There are certain things in life that just work across the board. When it comes to business, some of these principles would actually really help out your personal life.
Communication is key all around and that's why I promote a daily morning huddle both in business and at home, but also a weekly marriage meeting. For my kids I employ a quick meeting check-in during their one on one date with me.
I've taught on this weekly meeting before on this podcast, but it still is applicable more than ever. We're addicted to busy as a society and to take a moment to get things straight is key.
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This is a goal that a client stated today. I freaking loved it. But I also told her out of her list of goals, this would be the hardest!
At first, she told me she wanted to lose 50 pounts. I couldn't accept that. In fact, I told her that no one actually wants to "lose anything" - the brain just hates that. So instead, we needed to change our focus TOWARDS something.
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Backstory
Here I am at my office late Sunday night, having to redo a software install for my office because I was rushing the process.
I see this with my kids and their homework. They are rushing rushing rushing and end up having to start all over. We try and cut corners and do the least amount of work possible and end up doing double!
Listen in for more!
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God Bless my wife, she said this to me while we were doing demolition on our basement. What I wanted to say to this and what I did say to this was totally different. Because really... I was confused about why she would even say this to me.
So this past weekend, we decided to rip out a kitchenette in our basement to make way for a family room. During this time, she thought I was angry and having a terrible time. She thought this because I was tearing things out and throwing scraps in a pile. For me, I thought this was perfectly normal and I was having a great time. For her, she thought I was mad and throwing a tantrum.
Again, if we had only taken a moment to create clarity then we would have not operated out of a place of conflict and hurt feelings.
She was hurt because she thought I didn't want to do this project. I was upset because I apparently wasn't doing this project "right". I was irritated because she was trying to make me to a project differently that what I had envisioned. The problem is that we took way too long to just stop what we were doing and explain the process and expectation.
Imagine what could be possible is we just took a moment to explain our expectation and process to our kids when we ask them for help or to do something. How about our team or spouse, or even ourselves.
It's not enough to declare a goal to ourselves without truly having clarity about it.
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On our coaching page a question was posed about how to know the difference between just being tired and needing rest, versus being tired and pushing through.
Damn good question!
I can honestly tell you that I'm tired when I first wake up and after the kids are in bed. But so is everyone else! Obviously! So, at those times, I literally say out loud, "Fuck that story" and I get up and move.
Midday is a warning sign for me. So, I do a shift move (more of that in podcast) and meditate. Then I honestly listen to my body and what it's telling me.
Depending on if I'm just tired, exhausted, or burned out then determines how I recover.
If I'm burned out, this does require a real check in my priorities. Because I love what I do, I don't get burned out unless I'm not staying on task with it. I love doing this podcast, I love adjusting, but I do get burned out when doing bookkeeping, or reports.
I talk more about this in my show so I hope you tune in because there are a lot of great points to avoiding burnout and how to recover fully.
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I was on my way to swim and my mom nearly derailed me. All my stories about my fears in swimming were reinforced in a matter of seconds.
- She told me not to swim in the deep end.
- My body is not designed for swimming.
- I was going to drown.
Here's what I did.
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