Live Life With Strong, Unwavering Values

What do you see, hear, and feel? Since that moment, he has always had a job that was based from home. He has not missed a game, play, concert, or any moments for the kids or me. I knew looking around at all the hustle and bustle and commutes, this would ultimately serve him better, and so did he. He added his mom’s famous sauce and some meatballs to my crazy spaghetti idea. And in that moment, Compliance4 began. Everything was running in two days, and our first client came within two weeks. We began to flourish within the first year and are so grateful we made the leap into owning our own business. Can you visualize your idea or goal? Now sometimes when I ask those questions, people don’t understand. It could mean you hear the jet roar as you take off on vacation to California. I posted a picture on LinkedIn that was my commute one day. It was from my patio door to my pool. Not all days are the same, of course, but on that particular day, I rooted in that moment and in gratitude.

The Good Life

As you discover, toss your spaghetti, and learn more, this next tool may also help you. I created this in 2008 when I started the Best Ever You Network, and we still use it today. It’s called the Best Ever You Principles. Originally there were five, and today they are called the Six Best Ever You Principles. This is the essence of who you are, including but not limited to your values, goals, beliefs, and behavior. Live life with strong, unwavering values and character. Is this in line with the essence of who I really am? This is your unique and authentic self and enables your contributions to the world. Foster lifelong learning and utilize your skills and talents. Does this celebrate my unique skills and gifts? Develop your best emotional intelligence. Do I take responsibility for my emotions, actions, and behavior? This is your role as a global citizen. Treat others with compassion. How does this impact others around me? Cultivate harmony, inner peace, and contentment.

Depending On You

Embrace harmony, inner peace, and being content. Is my mind at peace and my spirit content? These principles are another tool for your toolbox to help you discover about your life and choices. One more amazing tool for you to use is called Incredible Yes. An Incredible Yes is a moment where you said yes to someone or something and it changed your life. I believe we all have one, a few, or many Incredible Yes moments in us. When we interview people for The Best Ever You Show or for our summits, we ask people to share their Incredible Yes. One of my favorites is from Jack Canfield, who shared his experience of moving to California. He told us the story of how he moved from the Midwest to California, and it helped shape who he is today. The biggest thing that happened in my life. I was living in Massachusetts. The guy in charge asked me if I’d like to become a trainer for them and move to California. I said yes, which meant I’d have to sell the retreat center I owned and my home and land, which was around eleven acres in Massachusetts.

A Minor Variation

Right as I was about to move, the guy rescinded the offer. Well, I had already sold my home, so my wife and I decided to move to California anyway. So we moved, and I started to meet all of these amazing people in this work I do called human development and personal growth. It was like the seedbed for all I do. Saying yes to a major move across country with no job opened up everything. I shared an Incredible Yes moment similar to this. I had moved to California from Minnesota, and my Incredible Yes was then moving from California to Maine. Ahhh, Maine, what a beautiful place to be and call home for so many years now. I think about my life here and saying yes to moving here and now being able to say yes each day to my life rich with gratitude. Maine has a pace similar to where I grew up in Iowa. An Incredible Yes could be a moment when someone says yes to you. Harley Rotbart, who said yes to me. From that yes, other yes moments have happened, and we’ve come to know each other and become fast friends. We share a love for everything baseball, for example, and we support each other personally and professionally. Rotbart is also a collector of miracles, which leads me to another success tip. Collect miracles wherever you can. Look for the extraordinary. As we move to this next story, it’s evidence that miracles are possible. I’m also a collector of miracles. Those may seem contradictory. My collection began at a pivotal moment in my life, late one night during my pediatric residency training. When paramedics arrived, both boys were unconscious and not breathing. The older brother, our hero, remained in a coma for weeks. The family stood vigil every day, and after our rounds and chores each evening, we, the residents, took over. We held the older boy’s hand, talking and singing to him. I told everyone on rounds the next morning about the hand squeeze. Most of my colleagues and supervisors attributed it to an involuntary muscle spasm. Indeed, medically, by all our measures of brain function and assessments of neurologic recovery, there was not even the slightest possibility that this child made a conscious effort to squeeze my hand. But then someone else also felt it after rounds the next morning, and then again that afternoon, now on demand. The child’s parents were overwhelmed with joy and hope when they felt their son’s hand squeeze for the first time. None of us knew quite what to make of it or how much to hope for. Many replied that they hadn’t.