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Anchored by the Sword
Meshali Mitchell's Freedom and Restoration Story!

Anchored by the Sword

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 31:04


In today's episode, we are celebrating the release of Restored: Partnering with God in Transforming Our Broken Places with Meshali Mitchell, a deeply personal and transformative story of healing. Meshali, a Dallas-based photographer, shares her journey of brokenness and restoration, revealing the powerful lessons she's learned along the way. From childhood trauma to finding hope and healing through God's grace, Meshali's story will resonate with anyone who has experienced pain and longed for restoration.Throughout the episode, Meshali talks about her personal experiences and how the the restoration of an 1800s farmhouse led her to write this book, offering hope and encouragement to those who feel stuck in their own ruins. Her words are filled with compassion and understanding, making this episode a must-listen for anyone navigating their own healing journey.Three Key Takeaways from Meshali's Journey: 1. No One is Exempt from Restoration: Meshali shares how, despite her years of ministry involvement and working with Christian influencers, she lived in a place of internal doubt and believed that restoration was for everyone else—but not for her. She reveals how God's transformative power was meant for her too, and that no one is excluded from the healing He offers.2. Healing is a Process: The journey of restoration is rarely a quick fix. Meshali talks about how her healing involved confronting deep pain, including the trauma from her parents' divorce and the sexual abuse she experienced. Through a long process of seeking counseling and partnering with God, Meshali came to understand that healing takes time and intentional effort, but the results are worth it. 3. Grace and Hope are Key: For anyone feeling stuck in their own brokenness, Meshali's encouragement is clear: there is grace and hope ahead. God has a unique and beautiful restoration story for each person, and Meshali prays that those reading her book will be deeply encouraged by the truth that God is in the business of renewing hearts and lives.Bio: Meshali Mitchell is a portrait artist who believes every human being has a story worth hearing and a story worth telling. An Arkansas native, current resident of Texas, and frequent traveler, she owns and operates Meshali Mitchell Photo, which is run out of her home but takes her all over the world. She is a creative image builder and storyteller, confident in her style, and recognized for her ability to capture the true heart of a moment.Anchor Verse:Joel 2:25Connect with Meshali: Website: https://www.meshali.coIG: https://www.instagram.com/meshaliTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meshalico***We love hearing from you! Your reviews help our podcast community and keep these important conversations going. If this episode inspired you, challenged you, or gave you a fresh perspective, we'd be so grateful if you'd take a moment to leave a review. Just head to Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen and share your thoughts—it's a simple way to make a big impact!***

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Questions with a Podcast Booking Agent
Maximize Your Interview Scheduled & Lead Gen

Questions with a Podcast Booking Agent

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 1:24


Maximize Your Interview Schedule & Lead Gen

The Real Estate Syndication Show
WS1986 The Investor's Guide to Digital Assets | Highlights Steve Suh & Kyle Kuderewski

The Real Estate Syndication Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 32:45 Transcription Available


Welcome to the Real Estate Syndication Show! This episode explores broadening your investment portfolio with insights from expert guests Steve Suh & Kyle Kuderewski. We discuss diversifying investments through traditional real estate syndications and the emerging digital real estate market, including online businesses and SaaS platforms. They  highlight the significance of community, due diligence, and strategic navigation in both areas, offering perspectives on expanding investment horizons for potential returns.First up is Steve, a seasoned investor in over 50 real estate syndications, ranging from self-storage to Broadway shows. He shares his journey from ophthalmology to passive investing, highlighting the importance of community through his Left Field Investors group. His book, "Avoiding Rookie Errors as a Left Field Investor," serves as a guide for newcomers.Then, we have Kyle Kuderewski of Webstreet, who introduces the emerging field of digital real estate. With Webstreet, investors can dive into online businesses, benefiting from quarterly dividends and sale profits under experienced operators' management. Kyle stresses the importance of due diligence in this rapidly evolving sector.Key Takeaways:Real Estate Syndications Offer Diversification: Invest in various assets like multifamily, self-storage, and even Broadway shows through syndications.Digital Real Estate: A New Asset Class: Invest passively in online businesses like websites and SaaS platforms through platforms like Webstreet.Due Diligence is Key: For both real estate syndications and digital assets, research the operator's track record and investment strategy.Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share the Real Estate Syndication Show! Consider investing with us at Life Bridge Capital and explore the exciting world of alternative investments!VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow

Your Path to Publish
Ep. 17 - Consistency is Key

Your Path to Publish

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 2:30


Episode HighlightsConsistency is Key: For authors, daily consistency is paramount for discovering their unique voice and story.Start Small, Write Daily: Just 10 minutes a day can yield imperfect but valuable progress toward your book.Progress Over Perfection: While your path may not be clear, daily consistency leads to improvement and discovery as an author.The 1% Rule: Small daily improvements accumulate into significant progress, a 37-fold increase in a year.Actionable InsightsCommit to a daily or weekly consistent practice in your author journey and watch your progress grow.

Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine
Ascension and Energetic Update January-March 2023

Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 35:56


Book your 2023 Astrological Reading at:  www.jilljardineastrology.com/shopAt the onset of 2023, the question we should ask ourselves is where do we what to put our time, energy and focus during 2023. THE KEY FOR 2023 and the LUNAR NEW YEAR OF THE RABBIT is Flexibility.  Be ready to receive what the Universe throws your way, and discern whether it is a time to jump forward and ride the incoming wave of change, or if you need to integrate, and rest and retreat.Early January offers opportunities to reboot, reset and integrate, before Lunar New Year arrives early this year on 1/22/23. Increased vibrations of light were hitting the planet at the end of 2022, we must use the first three weeks of January to integrate this light infusion on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level before the big energetic upgrades arrive during the 3rd week of January. Therefore, we have early January, to get our ducks in order.  Perhaps instead of launching new projects or plans in early January, use this time to rest after the holiday season and perhaps even take a spiritual retreat for a few days if possible. Two retrograde planets at the onset of 2023, will help us integrate and go within.  Mars is still retrograde in Gemini, since October 30, 2022 and goes direct on January 12, 2023. Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn until January 18.  Take advantage of this time, because the accelerations amp up at the Aquarian equinox when the whirlwind of new energies flows in HERE WE GO!  ACTIVATION DATES IN JANUARY 2023:1/18: Mercury goes direct in Capricorn.1/ 20:  Sun enters Aquarius1/21: New Moon in Aquarius1/22: LUNAR NEW YEAR OF THE RABBIT1/22: Uranus goes direct in TaurusLunar New Year which occurs annually at the New Moon in Aquarius is the best time to celebrate the new year, especially where we started 2023 with two retrograde planets.  So, set your intentions, do your fire ceremonies, and group activities and activations on January 22, 2023 to celebrate Lunar New Year . Things accelerate when Uranus transits direct on January 22 in Taurus. ACTIVATION DATES IN FEBRUARY 2023 :2/5 - LEO FULL MOON2/11-MERCURY TRANSITS  INTOAQUARIUS2/18 Sun enters Pisces2/20 PISCES NEW MOON & VENUS ENTERS ARIESThe emotional waves start getting bigger on February 4 as we Flow into the Full Moon of February 5 with the Sun in Aquarius and Moon in LEO.  The Snow Moon arrives at 1:29 pm EST, and our creative urges are enhanced by this Leo Full Moon.  On February 18 the Sun slides into Pisces and we may want to retreat within.  Pisces New Moon arrives 2 days later on February 20,  Pisces New Moon on February 20, is a good time to connect with heart and soul, and set our soul intentions for the coming year.  ACTIVATION DATES IN MARCH 2023:MARCH 7 VIRGO FULL MOONMARCH 7 - SATURN TRANSITS INTO PISCES until May 14, 2025MARCH 19 MECURY TRANSITS ARIES - APRIL 3March 20 - VERNAL EQUINOX -SUN ENTERS ARIESMARCH 21 - NEW MOON IN ARIESMARCH 23- PLUTO TRANSITS INTO AQUARIUS - June 11, 2023 Back in Jan. 2024 for 14 yearsMarch is the month we have been waiting for!  BIG GAME CHANGER!Not only is there lots of Astro Activity but we have two outer planets changing signs:  Saturn transits into Pisces for the first time since 1994-1996. and PLUTO enters Aquarius for the first time since 1778-1798!These outer planet shifts are Paradigm Shifts!  I'm doing a podcast on each separately on Cosmic Scene to explain the powerful significance of these 2 outer planet transits and how they affect us all.

