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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![[MIXED BAG] Running Your Life Like A Project](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/running-your-life-square-300x300.jpg)
If you can’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of those around you. In this episode, Doug talks about his secret tip to taking care of his five to thrive – mind, body, soul, relationships, and business. In this episode, you learn how you can manage your life in a way that gives you more FREEDOM. More freedom to enjoy your life and accomplish the things that bring you true fulfillment in your life.
![[BUSINESS] The Digital Lifestyle](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-digital-lifestyle-square-300x300.jpg)
Have you ever dreamed of living the digital lifestyle? Do you wanderlust over being able to create your own schedule and work from wherever is calling your heart at the moment? In this episode, Doug answers the common question “How do I live a digital lifestyle? What does it take?”
![[RELATIONSHIPS] Closure With Someone Gone](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Closure-with-someone-gone-square-300x300.jpg)
Today’s Daily Growth Hack comes from a reader question. The question is “Doug, what do I do to clean up something in my past, something that’s been bothering me and just kind of feel like it’s holding me back. What’s something I can do when I can no longer talk to that person?”
![[SOUL] Balance](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/balance-square-300x300.jpg)
The Wheel of Balance
Balance is just critically important to human nature. We all know it, but often times we’re just out of balance.
![[BODY] What’s Your Frame of Reference?](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Whats-your-frame-of-reference-square-1-300x300.jpg)
Frame of reference. What it is, is what is your frame of reference of what’s acceptable or what your standards are. Oftentimes, we set our standards subconsciously a lot lower than we think. It really takes some diving into, some deep diving to see what that is.
In this episode, we take a deep look into what standards we are operating under and how we can uplevel our frame of reference to hold a life we actually want.
![[MIND] And or Or?](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/And-or-Or-square-300x300.jpg)
Are you living in the world of OR? Are you living in the world of AND? Why do you have to pick between two options when you can have both?
![[MIXED BAG] Paying The Fat Tax](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Paying-a-fat-tax-square-300x300.jpg)
In today’s episode we talk about what Doug called as a gym owner, “fat tax”. Fat tax is a payment that you would make just because you had a certain condition that was going on. In one case, you paid this tax because your self conscious about having this gym membership thinking that you might show up and thinking that you might go, knowing that you really wouldn’t, right? That was a tax. It was a fat tax. Now, we have “taxes” on all areas of our life. Listen to today’s episode to see where you may be paying some hidden taxes.
![[MIXED BAG] Embrace The Suck](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/embrace-the-suck-square-300x300.jpg)
All of us have experienced challenges that we wish we didn’t have to go through. Yet, many times these experiences provide us with opportunities to grow more than we could have imagined. In this episode, Doug helps us turn the situations we typically wish we could avoid and use them in our favor. We learn how to embrace the suck and turn even those most frustrating situations into a positive experience.
Do you ever have people around you who you know are not living to their potential? Do you ever see areas that you know YOU are not living to your potential? In this episode, Doug discusses a really hard talk he had to have with his team about stepping it up….and WHY. We then get to challenge ourselves to all look in our five to thrive and see in what areas we are not stepping up to our high standards.
![[RELATIONSHIPS] Persistence](https://www.authorofyourownstory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Persistence-square-300x300.jpg)
Have you ever experienced such a persistence that you couldn’t help but agree with what was at hand? Maybe you were unsure about something but because of the persistence from the other side, you couldn’t help but agree. In this episode, we learn about the importance of following through and being persistent with things you truly want. Whether it’s business, relationships, or a goal.
