053 – How to be the strongest advocate for your own life, with Laura Hansen
Laura Hansen is a bestselling author, teacher, international presenter and counselor. Her work has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to understand how their lives work and how to squeeze the juice out of life. Her message is how to be a stronger advocate for your own life. Her bestselling books include Hand me a wrench my life is out of whack. Join Laura and David as they chat about life, its up’s and downs and its magic. http://www.laura-hansen.com Laura’s Love Exercise: The Small Thing v The Big Beautiful Thing Every day we choose the small damaging thing over the big beautiful thing. We dissolve long friendships over gossip. We end marriages over money. We choose pain over love. We give up what we wish for most because it didn’t meet our expectations of true love. In your most important relationships, how much do you accept yourself and the other person? How many times have you chosen the small thing over the big beautiful thing? The below exercise is designed to help you acknowledge how you’ve built the foundation of your relationship, and how you can strengthen that foundation with acceptance and love. This exercise has been simplified and shortened from the version you will find in the book, Hand Me a Wrench, My Life Is Out of Whack. Using paper and pen/pencil, choose a relationship you’d like to work with for this exercise. Divide the paper into three vertical columns. Title the columns left to right: “Love it,” “Drives Me Nuts,” “Why.” In the “Love it” column write down one thing you love about your relationship. In the “Drives Me Nuts” column, write down one thing you don’t like about your relationship. In the “Why” column write down why you feel the way you do. Turn the paper over or get a new sheet. Divide the paper into three vertical columns. Title the columns left to right: “Small Thing,” “Big Beautiful Thing,” “New Decision/Behavior.” In the “Small Thing” column, write out your fear/judgment/expectation/sadness that surfaces when the other person does the thing that drives you nuts. In the “Big Beautiful Thing” column, write out what part of your love or acceptance of yourself or the other person is blocked by the small thing. In the third column, write out the new choice you are going to make so you can be side by side addressing this problem, instead of putting this problem between you. It’s possible that your new decision will be a change in behavior on your part that doesn’t require any discussion. Other types of problems will require the two of you working in supportive partnership...
600 Seconds – 012 – 50 Dangerous Things Kids Should Do
David explores a new book coming out by Gever Tulley “50 Dangerous Things you should let your children do” that inspired him to buy his sons a KickAss knife. David also adds his own spin on some of the things he lets his kids do to go out, get dirty, and sample some danger. Check out Ted Talks: http://www.ted.com ...
052 – The Secret that Changed my Life
David is back in Canada after his walkabout in Australia. Today’s show is centered around a moment that changed David’s life, and started him on the road to success. He also shares a story about how he had to shoplift food in order to survive each month, even though he had a full time job and wore a suit to work every day. “Like” us on Facebook:...
051 – Kyle Cease – When Comedy Collides With Personal Growth
A comedian for 20 years has trained Kyle to look for the BS in life, which has allowed Kyle to not only be a great comedian, but alsosomeone who knows how to help people get better at doing achieving their goals. In his own words: “I can get people out of fear and help people get exactly where they want to be. The challenge is that people only see one world or the other. You are either a ‘funny cynic’, or a ‘positive nut job’. I am right in the middle of this. I am cynical. But I am cynical about doubt. I am cynical about fears. I believe THEY are the illusion” Learn about Kyle’s program from Nov. 29-Dec. 31 in Las Vegas at http://www.kylecease.com Follow Kyle on Twitter at...
600 Seconds – 011 – What happens when leaders let their hair down?
Australians from all corners of the country join David in the Hunter Valley Wine Region for a leadership conference like no other. One that everyone will remember as one of the most KickAss days of their lives, where we all made some lifelong friends and created some lifelong...
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