The AJNashville Podcast

Are you aware of who you are allowing to fill your cup and what they are filling it with? Are you giving your space to the right people and causes that make you feel fulfilled for giving it? Are you feeling drained of joyous energy or heavy with burdens other people dump onto you? Are there just those certain people who always seem to have something negative to say when you interact with them? How...

So many people tend to focus on the negative aspects of a situation that they end up making it so. Before it's finished unfolding itself, they can only think of the worst case scenario. Instead, we should remove the fear of other people's perceptions and provide information to them without our own expectations being involved. Stop suggesting how people should react to what it is that we...

Have you ever noticed how time seems to fly by faster when you have a purpose or a mission to accomplish? Yet in order to achieve your goals, you have to grow beyond your current position and strive for more in life. It doesn't mean you are necessarily failing at anything in particular, you can just feel you are capable of better if you could just do X. You become aware that there is so much...

We tend to have a hard time moving on from people at certain seasons in life. There's a  mental capacity that we CHOOSE to allow other people to take up inside of our minds. We give them credit, regardless of whether they are actually worth as much as we give them. The difficulty of moving on is more consuming that the fact that we allow them in our space in the first place. Then, we go even...

If you understand the value of self love, you will know your own worth and make the healthy choices that benefit yourself. You have to love yourself and have a purpose you fully support. Believe in yourself and recognize that you are a work in progress. Sometimes we forget about our accomplishments and progress we have already made in order to be who we are today. Some actions we take may feel lik...

Things get tough when we allow ourselves to second-guess what it is we are doing and where we are trying to arrive to. We get thrown off-course when we let others influence us and get inside our minds. It's up to us though to make the choice to get back up and keep trying or just give up on the commitments we set for ourselves to achieve. We cannot lie to ourselves to make excuses for why we...

Reflection allows us to discover the hidden value we do not see on the surface every day. It humbles us to analyze ourselves and the changes we have made throughout our lives as time continues to pass by. Reflection makes us realize to not take time and place for granted, to soak up the truth and appreciate the possibilities we have available to us all the time, so long as we are willing to take t...

Why does the hustle culture mentality even exist? Is it only for those that aren't currently motivated? Has its true purpose somehow slipped free of you? What good is the hustle if your family doesn't see you and you have no free time to do the things you enjoy? Are you genuinely spending your time with the people you want to spend it with the most? Are you perceived by your loved ones a...

When making promises to others and yourself, remember to not let yourself get caught up in the perfection of the promise. It's not the details that matter the most, but rather it is the thought and effort put forth that counts. Our successes and our problems come and go in waves as we live out our lives. The important thing to do is to think and act with reason and logic instead of impulsivel...

Let's talk transparent. Are you projecting something to those who don't know you very well differently than you do to those who do? Is it different than the truth you are actually protecting within yourself? Discovering that truth, the real root of an issue, can only help to expedite the process of you being able to fix it that much faster. Why play the guessing game with your own progre...

As you head into 2024, you should already be working towards your goals and ahead of everybody else. A year does not start on January 1st for everyone, so you shouldn't be holding out on your goals just because of a time marker others have set in order to procrastinate starting their goals TODAY. If you want to truly succeed at your goals, you have to start them TODAY. Not tomorrow, not Monda...

Christmas: a time of giving to those who matter most to you and reflection of your efforts over the past year. Just as the symbolic nature of winter, it is a time to recognize what is essentially dead to you and work on pruning that dead weight away in order to make room for new growth in your next upcoming season of life. You are probably your biggest hindrance to some of the goals that you haven...

Give a warm welcome to this week's special guest speaker, Colby Dirickson: US Army veteran, owner and CEO of a financial brokerage, fellow podcaster of The Success Shift, mindset coach, and certified NLP practitioner. Knowing how you want to provide value to others in order for yourself to feel fulfilled by your own actions that become your experiences is a big key in keeping your mindset pos...

In a few generations, we may be lucky if people even remember us. Whatever we do right now in this time, is only important right now in this time. Are the actions you are taking today changing your life forever? Do they have true purpose that satisfies your soul? Is it worth it to you to do now for the sake of an unforgettable memory later with the people you love the most? We take our daily privi...

As we approach the end of the year, we begin to make the excuse that we need to wait until the first of the new year to begin setting goals and taking actions that will accomplish those goals. But wouldn't it be more fruitful or you to start initiating movements NOW so that we can already be on track for success by January? Why do we need to wait until the first to say "new year, new me&...

Be grateful for what you do have today as a show of appreciation for what you did do yesterday and all the means of progress you already have for tomorrow. Remember to do the things that bring you genuine feelings of joy and fulfillment. Work not for the money, but for the means to have the time free to spend with your loved ones doing the things you want to be doing.  Don't allow the holiday...

Remaining grateful through all seasons of life is key to remaining happy with what you do have, as well as motivated to obtain more joy through change. If you take what you have for granted, you will soon realize how many things in life have no guarantee. The sooner you can relinquish your expectations, the quicker you can focus on your reality and see how much it grows as you decide to make chang...

Are you currently playing a part in masterminds that discuss topics you find genuinely interesting and connecting with new people? Have you been consistently consistent, even as your current circumstances change with the ways in which the market continues to sway? Do you ask other successful entrepreneurs to share what it is that has worked for them in obtaining their goals? Will you apply what it...

Setting boundaries by saying "NO" allows you to have structure within your schedule others have to appreciate and uphold respect for your own time. You have to prioritize the things the you actually want to do with the people you want to do them with. It's not so much about focusing on who you need to say "NO" to so much as it is rather about who you like to say " YES...

Who are you most committed to? Do you put yourself and your loved ones first ? Or do you allow others to take control of your happiness and take up way too much of your most valuable asset, TIME ? You should be putting forth your best effort in the time you have to do the things you said you will commit to at that given time. Do NOT trade your valuable moments you cannot get back for invaluable pe...

How do you acknowledge the modern day encouragement of the hustle culture ? Is it something you have to do to make the next dollar to buy the next material thing? Is it an ethic engrained in you because the generation before you had to endure it? Is it simply a means to be more efficient with the time you do have regardless of how you are living your life? Remember why you do what you do. Earn you...

Everything is temporary , especially the situations you are currently experiencing. Death is the only thing that truly lasts forever . The NOW you are going through will pass and cease to hold such such powerful relevance in the very next moment . The best question to ask yourself is this: 'did I maximize the time I have here NOW?' Are you too busy focusing on the what-ifs and worrying y...

TIME : the most valuable asset we have that we all need more of. As entrepreneurs, we have to be dedicated to our businesses and sacrifice a whole lot of our time to ensure its success. We have to know to grant ourselves the patience in knowing Rome wasn't built in a day, yet also balancing the fact that if we don't give it all our best efforts, no one else will make it happen for us eit...

Surround yourself with company you wish to learn something from and that support your growth. Become specific about what it is you want to set as milestones and end goals within your entrepreneurial business. You have to be willing to break free of the cycle you've been stuck in and make the changes needed in order to propel your success forward . Start by making your desires achievable in bi...

Some of the lies we tell ourselves cannot be reduced down to a simple quantifiable number . We have to realize that the base lines we set for ourselves isn't the maximum amount we should be giving, it is rather the minimum effort we should be committing to at the very least. People allow themselves to be miserable just trying to get to that bottom marker. We should be focused on the bursts we...