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The Daily Grind can become the perfect blend of life leadership by taking ownership of your current situation, embracing critical thinking and emotional responses to improve daily actions. Discover the art of sustainability and survivability.

David King


    • Aug 19, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 64 EPISODES


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    Change your perspective of life and blaze your own trail

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 32:40


    When we understand our emotional reaction and emotional response we can blaze our own trail. Until then we continue to fluff our lines.

    Are you frustrated? Depressed? Are you an extreme thinker?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 5:45


    All or nothing thinking- • If you're not with me, you'r against me. • So-and-so is all good/bad. • Because this wasn't a complete success, it is a total failure. This is extreme thinking- associated with depression and frustration. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Are you pragmatic or a creator of anger and anxiety?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 11:27


    An altercation, a whisper of discontent, "he said" "she said" What exactly? Do you look at things pragmatically? Or like most, create a thousand reasons to be anxious and angry. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    I get nervous, scared. Anxiety hits my confidence.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 10:52


    Say yes, then figure out how. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Are you relentless in pursuit of success? Do you dust off the unwanted or do you actually care?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 9:39


    Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Defeatism gets you just that. Defeat.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 11:35


    If its humanly possible you can do it. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Empty vessels make the loudest noise. Sometimes ears open and gob shut is the best option.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 10:37


    "Silence is a lesson learned from the many sufferings of life." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    You choose daily, if you fail who is to blame? Have you considered taking ownership?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 5:26


    "You must stop blaming God, and not blame any person. You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your reasoned choice. You must no longer feel anger, resentment, envy, or regret." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Can we sense something bad is about to happen? Someone close to us is about to die?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 11:59


    My Dad glanced over his shoulder, smiled and waved. I said goodbye, but changed it to 'cheerio' as goodbye felt like forever. For some reason I was scared. I was 11 yrs old. He never came home. Tony King died that day. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Have you an ability to dig deep and carry on?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 5:40


    Top of your game, world at your feet. You wake up clinging to life and your dreams in a hospital bed. If things go pear shaped have you an ability to carry on? You have, but it's quite possible you don't know it. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    New Phase! Pragmatism. Why wait?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 4:31


    Will there ever be a perfect time? Perfect day? Perfect weather? Perfect way? Action beats perfection hands down. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    My Dad died, why was his funeral such a grand spectacle?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 12:18


    Dead at 33. Did the President die? No, that's my Dad, Tony King. Why was his funeral such a grand spectacle? Simple, the impact one man had on others. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Are you empty inside? Like a balloon craving air, only to be let down again and again?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 9:24


    The candles are blown out to a loud cheer, followed by a weak attempt at 'hip hip hoor-fukn-ray' Then we all go back to our internal shit storm. The word 'Joy' is thrown around casually. I'm overjoyed.. She is a joy to be around.. It's a joyous occasion.. That's not true 'Joy' it's more like cheer.. and cheer is like a candle in a snow storm, lasts no length. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    We feel broken, they tell us we are broken, we need fixing. Nobody is broken.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 10:32


    Are you broken? No you are not  "The person who has practised philosophy as a cure for the self becomes great of soul, filled with confidence, invincible- and greater as you draw near." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    I felt stupid, like an idiot, not worthy. I wanted to knock him the fuk out. 

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 10:54


    Are we condescending on purpose? Do we allow others to lord privilege over us? "Some people are sharp and others dull; some are raised in a better environment, others in worse, the latter, having inferior habits and nurture, will require more by way of proof and careful instruction to master these teachings and to be formed by them - in the same way that bodies in a bad state must be given a great deal of care when perfect health is sought." - Musonius Rufus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Is it enough to not act in an evil way?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 6:32


    When good men do nothing. It's not enough to just not do evil. "Often injustice lies in what you aren't doing, not only in what you are doing." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    god evil way
    Are you a human being? Or are you a human 'doing'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 5:04


    What's on your tombstone?  You are a human 'being' not a human 'doing' Workaholic's always make excuses for their selfishness. "When you see someone often flashing their rank or position, or someones whose name is often bandied about in public, don't be envious; such things are bought at the expense of life.. Some die on the first rungs of the ladder of success, others before they can reach the top, and the few that make it to the top of their ambition through a thousand indignities realize at the end it's only for an inscription on their gravestone." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Somewhere someone is dying, how do you respond?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 6:03


