Transformed Life 2 Min Encouragement

If I believe in you, and I know there are people around you that believe in you also, hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. And I have this wonderful question for you today. I want to know what one belief that you can adopt about yourself. That would make you feel happy and confident. Yes. Now there's others that believe in you. And I know that at some point, you believe in yourself. But I'm actually...

So, we've been talking about clarity for the last few days. And I want to go back to that again today. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Clarity. Clarity is where you have a clearer view of what's in front of you. You know, like when it's raining and you have your windshield wipers going really fast, so that you can see well and you slow down, right? Or there's snow on the road and you slow down o...

Yesterday, we talked about clarity and what you want in your personal and professional life. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Hello. Today, I want to talk about clarity in every area of your life. What areas of your life are you really lacking clarity in? And why is that true? Again, clarity is when you simply spend time thinking about what you want, and what you're lacking or what you have. Now,...

insight is only found when you spend time thinking about what you really want. Hello, I'm Dan Clark, and welcome. And great insight comes from focusing on some specific areas. What about clarity? I want to know what kind of person that you want to become. I mean, really, what do you really want out of life? And what do you want out of your personal life and out of your professional life, contempla...

I was in training this week and met a woman who was 80 years old. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. As a matter of fact, Jean lived in West Germany, she was working with a company that was 120 years old. And she informed all of us that were in this training with her that she wanted to do more than what she was doing with these women that she worked with. This company was designed to teach women ho...

greatness, influence and purpose. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Yes, greatness is found in the heart of many men, but few of them truly continue that greatness their entire life. Influence is also found in the depth of someone who has greatness and they continue that influence their entire life. Purpose is also found in the heart of a man who has greatness there also, and men who have greatnes...

I was listening to a podcast yesterday by Lewis Holmes and he had Brian surgeon on hilum Dan Clark and welcome. And Brian was talking about the difference between thoughts and emotions. And he said that thoughts, but that are controlled don't actually change us. It's only when we learn how to manage the emotions that we have. He was talking about choosing the emotion that you want to have and noti...

The resiliency of the human brain is amazing. Hello, I'm Dan Clark, and welcome. So matter of fact, it really is. I was watching a podcast by Lewis Holmes and he had Brian surgeon who was a brain surgeon on this podcast who talked about how he works with only stage four cancer brain patients. And how amazed he was at the resilience of the brain is the brain in the mind. He said that when someone f...

imperfect is equal to I'm perfect. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. You are a living being. You are a human being and things are not going to go well. You are going to screw up. It's impossible to be perfect. So you are imperfect and that is the perfection about you. Imperfection is how perfectly human we are. So practice allowing yourself to be imperfect. And when you screw up, practice letting...

Meditation is a very important part of life. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Now, if you're listening to this, I do know that you probably have heard me talk about meditation before. However, I want to specifically remind you that just five minutes of closing your eyes, getting quiet, and thinking deeply about who you are and what you want is a form of meditation. So slow down today, think quiet...

One of my standard questions is when was the last time that you cried Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Why is that important? Because tears actually mean we are very congruent. Congruent means that we are the same inside as we are on the outside, that the emotion that shows up on the inside is showing up on the outside children are congruent emotionally. And when you're crying, you are very congr...

Do you remember when you graduated from high school? Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. I do in in my family, it was always a really big deal. I don't think I recognize the significance when I graduated. As much as I did the significance when my children graduated from high school. The impact that's happening in both the lives of the parent and the young adult that's graduating can only be understo...

I love you more than you'll ever know. I really do. I get so filled with joy thinking about how I have the opportunity to be in your life. And I so am honored by that and thank you. It brings tears to my eyes. But I also want to tell you how sometimes I am sad because I don't get to spend the time with you that I would love to. Today I cried with multiple friends and had conversations about the jo...

I love taking breaks. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Now if you've ever worked with me, you know that I don't take very many breaks. But here's why I'm saying I love taking breaks, I know that my body needs a break, my brain needs a break. And also I need to take a break so I can stay focused. If we don't actually take things in small chunks. You get overwhelmed, you lack commitment, and you re...

What actually is focus? Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome will focus is actually when we are able to stay sustained and our motivation and our commitment and stay focused. Now I know that you know, sometimes it's difficult to stay focused, especially if you have any distractions. But if motivation and commitment are present, it's really hard to stay focused. One of the ways to stay focused is to ha...

exactly what is motivation? Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Well, motivation is when you have a bunch of energy. And you actually feel like that you can do what you say you want to do, you're motivated to do what you want to do. And then the motivation runs out. You know, motivation is actually a muscle. And that means that you must practice monitoring and managing your motivation. Because once...

Motivation, commitment and focus. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Yes, as a matter of fact, all three of these are actually muscles just like any muscle, they must be exercised. However, if you're pushing yourself too hard and just like working out too hard, you're going to run out of gas quickly and it's not going to work very well for you. So motivation, commitment and focus must be done in mo...

I want to know how you handle adversity. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. You know that stress or anxiety that shows up and things are really difficult and we don't know exactly what to do. Well, I have two suggestions. The first is to not make a decision right away. Did you know that if you actually take time to sleep on what you want to do, it's almost always true that your brain will help you...

May 5 Cinco de Mayo Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Yes, Cinco de mio is May 5 1862 is when the Mexican army actually defeated the French army and they were the underdogs. And because they won, they celebrate it. I love that. You know, I think that we should always celebrate our wins even if we aren't the underdog, learning how to celebrate the things that happen in our life make life so much be...

I have another secret for you today. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Yes, that secret is that you can actually experience joy before it happens. I heard something today that I think is so fascinating. It said that who you are today is how the world is created for you tomorrow. In other words, if you don't experience joy today, it can't show up tomorrow. I think that's so fascinating. So the thin...

I have a secret for you today. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. And that sake, here it is, if you are in the moment, or if you are fully present, you will fully feel the pain of what you're thinking about. Now I know that sounds kind of silly. But if you don't allow the pain that shows up in the moment to show up, you're stuffing it or pushing it away. We often over tuck it in our current culture...

I know you've heard that song rainy days and Mondays go away. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. Well it's a Monday and it's a rainy days. We have both of those happening at the same time and it's also may 2, you know, what I love about May is that it is a time of transition getting into really into school and starting summer. And I love the way things look when they're growing. I love the differen...

What happens behind the scenes is always the real story. hilum Dan Clark and welcome. Here's what I mean by that. You and I are comparing ourselves with the things that people want us to see. That's the highlights of their life. We don't see how hard it is or what's really happening behind the scenes. That's why comparing yourself to someone else creates all kinds of insecurities. Why would you do...

I've been doing quotes this week and right now I want to do one from Mark Twain. Here's what he says, Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. He said, The most important days in your life are the day you're born and the day you find out why, wow, that is so powerful. So when are you going to find out why you were born? That purpose, or the desire that we have to accomplish something in this world is so...

Stop living your past or your history as if it's always going to be true. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome. You know, when you're living in the past, that means that you really don't let go of the things that you've experienced in the past because you're always predicting that that's how you're going to be in the future. Well, that's not true. There are some things that we cannot change about what...