Handkerchief Dynasty
Handkerchief Dynasty 57 - (with Dave Sirus) - "Psycho-geography, Hockey, Lord Mayor Beaverton, and The King of Staten Island"

Handkerchief Dynasty

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 114:46


Recorded July 14th Topics: - Tuesday is Ablutions Day | - The Only Hockey Podcast for the High-Falutin Hockey Fan | - Goal-tending is Key For the Oilers in this Playoff | - Wayne Gretzky on Pro Stars | - Drawings of Team Captains As Superheroes Commissioned By The NHL | - Our Podcast is Climbing the German iTunes Chart | - Chicago Upset? | - Stand-up in NYC Right Now (16:30) | - Masks and Anti-Harmony | - "Internet-Commenting Has Gone Real-Life" | - "And the Doctors Don't Want You To Go to Church" | - Solutions? But You Always Only Point Out Problems, Professor! (41:29) | - "That" Rod Stewart Story (43:42) | - Why Did The Sailors-Being-Gay Thing Disappear | - Spartan And Athenian Love | - Dave Provides Some Insights Into "The King of Staten Island" (54:53) | - "We Just Wanted To Show Progress - That's It" | - "Watching Movies with Steve Buscemi in The Basement Was Really Cool" | - A Film About The Journey of Bill Burr's Mustache | - 'Yeah, But When I Put On the Jacket and the Helmet, I Look Badass" | - The Game of Thrones Slap | - "George RR Martin. Will. Never. Finish. The Series" | - Action Bronsom: "You know what I think I'm good" | - "Being On Your Show is Like Having Doctor-Patient Confidentially" | - TV TV TV TV | - On Writing For Robert Smigel and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog | - Some Triumph Cosplay (1:36:19) | - Before David Feldman Joins the Maoist Guerrillas | - "He's the One Who Wrote All The Hockey Stuff I Said Earlier" | - "Are There Still Oilers In Edmonton? | - How Did We Get the Stanley Cup Back From That Penguin? | - Spending More Time In Canada?!?!? |

Knowledge For Men Archives
Ignite Your Life and Live Your Dreams With John Lee Dumas

Knowledge For Men Archives

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 31:43


John Lee Dumas is the host of the wildly successful 7-day podcast, Entrepreneur on Fire, and creator of several high level masterminds and business courses for aspiring entrepreneurs and podcasters. John has created a multimillion dollar company with Entrepreneur on Fire and continues to grow his brand and business with books, courses, and seminars. Favorite Success Quote “Try not to become a person of success but rather a person of value”~Albert Einstein Key Points 1. Work on Being of Value So often in today’s society and achievement driven market place, we focus so heavily on being a man of success that we forget to be a man of value. We worry more about how others perceive us and how our possessions are ranked against other men that we never pause and slow down to realize that the important thing is who you are and not what you have. So focus on being a man of value, a man of character, of honesty, of kindness, and compassion, and everything else will follow. 2. Embrace the 7-2 Lifestyle  If you want to experience financial freedom and really live the life of your dreams, you need to get on your grind and embrace the 7-2 lifestyle. Aka working from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. If you have a family, with bills, a house and all the other bells and whistles and you aren’t pleased with where you are, then investing your time in the evenings on your side hustle is truly the best way to escape the grind and achieve the financial freedom you desire. 3. Provide Great Value and the Money will Come  Most of us who start businesses expect to see revenue flow immediately, however, this is almost never the case. If you want to build a kickass income online, then you have to start with offering kickass value for free to your audience. You have to give away your best work, build trust and get raving fans, and after a period of time (it took John 9 months of daily podcasts before he made any income) you will reap the financial rewards. 4. Invest in Yourself and Get Out of Your Comfort Zone People will often say that once they are successful, then they will start investing in themselves, in their health, their knowledge, their abilities etc. however the truth is that you will never achieve any real success until you start investing in yourself and getting outside of your comfort zone. The quickest way to ensure financial freedom and success is through massive personal development, because their is rarely a man who’s income exceeds his level of personal development. Realize that this doesn’t have to be expensive either. You can rent a book from a library, find old personal growth tapes online, take cold showers, journal, or even use your work as a way to grow your patience and tenacity. Do whatever you have to do, but keep on growing. 5. Balance is Key For type-A “alpha” males, taking time off and balancing their work and life is often difficult. It’s difficult to make time for yourself, to just allow yourself to relax and watch TV or go out at the end of the day, but it is necessary. Unless you are a somewhat crazy, Gary Vaynerchuk type guy who derives all of his fulfillment from work and achievement, taking time for yourself and taking time to build relationships and fun into your life is a must. So treat yo’self and just relax.

