215 – Breaking Bad Habits in 10 Minutes
On todays show David talks about both good and bad habits and how you can replace the bad ones, with good ones. What you will learn on todays show: The difference between breaking, and replacing a bad habit The role stress or boredom plays in creating bad habits Why a substitute habit is important Why cutting out triggers works The importance of a wingman or woman Using the word ‘however’ and managing negative self talk All this in just over 600 seconds! 🙂 The Silly Facts on Todays Show: 1. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 2. The original basket in basketball, as invented by James Naismith in 1891, was a peach basket. 3. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different. 4. The world’s population grows by 100 million each year. 5. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 6. In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes. Songs On Todays Show: Jump by Van Halen Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles Comedian on Todays Show: Mark Normand...
214 – Assk Dave & Jen: YOUR Questions From Facebook
Quote of the Day All Life is an experiment, the more experiments the better Thank you for your questions on Fb! Time to strap in for the answers ! We’d also would love to thank everyone who has taken some time to leave a review on iTunes and give the show your star rating. So appreciate you all! Some of the things that you will learn on todays show What F.O.C.U.S stands for and how you can use it to succeed Why people sifting is important The most powerful opening line in history What an entrepreneur is The difference between flirting and connecting The best way to meet people How to overcome your fear of public speaking David’s confession on discipline The power of compliments Resources: www.meetup.com Songs Played on Today’s Show: Super Tramp “Long Way Home” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/take-the-long-way-home/id111521?i=111511&uo=4 Avicii “Wake me up” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wake-me-up/id665183180?i=665183211&uo=4 Grand Funk Railroad “Some Kind of Wonderful” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/some-kind-of-wonderful/id137895124?i=137895212&uo=4 Super Tramp “Good Bye Stranger” https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/goodbye-stranger/id99663?i=99635&uo=4 Dave Allen Comedy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxo81Ok9Urk “Everyone is waiting for someone else to go first” – David Wood “My Wealth can only grow to the extent I grow myself” – David...
213 – How Education is Killing Creativity
In this podcast, filled with great humor, David discusses the importance of challenging and expanding the way we all think and reviews some of Sir Ken Robinson’s discussion from his widely popular TED Talk about ‘Killing Creativity’. We have been taught to disregard the creativity that we are all born with and follow the rigid structure of the industrial revolution based education system. David talks through his experiences of being disregarded and looked down upon by teachers and counselors when he was in school, and how the educational system is broken in the way they judge just a small portion of what is truly important in children. The topics covered in this podcast are critical to learn about discuss for any current students, parents, educators, or those who understand the critical role that creativity plays in education. Sir Ken Robinson is a phenomenal speaker with over 5 Million views on his TED talk and over 10 Million views on Changing Paradigms video. He is thought provoking and mind expanding speaker who delivers this amazing content through great stories and humor. Sir Ken Robinson’s Ted Talk on Youtube Sir Ken Robinson’s ‘Changing Paradigm’ video on Youtube Key things you’ll learn in this podcast: – How to embrace failure to reach your excellence – How current education teaches the creativity out of us – New ways of teaching to fire up all senses for better results – How Gillian Lynne (world renown choreographer of Cats & Phantom of the Opera) overcame the early labels of attention deficit to embrace her true calling Awesome musical accompaniment in this podcast: Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing Dire Straits – Money for...
212 – Cherif & Shajen Aziz – Discover the Gift
Today David is excited to be interviewing Cherif Aziz and his wife Shajen. Together they created the International Bestselling book and film “Discover the Gift”. Cherif is an Entrepreneur, his expertise is from his experience as an investor, stockbroker, business owner, consultant, producer and restaurateur. Living in different countries all over the world and being multi-lingual has given him the ability to relate to other cultures. He takes pride in himself and has open communication for smooth running business creating win/win/win opportunities. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment, Before starting to improve the world Anne Frank Shajen is a Master Educator. She has been awarded Woman of the year for 2011/2012, before “Discover the Gift” she worked in our public education system for over 20 years as a Special educator, Administrator and Counselor. She is passionate about children and young adults as they are the future and her motto is “creating a conscious compassionate world – one person, one family and one community at a time”. On today’s show you will learn: What it means to “Discover the Gift” Shajen’s journey and what she learned at a young age Taking action How a traumatic experience can shift your thinking, reconditioning your mind Letting go of your past and experience joy, Being receptive to what’s wonderful about you What is the step that has had the greatest impact on Cherif Family struggles and forgiveness Listen in and hear more about Cherif & Shajen’s book “Discover the Gift”, the Ambassador program and make a positive change! Enjoy! Useful links: www.discoverthegift.com The trailer that was played on the show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNO0-tjaDjw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ymzLtzqno http://www.examiner.com/article/the-gift-of-adversity-a-conversation-with-author-shajen-joy-aziz-m-ed-part-1 http://shajenjoyaziz.wordpress.com http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlkbm5_shajen-joy-aziz-discover-the-gift-documentary_shortfilms Todays Music Israel Kamakawiwo’ole http://www.izhawaii.com...
211 – One Action to Change Your Life
Today David records his show live from San Miguel Mexico as he prepares to leave after a life changing and memorable week. He reads one review from iTunes (Have you left a review yet? https://thekickasslife.com/subscribe) from Adam c Mc who shares all the different ways that he has changed his life and allowed that change to impact his wife and his kids. As David read Adam’s review, he was inspired to put a challenge out to ALL Kickass Life practitioners to take one action this week that you have put off for years: Start taking lessons to play the Saxophone Start a cooking class Start taking Dance Classes Start Singing lessons Book A Trip to Somewhere New (That you have put off for years) Start writing your book Start Learning a NEW Language One of our amazing guests, Tim Ferriss, taught us about rapid learning: Listen to this show to get a head start on learning something new Take one ACTION that will change how you live your life! See you on the other...
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