History is filled with men and women who practiced journaling for a variety of reasons. Brandon and Jerry discuss how to begin a journal as part of your journey to success. What is Journaling? Journaling is essentially a process of capturing your thoughts down into written form. Some people who keep a journal do so […]
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Finding Balance Finding balance is something many of us strive to achieve in our busy, stress-filled lives. Brandon and I cannot say definitely that we have created or found balanced lives. We can share that finding your balance means recognizing there are times when you need to take a step back, then there are times
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Solo-Hiking by Jerry Every quest has a season where it feels like you are going it alone. That is synonymous with my first solo-hiking trip taken last summer. Texas heat scorches during the Summer. We joke about it being a dry heat, but I really don’t know why that matters. It’s still friggin’ hot! With
The Happiness Advantage At best, it can be said that only 45% of the workforce enjoys their job. That means the majority of us wake up in the morning and dread the commute that puts us in a prison. That is no way to truly live, is it? If we say in the U.S. Constitution
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Rest by Jerry Episode 133 was a discussion around how U.S. culture has come to pride itself on being busy. I remember growing up in a home where my dad showed rest to mean sleeping on the couch while classic Westerns played on the television. He never came out of his naps feeling recharged. Instead,
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Busy (by Jerry) You know you’re probably too busy when you have a conversation that goes like this. Me: How are you? You: Busy! (or “Crazy busy!” if being just regular busy is not enough.) Over recent years, we seem to have changed the response to “How are you?” from “Fine” to “Busy”. Being busy
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Trevor Spencer Trevor Spencer was living the dream. The only problem was that he was living in a physical rut as a desk potato. Lots of work at a desk with very little movement beyond mouse clicks and keyboard strokes. We often say on Beyond the Rut that you already have what you need to pursue a better life, and
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A Case for Peaceful Living Laura Lange lived in a big city or a suburb of one her entire life. With that came feelings of stress and even despair until she moved to a small rural community in the mountains of California five years ago. Talk about a change! Driven by a desire to get
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Sean Douglas Sean Douglas is a U.S. Air Force Veteran, Master Resilience Implementer, TEDx Speaker, International Radio Show Host, Performance Enhancement Expert, and Author. He inspires and motivates you to “Live Your Brand” so you can grow personally and professionally. Millennials to 50-year-old professionals hire Sean to learn life transformation skills that elevate them to new
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Jason Gomez was just 28-years old when his doctor told him he needed a pacemaker to live. Many would consider this to be a life sentence or prison in itself. What can you really do in life if you can get zapped at any moment, right? Rather than be dictated by his condition, Jason decided to
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