    We have a reasoned choice. A proper response is not to not care. What will mindless, meaningless sympathy bring us? Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Is life all about us? Or do we need to park our fears and anxiety to help others?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 11:00


    Pull the covers over your head, hide from your purpose. When will you realise people depend on you. You might be in turmoil, a dark place but you have a purpose. You have a reason to get out of bed every day. Life is not about you, it's about your positive impact on others. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Can you be the bigger person and forgive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 4:50


    Forgive them because they don't know. Does forgiveness empower you? Does forgiveness strip the power of the aggressor? "As Plato said, every soul is deprived of truth against its will. The same holds true for justice, self-control, goodwill to others, and every similar virtue. It's essential to constantly keep this in you mind, for it will make you more gentle to all." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Fear of what others say or think stops you dead in your tracks.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 10:19


    You try something. Your circle- • Laugh, you can't do it • Its not for you • You don't need change • Your useless • I don't agree • Do it (Please fail) • You won't succeed Self doubt, you give up. Your circle- • Told you so I record off the cuff. Why? I speak with emotion, self belief, I try and stay humble despite sometimes wanting to scream, grab you and shake the life out of you. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Are you a tyrant or a wild animal? Whose soul do you have?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 7:02


    What are you doing? Actually how are you doing it? "To what service is my soul comited? Constantly ask yourself this and thoroughly examine yourself by seeing how you relate to that part called the ruling principle. Whose soul do I have now? Do I have that of a child, a youth.... a tyrant, a pet, or a wild animal?" - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    I found a wallet and handed it in. Pat me on the back and rub my belly.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 5:51


    "When you've done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top- credit for the good deed or a favour in return?" - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    A little knowledge is dangerous. Don't get carried away. Take it slow. Train with humility.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 4:18


    "Every great power is dangerous for the beginner. You must therefore wield them as you are able, but in harmony with nature." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    A 'life leader' leads. Are you always copied? Your dress? Your hairstyle? Your sayings?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 9:38


    A 'life leader' leads. Are you always copied? Your dress? Your hairstyle? Your sayings? Your social media? Have you considered yourself to be a leader? "One person, on doing well by others, immediately accounts the expected favour in return. Another is not so quick, but still considers the person a debtor and knows the favour. A third kind of person acts as if not conscious of the deed, rather like a vine producing a cluster of grapes without making further demands, like a horse after it's race, or a dog after it's walk, or a bee after making its honey. Such a person, having done a good deed, won't go shouting from rooftops but simply moves on to the next deed just like the vine produces another bunch of grapes in the right season." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Some simple life rules, Simple is rarely easy. Create your own daily actionable rules.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 7:02


    Don't be lazy, choose your hard. "In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your conversations don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't wander. In your soul, don't be passive or aggressive. In your life, don't be all about business." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Imagine working as hard on YOU as you do on your business, project or career!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 9:41


    "But was does Socrates say? 'Just as one person delights in improving his farm, and another his horse, so I delight in attending to my own improvement day by day.'" - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Imagine loving what you do. Are you the 'Grey' man/woman dragging your ass through life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 12:36


    "Love the humble art you have learned, and take rest in it. Pass through the remainder of your days as one who whole-heartedly entrusts all possessions to the gods, making yourself neither a tyrant nor a slave to any person." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Are you the King of your life? The Queen? Do you 'Life Lead'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 7:32


    The Philosopher King. Are you a leader? Yes. - a life leader, family, team, company, an audience, a group of friends? "For I believe a good King is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person" - Musonius Rufus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 12:32


    This is what life is all about, I'm buzzing, read the first line and watch the video. "Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled? What's new here? What's so confounding? The one responsible? Take a good look. Or just the matter itself? Then look at that. There's nothing else to look at. And as far as the gods go, by now you could try being more straightforward and kind. It's the same, whether you've examined these things for a hundred years, or only three." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Each day we shatter dreams, destroy imagination, restrict positive thinking, are we killing futures?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2021 10:09


