Mind Vitamins Podcast

Networking is one of the most valuable tools a person can use to enhance the quality of their life. But networking is not always about getting ahead. In fact, a far better use of networking is to get behind and to learn how someone else is perceiving various aspects of the world. In this episode we talk about other people's perceptions and how you can use networking to expand your perceptions and grow.

Ready to mix it up? Most people resist change because it creates a lot of uncertainty in their life. But change is good. In order to create different results in your life, it is important to identify and take responsibility for areas in your own life that you can be responsible for and change those areas. In this episode we address a very important subject in personal development - for things to change, you must change.

Have you been frustrated about the results you've had in your life? Are you ready to take your results to the next level but you're struggling to know how? One of the most valuable lessons I ever learned was the secret of doing the little things consistently. Ordinary things, consistently done, leads to extraordinary results.

Do you know what your future looks like? What if I could tell you? Your future is going to look about like it does right now, except for the changes that you make. In this episode we talk about getting a vision for the future and designing the destination that you want in your life. You can only arrive at a destination you are pointing towards, and you can only move in the direction you design.

Do you sometimes have a strong desire to do something, but you're afraid it will make you look stupid? Are any of those desires BIG, such as your dream or your destiny? In this episode we talk about how faith requires us to abandon what others think and focus on the outcome Sometimes faith requires us to look stupid for a little while, but if you're willing to do that you'll be amazed at what others will think of you eventually. All because you had the courage to have faith.

Wouldn't it be great if we could all just get whatever we want whenever we want it? What if you could? What if there was a proven formula that helps people get what they want. There is. And the answer is found in a highly sought after secret that has been at work for thousands of years. Listen to this episode where we will discuss the formula for increasing your wealth and your impact in the whole world.

Heave you ever felt like it was difficult to get the breakthrough you were looking for. Does it sometimes seem like you just "aren't the right kind of person for that"? The way you think about a challenge is going to determine whether or not you are successful in that challenge. In this episode we discuss the importance of thoughts and how they shape the reality of your life.

Have you ever struggled with an identity issue? Have you confused what you are doing for a time being with "who you are" as a person? In this episode you will learn about the difference in human beings and human doings. How what you choose to do with your life and your career is not a reflection of who you are as a person.

Have you found areas in your life you wish you could step up and be a real leader, but maybe something seems to hold you back? Are you waiting to get some better real world results before you're willing to be a strong leader? Leaders don't wait for results. Leadership is an attitude. Leadership says "follow me, let's go this way". in this episode you will hear how leaders think - which is much different than you may currently expect!

Is it possible to see something that doesn't yet exist? This philosophical question is a great conversation starter at the next family holiday dinner! So what do you think? Is it possible? There is a certain group of people in the world who are created as visionaries. What do they do? They imagine things that don't exist and help make it into reality. Without vision, the people die. So the role of visionary is extremely important in our society. In this episode we will discuss the philosophy of seeing things that don't exist.

Are you stuck? Could it be that you're stuck because of your own actions? The Jewish people were freed from their Egyptian slavery and were on a great path to their promised land, until they took a look at the giants! Once they saw all of the giants they said they couldn't take the land, and they were banished to the dessert for 40 years! This story seems like distant history, but it can be applied directly to your life today. Countless people have been given a vision for a better life, but when they think about reaching for a greater life, they see all the giants in the way. And the result? They get stuck living their daily rat race and feeling like they want more, but just can't get it. The good news is, with the right faith, you can break free.

Have you ever felt passed over for something you thought you deserved? Have you wondered the secret some people have that you just haven't figured out? Do you sometimes feel insecure about being "needed"? There IS a secret that every successful person has learned, that is to add more value. How you add value to a situation will usually determine how much you get paid. In this episode listen to a great conversation on adding value, as well as learn the A.D.D. acronym that makes it easy to remember how to add more value.

Do you struggle to find lasting connection in some of your relationships? Do you sometimes feel like your relationships are one sided and you are doing all the work? Are you ready to throw in the towel on some relationships? Love is one of the most profound human emotions, and yet few people ever reach the deepest level of true love. In this episode we will look at the four levels of love. If you can learn to love at the deepest level, your life will always be full.

Do you have a friend or acquaintance who seems to always know the right people at the right time? No matter what they do or where they go, their network is ready to spring into action. This is the power of networks. Building networks is one of the most valuable skills you can develop. Failure to build a network is one of the worst mistakes you can make! In this episode we talk about Who Da Ya Know? It's all about building networks.

