Living a Y.I.E.L.D. Today Life - 5 Steps - #25
Wow! Are we really on episode #25 already? That's amazing! This past week has been extremely influential for me. I've been keeping track of how I've spent every single hour of my day since April 5, 2020. One thing I did last week was I had a really good mentor call with my Uncle Mark and from talking with him I knew I needed to do another episode talking more specifically about Y.I.E.L.D. which is an acronym that I try to live by. :)
So I pulled back the curtain, did some deep diving, and came up with these 5 pillars of living a Y.I.E.L.D. Today kind of life. Hope you enjoy and that this is inspirational in some way. Thank you for following and sharing the podcast. Be sure to subscribe and stay tuned it really helps! Also don't forget to follow the podcast on Instagram! :)
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1. Purposeful Creation
I have to start here by mentioning my love of God. When I was in high school and was struggling to see myself in a more positive light I always had a lot of hope that God was aware of me and had a plan for me. I think of His love for me and for all of us. We were all created ON PURPOSE. We are here FOR A REASON. We are here to do a LOT OF GOOD. When you're able to apply this principle to your life and to your future life it is amazing.
2. Abundant Compassion - For yourself and others. You need to be willing to love others and yourself, like God loves you. Something I've done in the past to do this is I write down peoples' names of people I want to keep in touch with.
3. Shine By Being Around Others Who Shine - It's been said that you are the average of the 5 people that you spend the most time with. I very strongly believe that this applies to the content that you watch. You could also twist this quote and say that you are the average of the 5 TV shows that you watch. Sure, this may be a bit of a drastic comparison, but it's worth considering in my opinion.
4. Stay sharp - Keep learning, and never stop improving. This will ensure that you'll continue to stay relevant and you'll always be able to help people.
If you want to go into Game Design, there are SO many people that you can choose to be influenced by to help you to get there. Maybe you could make a blog that talks about your learning process to help inspire others. For me one thing that helps me stay sharp is having systems of focused and purposeful thought (again, Purposeful Creation) that help me to stay sharp. These things can help accelerate your growth, widen your opportunities, and deepen your joys.
5. Never-ending Focus - Help others reach their dreams and you will also reach your own. You also need to develop the talent of being able to see things before they happen. In his book, "Sell or Be Sold", Grant Cardone talks about how if you know something really, really well then you are able to predict it. This separates the pros from the wannabes. Still, you cannot know exactly what's going to happen, but you can have a good enough idea to help inspire other people (like a weatherman, or a business consultant strategist).
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