Successful Life Mindset

Podcast Summary In this episode Tracy finishes his talk with friend, world record holder, and business owner Arthur Greeno about being a world record breaker, chasing after something bigger than yourself, and his own amazing life story. Growing Up As Arthur grew up and began to grow and mature he knew he needed new friends that ...

Podcast Summary In this episode, Tracy talks with friend, world record holder, and business owner Arthur Greeno about being a world record breaker, chasing after something bigger than yourself, and his own amazing life story. Record Breaker Tracy and Arthur discuss how he has set multiple world records and what it took mentally for him to ...

Podcast Summary In this episode Tracy talks with friend and business partner Joe Jestus about going back to the basics of what the Successful Life Mindset is all about. Tracy breaks down the three things that everyone must do in order to succeed at anything in life. Back to the Basics Tracy read an email ...

Podcast Summary In this episode Tracy talks with friend and business partner Joe Jestus about what happens when you give more than you are paid for. If you live life giving more than what you are paid for will you reap a reward of promotion and compensation or will you be passed over while others ...

Reaching Our Fullest Potential A question that Cliff has been asked several times is, “Do we all have potential or are some people doomed to ‘not get it’? The easy answer is, we are all born into poverty or plenty, we all have situations/circumstances that can lead us to failure or success, but how we ...

Legacies Tracy read an email SLM received with a thought provoking question: “What do you want to be remembered for when “the lights go out”? Cliff shared his personal mission statement: My mission is to dedicate my life to Entertaining, Educating, Encouraging, and Inspiring Others! To share my passions and experiences in life in an ...

The Trouble With Relaxing Tracy was on an extended vacation (about 3 weeks) where he discovered he has trouble relaxing. He found it difficult to break away from work during his normal business hours. He is conditioned to work. He enjoys what he does and has a desire to please people. His unwritten business motto ...

Who Am I? I am your constant companion. 

I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. 

I am completely at your command. Half the things you do might just as well be turned over to me and I will be able to do them quickly ...

How Committed Are You? Last week we celebrated our independence from the tyranny and oppression of a foreign government. The men who brought about forming a new nation, self-governed had to be committed to make it happen. Some things you may not know about the 56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence: Five signers ...

Is it all about you? Cliff is reading a book by Steve Brown, “Three Free Sins”. One of the things the book discusses is that sometimes it is about “me”. More importantly, it discusses the fact than many of our actions and/or decisions are based on what others think of us. We are, for the ...

Encourage Other’s Dreams Cliff played a message from Tony Mendoza.  He said he listened to the SLM podcasts and read two of the books Tracy has recommended and it has changed his life.  He also called Tracy directly and told him how the SLM podcasts have changed his attitude towards his children.  He has a ...

Owner vs. Victim Mentality Cliff usually answers the question, “How are you?” with a very positive answer, but today he told about his very stressful and overwhelmed feelings this past week.  He’s working on great things, but very, very busy.  He found Monday completely available and scheduled many things to do before his wife reminded ...

Small steps…. Tracy and his wife decided to do something together.  They are going to run in a 5K (3.1 miles) run in the fall.  Tracy has a history of running, but it’s been a while.  His wife does not have that history.  They got out to run the first day and realized they were ...

Quote that Changed Cliff’s Life…. “When you’re clear in your mission and purpose, it’s much easier to not get upset when you choose not to live by other’s expectations for you.” ~ Cliff Ravenscraft Cliff found that even with his habit of scheduling his work according to a level of importance, he still had too ...

For Free Forever? Cliff played an audio feedback from a listener.  The listener was concerned that podcast listeners might have the impression that Successful Life Mindset has implied that you can do something you’re passionate about for free for the rest of your life. He disagrees and would like the story set straight. Both Cliff ...