Thriving Minds

Developing and having a strong stomach will help you absorb the shock of the highs and lows that you experience. To better manage what you face to avoid getting carried away. A strong stomach is the basis for composure and resilience to withstand the hard times to achieve great things.

How well your development is, is directly correlated to the amount progress you make. A person's development is largely left to chance by the environment they are in and by the people they are around. To better position yourself for the progress you want, make your developmental plan that brings out all the great things about you.

The more you know about yourself, the clearer things are that improve every aspect of your life from making decisions, having great habits, responding to adversity well, forming stronger relationships and creating better experiences. It’s the process of getting more and more comfortable with yourself, aware of those insecurities and vulnerabilities that no longer feed self-doubt because confidence, belief and your strengths counter that.

Actionable information is truly powerful that can transcend you because it is something that is understood and can be applied to achieve many great things. It’s a process of acquiring and deciphering what is relevant to you and your situation. It’s knowing when to use what pieces and when to defer for later. The more you are on the pursuit of what you need to know the more progress you’ll make.

Correctness serves a purpose to ensure understanding and uniformity to make things function efficiently and safely. But getting out of correctness and free to just do opens up a whole new world of possibilities. When you see things beyond correct and incorrect you value yourself even more.

Conversation is such a powerful tool and when you have somebody that you can trust to talk to it is an empowering feeling to be able to say what's on your mind and move past things for the better. When you unload mentally it immediately changes your mental and physical state for the better. It is a great stress reliever and the more that you can do it in a productive manner the better that you're going to feel to overcome what you face that transforms you into much more.

In our defeats it's a chance to reflect on what was done and what needs to be done to close the gap to where we need to be. While in the short-term its painful to experience its necessary so we can pay attention to the factors that make the difference in the end. Embrace these times to fuel the pivot for the better.

Make walking part of your routine because it naturally is going to uplift you, that energizes you and this leads to handling what you face a lot better and makes you more productive. It’s such a simple form of exercise and way to escape for a little while. A place mentally where you can get aligned reinforcing what makes you great.

Mental strength and conditioning is shaping your mindset through reframing your thoughts because those thoughts become words that turn into actions and those actions lead to habits that ultimately form your life. It all starts from what you're thinking. Hear the story of how it improved a person's success rate from 10% to 75%.

What we consistently do is what we become and how well we do it determines the quality of our lives. The higher quality in what you do the higher quality of life you have because of steadily doing things a little bit better and better.

Shifting from telling someone to explaining creates a greater sense of trust between both sides that strengthens communication. This creates open dialogue that empowers both sides to work together, bring more willing to move forward and less hesitation wondering what the purpose is.

With inspiration it really becomes simple why you want what you want. Your motivation is all the action that you take that will be the difference from thinking and hoping that your ideas, your dreams will one day happen to it actually forming, becoming and materializing. Having the two working in unison is just going to facilitate living a fulfilling life where you know why you do what you do and how you're going to do it.

The decisions we make impact our lives right now and going forward. Many times, these decisions are not yet felt but they add up over time like a scale. It weighs those choices that ultimately make up your life and the situation you are in. No matter what, the more good decisions that you make the more confident you are in making future decisions and this leads to making bigger decisions.

For us to do well in whatever we choose to do, it’s not just what we learn but how well we learn is pivotal and how we learn is different for each person. Just because someone does not comprehend things does not mean they are unable to, it's how the information is presented does not suit them. Find the learning style that best suits you.

When you can make financial literacy a priority and really implement the things that you take in is going to set you up for a better future and more opportunities so you can really thrive. Money is not the end all be all but it's a tool to help you do what you want in life.

Believing in yourself is the collective body of work of what you take in, how you process it and what you do with it. It is a powerful force that will dictate your life. Whether you think you can or can’t, you are right and the amount of self-belief controls that. So feed yourself the right information, surround yourself with the right things and people to unleash what makes you awesome.

Reading is directly correlated with the quality of life that you're setting yourself up for. The more you read, the better you become at it that opens up more possibilities. It truly enhances who you that improves your decision making, emotional intelligence, and your ability to handle stress.

Transforming yourself for the better is a process that requires going through hard times. You will get frustrated and angry, but you got to use that as motivation to figure out what's going on to find answers. Change starts with yourself and that's fueled by a level of self-awareness and accountability that is going to drive things for the better. While in the short term it might seem like no progress is being made and even can feel like you've regressed, continuously be working towards your goal because change happens throughout the entire process.

We all will face adversity in different times in our lives. They are pivotal moments because how of we choose to respond to them that determines how well we do going forward. Listen to how both teams in the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers handled adversity by staying composed and believing in themselves.

Our brain serves a wonderful purpose for us to continue to go about our lives, but we have to use the limbic system and the cerebrum together to learn, develop and grow vigorously. It'd be foolish to rely simply on instinct, so we must constantly keep making progress and sometimes that requires going through pain. To do what is hard.