Do you consider yourself to be an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? Optimism, pessimism, and realism are three different paradigms that impact how we approach life and interpret life’s events. For some, they’re even identities.

When we face difficult times, our dominant paradigm tends to become amplified, which can be the determining factor in whether we suffer or thrive.

I’ve experienced this in a unique way. For many years of my life, I was what I would call a delusional optimist. While this helped me through some difficult times, it also stopped me from healthily processing negative emotions and events, and I had to learn quite a few tough lessons the hard way.

In this episode, I want to dive deep into the differences between optimism, pessimism, and realism–and help you identify how these paradigms can be most useful and effective as you optimize and make the most of the life you live.

Key Takeaways

• What it really means to be an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist.
• Why so many self-identified realists are focused on the negative–and why it’s just as realistic to be excited about the possibilities and positives in life.
• The dangers of blind or delusional optimism–and how it can make it extremely difficult to process or make sense of negative emotions.
• An exercise you can do to truly understand what’s going on in your life and reframe your reality.
• The genius of being able to hold two opposing ideas in your mind simultaneously.
• The ABCs of realistic optimism.

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Do you ever struggle with prioritizing your goals and figuring out which one deserves the most attention? Does that lack of clarity ever cause you to procrastinate or feel like you’re not being as productive as you should be? 

In today’s podcast, I’m going to help you to overcome these common struggles by sharing Chapter 6 from my latest book/audiobook, The Miracle Equation, in its entirety. The chapter is titled “Your Mission: It's Time to Get Clear About Your Top Priority.”

If you want to learn how to identify the single most important priority in your life, commit to one singular mission, and achieve your biggest goals and dreams, this episode is for you!

Key Takeaways

• How identifying your “mission” can enable you to achieve ALL of your goals.
• Understanding the key difference between a goal and a mission.
• You can’t win a gold medal in more than one activity/sport!
• Find out if multitasking is holding you back from achieving your biggest goals — and what to do instead!
• Why I was completely delusional about my priorities prior to being diagnosed with Cancer.
• Why the fear of going through another financial crisis (like that of 2008) prevented me from prioritizing what mattered most.
• How I was able to overcome my addiction to work and productivity. I share the radical changes I made to my schedule so I could be fully aligned with my highest priority… family.
• Why it’s okay if your top priority changes over time.
• How to choose your mission and accomplish any goal!
• How to achieve more in 30 days than most people do in 12 months.
• The problem with creating long-term goals.
• 5 safety nets you can use to ensure you successfully accomplish your mission.

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How do you fulfill the unlimited potential that is within you, in order to create everything you want for your life? How do you stop procrastinating, get past the obstacles standing in your way, and do everything you’re capable of?

It’s one thing to know what you need to do, it’s another thing to actually live it.

In today’s episode, the second edition of my “Ask Me Anything” series, I’m answering your questions on this topic. Join me as we dive deep into what it means to live to your full potential, how to achieve it, and what you can do to gain the power to live the life that you truly want and deserve.

Key Takeaways

• How to stop unconsciously settling for less, overcome feelings of dissatisfaction, and create the inner (and outer) world you want to experience each day.
• The key to stop procrastinating, become consistent in your actions, and get out of unhelpful routines.
• How to take the teachings you read about, lean into those beliefs, and make them a part of your daily practice.
• Four simple rules to live by to unlock your potential.

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Would you say that you’re truly happy? In 2020, I got to a place where I was so depressed that I told my wife and my friends, “I don’t remember what it feels like to be happy.” That was after I had already sent my wife a desperate text message one night that read, “I don’t want to worry you, but I feel like I don’t want to live, and I don’t know what to do.” 

I was so scared that I’d never be able to get back to a place of happiness again and couldn’t remember how to get there. But over the course of the past year, I’ve gone from being the most unhappy I’ve ever been to arguably the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. It wasn’t a change in circumstances that led me there, it was a change in how I approach and view my life.

In today’s episode of the podcast, I want to share the three steps I took to get from being completely unhappy to feeling like I’m living life in a state of joy, peace, love, and gratitude—everything that makes up the feeling of happiness.

Key Takeaways

• Why two people whose lives look exactly the same often feel completely different.
• Why happy people find joy in everything they do and unhappy people constantly experience emotional turmoil.
• The reason why there’s no cookie cutter approach to happiness—and how you can remove the obstacles that stop you from feeling happy.
• The power of choosing to be happy—and what this actually entails.
• What happens when we accept the unchangeable, stop resisting reality, and be at peace with things exactly as they are.
• How to find joy in everything you do and make every moment the best moment of your life.

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