Relentless Forward Progress with Mike Ubaldini

Often when I am reading, listening to a podcast or speaking with someone, they say something that speaks directly to me. Whether it is an issue they are dealing with, an obstacle they’ve overcome, or a recent hill they just climbed. I believe that we all want to understand others and be understood ourselves. In today’s podcast I share a cool little story of someone, whom I’ve never met, I related...

Who are we to share our story publicly? Heard this question last week while on vacation and got me thinking about how often we can get stuck. We tend to be hesitant in sharing our story because of what others would think? Because of perceived judgement of others and of us. I’ve thought about this in the past about what gave me the right to share my story. In this episode we talk a bit about this a...

I have been blessed to have an amazing wife, and two, very, very special children. These three people make up my desire to keep moving forward. As parents, we hope that the lessons we try and teach our kids sink in and help them, at least some of the time, overcome troubles and challenges. My heart was moved yesterday when my 11 year-old daughter, Alaina, showed true grit and perseverance. This RF...

Are we truly testing ourselves each day? Are we creating the lives we want to live? I know there are times that I avoid taking risks because of that fear of uncertainty. We tend to want things easier, comfortable, and secure. However, are we really serving ourselves? Are we going out, testing ourselves, challenging ourselves and truly experience this wonderful life we have? What new thing can we t...

“Today is a good day to die.” – Crazy Horse Heard this quote above during a podcast and got me thinking. I Googled it and found this definition that pulled on my heart a bit. “A belief that one should never live a moment of one's life with any regrets, or tasks left undone. Which would make today as good a day as any to die.” - yourdictionary.com Are we living each day to our fullest potential? Wh...

Product Endorsement – Darn Tough Socks https://darntough.com This is my first product endorsement podcast that I’ve shared and in all honesty, I can’t remember a product in the resent past that I’ve just completely loved!!! Darn Tough Socks is that product and I share the story how I came across them, use them, and benefits. This is the actual style I have - https://darntough.com/collections/mens-...

“Marriage” – Happy Anniversary Robin😊!!! I’ve shared this before, never thought I would get married or have kids. Hard to believe 16 years later, my wife Robin, still puts up with me and my antics. However, over those 16 years my wife has given me the will and drive to be a better human being. Finding true love is difficult, keeping it and maintaining a fulfilling marriage is very challenging. To...

Remember our heroes! Thank you all for your service! Over the last several years I have been fortunate enough to be a part of a group called Active Heroes/Carry the Fallen. They are a national foundation to support veteran suicide. A good friend of mine, Brian Poliafico, started the Philadelphia/South Jersey chapter and I’ve been grateful to take part of many of those events. I’ve done those event...

Back in the fall I published a blog, “A Few Things That Helped Me Start” – November 16th. I was inspired that day by listening to a few principles Jim Rohn had lived his life by. That prompted me to write the seven things, I believe, helped make a direct impact in my life and helped begin this journey. I mentioned in that blog, I am no master of any of these. They are principles I still believe in...

I waste a lot of time thinking about what might be coming up next, focusing on things that may or may not happen in the future. That takes away from our ability to be present in the moment; what is happening now, right in front of our face. How much time do we lose? What moments to we miss? How much time can we not get back? These are some things that we talked about & experienced ourselves over t...

RFP Podcast Episode #29 – “Easier said than done.” I catch myself saying this phrase more often than I’d like when speaking and working with others. Of course, something is easier said than the actual action of doing it!!! I Googled the saying and it brought back these two results that we dig into a bit deeper in this episode. - “be more easily talked about than put into practice” – Google Diction...

RFP Podcast Episode #28 – Honoring others! I believe I touched on this last week, how and each time we open social media or turn on the news we come across drama, tragedy, negativity. However, sometimes and it should be the rule rather than the exception, we hear about true kindness, love, and generosity. I was made aware of one such story by my wife, that took place last night in her home state (...

