The AJNashville Podcast

You ever find yourself needing a therapy session with your own mind? Sometimes you have to process some things out loud in order to gain clarity over your own life and situations. Especially as a new year approaches with a whole new set of goals for you to hash out and overcome with specificity.  Just like life, this podcast has no edits or do overs, so that it can maintain the raw nature of the c...

We have found ourselves time warping to the end of the year again as we approach Christmas week. Where does it go and how have you spent your time over the past year? Do you feel accomplished and satisfied with how you have utilized your precious days? Would you consider your life full of life, wonderful people, fantastic memories to reminisce on later? How do you receive your gifts at Christmasti...

Why can vision boards be an outdated and flawed method of achieving your goals? When was the last time you actually updated your vision board to reflect the progress you have already made and accommodate any shifts within your goals you may have decided to change along the way? Tracking your progress is just as important as tracking your desires. You have to be mindful of the pathways and signs th...

How often do we find ourselves allowing others to tell us what we are and are not capable of achieving? Do we tend to let other people's presences all too often overcrowd our own sense of accomplishment? Why do we let other people's negativity poison our own willpower and allow it to stain our own actions and turn us lazy just because they don't believe in themselves? When will we s...

This is the week to show your gratitude and be filled with all there is to be thankful for in life. Is it the only week you should do this? Of course not. Maybe this week you do something more thoughtful for someone you adore, or maybe you need to take this time to be more selfish if you have been neglecting yourself being too busy as a people pleaser. As long as you remain thankful of all you alr...

Do you ever seem to notice how pain gets worse the longer you let it get to you? Could you handle the pain if you gave up trying to mitigate the issue, even as it grows stronger the longer you neglect addressing it? Or are you more likely to try and make the pain only happen temporarily for yourself by looking for solutions to your problems? Even as we are pushed to our limits, we discover how muc...

How often do you find yourself feeling proud of your productivity and time well spent in life? Or do you tend to end up feeling robbed of your most precious asset when the day is done and you analyze how you have used your time for the day? Are the people you love the most getting your time the most, or is it people less deserving taking all of it up before you can get home to your family? Can you...

Let's be honest with ourselves this week, shall we? How often do we show up on our own volition to give our very best if we actually get there? How many times do we make up excuses for ourselves in the moment that actually end up hurting us in the long run? Can we be more accountable for our actions, or more likely the lack thereof, and change the acceptance of our expectations to be more hon...

Are you remembering to take time for yourself and do the things that keep your mental health focused on positivity? How well balanced is your mindset, your physique, your lifestyle? Do you actually save enough time to enjoy the spoils of the work that you have done? Who do you truly choose to dedicate and give your time to most in your life? Be mindful of how much you are pouring into other people...

Leave people you come in contact with in a better place than you found them in. Seems like a universal goal as human beings, right? Wouldn't it be even better if you could do it as a team and achieve the success you desire even faster? What is it that you can do to help your team evolve and grow through the support of each other?  Ask yourself this: "Is the team that I have right now the...

Do you find yourself walking around carrying with you a bunch of negativity? Dissatisfaction? Displeasure? Irritation? If someone were to watch you all day, would they find you frowning through most of the moments or situations you find you put yourself in? Do you just go about life in a discontent manner and tell yourself to "just deal with it", even though that's the last thing yo...

If you really want to meet a certain goal, you have to be able to see yourself accomplishing said goal. You have to know how to allocate your time wisely with the right people so that you can build the memories you want to remember and be remembered by loved ones later. You have to talk to yourself with love and confidence as if it is already possible and happening, especially within your own mind...

Let's welcome our special guest speaker this week, Mike Smerka of Diode Designs, as we talk about his entrepreneurial journey and the joy of small business ownership. After many years dedicated to higher education in computer engineering and a career in IT, Mike has since broken away from a path he thought was already set for him. Overcoming the fear of being able to self-sustain, he has sinc...

Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, we made a promise to never forget the tragedy that befell our country that day. We vowed to remain committed to one another as one united nation, especially during the worst of times. We were faced with the realization that other people wanted to control our country and weaken our system by driving us apart and dividing us down as small as they can. What's even...

Maturity is knowing you have outgrown doing things only to seem "cool" and can now focus on more important things today that will help propel you to the level of success you desire. Maturity is realizing that the world doesn't revolve around you and that everybody is going through their own shit in their life every day with or without you. It's recognizing that whatever your th...

This week we are shifting our mindset back to focusing on the freedom to grow ourselves and achieve our successes. As the world is currently trying to silence our voices, we have to signify our freedoms in other ways. We have to support our local communities and be the innovators that come up with new ideas that profits the people yet still does so tastefully or cleverly. If you stand with us in o...

Let's welcome our superstar guest speaker this week, Clay Fitzpatrick, as he runs us through a day in the life of a motivated and hardworking young man in today's society. He is a full time college student with a full time job and still finds time to sacrifice for his country through the National Guard. Finding unconventional ways of sparking motivation and encouraging action, Clay is al...

Join us this week as we talk shop with Alisa Fitzpatrick about the new changes coming to the real estate world. Who is really being impacted by these changes most? And how can we help people stay ahead of the game by educating and informing them on all the details first so that they can make the best decision for themselves and their family? While rules change and state laws vary, the fact that yo...

On a day to day basis, are you keeping a positive mindset and taking action that propels you into the future that you desire for yourself? Are you being intentional about pursuing your goals and achieving your success? Are you giving everything you can to get the most accomplished with the time you are given? Or do you find yourself falling to distractions and the negativity others place on you wh...

It's better to take imperfect action than no action at all. All too often end up allowing ourselves to get swept away from the end goal entirely because we focus too much on how we're going to get there exactly instead of just getting there. How many times do we decide to slow walk when we should be jumping? Are we letting our excuses cloud over our ability to take action? All of us have...

Let's talk about talk. How often do you truly stop and think about what you want to say before you actually start speaking aloud? What if you could communicate what you really mean to say? Wouldn't you like to articulate words in a way that others receive more clearly and appreciate the way you specifically delivered your message to them? How great would it be to connect with people even...

Choose to take action on the things that directly impact your life and make them your highest priority if they involve you or your family. Sometimes you need to reevaluate your priorities if they allow you to become consumed by hatred for others or lazy enough to no longer want to take action to better yourself and your family. When the color you shine now is not the color you want to show, you tr...

When we think back on our experiences in life, do we dwell on the trauma caused many times by others beyond our control, or do we overcome challenges to realize how much stronger we are after such a trying ordeal? Just because we have a past, should that stop us from being able to have the future we desire? If we have faced problems and conquered that darkness, why wouldn't we want to share o...

Your forgiveness is entirely up to you to choose. It really is up to you whether you want to forgive or not. Sometimes you have to shift your perspective and think about it from someone else's point of view in order to change the severity of the situation.  Did they really betray your trust with malicious intent in the first place, or is that something you are fabricating to tell yourself? Ar...

Do you ever find yourself asking how you are going to achieve your goals? Wouldn't you like to see your dreams brought to your reality? It actually starts pretty simply: create the change you need by taking fearless action TODAY. Your future started yesterday, so if you weren't ready or aware then, take responsibility and begin to form your future TODAY. Success doesn't happen overn...