Today’s question is “Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?” Most of us would naturally think, “well, I want to be happy, of course”. Yet, so often we subconsciously choose to be right in a way that can sabotage our relationships and sabotage our happiness. In what ways can you shift to being happy vs being right to make your life and relationships better?

In today’s episode, we get to hear from Dr. Rob + Debi Maldonado. Rob has a background in psychology and especially the teachings from Carl Jung and Debi has a background in personal development + caching. When the two met, they discovered that each of their backgrounds and specialties helped compliment the other to create a powerful system and method that empowers the masses. The system psychological they have created is developed to help people free their minds.

Where do you lie to yourself? Where do you tell yourself that it isn’t a big deal, or you’ll work on it tomorrow, or you are in a space where maybe you really aren’t? The big lie I kept telling myself or told myself was I was still in shape and I was still doing well, when all of a sudden I remember one time putting on a pair of dress pants, getting ready to go down and to do a talk to a bunch of business owners who knew me. Most of them knew me. I’d say, a lot of them knew me, and my pants didn’t fit. What? It was ridiculous. It blew me away, because the big lie I was telling myself was that I was still in shape. That I’d let myself slip today. Maybe even tomorrow, but I was going to get right back on it. Now, this was just in the area of my fitness, and I don’t know about you, but I can see this happen across my Five to Thrive.

Do you ever hear the phrase “it’s good enough”? Do you ever wonder if you should be okay with good enough, or if good enough is truly good enough? Sometimes we allow ourselves to get blocked from taking action because we are so focused on reaching perfection – does this sound familiar? When is it a time to say “it is good enough and I am happy with that”?

You really need to know your numbers. You need to know your numbers so you could hit your goals. Where are you? I had a talk with a business owner this morning. Now, this business owner’s very savvy and has done very well. And they invited me to come on as a member of their team, an equity partner really, and when I asked them for their numbers they just didn’t know. You see they were an extremely successful business owner, but yet they didn’t understand what the lifeblood of their business was. What were their cash flows, how was their balance sheet looking, what were their profit and loss statements like, how much actual money do they get gross versus net?

Today’s topic, Just Show Up, applies to all of your Five to Thrive. I was listening to an interview by Bo Eason; now, he’s a former NFL football player, renowned actor, and playwright. Bo was talking about how he was never the most athletic person, he was never the best of the best. And we’re talking about NFL athletes, you’re talking about the greatest, right? And he played with people like Jerry Rice for example, and Joe Montana. But Bo is saying is, one thing that he always is, he showed up. Not only did he show up, but he always showed up early. He was one of the first guys in the locker room, or so he thought, and I’ll tell you about that in a second. He was also the last to leave.

Today’s episode is for all of you who have a great idea (or many), and are looking to grow your idea from infancy to fruition. Many of us have ‘great ideas’ but how can you make your idea and even better reality? How can you make your idea the best idea that is out there? How can you beat your competitors? Today’s tip helps you get into the mindset of creating the best idea/product/service possible.

In today’s daily growth hack, we get challenged to really look at where we’re spending our time and where we may be missing out on what truly matters in our world. Are we ignoring any beauty that is right in front of us, just so we can gain that same beauty or freedom in the future? Challenge yourself today!

Today’s interview is with Len Wright who says he has adapted to be a modern-day wizard by being a mystic advisor to many. Len was a powerful and inspiring mission to uplift humanity and affect deep and profound change in those he works with. He has spent the last 30 years in intensive trainings to understand and master how to optimize this ‘machine’ we all are. With this intensive training and powerful mission, Len works with people to achieve their highest levels. Do yourself a favor and listen to what this man has to say.

When you get triggered, or you get stressed, or you get anxious, and oftentimes this happens with people that we’re most close to because they know our buttons, and we let them in a little bit more, we act in a way that feels like an automatic anger. I’m talking about that pattern that happens where somebody says something to you. They act in a way that you don’t like, or a way that triggers a response. You’ve lost control. It’s a knee-jerk reaction. Now we all do this. In this episode, learn what we can do to best handle our triggers.

Today’s daily growth hack is a quick tip, but it’s something that is really easy to do. We all know the power of inspiration, the power of inspirational thoughts, inspirational movies, inspirational images, yet how often do we lose these inspirations right after we see it?

Maybe you see an inspirational image in a magazine, or an inspirational movie, and then after leaving, a day, two, three, four days later you lose that inspiration. Well inspiration comes and goes, but one quick thing that you can do, right here, right now, today, to increase your odds of getting inspired, is…..

A snapshot in time, the present moment. Ask yourself, “Is it working or is it not?” Now, oftentimes we kind of fudge things around. You know, “Is your diet or exercise program working?” “Well, you know sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t. You know, sometimes Doug I’m on it and sometimes I’m not.” Well, that’s BS, right? Either it is working, or it’s not working. And if it’s working sometimes that means it’s not working for you.

Here I am in my home office and I was actually just talking to an entrepreneur and we were talking about problems that he’s seeing in his business. He has an MBA and a very analytical mind and is a fantastic business person, in most cases.

He’s seeing these problems that are coming up, problems in his marketplace and problems that I see, frankly, as opportunities. What I had him do is rephrase his problems as opportunities.

Today’s episode is with Butch Santucci, the Owner of Glen Burnie Fitness, a Fitness Studio. Today, he talks about how to create success in business by focusing on relationships, being vulnerable, and always showing up authentically.

Butch talks about the power of being the first to be vulnerable. By walking into a business relationship willing to be authentic, vulnerable, and looking for help you can build a trusting relationship that will help you create massive success (as well as fulfillment) in your business.

Today’s video is for all of you out there who have ever felt nervous, uncomfortable, and simply a little weary about a big party or event. Whether it’s because you’re an introvert, you don’t know anyone, or it’s not a situation you’re used to, today’s hack will help you put yourself in a position that allows you to thrive and feel your best.

Kathy is the definition of living a life on your own terms. From starting a TV show based on one her books, getting her PHD, being a 12th time award winning author for her 7 books, being featured in many well-known publications, working on ending the underground sex trade in her community, to finding time to do trapeze. She has lived such an inspiring life and says she did it all by simply “following the breadcrumbs” placed in front of her.

To say Kathy is inspiring is an understatement. You do NOT want to miss this episode of Kathy sharing her secret to it all and giving us permission to do the exact same.

Magnesium is a very talked about supplement right now. Find out what it does, if it is necessary, and what the effects of taking it are. Is it something you may be missing or something that is recommended? Find out in today’s Daily Growth Hack.

Have you ever felt like you have been waiting and waiting for something to happen, and you just don’t know if you can wait any longer? This can apply to waiting for a raise, waiting for a proposal from your partner, waiting for the plumber to show up, or even waiting to get pregnant and have a baby. In this episode, we talk about how to deal with the process of waiting for what we want and exercising patience. Doug talks about the difference between expectations and possibilities and how a switch in your paradigm can change your entire approach.