RFP Podcast Episode #27 – A book review. “Tribe of Mentors” – by Timothy Ferriss Cracked this book last week and only 14% into it (according to my Kindle) and it has been mind opening. I go into some outline on the basis of the book but today’s section I read, one that covered questions answered by Mike Maples, really struck my heart and soul. Timothy asked Mike, “What advice would you give to a s...

RFP Podcast Episode #26 – I wanted to tell the world a different story. My true story. In 2017 I decided to start a blog and a podcast. Why? I wanted to share what I’ve learned through the last few years. My failures, my growth, my vulnerabilities, my insecurities, the help I got, and how I figured things out. I felt that this stuff could come of use to others facing similar battles. I wanted to s...

RFP Podcast Episode #25 – Giving up lists for Lent! How many of us out there have our to-do lists? How many of us are held captive to these? I am, and have been, for a long time, guided by these. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly!! I have lists for my lists and it seems they just get longer and more things added to them. In this episode we talk about getting uncomfortable and giving up those lists. “...

RFP Podcast Episode #24 – Creating your life? This episode is a follow on to my blog post from yesterday. After quite some time our vision of moving back to Arizona has become a reality. It was something my wife and I knew would happen, “someday,” many years from now, but we chose to make it a reality. The process to this point hasn’t been easy and we still have much of the journey to go, but the...

RFP Podcast Episode #23 – Habits! Commitments! Back at them!!!!! This last week has been wonderful, emotional, hectic and disruptive. We’ve shared an experience together with family, friends, and strangers too. Yes, I am talking about the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Super Bowl. This might not mean much to many out there but it did to our family, our community, and our state. So, the past week...

RFP Podcast Episode #22 – Trading guilt for forgiveness? What do you do when you have those days that you feel you are not living up to your standards? Those moments you may feel you are not being the best version of yourself? Are you your biggest critic? Do you have trouble forgiving yourself, moving on, & letting go? In this episode we talk about some of those moments I’ve experienced this week...

RFP Podcast Episode #21 – Changing things up a bit. Having fun. What do you notice? No wisdom in this episode, no growth or content. Just sharing something I noticed last week to be a bit goofy and have a little fun. Want to start incorporating a bit more stuff like this to capture more of my life and the fun side of things. There are moments of growth in laughter and sometimes a smile can change...

RFP Podcast Episode #20 – As a parent, sometimes our help may hurt? Parents always want to help our children. We want to guide them, fix their problems, and help the disappointment go away. However, sometimes, when we try to fix the problem, we in effect, make the situation worse. It is not easy to let things go and leave it to our children to embrace the situation and handle it. Our kids are resi...

RFP Podcast Episode #19 – How do you define success? How often do we hear “she is so success, she’s made a ton of money?” We’ve been conditioned, as a society, to view success as how much money, power, and fame others have. We get caught up with how “they” define success and that distracts us from coming up with our own definition. We’ve heard this before, we are all born with greatness within us...

RFP Podcast Episode #18 – Are you working on yourself? In As a Man Thinketh, James Allen has a great quote, “men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.” How often do we ask why and wish things could be different in our lives? We constantly compare what we have or don’t have to what others do have. Do you ever hope things in your life are different? We s...

RFP Podcast Episode #18 – Are you working on yourself? In As a Man Thinketh, James Allen has a great quote, “men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves.” How often do we ask why and wish things could be different in our lives? We constantly compare what we have or don’t have to what others do have. Do you ever hope things in your life are different? We s...

RFP Podcast Episode #17 – Are you content? This word makes me think. When we are content, we are grateful for what we have, where we are, and where we are going. However, when we are content, is that preventing us from growing, becoming better, and working to be the best version of ourselves? The past seven days this word showed up in a podcast and conversation and I reflect on it in this episode...

RFP Podcast Episode #16 - Is your routine off? We’ve discussed the topic before and none of us are perfect and to try to live to that standard is futile. However, we are capable of constant growth and improvement. In our family, we work to live by the 80-20 rule!! Eighty percent of the time we work hard to honor our commitments, live up to the standards and principles we set for ourselves, and enj...