This podcast is a video library that will document my efforts to becoming great and continuing my journey of becoming the best father and husband to ever walk the earth. Along this wonderful journey I want to become the most effective communicator we have ever seen. I know this is life's work so I am accepting my job to working for the remainder of my existence. While being the best example for my kids and giving my wife a man she did not know existed. #BeGreatonPurpose
Imagine transforming your life not just with grand gestures but through the small, consistent choices you make every day. I, John D, share my personal quest to become a more effective communicator, a dedicated father, and a loving husband. This podcast episode is a heartfelt exploration of my personal growth and the unexpected joys that come with it. Having once been passionate about sports, I now channel that dedication into self-mastery, and I've discovered a profound happiness in learning to appreciate life's moments. Join me as I share my top tips for success, beginning with the foundation of a healthy diet, and how these changes have brought a deep sense of fulfillment.
In this engaging episode, we explore the essential elements that contribute to personal growth and fulfillment. I discuss how mastering your diet can unlock potential you might not even know exists, and the importance of putting in consistent effort without shortcuts. Upholding integrity, even when it's challenging, not only aligns with our values but can influence others positively and bring about personal joy. Through candid storytelling and childhood anecdotes, I encourage you to focus on making each day better than the last. Embrace the mantra: get after that action, or it will get after you, and always aim to be great on purpose. Tune in to uncover how these insights can inspire your own journey of personal growth and happiness.
what up, though, and welcome back to. I'm growing man. It's your man, john d, in the building. Uh, hope everybody out there is staying warm in these uh, cold temperatures these days. Uh, I see a lot of snow throughout the united states and seeing snow a lot more snows throughout the United States and seeing snow a lot more snow than you typically would see in certain areas. So y'all be safe out there.
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Today I wanted to get on here and kind of like update people that's been watching me grow as I try to become a more effective communicator. There was something that I just listened to and it was just talking about let people know how your journey's going, and I think I just do a lot of opinions and thoughts in my past episodes, and today I want to talk about how I'm feeling and the benefits of doing what I've been doing throughout this entire process. For those of you that don't know, I'm just committed to finding ways to improve, focusing specifically on communication, becoming a better father and a better husband, and I feel like these three things will, in turn, make me a better teacher and a better person, but overall, I'm in a place of happiness that I can't really describe. I've developed a more meaningful approach to mistakes and try to reduce those as much as possible, but not only that, to get the message so that it doesn't happen again. I think a lot of times we don't realize we kind of fall into the same trap that we created. And where I am, you know, I don't even know how to really say it. I would say this you know, I used to be a huge sports fan. I still I can't say I love sports anymore because I don't watch them like I used to, but I can appreciate the level of mastery it takes to entertain people on that level. I used to want to do things like that, but they were just more mature mentally to be able to put that amount of work in at a younger age, because I've definitely was not so in the mindset that it took that much work and I commend you guys wholeheartedly. But I'm happy like all of the time. There are moments where I'm not happy, but it doesn't take more than a couple minutes to get back Because I have like a routine that when I'm in that situation I'm trying to figure out what could I have done differently to prevent that from happening and getting in a routine of constant reflection. It allows you to be in the moment, and when you're in the moment, you can appreciate the work it takes to enjoy it. When I originally started this journey, I didn't know what it was going to look like, but I'm going to give you guys the top three things to be able to be successful on a journey of growth. Top three things and I could be wrong, but in my perspective, I believe if you have these three things, you will be elated on any journey that you take on.
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Number one your diet. Your diet is so important. If you don't take it seriously, then whatever you're trying to get, it's going to be very difficult for you to get to because your health is going to prevent you from developing anything that you believe you're supposed to have. And you know, if there are people that want to argue that, all I can say is that I just I want you to have the best health possible, because there's enough evidence out there that shows us that we're food addicts and we're addicted and we're taking advantage of of everybody being addicted. You know, like I don't know, but that is really key.
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I think that's the number one most important, important part of this entire puzzle is your diet period, I didn't get into it to go that in depth, and well, you know what, let's do it. Um, my diet these days have I have changed because I re like, when I originally went into this, went onto this journey, I had dropped and my lowest was one 72. And then when I realized that, um, I didn't want to, I probably dropped it too quickly, but my, I think my favorite weight is between one 78 and one 83, but I'm outside of that as of today. Uh, but the reason why I'm saying this? Because I know what it takes to get back there and if you can put in the work to overcome your diet, you will unlock doors you didn't even know were there. And you need to master your diet. If you are as important as you think you are, that you really feel you believe, you have to back it up with at least mastering that part, because you can't do everything you're supposed to do if your body breaks down on you before you can complete those things.
