rest". There is a lot of "unseen" right now and because we have gone through a pandemic over the past year, I believe that many people don't even see the effect within themselves. Grace is needed more now than ever. I encourage you to simply be aware!

Are you leading, or simply managing? Open communication, empowerment, and trust are 3 key elements to leading to better. I encourage you to find ways to step back and allow others to do more in your absence.

Where some hear complaining, others see opportunity. I challenge you to listen to what people are complaining about. There is opportunity with it! Seek understanding through listening, and seek opportunity through understanding.

Are you coming from a true place of understanding? Are your beliefs or your bias to things and people leading you to pigeon hole others and heir "face value"? Part of being intentional, is to come from a place of understanding. A place of open ended questions that you present because you genuinely want to know and hear the answer over what you want to hear? Allowing a face value mindset to direct us, opens us up to being duped. Our thoughts and ideas are already known by people, even if they don't know which ones we specifically possess and they decorate their face value, in a lovely presentation, and put it on display for all those seeking to be duped to see.

Are you comparing others outsides to your insides? Do you feel defeated at times as you embrace the urge to "keep up with then Jones's" mindset? Stay focused on your goals and seek to be the best you. Be intentional with your days and in part, that means to not worry about others doing so well as that leads us to not see the opportunities before us.

As we seek to be intentional, we need to be intentional from the moment we wake up. When are you waking up? Are you waking up earlier than you would like? Later than you like? Are you waking up, when you do, simply because it is "the" time you have been conditioned to believe is the right time? OR, are you intentional and waking up when the beginning of your day is ripe?

What are you attached to? What attachments do you have that have you in bondage? Last week I spoke on "The barking dog". Attachment to things, is a barking dog; a distraction! I challenge you to engage in belief. Belief in yourself, over bondage to other things and people.

Mindset is so crucial. What is your mindset? Have you convinced yourself that everyone around you needs to change in order for you to have a chance? Have you allowed others to dupe you into this dream killing mindset? Reject it as of now and be the Victor!

What kind of energy do you give out? Are you a "debbie downer" or are you the singing hummingbird? The humming bird symbolizes hope and optimism. Part of being intentional; intentionally you is being purposeful on how you react and interpret things. I challenge you to be as I call it, the singing hummingbird. It has been a long year for everyone and there has perhaps never been a time in our lifetime where people need us to spread hope and optimism.

Who are you reaching out to? Is your hand open or closed like a fist? We are in the middle of a mental health crisis, do you have closed fists that are punching back and contributing to this crisis. or are you reaching out with open hands and seeking to lift others up with the understanding that others are simply going through tough emotional times?

Our words matter! Are the words you choose to use help build you up or are they creating obstacles? If there is a word in the dictionary that you should eliminate, it is the word "but". Don't believe me Analyze when you use the word but. How big is yours? Eliminate it and open the gates of opportunity!

"A body at rest stays at rest, a body in motion stays in motion". What is your internal alarm clock having you do? Do you have urgency in your day? Being mindful of the snoozing alarm clock within is a large part of your success with being intentional, intentionally you on a day to day basis.

Is there something you cry about a lot? Do you find yourself to be the little boy in the room? We have all likely heard that story growing up. The little boy who cried wolf syndrome takes away much of our validity as it becomes just noise and then we get mad when people don't believe us. We call out others for not believing in the big picture when often they do, we have just pushed them away from wanting to even listen anymore.

While a lion roars, an eagle soars! We each have our own qualities. Our individual strengths is what allows us to stand out and be of value in our own way. I challenge you to be focused on your individual strong points.

Are you allowing your thoughts to hinder your progress? Are you allowing the lion inside of you to roar out of control? Get that lion tamed and under control. There is perhaps nothing else more powerful than our own thoughts/ beliefs that can trouble us. Part of being intentional; intentionally you is to not allow barricades to get in your way. "It is impossible for for others to piss you off. It is your belief on what they should believe, how they should act, etc that pisses you off. Next time you get upset, check your own beliefs". Feel free to email me, David Browne, at beIntentionalpodcast@gmail.com with feedback, questions, suggestions, etc. In the meantime, be intentional; intentionally you!

What are already placed into the days/ pages of your diary of life? What is it you seek to put in the up coming pages? Are you focused on being intentional; intentionally YOU and your diary? OR, are you allowing generational theft to dictate your pages? I challenge you to place into your diary, each day, what you want in there!!

Are you putting others on the defense? Are you putting an unnecessary barrier between you and others? Are you turning all control and requirement of change into the hands of others? We can either embrace the blame society we live in, or we can take personal responsibility and perhaps inspire that change we seek.

There is value in home ownership. Home ownership has perhaps brought more economic wealth to more people than anything else.

Just because your assessment goes up does not mean your tax bill will. Someone yesterday mentioned how years ago their assessment went up quite a bit and their ta bill actually stayed the same. While I urge you to contact your local assessors office, I discuss some thoughts behind all this. Also, feel free to contact me at BeIntentionalPodcast@gmail.com as I have some contact info for someone that specializes in going after the assessment on your behalf. In the meantime, be sure to be intentional, intentionally you!

Wether it is the physical or mental clutter, we need to remove it. How much extra weight are you carrying around with you? Scale back to your passion only. Scale back your your natural. Upon scaling back, run with it in an intentional way!

Are you listening to understand or to react? Creating an environment where people feel comfortable with speaking up is crucial. Coming from a place of understanding can be the one goal that changes your day to day life the most. I challenge to ask at least one question before responding with a statement.

Who do you have and who do you continue to keep in your circle?

We are not perfect; no one is. The goal should never be to always make the "right" decision. It should be to learn to simply make a decision. I have also found in life that when we experience the biggest growth, it is often through the lessons we receive through making the wrong/ bad decisions. Don't cheat yourself by holding back.

What is the barking dog in your life? Part of being intentional; intentionally you, is being focused and keeping the distractions to a limit.

The only person you should be comparing yourself to is the you of yesterday. What will you do today that did not get done prior? What will you do today that will promote growth?

When we say someone is natural it means that person has done something enough to look natural. It, in part, likely means they are following their passion. So, what are you doing to be intentional'; intentionally you? What is your natural?

How will you be intentional today? Will you take action on something that you have been contemplating. Make it happen! I am rooting for you!

Do you feel the need to fight for the all elusive victory of being seen as right? Are you intentional with your day, including your spare time? Would you rather be seen as right or effective? Right or a person of progress? Right or top of mind in a positive way. Do you find yourself responding to everyone or do you pick your battles and decide to simply move on when needed?

What is your focus on? If your passion was not part of your past, you need to put your past behind you and stay active within your passion.

What are you hanging onto that, if you let go, would take you to the next level? Feel free to email me at BeIntentionalPodcast@gmail.com with any questions, feedback, or thoughts on what to cover in the future. I look forward to now connecting in for 5ish minutes each day of the week.