Bird Seeds by Joe Bird

We read an excerpt from "The Second Mountain" by David Brooks.  This short excerpt really helped me see that focusing on how I am doing during a task is not productive and takes away from the task itself.

Announcing my move as a parter at Red Cedar Real Estate and discussing how freeing it is to be in motion.  We also discuss the relevance of my experience at the ASPIRE event in DC yesterday.

We sit here on the one year anniversary of my moms passing and just a few days before thanksgiving.  My mom taught me to be greateful and I wanted to be sure to focus on that.

We discuss the benefits of grounding.  These benefits are related the physical sense as well as the emotional sense.  At the end of the day, its all about being present and in tune with your surroundings.

Today, we replay Season 1 Episode 27 titled "Decide What To Go Be And Be It' from August 20, 2023.  On this episode we discuss an amazing song by The Avett Brothers by the same name.  Given the drama around yesterdays election, this is an appropiate topic.  Keep your heads level and lets get along.  

Today we review an amazing song by Colby Acuff called "If I Were The Devil".  In the review we relate these lyrics to the upcoming election and the polarization of the world today.  

Join special guest Jamie Lenes with SWBC mortgage where we dicuss the concept of reticulate activiation and how it can be harnessed for business.  

We discuss a quote that may be falsey attibuted to Steve Jobs about happiness, wealth and love.     Do you think he really said this?

Today we discuss "Man's Search For Meaning" by Viktor Frankl and the parallels of some childhood lessons learned.  Existentialism is a natural part of evolution and happiness is predicated on understanding your meaning. 

We discuss a whacky and hilarious book from Norm Macdonald. This one has so many whacky turns and fits Norm's dry humor perfectly. 

We follow up on last weeks epsidoe where the concept of the 5 Buckets was introduced.  We take a deeper dive both in the past and the future.

Today we discuss the 5 Bucket concept to help ensure a balanced life.  My 5 Buckets are Provider, Father, Husband, Person and Entrepreneur.  Yours may be different; what are they?  How are you distributing your time, energy and passion?

Art helps us remember and feel emotion in a more effective way than any other form of communcation.

Book Review - We discuss Healing Back Pain - the mind body connection by Doctor John Sarnos.  The book discusses how our minds create pain to distract us from the feelings and emotions it does not want to process by creating chronic pain.  We dive into how this has played out in Joe's life and experiences.

Join Joe as he discusses his ability to be present on vacation removing the misery of worrying.

Join Joe as he dvies into his favorite song, "Murder In The City" by the Avett Brothers.  He also discusses his recent concert experience seeing Luke Combs and the Avett Brothers.  

Today we discuss how Joe managed to knock out college in 3.5 years and still run a business, play in a band, work other jobs, etc.  Its about priortization and organization of time. 

Success lies when you challenge yourself to challenge the narritive you are telling yourself.  Listen as I overcame fear to find success.

Listen to hear why I did not care for this classic

Today we review "Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry" by Jennifer Shannon.  All in all a great read that I got a lot of nuggets from.  There were some aspects I did not agree with but overall, I am glad I read it.  

I am adding a second A to JAAMMIN.  It stands for Affirmations.  We discuss the science behind why affirmtions help you to craete the future you desire.

We follow up on last weeks topics and discuss a few amazing Henry Ford quotes.  It starts with you every time.    

Sometimes our limitations are legit but many times they are self inflicted.  We get in the way of our own success.  Try touching your toes with your eyes closed.

At the end of the day, we are what we eat.  Not physically, but emotionally.  When you provide your mental diet with good stuff, you get favorable outcomes.  What is your plan to keep your mind diet good?

Today we discuss the N in JAMMIN.  It stands for novel and really means reading.  Its crazy how similar reading and meditation can be.