Angela Duckworth wrote the book on Grit which is all about the power of passion and perseverance. After absorbing the key points I felt a much deeper understanding of what she is referring to. Why? Well that's because we have been living it for many years. All in preparation for what we are now doing. We held our vision, although I did waver from time to time to the "flashing red car", @mind2heart.heart2dreams stayed unwavering and always brought me back. What Angela explains is that effort is the key to staying on track. To get the skills we need to combine a certain degree of talent with effort and to turn that into achievement it is applying that skill with effort. Which then comes down to understanding what that unique talent or skill is. For me it is speaking, sharing and building relationships, and that is where I have been putting my focus towards and learning how to do it better. And then that too requires passion and perseverance too, to take the time and effort to learn, associate and be open to growing . What makes me feel #mindproud is realizing that I have been been following the practice of Grit and it is cool to get validation that I am on the right track :) @bodyproud_movement #bodyproud #mindproud  #dreamproud #treasureMEchest #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced #MindEnhanced https://www.instagram.com/p/BwxayARnMrh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j2lekaocgoh9

I asked myself a number of months ago: "What's the number one thing I can start doing that will have the greatest impact on my life" and I instantly got the answer. Of course I did, as I think I knew it all along, it was just a matter of making the decision to act on it. It's very easy to "clever-pretend" and ignore it, however once I made the decision and put it into place life has been very different. What is the one thing? Drum roll... to ensure that I practice my fundamentals. Everyday. 1) Eating mindfully: focusing on what I put into my body is going to nourish it to perform at it's highest potential; 2) Moving consciously: staying active with short sessions throughout the day from stretching to cardio, from weightlifting to Qi Gong; 3) Mindfulness: meditating, breathing, mind movie, affirmations, visualization, learning, reading, listening so that I can expand my growth and set the right intention and energy for the day. I do this before I officially start my day. Before I schedule any meetings, phone calls or even check email or social media feeds. It's been more than 3 months now and I feel great! And so many positive changes have taken place. I have found that making sure I have done the fundamentals sets me up to perform at my highest potential and keep me focused on my goals, dreams and intentions. Double tap ❤ and tag SOMEONE who needs to see this! 👇⁣ @bodyproud_movement #bodyproud #mindproud #dreamproud #treasureMEchest #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced #MindEnhanced 💪😎👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwrvd79HmlI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yh5zgisdnm1l

I asked myself a number of months ago: "What's the number one thing I can start doing that will have the greatest impact on my life" and I instantly got the answer. Of course I did, as I think I knew it all along, it was just a matter of making the decision to act on it. It's very easy to "clever-pretend" and ignore it, however once I made the decision and put it into place life has been very different. What is the one thing? Drum roll... to ensure that I practice my fundamentals. Everyday. 1) Eating mindfully: focusing on what I put into my body is going to nourish it to perform at it's highest potential; 2) Moving consciously: staying active with short sessions throughout the day from stretching to cardio, from weightlifting to Qi Gong; 3) Mindfulness: meditating, breathing, mind movie, affirmations, visualization, learning, reading, listening so that I can expand my growth and set the right intention and energy for the day. I do this before I officially start my day. Before I schedule any meetings, phone calls or even check email or social media feeds. It's been more than 3 months now and I feel great! And so many positive changes have taken place. I have found that making sure I have done the fundamentals sets me up to perform at my highest potential and keep me focused on my goals, dreams and intentions. Double tap ❤ and tag SOMEONE who needs to see this! 👇⁣ @bodyproud_movement #bodyproud #mindproud #dreamproud #treasureMEchest #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced #MindEnhanced 💪😎👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwrvd79HmlI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gjtymhlwtayh

So it's been over 4 months since @mind2heart.heart2dreams and I started watching our #mindmovie. After listening to a book by @drjoedispenza "Becoming Supernatural" we took his advice and created what is basically a dream board turned into a video & supercharged! Mindy did an awesome job putting it together and bringing to life all the pictures we found. Images that represents key components of the life we envision, and combined it with powerful music, kaleidoscope images and ancient geometry. And then layered it with powerful saying, mantras and affirmations. The video is a 22 min watch. 22 minutes! That's over 1,300 seconds! At first I focused on "how long it was going to take to watch it everyday" and thought when am I going to have time to do that? And as soon as I embraced why I was doing this and how it will make me feel, I found the time and totally immersed myself in the experience. We have been watching it now everyday, morning and night -- there have been a few missed ones along the way -- and I highly, highly, highly recommend this to anyone. I believe it has greatly enhanced the way I feel, the thoughts I have, the vibrations and energy I am attracting and speed at which our business is moving.  @bodyproud_movement #dreamproud #treasureMEchest #mindPROUD  #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced #MindEnhanced 💪😎👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwqIy0kjetM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=krdwuf1emfm9

I had a moment the other day that @mind2heart.heart2dreams and I refer to as a proud-ME-moment. We were sitting in the park and reflecting on the heightened level of focus, presence, positivity and productivity we've had over the last phase of our growth and Mindy asked me if I can remember the thing/thought/moment that something changed for me. The aha that allowed me to see things differently. My answer... I decided to decide. That's it. In fact part of the word originates from Latin and literally means to  cut off all of the other options. So I decided that in order to reach our goals I needed to be exemplary and activate all the lessons I have focused on learning through my daily practice of watching, reading and listening. As my friend Casey would say to step in at 100%. And what I am proud about is I have been doing it as my norm... yes, I haven't achieved it 100% of the time yet, and I am getting very close. What I am feeling great about is that for the majority of the day my conscious thoughts are ones that make me feel good. It's very different to be 80% in, 90% or even 99%... 100% means all in. Despite the initial discomfort, as that part goes away and a different way of being emerges. @bodyproud_movement #proudMEmoment #treasureMEchest  #mindPROUD #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced  #MindEnhanced 💪😎👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwmp7M8nxRl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j4l187ti566q

Something really cool happened. So I had one of those moments that @mind2heart.heart2dreams refers to as "cool-incidence", as it it's too "cool" to just be a "co"-incidence! First some background: on our journey to getting FAME/Us ready for launch we had many, many, o, did I say, many, experiences. One of those experiences occurred when we were renting my sister-in-laws house and working with a particular brand. On that afternoon almost exactly 4 years ago we had to make a monumental choice in order to move forward with FAME. It was a crucial decision and cost us a lot of money and life lessons. It was a decision I am proud of having made... and it took a lot of growth to transform through that period. (more on that another time) So here is the cool part... just a few weeks ago I was also having another monumental phone call, one that would put FAME right on the launch path, and at that very moment I happened to be standing in the same spot in my sister-in-law's backyard as I was 4 years earlier. How cool is that?@bodyproud_movement #coolincidence #treasureMEchest #FAMEgame #FitAdvanced  #MindEnhanced 💪😎👊 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlLp6DDMqW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y1h8vs9kpqw6