Don’t think of a pink elephant. What are you now thinking of? Our words have an extreme power to control what we subconsciously focus on, even the things we say we “don’t” want.

Today’s episode talks about one minor shift you can make in your language that will help you subconsciously get closer to what you actually DO want and away from the things you truly do not want.

Are you searching for abundance and success? Would you like to live a successful life? Most of us would answer ‘yes’, yet we are living a life that we actually consider to be successful. In this episode, Doug helps us uncover what abundance and success actually mean to us by our own definition, and not societies. He then helps us to take our definition of success and create action steps to make it our reality.

To all the entrepreneurs out there – do you experience the ‘shiny object syndrome’? You know what I’m talking about – when that light bulb comes on and you have a brilliant idea that you know you HAVE to pursue…yesterday.

This daily growth hack is about setting aside time in a way that works FOR you and your brilliant ideas. You don’t need to cast your ideas aside – you just need to create focused chunks.

For every million business ideas, one actually comes to fruition. Now, why is that? Many of us have had hundreds of ideas, only to not take action on our end or give up when it gets rough. In this episode, Doug talks about the ‘birthing’ process of building a business and the tenacity that comes along with it. You are challenged to take a look at your five to thrive and dive deep into what things you might not be allowing togo through the labor process

Do you wish you had a tool that would allow the people around you to be more receptive to you? What if you were able to increase your chances of being heard and lowering the defenses of those you were talking to?

Establishing rapport is a communication skill that breaks down barriers and establishes open communication. Learn this hack that will help you in your business and personal relationships.

Who are you? This is typically a question that is answered with a profession, a status, or an affiliation. In today’s daily growth hack we want to explore who you really are at your core. What are your values? What lights you up? What makes you, you?

From being bullied to a leading fitness expert. Today’s episode we get to hear from Menachem Brodie. Menachem is currently a strength and conditioning expert who specializes in training for Cyclists. Menachem starts off the episode with us by showing us how his fitness journey all started when he was in Jr. High and was bullied often for being “different”. He got suspended from fighting when he was trying to stand up for himself and while he was home on suspension, turned on the TV, only to find a workout video that from that moment on inspired him to pursue a career in fitness.

Have you ever stopped yourself from pursuing something because you felt there were other people ‘more talented’? Maybe you have felt you were better suited to do what’s practical since there are many more talented people going after that ‘thing’ you truly wish you could do.

The question then becomes…does talent always win?

Have you ever looked at your options and thought “I can either do A or I can do B”, while forgetting that you actually could create an option C in which you get to find a way to do both A and B? In this episode, we switch from the mindset of OR to and space of AND by asking ourselves the question “What else is possible?”.

Control and Passion. Two things that are challenging to live in the same space. Many of us are quick to say we want more passion in our lives, our relationship, our businesses and yet when it comes to releasing control and allowing ourselves to fully release the hold we have…..we can’t. Learn in today’s episode how we can dive into what’s really behind our need for control and how we can loosen it up to allow more passion into our lives.

Whether you are aware of it or not, we all have rules for pretty much everything in our life. From the way we experience love and worthiness to how we show up as a spouse. If you are feeling dissatisfied in any area of your life, it may be because of the rules you have subconsciously created.

In this episode, Doug gives us insight on how our rules have such a large effect on our happiness, how we can become aware of our current rules, and how we get to shift them to create a more powerful way of living.

As you are becoming the author of your own story you really need to give yourself permission to fail and permission not to succeed. You need to give yourself permission to fail because if you don’t, you won’t jump. You won’t jump forward. You won’t take that great leap or even that first step that’s necessary to become the author of your own story. In this episode, Doug gives you the insight on how to switch your beliefs around failure and allow yourself to fail and fail often.

How often are you looking at a screen throughout your day? If you’re like many people – you might be staring at a screen for 6-10 hours A DAY. That is a lot of blue light that can interrupt your sleep patterns. In this episode, Doug gives a few tips and hacks to reducing the amount of blue light, without taking you away from a screen.

This morning, I got up after a rough night. Our son just wasn’t sleeping well so my wife and I were up and down throughout the evening. And when I finally got up to start my day, I went downstairs and noticed that the coffee hasn’t been prepped. Now, I thought about it the night before, I thought about it before going to bed, “You know what, Doug? You should just prep the coffee. Grind the beans, get the water ready. Get it all ready, so all you have to do is hit a button when you come down.”

Have you ever heard that little voice inside of you that is telling you you’re not good enough? Maybe it’s telling you that need to lose weight before you find love, or maybe it’s telling you that you can’t start that business because you just don’t have the money, or maybe it’s saying you aren’t smart enough to become a doctor.

Would you like to remove your stress throughout your day? Would you like to transform those moments and situations that often feel stressful to feel stress-less? If so, today’s episode is for you. Learn this simple tip that will change how you feel and allow you to show up powerfully and calm all throughout your day.

Today’s episode is with Alex Armstrong and if you own a business this is a MUST listen. Alex breaks down some serious golden nuggets in regards to retention and the mindset around selling that can help transform your business.

Alex is a retention consultant for fitness businesses and talks about the problem that he personally faced of working/training 8-10 hours per day only to feel completely empty at the end of the day with no energy for personal life or working “on” the business.

The question becomes not how can we get someone in the door, but how can we get someone in who will want to stay for four years?