Building Better Humans Project

“Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.” That is, we are taught what to fear and sometimes this is a good thing. Look before you cross the road. Don’t run with a knife. But other times they are unresourceful as in ‘don’t do that you might hurt yourself. Get down from there you might fall’ These imply falling is dangerous even from a height that won’t do any damage and a fear of heights ensues. The fact that you MIGHT hurt yourself then creates a fear of things that may never happen but we can’t be too careful. The result – we don’t try things that could potentially fail or hurt us. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” However “Fear defeats more people than any other single thing in the world.”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.” – Albert Einstein Intuition or that GUT FEELING is not a scientific way of making decisions but it helps us to know when something doesn’t FEEL right even if everything else about it seems right. But there’s a trap with intuition too. It’s where we don’t do enough back ground or research, but have a fear of doing something or perhaps feel that a pattern means something more than it does. We then use this GUT FEELING to say no to opportunities or to find problems and fault where none truly exist. We convince ourselves that intuition told us which way to go when truthfully we actually wanted to believe something or make a certain decision so we held a bias toward that outcome anyway. Our Gut simply becomes the tool we use to not make have to take full responsibility for that decision.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Results come from consistently showing up and doing what needs to be done. Not from what you perceive as you doing the work but actually doing the work. Is your time spent on tasks that get results, ie the work that matters? Or are you quote unquote working your butt off, but don’t have the results to show? It’s time to have a long hard look at what you’re doing and the results it’s yielding. There are no participation awards in this life so stop expecting them  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’re inspired by people go to where they started not just where they are now. Understand what forged them. How they were shaped when they were younger, their struggles. Find the clues to what developed their mindset and what created their change. It’ll be much more powerful when you know this stuff.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is your box breathing exercise to fire you up. If you need to feel inspired but also find calm in the chaos, this is the episode for you.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I share a box breathing exercise aimed at relieving stress and anxiety. I hope you find value in this one.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I want to introduce you to Box Breathing and I will continue over the next couple of days with some specific box breathing exercises to relieve anxiety and to pump you up.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This weekend a little special for you - a live feed that Alyssa and I did inside the New Year's Revolution program. I hope you find some value in this one.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

More is lost through indecision than is lost through making the wrong decision. – Tony Soprano In your life time you have lost more through not being willing to make a decision than if you have made the wrong decision and a few things didn’t turn out ok. You’ve missed opportunities in your professional life whether career or your own business. You’ve missed personal opportunities to grow which in turn would have served you well in other areas of life. You’ve missed amazing friendships and relationships simply because you wouldn’t or couldn’t make the decision to jump and have a go at something. Ben Roberts Smith once famously said “The most important thing when faced with making a tough decision, is to make one.” The problem is perception. You don’t realise the cost behind indecision because you’re not aware of the amazing opportunities you’ve missed out on. You’re not luckier or unluckier than anyone else. You either make decisions and take the chance to create something good or you choose safety and never make a decision which means life happens to you and mostly because of those creating their world due to making decisions. It’s a vicious cycle which ultimately you control. Make a decision.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My goal for myself and anyone listening to this podcast is to be as well-rounded as possible so when life presents us with whatever opportunities or challenges it does – we can handle it. Well-Rounded to me means working on physical fitness, mental fitness, being resilient, having good relationships, finding harmony with my work and private life and ensuring I find plenty of time to develop myself as well. If we’re not well-rounded then we miss out on opportunities that come our way and worse, when challenges come, we get knocked off our feet and don’t always know how to stand back up. If I can build us, you and I, into well-rounded people then I have taken a step toward Building Better Humans and that’s a movement I can be proud of. Every time I am challenged I view it as a chance to grow. Every time I have win in life I view it as something I worked towards. It was never just luck because luck isn’t something we control and I don’t want to give my power up in that regard.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everything in life has a price. You can have whatever to want so long as you’re willing to pay the price to have it. You can go into debt for the most extravagant of things. You can work harder and for longer to afford the things you want. You will pay in cash for SOME THINGS but in time (blood, sweat and tears) for EVERYTHING. When you want something, ask yourself this question – what will it cost me? Then ask yourself, am I willing to pay that price? Is it really worth it to me? Often the answer is no but we don’t ask that question so we go along and thing we want something but actions prove we’re not willing to pay the price, to make the sacrifices, and so we never actually achieve the goal. Are you willing to pay the price? It's not too late to join the NEW YEAR'S REVOLUTION 2020  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There’s no point being a good person if you’re not a smart one too. Because when you’re simply a good person. People with bad intentions are going to walk all over you. When you’re a smart person too, you don’t tolerate BS from other people. You pick their intentions and know your worth, when the two don’t match you have the ability to walk away not be walked all over. It's not too late to join the New Year's Revolution 2020  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new year. A new you. A new decade. A new thought pattern. A new focus. A new belief. A newfound self-belief. A newfound confidence. A new understanding of yourself and how you move through this world. These are the mindsets shifts that are afforded all of us at the time of the year. Yes. It’s just a date. One of 366 we’re given this year if all goes well. How we use each of those 366 days will ultimately define how our 2020 turns out. If you want your best year ever you have to start by making every day as good as it can be. It starts – right here – right now.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. At this time of year we reflect on all that has happened in the past 12 months. How was 2019 for me? Did I achieve the things I thought I would, hoped I would or planned to? With that we can look at our behaviours to understand why things turned out the way they did BUT this is just how we understand our life and our actions. To truly live we actually have to LIVE FORWARDS. We have to go into 2020 with the intention of being present in the moment and having plans for the future. We just can’t get stuck in the past whether it’s good or bad because we can’t change anything there and living there actually rob s us of the joy that exists in the present. Make 2020 the year you decided to present in your own life. Notice the small things because honestly, they’re actually the big things when we look back on life.  NEW YEARS REVOLUTION 2020 Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for the support and friendship throughout 2019.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” This Christmas it’s not what’s under the Christmas Tree that counts. It’s what isn’t. The One Less Present movement encourages Australians to give up a gift and donate its value to Act for Kids. So this year, we urge you to embrace the true spirit of giving and give one less present to help heal little hearts and minds right across Australia. Please visit onelesspresent.com.au for more details  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.