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Number two your effort. Your effort matters. There's an effort that you can put in to any and everything you do. Some people say you may get burnt out doing it, but the effort, when it comes to you. It should be 100% all the time. You shouldn't look for ways to take shortcuts, because when you do, you put a ceiling on how hard you can go on to go, like how hard you can be in getting something. Like, if you go 100 percent every time, your goal is going to be accomplished sooner than you assuming you can't go hard every time. Now I'm not saying that you shouldn't get sleep, because sleep is really important. Eight hours I recommend, highly recommend it. I'm just saying under the hours that you're up, you have enough energy to put in an effort that you haven't even seen before, and it has to be consistent. When I say consistent, I mean every single day, even if you miss days. As long as you get back into the routine of what you're trying to do, this will open doors you don't know about either.
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I grew up in an era where we was trying to get the most out of was doing the least and finding shortcuts. Now the shortcuts I did all affected me because I didn't realize I should have been working on things that I wasn't so good in behind the scenes, and then I got to a level where I couldn't get any further and then I had to start over, and when I realized I had missed so many shortcuts, it was because I didn't want to put the effort in. So when you put this effort in of trying to be more than just the bare minimum, you create something different. And when you realize you can push yourself a little more at some point, there is a return that's so plentiful that you'll put that effort into every part of your life. But you have to get into that practice. You know, a lot of times people feel like they have to have a break, they got to rewind. I mean, just reset, have a reset. And that's very well, maybe, true, but you have to know that it's so easy to get off the path and one distraction here could lead to another distraction and he'd be like how did I get here? And ain't nothing good about that at all, because it's almost like getting into an argument with a person and the argument didn't even start from the topic that you originally started on. You're just all over the place. So create a routine of constant effort every single day, and it's going to develop a fruit that you'll appreciate. I can almost guarantee it. The only way that you don't get it is because you don't put the effort in, but it again, that's that's your, that's you. I can't want it more than you want it for yourself.
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The last part, uh, I wanted to talk about was integrity. Like when nobody's licking. What type of person are you Like, no matter how that person treats you? I don't feel like I'm supposed to fight the same way that you fight. Like if you're using words that are inappropriate, I'm saying like language that could be offensive to others, why would I have to use that? I hear people say so. You know they wanted it and I was there for it. I don't want to be that person. I want to be able to diffuse the situation, because if I don't diffuse the situation, that means I have to be willing to go there, and go there means the worst, like I'm willing to die. That person's willing to die, willing to go to jail, willing to get a ticket, willing to just be compromised in so many different situations, willing to just do too much for something that's not necessary. So we have to be mature in all of our. We have to grow to be mature. Let me correct that. But if you have integrity and you always have it eventually I truly believe the energy you give off into the world will help mature other people to have a feeling of happiness that is indescribable at this moment. You know, if there's anything, if there's anything I could give the world, it would be those three things.
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I truly believe that if you change your diet and you master it when I say master it, I mean where you get in your BMI and it's healthy like you'll think about it and you'll be like why would I want to go back there? Because you think differently. And when you do that, you think about all of the things that you can do in life, because that's probably the most difficult thing you'll ever do is master your diet, and I'm talking about those that are addicted to, to delicious foods. But once you do that and you, you get a different set of eyes and you start to look around and be like damn, what can I do? I do and like where am I? Like, when I say where am I, I mean like, why am I not here? What am I not doing? And you realize you haven't been putting that effort in, not the effort that you could be putting in. And once you start locking in and you find ways to improve whatever you're doing, whatever the love you have that pushes you to put that effort in to create the unseen.
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It gets addictive because people are going to say things to you that you didn't even know was happening and doing it the right way, having the integrity to like always do right and when I say always, I really mean it always. You're not going to always be able to be mature in situations, but if you strive to be, at some point you'll be mature enough to be able to not compromise yourself because of bad practices from your childhood. That's where it comes from. I don't know anybody who wants to react in a way that's going to make themselves regret something. We have to really unlock those things and I think that was the key to my happiness. It's almost like I enjoy every part of the day, if you like.
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If you sat me down and it was like to break down 24 hours of the day, I can tell you where I am, what I'm probably doing, what I'm thinking, what I'm working on, and it's created like it's created a happiness that I'm trying to share with the world, because I'm watching people missing out on certain parts of their life, because they're distracted by certain things, and I'm telling people missing out on certain parts of their life because they're distracted by certain things. And I'm telling you, your diet will remove a lot of the distractions. That's preventing people from the happiness that they're seeking. Energy attracts energy. So you got to be careful what you're putting in your body, because you are not getting what you probably deserve. Y'all make today better than yesterday. Don't worry about anything you can't control. G-a-t-a get after that action or that action will get after you. Be great on purpose.
