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June 4, 2020

520. First, be average

Because average is the base camp of great. So you fell asleep at the wheel...your pants are tighter & your sales are lighter. I bet when I talk to you, you’re telling me how you used to look and live right? And you were sooo…
June 3, 2020

519. Buy your effort another round

In episode 517 we talked about the need for endurance, but let’s skip back to effort again because effort only once is a result, but if you reapply your skills with even more effort, you’ll = achievement. Today we work off o…
June 2, 2020

518. Make yourself a part of the conversation.

When comedian Steve Martin is asked his advice on how to be successful it’s pretty simple. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” Today we’re riffing from @calnewport book “So good they can’t ignore you.” Adopt a “Craftsman’s M…
June 1, 2020

517. You know about effort, but you forgot about endurance.

New month, new goals, right? With renewed optimism THIS is gonna be your month. To achieve your goals it’s gonna take massive effort...we all know that. Effort = Reward. But what isn’t talked about is it’s gonna take enduran…
May 31, 2020

516. Put the belt aside. | Now that you’ve done, add some do’s.

Believe it or not, although he’s definitely had some way low’s, Mike Tyson said his rock bottom moment was when he became the Heavyweight Champion of the world. When he had no name, money, or belt he always wanted to train, …
May 30, 2020

515. Take it till I make it.

“I can’t take it anymore!” Said that a few thousand times? Yea, me too, when things aren’t working. It’s times like this that you have to remember you’re playing in the gap between “Fake it till I make it” & “Make it till I …
May 29, 2020

514. Know your A, Be, See’s

Text or send me a voice memo! I want to hear from you 337-565-0906 David Clark was remembered on Rich Roll’s podcast. Rich played a previous conversation he had with David- his story was amazing to transforming from a 320 lb…
May 28, 2020

513. Have to so you never need to again | Have to = survival. Need to = success

“Need to so you never have to again.” Today is a “heavy have to” for me. There are days where I’m ramped up & excited about the future. But today’s not one of those days. It’s what I call a “heavy have to,” where the obligat…
May 27, 2020

512. It was “in spite of,” not “because of.”

When you look at an athlete, actor, entrepreneur- or anyone who is successful, you often are looking for their advantages & telling yourself that they made it “because of” (their gifts or luck). But their story is just like …
May 26, 2020

511. “Expect everything & attach to nothing.”

Benjamin Hardy writes that one of the psychological keys to Kobe Bryant’s success was his refractory period. Your refractory period is the amount of time it takes to emotionally recover & move on from an experience. KB had a…
May 25, 2020

510. Even when it doesn’t make sense, work certain

(Sorry for the audio quality. Experimenting w/ new equipment so I need to tweak it.) On his show Maxed Out, Ed Mylett made an off-hand comment to John Maxwell. “Who would’ve ever thought a preacher could leave his church and…
May 24, 2020

509. Overwhelmed? Stressed? Fearful? Get moving. | How forward movement quiets 🤫negative emotions.

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman was recently on Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory Podcast. I’m geeky about how the brain 🧠 works but I’m reeeeeal geeky on managing fear. Today, I’m DJ’ing Huberman’s findings, learn how to quiet your…
May 23, 2020

508. Double your abilities by optimizing hard.

Double your abilities by optimizing “hard” “The ability of the average man can be DOUBLED if their situation demanded it.” Will Durant Think back...when you were in the clutch of a situation you doubled your abilities and ma…
May 22, 2020

507. Your noun needs a new verb

507. “Your noun needs a new verb.” On your path to change, you will suffer emotional & physical injuries along the way. Injuries are a part of it, but the word injury is a noun & your recovery has EVERYTHING to do with what …
May 21, 2020

506. Rowan is the new Roman

In chapter 14 of Wes Berry’s book “Big Things Have Small Beginnings,” he leads off telling the true story of “A message to Garcia.” A story of one officer who had to go alone through the jungles to deliver a critical message…
May 20, 2020

505. “How much are you worth? | How to raise your self-worth”

Self- worth is the OPINION you place on the value that you bring. Being that you’ve got no problem remembering all of your mistakes & failures you pronounce have a low self worth. Which is why you depend on material things &…
May 19, 2020

504. “2 sets of opportunities.”

Jason Feifer Editor & Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine said on Heather Monahan’s “Creating Confidence” Podcast “You have 2 sets of opportunities: Opportunity Set A: All the things people are asking you to do. ie Boss, expectat…
May 18, 2020

503. A before E to build C | How to build the power of consistency

“I wish I was more consistent,” is on everybody’s wish list. You start off on fire to get up earlier to work out or learn more, but you soon quit because you can barely walk or stay awake during the day. You quit in the dip.…
May 17, 2020

502. “Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.”

A life without reflection is like a bike with no reflectors. You get run over. TSL Action for today: What will you reflect on? Now that you’ve shed light on that experience, what will you do- not to get back, but to move ahe…
May 16, 2020

501. Play to the image that you want to see.

Have you ever talked to someone over the phone & in that 1 phone call you determined what they looked like- all the way down to their race, weight, height, & success? And then when you see them in person they look NOTHING li…
May 15, 2020

500. It’s not your fault...but it is your responsibility.

“When’s the last time you took responsibility OVER everything in your life?” ~Mark Metry author of “Screw Being Shy.” Most equate responsibility with fault. Some things weren’t your fault- they were out of your control...but…
May 14, 2020

499. They cut your branch but they didn’t cut your tree.

The city cut a huge tree limb hovering over a power line. They cut the branch...but not the tree. SHOW NOTES!https://marshbuice.wordpress.com/2020/05/14/499 Your TSL Action: 1. In your life, what was a cutting of a “branch” …
May 13, 2020

498. Discipline over availabilities

Drinking a case of beer every night is available to me... Smashing a seafood platter or Popeye's Chicken 😋every night is available to me... You can work to a schedule or work to opportunities. Just because it’s available doe…
May 12, 2020

497. Measure your activities not their results

You want what “they” have right? There’s nothing wrong with wanting more...but how do you get there? They seem to be 4000 miles ahead of you. If you chase their results, you’ll quit. But if you measure their activities to yo…