Every single day we release a new tip, trick, or insight that will challenge you to look at your life in a new way and give you guidance on taking the steps needed to creating a life you love. You were meant to live an epic life. You were created to be the author of your own story. You are destined to experience a life full of freedom and joy.
Many personal growth podcasts or webinars are once a week, once a month, or cost money to enjoy. We’ve created our daily growth hacks because we believe in daily growth. We believe that committing to your growth every day makes the largest difference. These daily growth hacks are anywhere from 3-10 minutes every morning (the perfect amount of time to sit down, enjoy your morning coffee, and listen to (or watch) an episode). In these episodes, we talk about ways to grow and expand in what we call the five to thrive: mind, body, soul, relationships, and business.
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![[MIND] Your Driving Force](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-5-2-300x300.png)
In this episode, Doug gives an introduction to the 6 human needs that we all have. The way we order these needs determines the way in which we view our life. By discovering which human needs speak to you the most, you get to understand what drives you in all of your life actions and how you can best use that for your benefit.
![[MIXED BAG] Slay A Dragon](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-3-3-300x300.png)
Have you ever seen an old sailor map? The kind where they have the lay of the land, but they also have areas with dragons drawn on to showcase that area as a “danger zone”. Now, the majority of people would avoid those areas like the plague, but there were select few who would see those areas as opportunity. As the untapped area that not many were willing to go to.
In today’s episode, we talk about a personal experience with plant medicine, what it looks like to slay your dragons, and where you might be allowing the ‘dragons’ to stop you from moving forward.
![[MIXED BAG] Invest In Yourself](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-2-4-300x300.png)
When is the last time you invested in you? In bettering yourself? Money comes and goes. Many of the people Doug has worked with have made hundreds of millions of dollars and then go bankrupt. Many have made their money and then lost it, time and time again. It comes and goes. Businesses get built and burn down, but something that someone can never take from you is your own personal growth, your own knowledge.
![[BUSINESS] The Cost of Settling](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-1-4-300x300.png)
Have you ever felt deep in your bones like you KNOW there is more to this life than how you’re currently living it? Have you ever felt like you were settling in your relationships? Like you just kept lowering your expectations in order for things to “work”? If any of this relates to you, you won’t want to miss this episode.
![[RELATIONSHIPS] Words Cannot Be Unsaid](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-10-300x300.png)
There’s a lot of things in life that you can undo, you can take back and no one will ever know. Words aren’t one of those things. Yes, if you say something, you can go back and correct the situation, apologize and take ownership, and you should each and every time. Right? Words themselves cannot be unsaid. If you say something mean, vulgar or hurtful to somebody, they can’t be taken back. The person may forgive you, but you can never take those words back.
![[SOUL] The Spotlight Effect](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-5-1-300x300.png)
The spotlight effect … well, each time when you go into a social situation or you’re thinking about making a big decision, what naturally occurs to most of us is what’s called “the spotlight effect”. That’s where we think that everybody is looking on us. They’re looking at us and they’re concentrating on the things that we’re doing and the ways that we’re behaving. When the truth is this is just a way that you limit yourself from actually achieving your potential.
![[MIND] Carpe Diem](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-4-1-300x300.png)
We all have 24 hours in a day, I don’t care who you are, you have 24 hours in the day. What are you going to do with it? Have you ever woke up in the morning and said, “How can I seize and conquer this day?” Maybe you actually follow these daily growth hacks and realize that people write down their day the night before. They plan it out. They ask, “how am I going to seize these 24 hours? This precious time that I have here on earth? This precious time that I have to spend with my family? This precious time I have to build my businesses? This precious time I have to reach out and help clients and break their chains for them?”. In today’s daily growth hack, we talk about truly seizing every day and who we can make the most out of the 24 hours we have each day.
![[MIXED BAG] Get Support](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-3-2-300x300.png)
People that have large family networks close to them tend to recover from illness and injury much faster than those of us who have families spread out all over or just one or two people around. This is because when those people actually get sick or injured their family rushes in to support them and they recover so much faster. Having that emotional support as well as the physical support that allows them to rebound so much quicker. Now, how often do many of us actually need that support, especially for those of us that are business owners?
![[MIXED BAG] Be Your Own Hero](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-2-3-300x300.png)
What do every movie and good marketing have in common? The Hero’s Journey. In every movie/story/marketing campaign/book, you will follow the life of a person who encounters a tragedy or dilemma. During this time that person typically stumbles upon a mentor of sorts and we follow their lives as they become the hero in the end. In today’s daily growth hack, we all get challenged with the question “Are you the hero in your story”?
![[MIXED BAG] Being Found Everywhere](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DGH-Template-1-3-300x300.png)
Today’s daily growth hack is for anyone trying to build their personal brand, build their businesses’ brand, or generate more quality leads/sales. In today’s episode, we talk about something that not a lot of businesses/brands are doing….which is being EVERYWHERE. You could be missing a huge portion of your target audience by simply not being where they are. Find out how to effectively get in front of the people you want!