    This touched me, deep and thought provoking. Each day we shatter dreams, destroy imagination, restrict positive thinking. Our kids crave amazement and endless possibilities of fairy tales and legends. We kick that idea into touch with facts. Are we missing the moral of the story? "This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus- how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honourable ends." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    Nobody said it would be easy.  If doing good was easy everyone would do it. Thankfully you're not.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 9:19


    You want to achieve your dream, your family frown, your circle grunt, your haters sneer, give up, or be different. Oh, and make your Goddamn bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness #covid 

    Protect your internal flame.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 6:14


    Every one of us has a flame burning inside us. As they extinguish the world becomes a darker place. It is our duty to keep our flame burning brightly. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness #covid 

    Is your 'To do list' dragging you down?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 8:16


    To do? Or get to do? That 'To do' list you keep making, ticking off bit by bit, it keeps growing, quite often it's incomplete. It started out positive, now it's negative. Imagine adding a single word to it, GET. "The task of a philosopher : we should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so that nothing happens against our will and nothing that we wish for fails to happen." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Do you 'do to get', is personal gain your sole focus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 5:58


    What's in it for me? Will this make me rich? Will people be impressed? How hard do I need to try? How long will this take? Should I do this, or that? "Never shirk the proper dispatch of your duty, no matter if you are freezing or hot, groggy or well-rested, vilified or praised, not even if dying or pressed by other demands. Even dying is one of the important assignments of life and, in this as in all else, make the most of your resources to do well the duty at hand." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your Goddamn bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    sole goddamn personal gain
    Let your true colours shine through and standby who you are as a person.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 12:35


    "Whatever anyone does or says, for my part Im bound to the good. In the same way an emerald or gold or purple might always proclaim: 'whatever anyone does or says, I must be what I am and show my true colours.' " - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    I hate myself, it's dark inside my head but you can't see.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 14:50


    Self loathing and self hate allow us to self destruct, slip into anxiety, depression and a desire to leave this world. "Philosophy calls for simple living, but not for penance - it's quite possible to be simple without being crude." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    How do you react to adversity? When things aren't going your way is the rattle thrown from the pram?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 6:52


    Our emotional reaction to daily challenges define us as a person. "How does it help, my husband, to make misfortune heavier by complaining about it? This is more fit for a King- to seize your adversities head on. The more precarious his situation, the more imminent his fall from power, the more firmly he should be resolved to stand and fight. It isn't manly to retreat from fortune." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness  

    Paradoxical intention- Fluffy clouds or a raging storm?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 9:55


    After our coffee you leave for home with a mind full of rainbows, fluffy clouds and happy bunnies. By the time your home the happy pil wears off and the raging storm envelops you. Not on my watch. We push buttons, we look into the eye of the storm. We encourage ownership and acceptance. It's hard, but it's the 'grown up' thing to do. "What assistance can we find in the fight against habit? Try the opposite!" - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Poor me, the wise have it easy. Or is it that they have a plan while you wallow in self pity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 5:45


    The wise have it easy. We look on with envy, even spite that 'clever clogs' is so successful. They have it easy, poor me I have it hard. "This is why we say that nothing happens to the wise person contrary to their expectations." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    I fail every day, because I keep trying.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 11:09


    I fail every day, because I keep trying. I'm always right. I'll argue until I'm blue in the face. I always have the last word. I never admit I'm wrong. "The beautiful and good person neither fights with anyone nor, as much as they are able, permits others to fight... this is the meaning of getting an education- learning what is your own affair and what is not. If a person carries themselves so, where is there any room for fighting?" - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Your glasses are on your head, what are you looking for?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 5:57


    Ever spend ages looking for your glasses? Only to realise they where on your head all the time? Freedom? A choice. Happiness? A choice. Respect? A choice. "You could enjoy this very moment all the things you are praying to reach by taking the long way around- if you'd stop depriving yourself of them." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    Suddenly everyone is a Fitness Expert

