Daily Brainstorms

What’s A Positive Mindset?

What’s A Positive Mindset? This question is something that I’ve been exploring for 11 years since the first brain tumor diagnosis and surgery when I was 21 years old. It’s not what people think it is to have a positive mindset, even though it’s not sexy. We hear, “be positive, think positive”. Yeah, that sounds great and is the goal. But, it’s really about the intention we set forth for our…

My First Bowling Tournament

Great showing for my first tournament back bowling after 16 years focusing on BMX. Came into the tournament with a 207 average giving me 11 pins handicap per game. I entered the scratch and handicap division and am very pleased with how I bowled in all 8 games averaging 224. My goal was to just show up, bowl above my average, and gain experience in this competitive environment. Ended up 13th…

One Does NOT Represent Many

Are you a fan of black and white words or CONTEXT? To me, there is so much GREY area in life and with today being so polarizing for every topic that comes up, I see so much context lacking from conversations and arguments. I believe this context is what could help enhance communication and comprehension between opposing opinions and views on various subjects. When we have less defensive…

We live in a world where we’re conditioned that giving up is normalized. Conditioned to give into fear or not even begin going after our dreams because of others insecurity / past experiences of “failure” projected upon us. April 16th, 2010, I signed over my life to the hands of a neurosurgeon & his team as I said goodbye & “I love you” to my younger brother & parents. I was 21 years old & was…

WHY “if X then Y” Thinking Does NOT Work

So many of us, including myself, tend to think “if this then that” when it comes to how we think and feel. We give away our power to create the lives we desire by believing that if we just had a little bit more money, if we lost a little more weight, if we obtained a few more things that represented success, and so on that THEN we would feel happy, secure, and confident. The problem with this…

Why IDENTITY should be the focus rather than OUTCOMES

We all want various outcomes to manifest and we typically change the way in which we do things to try and achieve the outcome.

But, what I found to be the reason why some succeed and other don’t, or why some succeed and maintain the success while others don’t, is because the focus is not directed in the right place at the right time.

I ran a poll asking my Facebook group about where their…

You’ve Been Through Worse

‪You’ve been through worse & are still here.

Remember you’re alive & each adversity is a gift. A gift sitting there waiting for us to learn from & to take….if we choose to do so.

Life is all about choices.

We choose to think what we think. Take away & give meaning to experiences in life.

React to others in a specific manner. Speak to others however we do.

Take action, or lack there…

YOU Are At CAUSE

YOU are at cause for your reality.

I’ve said this in the past and have gotten a lot of angry responses and exaggerated examples of terrible things happening in the world.

What I’ve come to learn is that we CAN NOT control the outcomes out of efforts or the events that happen in the world or directly to us.

What we can control is ourselves and our state of being (our thoughts, emotions,…

We Compete Against OURSELF

I find most, if not all, of the competition we face is life is against ourselves.

When I talk about “perceived” fear, I’m talking about the mind games our brain plays on us to elicit the emotional response of fear to prevent us from danger or some kind of potential harm or threat.

The problem with this life saving programmed response is that the majority of the fear we experience today is…

Speaking your truth is about connecting with others so we can begin to understand one another but it’s also about holding yourself accountable for your life and speaking your truth into existence.

Here are 3 episodes of my series “Josh Perry’s Mind” on The Grey Matters Podcast Fleming about how stress and fear can hold us back from speaking and living our truth.

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Fear Is An Emotional Response To A Thought

There’s a big difference between perceived threats/stress and actual threats to our life that create the thoughts of fear. There’s also a ton of similarity in terms of what each one elicits in regards to chemicals within our bodies that can become addictive and run our lives.

People ask me about my tattoo “fear is just a thought thoughts can be changed” a lot.

I figured I’d share with all…

I always have fear.

The difference is, I do the work (mentally & physically) to choose how fear contributes to my life.

Fear doesn’t own me, it’s just a thought. I use fear to guide me towards the things I must do in order to fulfill my purpose. I choose the thoughts by doing the mental work EVERY single day.

It starts with my morning routine and continues with the choices in who I surround…

I’ve taken all I’ve learned from BMX and have shared as much as I can but I’ve also uncovered deeper learnings from BMX and applied to my personal and professional life outside of the sport.

This has allowed me to build a 6-figure business based on my purpose to shift perspectives and empower others to achieve success in their lives, and it’s allowed me to experience the freedom I desire more…

I’m sharing my TRUTH in an effort to shifts others perspectives because I believe that’s what is required to change your life.

It’s not a lack of motivation, resources, or skills.

We possess all the tools we need within us once we believe we’re capable of accessing these tools.

Our personality is what creates our personal reality and our personality is made up of how we think, act, and…

It was a gift I had the choice to receive or deny.

My internal vision & values aligned in such a congruent manner that it inspired me to go on a mission to challenge my external reality as it didn’t align with the internal vision I had created.

In doing so, I found my Massive Intention To Optimize my life & audit any area of my being that didn’t follow suit with the vision I in pursuit of…

I Needed The Brain Tumor

I needed to be diagnosed with a brain tumor to find & step into my true purpose.

I won my first pro contest and the best trick contest in the same weekend as a 20 year old in April of 2009, earning about $15k – the most money I had ever seen at once.

Pursuing my dream of becoming a pro BMX athlete is what got me ready for the obstacles that were to come almost exactly a year later.

The…

Build Without Destroying Others

When people throw shade your way, they clearly have unresolved emotional baggage they haven’t learned to let go of.

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When people throw shade your way, they clearly have unresolved emotional baggage they haven’t learned to let go of. I used to be one of those people until I became aware of why I was reacting in such a manner and how I wasn’t living…