Winning... While Losing Podcast

What is a moment worth? Most of the time, we can let a moment pass and think nothing of it. It is relatively insignificant. But what would happen if we took command of the moments right in front of us? Taking control of the moments right in front of us, helps us set ourselves up for success the next moment and puts us in a better place to create our best life. 

Talking is talking. Words without action mean little. Action demonstrates our desire to work, sacrifice, and build to what we are trying to achieve. Unfocused action can be just as harmful as inaction. Action with intent is how we can truly focus ourselves in the right direction to achieve our goals. 

Choices have power. Power to change lives. Power to change direction. Power to help us achieve our goals. The hard part of choice is that to achieve a goal, we have to make choices that move us toward our goal. Consistent progressive choices. A choice that moves us closer to our goals over time. 

There are parts of every situation that you can't control. There are parts of every situation that you can. A choice. It is one of those few things that are available to everyone. You may not have power over every situation of circumstance, but you have the power to make a choice to decide what you will do in every situation you are in. 

Failure is a part of life. We can either let failures be permanent setbacks from progress and growth or we can recognize the opportunity to learn from a failure or loss. If we recognize we have the ability to learn from a failure or a loss, we have the ability to reach for goals that we might have thought we would never achieve. 

A personal best, also known as a personal record is a report of your best performance in a task, sporting event, training session, or daily activity. Working to achieve a new personal best can help anyone progress in a positive direction. Everyone can benefit from setting and working to beat a personal best. 

Planning is arguably the most important part of working to achieve a goal. In this episode, I go over the importance of the second part of the Precision Performance Training Manual, making a plan. 

In this episode, I introduce the Precision Performance Training Manual, which I use to help those that I train improve both physically and in the way they approach setting goals and focusing effort. I then discuss the first concept in the manual, Setting Goals. 

In this episode, I relate 2 seemingly similar, but different stories to how comparison of ourselves to others can either be something that can be motivating and inspirational or it can cause resentment and sadness. Learning to use comparison constructively is important for a more positive experience. 

In this episode, I start to introduce the idea that when we understand our value as a person and our value in what we have to offer, we need to start to live and use our time in a way that shows our true value. 

In episode 5, I share a story about the most painful experience in the aftermath of the accident that rendered me paralyzed. I discuss how this experience help put into perspective what matters most to me and lead me to make more of a commitment to focus on the most important things. 

What we choose to accept can make a difference in where we can end up. Accepting things that happen in life can leave us trying to force ourselves to settle for less and be happy or it can leave us working towards and achieving more. 

Defining moments are those moments that people feel define who we are or points in time at which the essential nature or character of a person or group is revealed or identified.  Defining moments can leave a lasting mark, but the everyday moments fill in the gap of who we are and they allow us to define ourselves. 

Get Out of Your Wheelchair... Why call the podcast Get Out of Your Wheelchair. This episode discusses where the concept and the title came from. 

This is the first episode in the Get Out of Your Wheelchair podcast. This episode is the origin story. From not being able to imagine life could get much better to paralyzed from the waist below to the beginnings of picking up the "pieces" of life and moving forward. 

Welcome to the Get Out of Your Wheelchair Podcast. We all have those things that get in our way of making progress or achieving the goals and dreams that we want to. Those things whether they are excuses, lies, lack of ownership, anger, or any other barrier keep us stuck. Stuck in a wheelchair of excuses. To be able to take steps in the right direction, we have to be able to Get Out of Our Wheelch...