"Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a Dad." ~Anne Geddes 

Today is Father’s Day and the perfect time to express our love and gratitude to these special people in our lives.

"It’s never too late to have a relationship with your father."

Some questions we ask: 
When will you stop blaming yourself for mistakes and acknowledging them as learning experiences that you can learn and reflect from? (3:00)
Is the intent behind a connection with a family member, significant other or friend perceived as pure with enjoyable experiences or beneficial with an underlying need? (5:00)  
How does your relationship with your parents change with time? (8:00)
Are there things that you would ask your father that you have not had a chance to? (10:00) 
Do you regret not thanking or cherishing time with your father when you were younger? (13:00) 
Which traits, morals, and values have you unknowingly inherited from your father? (17:00)
How has your father made you proud and what has he sacrificed for you? (23:00)
Would you be able to make the same sacrifices for your children that your father did? (26:00)

In this episode, we reminisce on the qualities, experiences, and values that our fathers possess. 

What qualities of your dad do you share?

The Father Son Relationship - Words For Dad

1. Intro:
Failure is an inevitable part of life. Therefore, so is dealing with failure. In this week’s episode, we will learn about how to use your experiences with failing to progress, how to set micro-goals, how to keep going after falling down and more. Learning to deal with failure and making the best of it is an extremely important part of developing yourself and succeeding in life. Make sure you do not fail to listen to this week’s podcast!

2. Take away quote
Learn through your experiences to become comfortable with failure. Even failure is progress, be optimistic about it and keep moving forward!

3. Some questions we ask/topics we share (with time):
Vick’s encounters with failure and his comfortability around it. (2:00)
Failure is based upon decisions and your confidence around those decisions. (4:30)
How do you take small steps towards goals in order to not fail? (8:00)
Set micro-goals and macro-goals along the way, small progression is important! (10:00)
How to keep going after falling down. (13:00)
Hitting the failure point. (14:00)
Growing up and teaching children about failure (15:30)
How do you go about finding your passion? (18:30)

4. What you will end up learning:
Setting micro-goals within your macro-goal is an important part of seeing that no matter what happens, you are experiencing some sort of progress. When looking at whether or not a main goal failed or succeeded, it is easy to get caught up in the final result. Look at all the small successes along the way, and even if you do fail make sure to learn from it. Failure is not necessarily a bad thing. Figure out how to use your failures to motivate you to keep pushing through every endeavor in life.

Here's How You Can Fail Your Way To Success

In recent times, there have been so many cheating scandals that have come to light ranging from Jeff Bezos to Jay Z to Ashton Kutcher. 

According to the recent General Social Survey (GSS), 20% of men and 13% of women reported that they’ve had sex with someone other than their spouse while married.

If you are the injured party, it is often devastating and blindsiding to deal with the aftermath. When your partner succumbs to a moment of weakness, you are often left reeling from the pain asking yourself “When did we drift apart and why did he/she do this to me?” 

"Not cheating is an unspoken social contract in a relationship or marriage."

Some questions we ask: 
What is the difference between physical and emotional cheating? (2:00)
Do men or women cheat more? (3:00)
Do unhappy or unfulfilled people cheat? (4:00) 
What do factors like age, maturity, newness of relationships have to do with cheating? (5:00)
What is revenge cheating? (6:00)
How do you find evidence of an emotional affair without breaching your partner’s privacy? (7:00) 
Are you gardening the seeds of your relationship everyday? (8:00)

In this episode, we talk about different types of cheating in relationships and preventative measures. 

What is the algorithm for staying faithful? Have those uncomfortable conversations with your partner, check-in and make sure you are growing together!

Who Cheats More? Men Or Women?

Birthdays can be overwhelming at times. As people grow older, sometimes they find that celebrating becomes a hassle and they are too concerned with making others happy on a day when they should be celebrating their own life. How do you prevent yourself from looking to please others on your birthday? How do you figure out who wants to be with you and who really cares about you on this special day?