HDO. Hablando de oídas de jazz e improvisación
JazzX5#034. Marker: Porto / Key For 23 Pt. 2 / Key For 23 Pt. 1 / Baal [Minipodcast]

HDO. Hablando de oídas de jazz e improvisación

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 20:22


Por Pachi Tapiz. “Porto / Key For 23 Pt. 2 / Key For 23 Pt. 1 / Baal”. Marker: New Industries (2CD. Audiographic Records) Ken Vandermark, Andrew Clinkman, Steve Marquette, Macie Stewart, Phil Sudderberg © Pachi Tapiz, 2019 JazzX5 es un minipodcast de HDO de la Factoría Tomajazz presentado, editado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. JazzX5 comenzó su andadura el 24 de junio de 2019. Todas las entregas de JazzX5 están disponibles en https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?cat=23120

Knowledge For Men
Ignite Your Life and Live Your Dreams with John Lee Dumas

Knowledge For Men

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 33:15


John Lee Dumas is the host of the wildly successful 7-day podcast, Entrepreneur on Fire, and creator of several high level masterminds and business courses for aspiring entrepreneurs and podcasters. John has created a multimillion dollar company with Entrepreneur on Fire and continues to grow his brand and business with books, courses, and seminars. Favorite Success Quote “Try not to become a person of success but rather a person of value”~Albert Einstein Key Points 1. Work on Being of Value So often in today's society and achievement driven market place, we focus so heavily on being a man of success that we forget to be a man of value. We worry more about how others perceive us and how our possessions are ranked against other men that we never pause and slow down to realize that the important thing is who you are and not what you have. So focus on being a man of value, a man of character, of honesty, of kindness, and compassion, and everything else will follow. 2. Embrace the 7-2 Lifestyle  If you want to experience financial freedom and really live the life of your dreams, you need to get on your grind and embrace the 7-2 lifestyle. Aka working from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. If you have a family, with bills, a house and all the other bells and whistles and you aren't pleased with where you are, then investing your time in the evenings on your side hustle is truly the best way to escape the grind and achieve the financial freedom you desire. 3. Provide Great Value and the Money will Come  Most of us who start businesses expect to see revenue flow immediately, however, this is almost never the case. If you want to build a kickass income online, then you have to start with offering kickass value for free to your audience. You have to give away your best work, build trust and get raving fans, and after a period of time (it took John 9 months of daily podcasts before he made any income) you will reap the financial rewards. 4. Invest in Yourself and Get Out of Your Comfort Zone People will often say that once they are successful, then they will start investing in themselves, in their health, their knowledge, their abilities etc. however the truth is that you will never achieve any real success until you start investing in yourself and getting outside of your comfort zone. The quickest way to ensure financial freedom and success is through massive personal development, because their is rarely a man who's income exceeds his level of personal development. Realize that this doesn't have to be expensive either. You can rent a book from a library, find old personal growth tapes online, take cold showers, journal, or even use your work as a way to grow your patience and tenacity. Do whatever you have to do, but keep on growing. 5. Balance is Key For type-A “alpha” males, taking time off and balancing their work and life is often difficult. It's difficult to make time for yourself, to just allow yourself to relax and watch TV or go out at the end of the day, but it is necessary. Unless you are a somewhat crazy, Gary Vaynerchuk type guy who derives all of his fulfillment from work and achievement, taking time for yourself and taking time to build relationships and fun into your life is a must. So treat yo'self and just relax.

Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badasses | Mindset | Brain Performance | Personal Development | Health | Personal Growth
60: Six Random Life Lessons I Learned From Selling Everything & Going Travelling

Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badasses | Mindset | Brain Performance | Personal Development | Health | Personal Growth

