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Merry Christmas y'all! Hope you're having some time with friends, family, and loved ones. Even if gatherings are small or just to see one friend, it's important to still worth spreading love to everyone. it's a good time to reflect and it's a good time to think about what you're going to do next. But not matter what you're doing at this moment, I hope you find joy and happiness.

I've said it over and over again. Everyone has the same twenty-four hours in a day. It doesn't matter how old or how young or how poor or how rich. What matters is what you do with those twenty-four hours. Blocking your time for your ONE Thing is what will get you to your Someday goal. Once you TIME BLOCK your ONE Thing then you have to remember to PROTECT YOUR TIME BLOCK. We all get distracted and then we wonder where the time went and we didn't get done what we wanted to get done. Be ruthless about your time because it's your most valuable resource and once you lose it then you lose it forever. You CAN DO Your ONE Thing. You just need FOCUS to get there.    Get this book, The ONE Thing and READ IT. Once you're done, then READ IT AGAIN. And then maybe one more time to really understand and live the concepts.    

One of the life-changing things I've learned from The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan is goal setting. You can actually align your "Someday" goal to your Five-Year goal to your One-Year goal to your Monthly goal to your Weekly goal to your Daily goal all the way to what you have to do RIGHT NOW.   Making sure that whatever you are doing RIGHT NOW is in line with your Daily, Weekly, Monthly, One-Year, Five-Year, and Someday goals will help you stay on track. Staying on track, limiting distractions, and having that laser FOCUS will set you apart from everyone else.   So what is your Someday, Five-Year, One-Year, Monthly, Weekly, Daily goals and what do you have to RIGHT NOW?  

So I'm currently reading this book called The One Thing by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan, and so far it's been life-changing. I'm learning how to better focus and limit distractions. I'm learning that multitasking is actually not a good thing when you're trying to accomplish something because it distracts you from that one thing you're trying to do.   What is your ONE Thing? Are you constantly being distracted from that ONE Thing? If you are, I highly recommend reading this book because we all know what we have to do to get good at our jobs and our businesses but somehow we're not doing it. I believe there are things in a day that keep us "busy" like emails and slack messages but it's not really helping us reach meaningful goals.   Can you imagine how much you can accomplish in a day if you didn't have all these distractions? Imagine if you actually stayed focused for most of your day, what would you get done?    

Happy December! I know it's been a while since my last episode. To say it's been a rough year for everyone is an understatement and I'm no different.   I started a new job back in May and I'll be honest, it's taking a lot of my willpower and capacity. I was hoping that it would eventually die out but that's just not the case. Actually, things are getting busier and busier with work. So finally, I said that I just needed to schedule a time to create, record, edit, and publish an episode.   Everyone has the same twenty-four hours from the richest person to the poorest. The only difference is what we do with those hours. I realized that if I waited to have time, I would never create another episode again. Instead, I needed to MAKE time.   What is something you need to MAKE time for?  

Hi Family! For most of my life, I tried to do and say things that please my family, friends, and just people in general. I even worried about the opinion of people I didn't even know. That sounds crazy, right? I think we all do it to some degree - some more than others. I know that feeling of being twisted inside because you don't agree on something but you don't want any trouble or drama so you just stay quiet or nod. We must learn to listen to our inner voice. That voice that tells you when something is right or something is wrong. We ignore it a lot. But we do that because we don't know how to listen to it. A lot of us don't know how to listen to that inner voice but we need to change that. To be happy, we must be ourselves. It takes practice. It takes some quiet time with yourself and aligning your heart, mind, body, and soul. Practice meditation every day and see what happens. I love you ALL!!          

Hey Family! I hope you all are taking some time to understand racism and it's history. Personally, I'm trying to look for books to read and movies and documentaries that I can learn from. If you don't know where to start, you can watch 13TH on Netflix. It explains slavery, the 13th amendment, Jim Crow laws, and mass incarceration. It was very eye-opening for me and I think it will be eye-opening for a lot of you as well. I love you ALL!!

Black Lives Matter. It doesn't mean all lives don't matter. Today, at this time in history, Black people are getting murdered and they have been getting murdered for the last 400 years. So yes, Black Lives Matter... because all lives can't matter until Black Lives Matter. If you don't know what to say or how to feel, then you can just listen and educate yourself. This is a time when we need a lot of empathy, compassion, kindness, and love. It is a time for all of us to come together and do this together. I love you all!!    

Hello Family! I know some of you are currently in bad situations right now but this one tool that I've used over and over again might help you. REFRAMING. If you REFRAME your current reality and start seeing it as something better, then you'll be happier. Seeing the positive instead of the negative in life is a skill that we all need to learn. Once you do that,  you'll see more and more things to be grateful for in your life. It takes practice but I think it's worth it because life is better when we see as a glass half full. Cheers!

