Make It Count

It's difficult to take responsibility and ownership. It's easy to make excuses. To give reasons. But what happens when we take responsibility? Is there are a cost to our excuses? Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily drift...

We talk about the days getting longer, the relationship between light and energy, nature and ourselves, and what if anything it means for how we live our lives.  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily drift to positive purpose. We lo...

Last week we talked about why trust is important and what three elements make up trust (according to Joseph Flolkman in his book "The Trifecta of Trust"). This week we get into the practicality of how to build trust.  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________...

We talk about trust a lot, but often it's something intangible. We think we know when we have it, and definitely know when it's not present. Joseph Folkman discovered that trust is anything but intangible and is even more important than most of us think. This episode we talk about his book and the ideas he puts forward. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?)...

Recently I (David) moved house and I (Matt) helped. We took some time to think about that process, what helped us make it count, and what does it look like to be intentional with the process of moving house. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move f...

This conversation was in some part based upon, and some part just inspiring a few ideas, on the book "Your Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kelk. We talk about how are body is wise in it's own way. How we're not just 'Brains on legs' and what that means for how we should show up in our lives. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) W...

We've been journaling since 2018 and finished our five year journals at the end of 2022. We've been reflecting on what that has done for us, what we've learned, and what we'll do differently moving forward. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ J...

There are lots of things we hope and anticipate, especially when a new year rolls around. Is that good for us? We chat about what that does for us, and a few things we're looking forward to this year!  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move fr...

We hear a lot about being kind and being nice. What's the difference (if there is one) and why does it matter (if it does)? Link to video Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily drift to positive purpose. We love hearing from you...

Walking is good for us, apparently. But winter can make it tough to get outside. It can be cold, wet, windy and dark. We talk about how to make it count on those winter walks. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily drift to positive...

We all have a voice in our heads, is it your inner-coach or inner-critic? Ethan has written this book to help us navigate our inner worlds. We talk about it, draw our what we enjoyed and some of his evidenced based tips.  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join u...

There are hundreds of articles all about saying no, so it must be important, here's our take on it, and how it connects to making it count.  makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily drift to positive pur...

It's never a bad time to write a letter to yourself. We talk about why? When and how we use this little practice and and why you might find it useful as well.  makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from the daily dr...

We have many opportunities to start afresh. But sometimes we get held back by certain things, here we talk about things that could help us take advantage of these opportunities and step over the obstacles that hold us back.  makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . _________________________________________...

We talk about the following newsletter I received in March 2022. " Typically it isn’t until after the “crisis has passed” that your brain finally starts to make sense of what took place. You might not even realize your brain is doing this — but I can assure you, it is. It’s asking: Why did this happen? Why did it happen to me? What does it all mean? And it won’t stop until it finds what it fe...

Christmas brings up a lot of emotions, positive and negative, lots of pressures. Today we talk about Christmas stories, gives and generosity. Let us know what your favourite parts of Christmas are?  makeitcount.pod@gmail.com _________________________________________________________ Intro song - Music by Grand_Project from Pixabay Outro song - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Charles Grayi...

It's not easy making changes to our lives. In todays episode we talk about James Clears bestseller 'Atomic Habits', and some of the things we learned from reading it.  Have you read it? What did you learn? Let us know what you found:  makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________...

If so many of our goals fail and fail quickly why set goals at all, surely it leads to discouragement and disillusionment? Yet apparently more goal-directed people tend to be happier? What goals are you working on? makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ___________________________________________________...

Episode #7 of our Steven Covery series. It's easy to run ourselves down, so we need to create time to renew ourselves. Or so Covey says. What do you do to sharpen your saw? makeitcount.pod@gmail.com Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move from...

There are so many people out there who we could be learning from, we've picked two people each that so far this year (2022) we've been learning from. Who are you learning from? Let us know   makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________...

We all have to eat, but we don't all cook. What does purposeful cooking look like? Why should we care? What does what we cook say about our culture?  Please get in touch here: makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move f...

So much hurry, so much tiredness, so much need for rest and sleep. We discuss different types of rest, what purpose rest serves and how to get started.  Please get in touch here: makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________________________________ Join us as we move fro...

Apparently sharing meals together is really good for our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. We talk about why, what we can do, and what some of the barriers to that are. The Video we talk about in the episode. Bonus one we don't talk about. Send us a Message via "Fan Mail" (What is there to lose?) Watch the latest episodes on YouTube . ________________________________________...

Motivation and inspiration can feel like an intagible quality that 'born leaders' have. But what if there was a universal way for you and me to inspire and motivate anyone. And that it has been shown to work with everyone regardless of age, gender and experience? We discuss this idea in todays episode. Link to the Video What questions do you have? makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  Send us a Mes...

Some of us have been a part of teams where the whole was greater than the sum of it's parts. Too often the reality is that we're part of teams that are less than the sum of the parts. This is painful. This conversation is about Steven Covey's Habit 6, Synergising. How we can be parts of teams greater than the sum of the parts. What questions do you have? makeitcount.pod@gmail.com  S...