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2016 52:51


Around 18 months ago, I was in deep internal crisis mode. I had a growing personal training business I’d spent the previous three years striving to build up. My own gym, my own brand, my own rules. It was exactly what I had been dreaming of and what I thought would bring me the happiness, fulfilment and success that I craved. But it didn’t. All it ended up bringing was constant work, loneliness and an ever expanding black hole of guilt and shame within me. I loved my clients. But I did not love myself or my life and it was tearing me up inside. So one day I just decided to sell everything – the business, the equipment, my car, my stuff – and embark on a journey to figure this shit out. I went to parts of Europe I had always been planning on going to ‘someday’, I met a beautiful American girlfriend in the amazing Dublin and I spent three months in the incredible South East Asia with nothing but a backpack and my own thoughts. Now I know this sounds all idealistic and wonderful. And, in a way, it was. But it also wasn’t all about sunsets and rainbows. There was a lot of soul searching, anxiety and dark times to accompany the light involved throughout the entire experience. So in this blog I just wanted to share a few of the things I learned by making that decision 18 months ago and embarking on this journey that I will continue to be on for the rest of my life. #1 Actually, It’s Not a Journey I know I literally just mentioned the word journey in that last sentence. But, actually, something I discovered about this whole ‘thing’ that I was trying to do is that there is no journey involved. For so long I believed I was headed to a specific destination in life. It wasn’t really a conscious awareness, but more of an underlying acknowledgment that when I got to a certain job, status, business level, monthly income or whatever then everything would be cool and I would have ‘made it’. The trouble with viewing life as a journey is that we sometimes forget about what’s actually going on right now. We make sacrifices and tell ourselves to ‘just hold on’ and it will all be ok once we get around the next corner. Quite logically in most cases, we tend to think about travelling in terms of journeys and destinations. Truth is, when I left London last year I knew I was set to arrive in Vietnam 36 hours later with just two nights’ worth of accommodation booked and no return flight organised. I just didn’t wanted to savour each moment without forever thinking about getting to the next destination. Something that really struck a chord with me was a concept first suggested to me by the awesome Bob Buckley, who was a fantastic guest on the podcast. Bob said to think of life like a song, as opposed to a journey. When you’re listening to or playing a song, you don’t sit there waiting to get to the end so you can complete it and get it done (unless it’s some kind of One Direction garbage). You enjoy every moment, every beat and every note of it. And life can be the same. #2 Destroy to Create & Grow I’ve spent a lot of my life living from a place of fear. Fearful over what could happen and holding on to everything in my life for fear that I miss out or someone or something might come in and take everything away. This is a great way, however, to keep ourselves stuck in our ways and limited in what we can do and experience. The most obvious example here is me taking the step of, effectively, destroying my personal training business in order to make space for me to grow and create something new. It wasn’t just the physical act of literally destroying the existence of that business to allow myself more time and freedom, but also the mental and spiritual effect this had on me too. I destroyed the entire identity I held for myself along with that business, in order to allow room for creating a new, better serving one. It obviously took a lot of thinking and courage to do, but if I hadn’t have destroyed that and given up holding on to certain things then I would still be stuck there now. So destroying certain things can be good to make space within us for more growth. Now I’m obviously not saying if you have a bad day you should instantly go out and willy nilly destroy everything you’ve worked for. You don’t have to do what I did and literally tear everything down and start again. But just be aware of if you are holding on to thoughts, beliefs, businesses or anything in your life, that maybe being willing to destroy that to make room for the next level of growth and creation could be a vital first step. #3 Connection is Key For way too long I pretty much ignored a lot of people in my life and alienated certain people and family members in the name of needing to build my business. Again, this was borne out of a mindset of “when I’m successful, then I will reconnect with people and have time for friends and proper relationships”. There’s a huge flaw in this logic, which is that most people crave connection to some degree. Despite unquestionably being deeply introverted, this is the same for me as well. In the final weeks of being in my personal training business, I realised just how cut off and isolated from anyone outside of my business and immediate family I had become. Although I could (and still can) be very happy spending long periods by myself, I got myself into a position of desperate loneliness. A huge lack of self-worth and a belief that I would perennially be ‘the quiet one’ nobody wanted to listen to left me thinking for a time that I just didn’t have it in me to truly connect with people. But as I embarked on my travels and began connecting with myself at a deeper level, I soon realised how to embrace and unshackle the real me in order to connect with people on a deeper level. And as I progressed on my travels, it became very apparent how even the ugliest of places can be made beautiful when you have the right people around you. #4 The Answers Are All Within Sounds super corny and esoteric, I know. But it’s true nonetheless. At my lowest points, I would always look externally for ways to solve my problems. The quest for the ‘magic bullet’ was something I was continually on, investing in all kinds of people and programmes that would provide tools, tips, blueprints and ‘strategies’. All of which I went into expecting them to magically ‘fix’ my problems instantly. I call these ‘surface