Do you get intimidated by the "F" word? Failure is one of the biggest fears in society. Failure to succeed at anything can leave a person with a low self esteem, feeling horrible about themselves, and in some cases even taking drastic action. But what if you learned that all of the winners around you are actually failures just like you? Would that change the game at all? In today's episode you will learn how winners are really just a bunch of failures who never ever quit.

Do you sometimes find yourself struggling to make a decision? Perhaps you don't perceive yourself as indecisive, yet your life seems to constantly be stuck, not making the progress that you want. Learning to make quick decisions is a critical skill of being a leader. Studies have shown however, with the amount of information that is now available via the internet and various sources, making decisions has become increasingly difficult, leading many people to find themselves stuck in the stagnation of indecision.

Do you sometimes feel overshadowed by those around you? Do you wonder if what you have to offer the world is actually important? Have you ever felt timid to go out and do the great things you know in your spirit you want to do? Most people have felt this way and they let people, things, circumstances and the like around them, cover up the great things that they want to go do. But most people do not realize that their gifts are unique and they bring light to the world. Don't let your dreams and aspirations get covered up because other people lack the vision and foresight to see how great you truly are created to be.

Do you sometimes feel lost in the dessert? Have you felt stuck in a season that will not end? The ancient scriptures teach that every season has a purpose. It is easy to get focused on the desire for the season to end rather than learning the lesson and the purpose that season is trying to teach. If we can learn to appreciate the season we are living in, and truly find gratitude for that season, the odds are the season will end much quicker. But the more we resist the lessons, the longer that season will persist.

Do you ever feel there is a void in your life? Have you wanted to create stronger influence but struggled to know how? The natural law of reciprocity is one of the most powerful tools of influence. People naturally want to give something back after they have received a gift. The more you give, the more will naturally come back to you. If you want more love, give more love. If you want more peace, give more peace. This principle is universal and applies to anything you wish to attract into your life.

Struggling in relationships? It’s often times easy to feel like the people we are interacting with are simply pushing their own agenda. It’s also easy to assume that agenda is only in their best interest. Today we talk about assuming the best in others. Assume the best in your romantic relationships. Assume the best in your business relationships. And assume the best in your own relationship with yourself. You can’t control what other people think, do or say, but you can control your reaction to those responses.

Do you ever feel like you want to live life at a higher level but feel those around you are resisting? Most people allow the opinions of others to guide their thinking about what's possible in their own life. In reality, all that happens is the dreamer ends up living down to the expectations of those around them. Be careful not to let the low standards of those around you pull you down.

Are you one of those people who starts stuff and never finishes? Or the person who says you're going to do something big, but something always comes up? Some one is trying to steal your dream and if you don't get proactive about stopping them, they will steal your entire destiny. Usually the person is someone close, someone who knows you extremely well. They don't know they are stealing your destiny, they truly believe they are helping you and keeping you from hurting yourself. But you have to get the courage to push through without the approval of everyone around you.

What if you could never lose? Leaders don't have a choice.  Leaders must redefine what the word lose means and focus on creating the right outcome of winning.  If you can change your philosophy of losing, you will discover that you are always winning. The real question is are you playing to win, or are you playing to not lose? Leaders play to win and leaders have learned how to never lose.

Are there things in your life that you have put off because it's just going to take too long? Then maybe, after several years, you realize if you had just started, by now you could have accomplished your goal several times? In this episode you will learn the age ol' philosophy of "always planting". If you are like most, there are plenty of things right now that you can start, and if you work on them for just a little while, before you know it, you will be reaping all of the rewards.

Do you ever wonder "why is this happening TO me?" When things do not go the way we want it is natural to feel like things are stacking up against us. If we are not careful we will let those things stack up against and tear us down. But one subtle word change can make all the difference in the world. What if, instead of happening "to" you, things were happening "for" you? There's an old scripture that says all things happen "for" our good. If we believe that then all of the difficulties that weigh us down, are actually for our benefit not for our destruction.

Don't look at where you are, look at where you've come from. You are further down the road than someone and you can help that person. You don't need the approval of others to fully realize the greatness within you. The antidote to low self-esteem is found in contributing to others. Start teaching and sharing with others now, based on your experiences that you have already lived. Your past is here to serve you regardless of how good or bad that past may have been in the moment. You aren't where you used to be anymore. You can reach back and help others who are not as far along on their journey as you currently are. Your experiences have created scars and successes that can help others right now.