“Every year marks change. Why not celebrate and enjoy the little things in life?”
 
Is it worth celebrating your birthday? (0:20)
Birthdays: Drama or excitement? (1:40)
What is a celebration? (2:10)
Who are your most important people, who do you want to celebrate with? (2:40)
Should you worry about entertaining others on your birthday? (3:50)
Celebrations in life. (4:40)
Enjoying moments in life. (5:30)
Will you regret not celebrating your birthdays? (7:00)
Celebrate, whatever that may look like to you. (8:20)
Surround yourself with people who will celebrate for you, and who will focus on your special day and the wonderful person you are! (9:00)
 
Birthdays are a celebration of your life. Surround yourself with people who see the great person you are and who will celebrate this life with you. Do what you want to do on this special day and don’t worry about being the center of others’ happiness, because next year is never guaranteed.

Are You Selfish For Wanting To Celebrate Your Birthday?

You can never know what factors lead others to making the decisions they make. Someone may have a different value set than you, different beliefs than you, or they may simply be having a bad day. In this week’s episode we discuss how not to take criticism and how others see you personally. Criticism from others is not always on you, it could be on your actions. How do we make that distinction and how do we continue to move forward and develop? Find out in this week’s podcast!

Be confident in yourself and know that others' criticism of you does not define who you are as a person.


Taking things personally in a relationship. (1:45)
One person’s opinion in a relationship does not define who you are. (3:30)
Criticize someone’s actions, not the person themselves. (4:15)
Criticism can come from a positive place because people have high expectations of you. (6:00)
Try to see things from the other person’s perspective and let others know when you are criticizing their actions. (7:00)
Never stop being open to feedback. (8:00)
Being let go from your job. (9:00)
Putting blame on yourself and/or others. (10:00)
Try to look at events from different perspectives. (11:00)

Criticism from those close to you does not come from a negative place. Many times those closest to you are criticizing your actions, not who you are as a person. Learn to look deeper within yourself and ask if you think you are truly working hard enough or doing the right things. Be confident in yourself and be open to yourself about who you are.

Here's How And Why You Need To Stop Taking Things So Personally

Seeing other people living lavish and happy lives on social media can make us feel very negative about ourselves. However, it is important to remember that social media is not an accurate representation of someone’s life, it is only a highlight reel. In this week’s episode, we discuss how to cut negative things out of your life, such as social media, that cause you to feel negative about yourself. We also look at how to help you build better self-confidence.

Do not downplay your successes, because you cannot see others failures.

Think about why you feel as though you are not good enough. (1:00)
Understand what triggers these negative feelings. (1:30)
Stop comparing yourself to people and society in general. (1:50)
Have gratitude. (2:20)
Recognize your accomplishments. (2:50).
Come up with goals that help you decide how you feel. (3:25)
Stop using social media as a tool to compare yourself to others. (4:15)

You are an accomplished person no matter what you do. Don’t compare yourself to others. Instead, sit and think of how lucky you are in life. Failing once does not mean you are a failure. Seeing other people show off their lives on social media does not mean they are always happy. Cut out the negative triggers in your life that make you feel less about yourself and celebrate who you are and what you have done.

Here's How You Never Feel Like You're Not Good Enough

In this week’s episode, Kaivan reflects on an incident when Gaurav told him that his ego would eventually kill him. Upon hearing this, Kaivan initially became defensive but did not allow himself to become agitated. Afterward, Kaivan reflected on the conversation and thought about what his ego was to him. 

What is an ego to you?
You’re self-inflated
You think highly of yourself.
Cannot accept criticism
Superficial relationships
You’re not letting people in.
Inflated self-worth
If you have an ego, as the hosts discuss, your relationships are superficial, you cannot accept criticism and you have an inflated sense of self-worth. It is important to distinguish, as Kaivan states, if you simply have self-confidence instead of ego. Why not believe in yourself, why not fight for more? In order to see if you have an ego or not, ask yourself if you truly believe in yourself. More importantly, be open to criticism from those who truly care about you.
Your goal should be to never question yourself
Have self-confidence
Shared some tips and how to’s
KD reflected on the conversation
What types of things did I give out for G to say this?
It came from a place of love
Be open to criticism
Had a lot of self-confidence
It’s not his ego, it’s what he stands for

Figure out if you have an ego, it may just kill you.