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 10:32


    Does your blood boil at the new online fitness experts?  Now the world is awakening in a new phase will you suddenly forget how to walk? Covid has brought a new wave of online experts. - The professional 'walker' - The mountaineer - The home workout guru - The Zoom workout specialist The list goes on. Are these experts even qualified? Are they in it for personal or monetary gain? Is it positive or negative? Does it boil your blood? "We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing." - Seneca "If you are defeated once and tell yourself you will overcome, but carry on as before, know in the end you'll be so ill and weakened that eventually you won't even notice your mistake and will begin to rationalise your behaviour." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    'Calm and Contagious' - The maxim that Navy Seals pass for generations.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 7:15


    'Calm and Contagious' - Navy Seals  The maxim that Navy Seals pass for generations is that in the midst of chaos, battle and even the fog of war their battle field advice is ' Calm is contagious' "If then it's not that the things you pursue or avoid are coming at you, but rather that you in a sense are seeking them out, at least try to keep your judgement of them steady, and they too will remain calm and you won't be seen chasing after or fleeing from them." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    The bigger picture can be fearsome

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 3:49


    Can we focus on the present and not be negatively affected by the bigger picture? "Don't let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you. Don't fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen. Stay focused on the present situation and ask yourself why it's so unbearable and can't be survived." - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness #covid

    When we fail it is never our fault, or is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 3:49


    It used to be better, life was better before.... life was better when I had.. life was better when I was.. You chose your path. "Let fate find us prepared and active. Here is the great soul- the one who surrenders to Fate. The opposite is the weak and degenerate one, who struggles with and has a poor regard for the order of the world, and seeks to correct the faults of the Gods rather than their own." - Seneca. Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness

    What type of person will be at your death bed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 4:48


    What type of person will be at your death bed? How we navigate life determines self fulfilment, is attack or defence the way forward? "Fortune doesn't have the long reach we suppose, she can only lay siege to those who hold her tight. So, let's step back from her as much as possible." - Seneca Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness #covid 

    I blamed myself for my Fathers Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 5:48


    Afraid to ask for help, I blamed myself for my Father's death. "Don't be ashamed of needing help. You have a duty to fulfill just like a soldier on the wall of battle. So what if you are injured and can't climb up without another soldier's help?" - Marcus Aurelius Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life. #dailyhard #raise #vibration #breathwork #wolfbreath #control #nature #wolffocus #calm #relaxing #rythm #exercise #improve #practice #wolfwalk #mindset #intuition #stimulate #mindpower #wolfpower #mindbodycoach #wolfleader #lifeleader #journey #lifeskills #gratitude #meditate #ownership #mindfullness 

    I fail daily, but I keep showing up, heartfelt and honest.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 9:33


    I don't listen, I don't give time, I don't connect or communicate on a energy level, I fail my family by not pausing and giving my full attention. I try, and I'll continue to try. By far my most heartfelt video.  "Every event has two handles- one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can't. If your brother does you wrong, don't grab it by his wronging, because this is the handle incapable of lifting it. Instead, use the other- that he is your brother, that you were raised together, and then you will have hold of the handle that carries." - Epictetus "To the youngster talking nonsense Zeno said, "The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is so we might listen more and talk less." - Diogenes A little mention for Matt Burke "Mind your little self" If you change your story, you can change your life. Oh and make your God damned bed.

    We live to fight, that's life, a constant battle, a short sharp battle.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 5:14


    I want to do a podcast about this podcast, it is that important. We live to fight, that's life, a constant battle, a short sharp battle. "Don't you know life is like a military campaign? One must serve on watch, another in reconnaissance, another on the front line... So it is for us- each person's life is a kind of battle, and a long and varied one too. You must keep watch like a soldier and do everything commanded.. You have been stationed in a key post, not some lowly place, and not for a short time but for life." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life.

    Mike Tyson "No plan survives a punch in the face"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 4:50


    No plan survives contact. Can you adapt? Are you flexible or do you need constant direction? Mike Tyson said no plan survives a punch in the face.  "In this way you must understand how laughable it is to say, 'Tell me what to do!' What advice could I possibly give? No, a far better request is, 'Train my mind to adapt to any circumstance.' .... In this way, if circumstances take you off script... you won't be desperate for a new prompting." - Epictetus Oh, and make your God damned bed. If you change your story, you can change your life.

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