A recent study from the UK revealed that at least 10% of society can’t name even 1 close friend. This stat is sad because relationships are one of the most important aspects of life. Everybody can benefit by having deeper and better relationships. Whether that be romantic relationships, business relationships, friendships, parent child relationships - all of it! The way we relate to other humans is what really what makes us who we are. So why do so many people struggle so much with relationships? In this episode we discuss the 6 human needs and how understanding these needs will help anyone improve their interpersonal relationships. After all, if we want to have better relationships with people, we have to learn to think like humans!

Have you ever found yourself wondering why you can't get ahead and make the progress towards your goals that you want to make? Do you find yourself constantly making excuses and filling your time with things that are busy, but not creating traction in the direction you want to go? The key to breaking out of the rut is not to have more resources, the key is to be more resourceful. The most successful people in the world all agree money, time, networks, connections - they can only take you so far. The real key to success is how resourceful you are determined to be.

You get what you tolerate in life. Not what you want, but what you tolerate. Whether it's bad financial results, the performance you get from your employees, bad relationships or even your weight - your life is a reflection of the standards you have been willing to tolerate. If there’s something you hate about your life… change your standard. Raise your standard. Your life will only be lived at the standard you demand of yourself.

When God starts something, he does it with a single person, not a group of people. It always starts with a person. Most people consider that person to be crazy at that moment, but slowly the crazy person, who is responding to the divine insight, starts to build a following and one by one the followers help to create a group. Then the group becomes a movement and if you fast forward a little bit, the world is changed because of what these people did. All of that because God started with one person.

Today we talk about state management, and by state management we are not talking about the geographic location in which you live, we are talking about the state of mind. All of us have had those experiences when something just puts us in a bad mood and for a period of time we have to "work through it". Then, after a little bit we’re back to a good place emotionally. That’s state management. What we have learned about state is that it can be manipulated. It can be altered. Most importantly, it can be controlled.

Today we're going to discuss what how often time we get off track with the direction of our lives. For most people, "off track" doesn't mean we need a total turn around, rather for most, it's a small "2 degree shift" in the right direction. Far too often, for all of us, we set our auto-pilot and trust that we’re going where we want to go. But sometimes we’re heading in a direction, without looking at the destination. That’s the difference in having Auto-pilot set to GPS as opposed to heading - the heading simply controls the general direction, but the GPS is comparing the current location to your destination, and sets a direction based on the difference that needs to be made up. That’s why the GPS is so much more accurate.

Today we discuss how some people are "living" while others are "not dying". This thinking started when I was listening to an interview with a psychotherapist who has done a lot of work with victims of trauma and surviving very difficult circumstances. She herself is the daughter of two holocaust survivors. In her own family and the families they were associated with, she grew up surrounded by victims of some the most egregious trauma ever committed. What she shared is this: With trauma victims they began to recognize very quickly that you could break the survivors into two groups: Those who were “living”, and those who were “not dying”. The distinction between the two groups was in direct proportion to how much “trust” they were able to allow back into their lives. The more they learn to trust, the more they could live. But the more fear they had in their life, the less they could truly live and the more they would only survive - or as she so aptly put it, the more they would “not die”.

In this episode we will discuss giving and how "When you give to others, you're actually giving to yourself". Giving is such an interesting component of life. It’s somewhat counter intuitive, and yet it’s highly rewarding. Psychologists have discovered that contribution is one of the core human needs that we seek to meet. The need to contribute to others.

In this episode we discuss “If you want to be a success, learn to master relationships.” Unfortunately, in our society today, a lot of people just throw relationships away. And it’s not just marriage relationships, it’s also business relationships and even friendships. It seems like maybe with all the social media and so much access to so many people, relationships to some degree have become somewhat disposable.

“You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with”. Of all the principles of success that we can draw from, this might be one of the most powerful. Your network of friends, specifically the network of people you spend a lot of time with. That group of people will do more to shape your future than maybe any other force. Because it’s peer pressure. If you spend most of your time hanging around with a bad group of friends, you will find yourself getting into some pretty bad trouble. But if you find yourself hanging around people who are living life the way you want to live it and achieving the same things you want to achieve, there’s a much better chance you will achieve those things as well.

We are unbelievably excited to announce the first ever episode of Mind Vitamins. On this episode you'll learn why reaching your goals and dreams is a function of where you put your focus. Your focus determines the direction you go, and your direction is determined by the life you design. This episode is all about designing your life by getting focused on your specific outcomes.

We are excited to announce the new Mind Vitamins podcast! Here is a quick trailer of what you have in store. You may think that you have unsolvable problems in your life, but we're here to tell you that you don't (and exactly what you should be doing to get focused and keep your mental game sharp so you can succeed at everything you do).