Changing the Rules

I find that listening to older podcasts rekindles enthusiasm for life. How people reinvent themselves, how often they think about who they are, gets me to rethink who I am. This week I listened to episode # 143, and decided to review the toolbox I use to remind me of who I am and what I want. Thanks, Paula, for reenergizing me.

Listening to old podcasts sometimes can get you to reflect on what's important in your life. In this case, the importance of ice cream in my life hit home as a vehicle to make me feel happy. The luckiest people in the world make it a point to be happy in life, it not only makes them feel better it helps them add happiness to the life of others. What are the things that you use to evoke happiness i...

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Usually, on Changing the Rules, we have a coach talking about how they help people explore their individuality and how they explore their individual lives or we have one of the Luckiest People in the World talking about their journey. This week Kris Parsons, a branding expert, and Dr. Terry Webb, one of the Luckiest People in the World talk about how they collaborate to get results.

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We welcome back Paula Adler. Approximately 2 years ago Paula Adler left corporate America. Her goals were to build her own business, have more time to develop relationships, and travel. We rejoined Paula in her journey to find out what worked, what didn't work, what she's learned, and how she continues to reinvent herself.

Ang Oronoto, a "Personal Success Coach," helps people reimagine and reinvent themselves. "Our lives are a made up of individual spokes in a wheel. Unless you are constantly re-evaluating all of these spokes - your wheel won't roll and you are in for a bumpy ride!"

Health often negatively impacts even the best of plans. It is possible to plan around health issues.

Back in 1935 the US Government set normal retirement as age 65 as part of Social Security. But today the average male retiring at age 65 is expected to live for 18 years, only 10 to 15 of which are active. Retirement is often defined as "ending one's career in order to do what we want and enjoy life. So why do we wait so long to have so little time to enjoy life. Let's introduce the concept of "th...

Everyone needs a mid-life crisis on a regular or irregular basis. A mid-life crisis gives you a chance to re-orient your thoughts about yourself: What's your purpose, what do you want out of life, and what value are you bringing to others? Some coaches we've talked with recently think a mid-life crisis every 10 years or so would be a good thing, others think more often is necessary. Here's to YOUR...

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Listen to this episode of Random Thoughts and you'll never think about penguins the same way again. They traveled to Antarctica to experience the adventure but they put off taking the trip until they felt financially more secure. Now they have all the time and money they needed but they couldn't walk up the hill to see the penguins.

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The week Ray talks with returning guest, Sarah Brown, Ph. D. She shares that knowing who you are, before you Change the Rules or Change the Game can head off frustration and improve the outlook for making changes to your life.

It was old. It should have been retired. But it was repurposed based on its strengths. It found a new mission. It became not only useful, but perhaps, the very best there was.

Sometimes people become stuck in difficult situations, such as jobs and relationships, and they struggle to find a way out. Despite their best efforts and reasoning skills, they cannot seem to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way. This can be frustrating and demoralizing. Bill Hughes, an experienced Life Coach, discusses solutions that lead to getting unstuck.

Each of us is a unique individual. Exploring that uniqueness, before trying to "Change the Rules" can head off frustration and improve results. In fact, embracing their own uniqueness is what truly defines the Luckiest People in the World. It's what gives them the freedom design and live their own lives, their way and become fulfilled and happy.

What does it really mean when we say change the rules? How does changing your environment change the rules? Sometimes changing the rules isn't enough, you need to change the game and maybe even create a new game.

For the Luckiest People in the World, expanding a routine event; creating a larger, more expansive event, can seem frivolous, But it can stimulate excitement and open new areas of the fascinating and motivating. The strategic by products can simply be amazing. Think Bigger, Enjoy Life!

When circumstances change, ie life gets in the way, how do you redesign your life? LeAnn Pugh talks about how she reached into her toolbox of past skills and applied them to find a solution and be able to work from home to accommodate health and family issues.

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After recording over one hundred episodes interviewing other people on how they Change the Rules, Ray answers the question; "How does he Change the Rules?"

Ray Loewe recalls a story of a waitress wise beyond her years. He reflects on the importance of taking responsibility for everything in your life. Only then can you fix those problems you'll confront as you journey through it.