Why Your Ego Will Kill You

Unhappiness is an inevitable part of life, but are you putting yourself in the right places in life to minimize your unhappiness? Join us this week as we discuss the ‘Three E’s’ formula, a new plan that you can easily implement in your everyday life to make yourself the happiest person you can be.

Make sure you are putting yourself in the right situations and have the right mindset to lead yourself to happiness.

Some questions we ask
Why are you not happy? (0:15)
The ‘Three E’ formula. (1:15)
The first E: Element. (1:40)
The second E: Environment. (2:25)
The third E: Energy. (3:15)
Make sure you have the proper intentions. (4:00)

Putting yourself in the right situations that will allow you to succeed in life is extremely important in securing your own happiness. Go into everything you do know that the environment you are putting yourself in will be healthy for you, and always try to have a positive mindset in order to be the best person you can be for yourself and for those around you.

Use These Three E's To Build A Better Life

Separating work from play may not seem like that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but when you dive into it, not being 100% focused on your work can prevent you from maximizing your time. In this week’s episode, we discuss how to prevent yourself from multitasking. We also discuss making sure that you stay focused on your work while still allowing time to relax.
 
When you work you work when you play you play.

Some questions we ask:
Being serious at work. (0:45)
Buy into your company’s mission. (1:30)
Minimizing multitasking. (2:30)
Stay focused, but make time to have fun! (4:30)

Multitasking while working adds a roughly 33% increase in the amount of time it takes you to do something, work or not. Make sure to separate work and play and try not to mix the two, otherwise you may seem unmotivated to your coworkers or bosses and you will be losing valuable time for work and other activities. Stay focused at work, but remember to allow yourself time for relaxation afterward!

Here's How To Get The Most Out Of Work And Play

Continuing to grow everyday can be a difficult task. However, by looking at specific areas in your life that you want to grow and focusing your energy on one area, this task can be much easier. Join us this week as we discuss three important areas that you need to be focusing on growing in your life. Without constant growth, you will fall behind. Listen in to find out how to keep up!
 
Do not be afraid of change in life, it is inevitable. Make sure your change is positive and you will have success.
 
You are either evolving or dying. (0:30)
Evolving in business. (1:25)
Evolving in relationships. (1:45)
Evolving your health. (2:15)
Living to your fullest potential. (3:00)
If you search for something, you will find it. (4:00)


The world is constantly changing, and not adapting to the times can be detrimental. Continue to better yourself by always learning and growing, as it is far too easy to far behind if you are not developing at all times. Divide the daunting task of always growing into three areas of your life: your relationships, your business, and your health, and you will succeed.

Evolve Or Die

We recently heard a story about a fisherman and a businessman that made us recognize a few important things. It is easy to continue to chase for more and more, but realizing that you are in a comfortable position in your life can show you that you do not need to chase for anything else. Follow along with us as we share the story of the fisherman and dive into what it means for us.

Be grateful for what you have today. It could be exactly what you’ve wanted all along. 

The story of the fisherman (0:30)
Do not forget about what you have. (2:30)
Be the best version of yourself. (4:00)
Focus on making yourself and those you care about happy. (4:30)

Chasing things in hopes of a better life can be addicting. However, it is important to sit down and recognize that you may be in a position where you have everything you want. Make sure to take a step back from time to time and appreciate what you have. Don’t act like a dog chasing its own tail. The tail has been there all along, and the dog is wasting time and energy. Your happiness and the happiness of those you love is your own metaphorical tail. Don’t go chasing for something that is there already.

Staying Uncomfortable

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