When our beliefs are challenged, our TRUTHs are challenged, and we oftentimes take offense when that happens. We all know the media, government, and the news don't always tell us the truth. History has shown this and it hasn't changed. You have to listen to your own body if what you're hearing feels like the truth. You will know it deep in your heart. Question everything. Don't take it on blind faith alone. You are capable to think for yourself and make your own decision. It is what makes us human so exercise your right to be a human being. Love you, family. 

Hello family, I hope you are doing well on this day. Awareness is becoming a buzzword these days but what it really comes down to is paying attention to how you feel and thinking about why you're feeling that way. It's not a secret sauce. It can be really hard sometimes to figure out if your emotions are coming from your past baggage that you never dealt with. Or, if it's a valid emotion because it is who you are deep in your core. I have to work on this one every day and I hope you do too. 

Do you have too many things that you don't need? Clothes you don't wear, or blankets you don't use? I don't know about you but every time I get rid of physical things in my life like clothes, or very old paperwork, or shoes I no longer wear, my mind feels free. I feel like weight has been taken off my shoulders and my mind feels free to think and be creative. Maybe you just have too many things and too many events in your life that you can no longer think clearly. Well, start decluttering and see what happens. Make time to do the things that are most important to you first thing so then you feel free to do all the other things. It's a good way to live. Get things done little by little each day. And little by little, a little becomes a lot. It's the Compound Effect.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

Do you know what your highest values are? Are you successful according to your highest values? Great news. If that's the case, then you've won and are winning at life. However, if you are always comparing yourself to other people, then you'll never be happy. Remember that Comparison is the Thief of Joy.    Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

A lot of us like to pretend that we don't get hurt by failure and pretend that we are just fine. We do things to numb ourselves of that bad feeling. But are we just depriving ourselves of living a good life? After all, emotions are what make us human. If we don't feel anything then why are we alive? Most of us just want to feel happy but we aren't so good at feeling happy either. As soon as we feel happy, we think something bad will happen. When something makes us feel bad, we want to fix it and make the bad feeling go away right away. I'm saying that we must acknowledge our emotions, good or bad, and connect with the deepest parts of ourselves, our soul.    Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

Are you afraid of making decisions? I don't know about you but I hate feeling that way. The only way I know how to fix that is to make decisions more often and live with the consequences. Good or Bad. If you fail, learn from it, and move on. Making a decision again. That's the only way. No one will ever know 100% of the time which decision is best. To me, it's just another path to take on this journey called life. Do Your Best and Enjoy the Ride.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

Be. Do. Have. It's not: Have. Do. Be. If you want more out of life you have to Be More first and Do More second. HAVE is a result of those first two things. For example, are you demanding for a promotion before working hard or acting like that person already in the position you want? Are you saying, "Once I get that promotion, then I'll work hard." Or, "After I get that big raise then I'll give it my best." Keep thinking that way and nothing will change for you. You have to change the way you think and the way you act if you want to change your results. The good news is that it's all up to you. You are 100% responsible for your own success. Be More. Do More. Have More.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

Hey everyone! I know it's been a while. Life seems crazy at the moment but I'm happy to be back, recording, and bringing content back to you all.    Today's episode is all about how we can all deal with the pandemic a little better and that is by doing it together. We are all in this as one collective universe so let's act accordingly. Take care of those around you and close to you a little bit better. I believe we have been presented with an opportunity to thrive and be better than who we were as people before sheltering in place. Let's spread LOVE instead of FEAR.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

I GET IT. You watch the news because you want to know what's going in the world. Yes, that's important. But do you really need to watch the same news over and over again? I don't know about you but I've never said, "wow, watching the news actually made me feel good." It usually makes me feel sad, fearful, and helpless. How about you? Start paying attention to what's going into your brain and what's been programming you since birth. You're not a victim to everything going on around you. Take control of your life.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

I'm sure you know Michael Jackson's song, Man in the Mirror. It's about making a change in the world but it all starts with the man in the mirror: YOU. I used to think this meant big gestures like dropping everything and working for the Peace Corps. Then I realize, I can make a difference where I am at any moment. I can choose to be kind to everyone I come across. I also realize that I can choose to be kind to myself and not beat myself up. Imagine if we were all kind to ourselves and to one another. What would the world look like? Bad things happen to us but it doesn't give us the right to be jerks. Bad things happen to everyone. It's called LIFE. But I believe that if we are kind to ourselves and to one another, we would be just fine.   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com

I was all about goals: go to college, get a job, make money, buy nice things, buy a car, buy a house, travel, get a promotion, find a better job, find a nice girl and marry her, have kids, start a business. Sound familiar? I thought that if I just keep hitting these "milestones" in life, I would live happily ever after but that wasn't the case. Wherever I was in life, I was never satisfied. Then after listening to some podcasts like this one, reading some books, and listening to different talks on YouTube, I realize that I can actually just be happy right now, today and at this moment. I realized that the process is actually the dream. I realized that I can be happy doing whatever it is I'm doing. I learn to enjoy the ups and downs of the process and not just the end result. And you can do the same too! You can be happy now, today, and at this moment. Enjoy the episode!   Live. Love. Laugh. Learn.   Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thewealthofaman thewealthofaman.com