solutions’ because they look good from the outside but they always remain external and simply scratch the surface of what is actually going on inside. After these ‘surface solutions’ failed to give me the outcome I expected, I simply began filling myself up with resentment, frustration and blame around the fact I had spent money on these and yet still remained stuck. I had all the answers and ‘strategy’ I needed, but still the internal stuff was holding me back. We tend to do this in all areas of life – buying workout DVDs, diet programmes, online courses, self-help books, how-to guides and all kinds of stuff that end up being used for a very small amount of time before being cast to the back of the cupboard in an act of ‘self-sabotage’. By the way, check out podcast “Ep #034: Building A Badass Brain Pt 1” where I go into detail about what self-sabotage actually is and how to deal with it. But somewhere along the way, as soon as I stopped looking outside of myself for all the answers, I realised that everything I needed was already inside me. That no matter how many courses I bought or books I read, if I didn’t dig deep into discovering myself and getting my mindset right then nothing would ever work in the way I wanted it to. Since coming to this realisation, I now notice myself scrolling past the vast majority of Facebook ads for this and that I would have been easily pulled into previously and resisting the temptation to sign up for everyone’s webinar or online course. Of course, I still invest in coaching and help. But the difference is that I only do this with very few people and with only those who I truly resonate with, as opposed to getting overwhelmed with other people’s blueprints, formulas and systems. #5 Your Values Are Your Guiding Compass When I was in Thailand, I took part in a 10-day retreat that changed my life and the way I look at the world. Before I arrived in the stunning location of Phuket, I was massively confused still. It had been around six months since I closed my gym and, despite trying a few things online asking myself some deep questions, I still felt lost when it came to figuring out who I was and what I wanted to ‘do’. In fact, I was beginning to question if I was doing the right thing and whether I should have just stayed in my old business and grafted it out like a ‘proper business person’ would have. I’d been travelling for a few months by this point and I remember feeling like I was just moving along without any real purpose or passion. I was just ‘being’. And while at times this was an incredibly liberating feeling, at others it was, to be honest, boring! I didn’t require a specific destination to get to in life, but I wanted at least to be moving in a purposeful direction instead of just being blown whichever way the wind took me. Then we took some time on the retreat to dig into figuring out our values. And everything just started to click. We looked internally at what we truly believe about the world and who we are at the deepest depths of our core to find out what we truly value in life. Suddenly, there was a guiding light. Not an external voice shouting what you ‘should’ be doing and where you ‘should’ be going, but an internal compass that has been trying to pull you where you really want to go all along. Because, at the end of the day, the only real truth in this world is our own truth. We just need to find the clarity and courage to find and follow it. For more on beginning to find your own core values, check out Episode #025 of the podcast. #6 Spend More Time Thinking Like a Child There were many occasions where travelling around in South East Asia left me staying with random people I didn’t know in hostels and as a Couchsurfing guest. Many of the places I stayed were simply local families who had spare rooms available and recognised they could rent them out to passing travellers. And, of course, this often meant there were children around. I’m normally pretty nervous around kids as I convinced myself I’m no good with them, don’t know how to talk to them and worry about whether they will think I’m fun or not. Turns out, however, I’m pretty good with kids when I want to be. When I visited Chiang Mai up in northern Thailand, I ended up going on a trek through the jungle that involved staying with a local tribe village in bamboo huts at the top of a mountain. It was a stunning location surrounded by nothing but incredible views, secluded rainforest and phenomenal waterfalls. But the part of this that really drew my attention was the children living there. These kids were so happy all the time, as most kids are. Despite not having running water or electricity, they would run around and love life. In fact, one of the guys I was with brought out an electric razor he used to shave his hair and the kids were so amazed by it that they queued up to each get a haircut. Another time, while I was staying with a family on the beautiful Malaysian island of Langkawi, there was a kid who just seemed obsessed with learning everything about me and using my iPhone to take pictures of himself. My point here is that I often forgot about the value of being able to look at the world like children do. We get to a certain age and no longer want to be seen as children anymore. And then we grow up and get into ‘the real world’ and start playing all the games ‘real world adults’ do. But through a child’s eyes, the world is a playground. It is a place to be inquisitive, learn and grow without judgement or worry about what others will think. In fact, it could be said that a child’s main role at this time in their life is to learn and grow. For some reason, though, we get to a certain point where we feel like we’ve done enough growing, had enough fun and gained a ‘realistic’ perspective on the world that sets us up for a ‘good life’. Seeing these children while travelling and being exposed to how most live their lives just opened my eyes to how much we can, as adults, learn from them if we choose to. Take a listen to the podcast episode for this blog post via the player at the top. Or head over to iTunes and subscribe there for Apple lovers, and over on Stitcher for non-Apple peeps. Love, Laughter & Light, Mike P.S. If you haven’t done so already, click here to join my Facebook group and engage with all the other dudes and dudettes in the Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badasses tribe!