The No-Code Advantage

I had the chance to have what I had wanted for months - the chance to start something new and go big. But I backed off, I didn't go for it and I didn't leap. Instead I bowed out like a little bitch. But you know what - it was better in the long run that I didn't go for it at that moment. Where in your life have you stepped back from the ledge and not leapt into something, but learned that the timi...

So after I was suddenly unemployed and had no idea what to do, I managed to find a way to build structure into my life. I started what became the single-most powerful tool in my entire arsenal - my morning routine. As I started to workout again, meditate, fuel my body with smoothies and journal in a notebook, I noticed changes begin to happen, not only internally, but externally as well. The more...

After a while of being unfocused, unproductive and lacking results, my employer started to notice that I wasn't an asset to them any longer. I was literally forced to exit the company and spent 3 weeks afterwards mulling around my "business opportunity" but made no real progress. It was extremely difficult to be let go at this company and be without the "safety net" of a job to pay my bills. As a...

As I pursued down this rabbit hole and started to do more of a deep-dive than ever before, I found different feelings arise within me about what I wanted. I wasn't sure how to handle some things I found about my reality and myself, which was very difficult. I discovered that something was "off" and I didn't want to be in my current job anymore. So I started the process of transitioning out and it...

There has been a choice or decision you've made at some point in your life that has led to the "rabbit hole" that you are currently experiencing. Whatever it is and whatever area of your life it is within, the important thing to realize is that it was YOUR CHOICE to go that direction. Not anyone else - YOU.  So, with that in mind, what rabbit hole are you currently down and can you identify why yo...

I remember vividly sitting on the couch wondering how in the hell my life had become what it had become. Lost, drifting, no purpose or direction. Maybe you've been there, maybe you haven't. The ultimate lesson I learned from that experience: RADICAL CHANGE REQUIRES RADICAL OWNERSHIP. Once you start to get comfortable with owning the facts of your life and where you are TODAY - the easier radical c...

The Run Your Day podcast moving forward is going to be spicy, interesting and EXTREMELY VALUABLE. Buckle up for the ride of the past 18 months as we dive deep into the life, the mind and the overall growth of host Dan Hafner. Dan leaves it all out for you to hear, consume, analyze and learn from.

I used to drive very conservatively and would take things very easy. What I never realized was how this bled over into my mentality of always forgoing what I wanted in life. The mire I’ve started to drive aggressively, the more I’ve started to make bigger moves in my life and business. Where in your life do you need to start adopting the “attack” mentality and apply it daily?

Using coupons to get discounts at the store is a great idea - just don’t get used to using them in real life. There is no “coupon” to shortcut success and nothing that is going to ultimately pay the price for you. That my friend - is up to you to pay. Where in your life do you have the “coupon mentality?”

I can't tell you how many times in my life I ended up chasing overly-complicated things when all I needed to do what simplify the living hell out of whatever I was doing. I stressed myself out, caused un-needed anxst and all kinds of other self-imposed things - but never realized that all I had to do was simplify. You are better off doing something simply and doing it better than you are doing som...

Imagine what your life would be become if you took the time to slow down and review things every Sunday? Imagine coming to the end of another week and knowing that you actually moved your life and career forward with purpose and momentum. A weekly review is the single greatest routine I’ve put in place in my life and what has changed it the most. Try a weekly review and plan for yourself and just...

You can gain all the information in the world. You can commit to studying everything and anything you can get your hands on - but all of it is worthless without execution and implementation. Where in your life have you become a pure consumer of information without actually executing it?

You’re either going forwards or going backwards. There is no benefit in standing still. Even if you end up going backward for a bit, at least there is a gift to be found in that experience.

Time lag is real! There is both a "front-facing" time lag and "back-facing" time lag. Backwards: The seeds you plant today you will reap down the road. When? Who knows - but it will likely be several months at least. Forwards: Always being forward-thinking in your own mind creates a constant results-oriented time lag where your current reality will not align with your future expectations. And it's...

You're either going forwards or you're going backwards. There is no neutral gear in life. When you wake up in the morning, you either hit the ground running or you start falling behind. One of the big problems with this world today is that we all look on our cell phones first thing when we wake up, or we turn on the news or go straight to social media and without even realizing it, we place oursel...

Different things lead to different things. There is a current world view that holds your mind captive to the way a certain thing works or what “it should be.” In the end, everything that exists today does because someone, somewhere had the bold idea to make it happen despite what anyone thought.

Expectations are a dangerous thing. Learning to be ok with yourself and your current status in life - regardless of how ugly or dissatisfying it is - comes down to a choice you make to adopt that mentality. Where in your life do you just need to be happy with the results you have manifested, but also start pushing for more?

Ever watch the Lion King? Of course you have - that's a stupid question. Remember when Simba eats the bugs under the log and Timone says "Slimy, yet satisfying?" That is how life is sometimes. Sometimes you have to put up with the slimy shit in order to get the satisfaction out of the work you are doing. The result doesn't always show up the way you imagined it, and the work to get there isn't alw...

Ultimately, you can't go anywhere in life if you aren't willing to get radically clear about where you are. If you ignore the facts of what IS for you, the place you say you are going is a fantasy. It is pure bull shit. I lived in the land of fantasy for a lot of years looking back, but the process of getting super clear in my life across all of my domains gave me the opportunity to move forward b...

Sometimes it's ok to take a day off or stop pushing towards something. This might seem counter-intuitive to what I talk about every day, but the reality is that no one can be "on" all the time. There is an ebb & flow to life that must be respected or you will burn yourself out before you even get started.  It's not about hustling all the time, but it's not about relaxing all the time either. I...

Listen to this episode as many times as you need to. Listen when you are thinking about quitting, getting depressed or can't see a way out. Listen when the negative voices are too loud. Listen when you have no other people around you to give encouraging words. Just don't ever stop going.

Everyone has a backstory - here is mine.

Ultimately, there is a lot of confusion that happens in our lives. Confusion happens within every single area whether we want it to or not. The key to overcoming this confusion is to finally reach a level of clarity in your life. Many of us in the younger generation have been so confused by what we are supposed to get out of life. We were taught, trained and educated to go to college, get the job...

Everyone Dan is back! Run Your Day is back and better than ever. With a newly minted website, there are so many additional ways to engage with the show and get INSANE value out of this podcast! The official website is runyourday.run and is packed with awesome stuff. Get Run Your Day gear and swag, listen to the show, become a member, subscribe to our email list and even join the exclusive and bran...

I am placing the show on a hiatus for now until I can reshuffle some priorities and get other areas straightened out.  I promise the show will be back at a later date, and it will be even better to include downloadable resources, mastermind groups and personalized coaching tutorials.