Daily Influence

Today is my 31st wedding anniversary, I'm reflecting on how this has influenced who I am!

Part of discovering who you are is discovering who you want to be.  Don't let physical attributes – looks, cars, clothes, jobs - define who you want to be.   Perception of how you want to be seen will be influenced by who you want to be. Use this as a tool.  We all have influence and are influenced. Understanding this influence will help us understand who we want to be. 

It's pretty cool that on the day I am flying to Ireland (my roots), this episode is coming out.   Roots is just what it sounds like and is the second part of Self-Reflection where we connect the dots to why looking in the mirror and understanding what has influenced us to this point in life is part of our roots.  We will share stories that contextualize the connections in a positive way and he...

This part of our podcast dives into the deeper part of our work: Self-Reflection.  Looking back at oneself in the mirror and unpacking ourselves can be uplifting and scary.  We will take you through how we self-reflect and how it has been beneficial for us in understanding some of the challenges we have with self, others, focus, slowing down and many of the other aspects we have been discussing  W...

"Who Am I?" will be a reflection on the (I)individual that you and/or your team are. We will dive into understanding the individual and we begin with Ego.   Ego is purely human and offers us challenges to being our best self, as well as advantages when applied positively to creating opportunities.   We will dive into Ego and its individual aspects that can propel you forward or alienate yo...

We have spent over a week discussing and unpacking how slowing down and gaining better focus can be an amazing individual advantage and provide for more positive opportunities.   We started this journey into Focus in Episode 8 with Deliberate Acts and how being deliberate is the ultimate way for individuals to slow down.   Episode 9 had us discussing the human tendency to take focus too far and ha...

We each have a different way in which we react to situations. When we slow down and gain focus, we can better understand our individual reactions and ensure that they are more appropriate for the individual and/or situation you are dealing with.  Key Takeaway: Negative reactions diminish or eliminate our individual advantages and opportunities.   If you feel you must react immediately, take a brie...

Happy Birthday to my daughter Kristin Jade! What is S.M.A.R.T.? Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely Many have heard of SMART Goals. We will be reviewing what each section of SMART is and why SMART Goals are just the beginning.  To be truly SMART in the workplace, you need: SMART Action  SMART Tactics SMART Communication  SMART is not just for work; it's for all aspects of your lif...

Your workplace, wherever that may be, should be conducive to your focus.    This is the primary theme of today's Daily Influence.  The human tendency to go too fast can be greatly influenced by their workplace.   We'll discuss how we challenged a client to encourage his team to slow down 15% to increase productivity; it worked.   Some environments require ‘speed of service’; think fast foo...

Our advice on Multitasking; Don’t do it! Multitasking is just another way to go too fast and create more work and problems in the future.   The American Psychological Association states; “Doing more than one task at a time, especially complex tasks, takes a toll on productivity.” (2006) “Multitasking: Switching Costs”.   We will be diving into the negativity of what is often touted as a positive h...

Does time have to fly by? Isn't a minute the same for everyone?  If yes, why do so many people make the statement; "Time flies by so quickly"? Did you know the current foundation and use of time and time zones only dates back to 1884? What did humans do with this new structured time measurement and management opportunity?   How did the creation of this structure speed up time for human...

One of the best ways to slow down is to be Intentional. Setting intentions is making a plan for how to think and act in advance.   Today, we discuss the difference between intentions and goals. We will share six key intentions used by Brian that may provide better context as to how intentions can be introduced into your daily life.   Key takeaways are: One of the best ways to slow down is to becom...

Our best opportunity as humans to make our best decisions is in the present moment.  When we have balance of our understanding and focus on the task at hand, and all that has influenced us for that task, we can be our best self.  Living in the present can be difficult, our minds like to digress, wander and visualize the past and future, putting us into that comfortable focus where we create opport...

In Episode 5, we discussed the tendency we have to fall into our subconscious mode; or what we like to call Comfortable Focus.  Each human has one to many places they fall into this primarily human trait.  We talk about identifying your own comfortable focus triggers and how gaining control of them can lead to a more productive slow down moment and open you up to more productive individual influen...

We dive into individual focus and how to achieve it during this time in humanity where distraction is the norm.  Being deliberate is one action that can slow us down and gain us focus.  We will discuss how to create opportunities for deliberate acts and gain better focus as we learn to practice slowing down.

Our largest chapter in Individual Influence, Find the I in Team is Slow Down.  We have spent the past few episodes exploring the concepts of Thinking Forward, Environmental Urgency, our Subconscious Mode or Comfortable Focus and Immediate Gratification; all attributes that lead to going too fast.  In this episode we will reflect on these as we begin our pivot Focus and how it can be achieved.

Expectations today by humans are that we get immediate gratification of whatever it is we desire.  This can be an answer to a text, email or acceptance of our thoughts and actions.  When we slow down and understand the perils of immediate gratification, we open ourselves to better individual influence.

Have you ever had someone speaking to you and you don't hear them?  Maybe your spouse trying to get your attention, while you're watching TV or doing some other focused task.  This is our subconscious mode or as we like to call it; Comfortable Focus.  We are going to address how each of us can fall prey to our individual Comfortable Focus and go too fast and miss what is going on around us...

We continue with our dive into how to Slow Down to go faster. One of the most influential aspects of our lives, that make us go faster, is our environment. The urgency of the demands as put on by not only self, but our peers, workmates, family and technology in our back pockets; are all attributing to each of our own challenges with environmental urgency as it pertains to going too fast in our liv...

Slowing Down is our largest chapter in book one; Individual Influence, Find the I in Team.  Thinking forward is a way to slow down, get focused on a specific task and avoid some of the pitfalls of going too fast.  We begin to explore the different aspects of Slowing Down to go faster.

What is Influence?  This is what The Daily Influence is all about, you and your influence, us and our influence.  You, We all matter and understanding that our influence is important, regardless of our station in life, is important to understanding our own Daily Influence.

Most people think of individualism as singular, meaning oftentimes selfishness and oneness. However, when two individuals come together for a common purpose, acting as one, they then together become Individual. Listen along as Brian introduces a new concept in (I)individualism.

Welcome to The Daily Influence, where our mission is to deliver a daily dose of positive influence that can uplift you personally or be shared within your sphere of influence. While not every episode may directly apply to your unique circumstances, we strive to provide insights and inspiration relevant to most people's daily, weekly, and monthly lives. Whether you're tuning in during the m...

Welcome to The Daily Influence, where our mission is to deliver a daily dose of positive influence that can uplift you personally or be shared within your sphere of influence. While not every episode may directly apply to your unique circumstances, we strive to provide insights and inspiration relevant to most people's daily, weekly, and monthly lives. Whether you're tuning in during the m...