The Daily Battle

Daily Battle #28: How to Get Over the Fear of Delegation

On today’s episode of the Daily Battle I want to talk to you about your values and priorities. We’ll also talk about the vehicle you are driving on the road trip of your life. What is this road trip of your life I am referring to? The road trip is your life’s path while the stops you take on your road trip are the things you are going to do and experience in your life. The people inside the car represent those on your journey with you. Your vehicle might be a bus with a lot of people. Although, you might just have an SUV with your immediate family. It depends on your values. The actual vehicle itself is what gets you down the road, which represents the way you earn money and support your life. The fuel in the vehicle is representation of your effort and energy you put forth. In this week’s episode:Takeaway #1: Own your timeUse your time and spend your time with people you love.Harmony is found when you align your values and priorities.Takeaway #2:Make yourself the number one priority in your lifeGet up and take care of yourself first thing.If you are the number one asset, you are the number on value. Takeaway #3: Your actions reflect your values and prioritiesBe the best driver of the vehicle of your life.If you don’t feel like something is going right, reflect on your values and priorities.

I have been trying to figure out how to fly for many years. When I say fly I am meaning to live an extraordinary life. I have and had a good life and I am very appreciated and grateful for what I have been given. This isn’t to say my life hasn’t experienced pain, heart ace, disappointment, and failure. And I have done some shitty things over the years, I am human as we are all. I am not sure when the search began, where the deep seeded desire to be the best version of myself and to seek that person but somewhere inside of me there is this burning desire to win. For me winning is the measure of the man I have become. I define winning by be able to accomplish what I set out to accomplish, no matter how small. I remember when I was a kids, I convinced the neighbor to hire me to cut his grass. When it came to edging I was out there with pruning scissors on my hands and knees meticulously. Not the most efficient use of my time but I was wanting to produce the best edge possible. Producing the best job possible was about winning and about being the best. As I look back, I wonder where did the desire to win come from? Are we all born with it? Do you want to win? Have you given up on winning? I have been trying to figure out how to fly for many years. When I say fly, I am meaning to live an extraordinary life. I have had and have a good life, and I am very appreciated and grateful for what I have been given. This isn’t to say my life hasn’t experienced pain, heart ace, disappointment, and failure. And I have done some shitty things over the years, I am human as we are all.I am not sure when the search began, where the deep seeded desire to be the best version of myself and to seek that person but somewhere inside of me there is this burning desire to win.For me winning is the measure of the man I have become. I define winning by being able to accomplish what I set out to achieve, no matter how small.I remember when I was a kid, I convinced the neighbor to hire me to cut his grass. When it came to edging I was out there with pruning scissors on my hands and knees meticulously. Not the most efficient use of my time but I was wanting to produce the best edge possible. Producing the best job possible was about winning and about being the best.As I look back, I wonder where did the desire to win come from?Are we all born with it?Do you want to win?Have you given up on winning?What I didn’t expect when I started out was how much crashing it would take for me to learn to fly.Crashing sucks, it came be defeating, it can eat at the core of who you think you are.I share this with you and I write this so you can understand if you have crashed.Its ok, you are not alone. I have to and so many other people have as well and are crashing this point.My commitment is to learn to fly and it doesn’t matter how long or how much work it takes, I am going to learn to fly higher than I have ever flown.I am going to learn to soar.What I didn’t expect when I started out was how much crashing it would take for me to learn to fly. Crashing sucks, it came be defeating, it can eat at the core of who you think you are. I share this with you and I write this so you can understand if you have crashed. Its ok, you are not alone. I have to and so many other people have as well and are crashing this point. My commitment is to learn to fly and it doesn’t matter how long or how much work it takes, I am going to learn to fly higher than I have ever flown. I am going to learn to soar.

Daily Battle #25: Speed Kills

Daily Battle #24: I quit...Then I didn't

For most men we were told we weren't suppose to cry over spilt milk but on today's episode I give my personal experience around how it has provided me fire now and in the past.

Daily Battle #22: Progress is Not Linear

Be Battle Ready Podcast Episode #9 - Sales with Brian DavisIn this week’s episode of Be Battle Ready, we share insights into the 3rd topic of the #bebattleready show: Sales. On this episode, Brian Davis will be talking all things sales, expending your energy in the right places and the things you need to focus on to be successful in sales.The following topics will be discussed every month: Week 1: LeadershipWeek 2: Marketing Week 3: SalesWeek 4: Lifestyle & Personal DevelopmentIn this week’s episode: Takeaway #1: It’s Not About the Over Preparation and PowerPoint It’s important to have personal certainty.Sales is about the energy that you bring into the marketplace as an individual.What makes you competitive is when you show up when you are whole and certain with your self, family, and spirituality.People are attracted to the truth.The most powerful man in the marketplace is the one with the truth.Show up with a powerful conversation.Takeaway #2: Have a daily connection to your whyCome from your heart, not your ego.Your family is your biggest gift.Don’t view your family as a responsibility; they are not a weight or burden.If you don’t get the underlying piece right, it doesn’t matter.If you want to be a better salesman, you have to be a better man first.Takeaway #4: Be Battle ReadyKnow and acknowledge that what you bring to a conversation is energy.Your energy is everything.If you have lies and secrets, you are using energy to cover those.If you aren’t not connected with your family, those things leak energy.Sweat every day and make sure your nutrition is on point.Consider investing in coaching.Nobody is served by you playing small.Sometimes you have to walk into the void and be vulnerable.

In this week’s episode of Be Battle Ready, we share insights into the 4th topic of the #bebattleready show: Lifestyle & Personal Development. Today’s guest is Alan Burak and we will be diving into positive mentality, never giving up, having patients, following your heart and all the things you need to be successful in life and in business. The following topics will be discussed every month: Week 1: LeadershipWeek 2: Marketing Week 3: SalesWeek 4: Lifestyle & Personal DevelopmentIn this week’s episode: Takeaway #1: The Mind Protects You, The Heart Gives You a Fulfilling LifeGet out and get it, go for it.Know when to be emotional and know how to get those emotions to work for you not against you.The most successful people know when to use their mind, their emotions and when to use both.Decide that you are going to be in control of your mind and your emotions; it’s a game changer.If you focus on situations you cannot control, you are on the road to depression.Understand what things you can control and what you can’t control.Let it be and let go of the things you can’t control.Takeaway #2: The Quality of Your Questions Create the Quality of Your LifeBe constantly questioning yourself.Always ask why.Ask yourself if what you are doing is adding value to you and others.Ponder whether you are becoming better or if someone else is getting better.Is what you are doing adding value to your goals, values, priorities, etc.?Takeaway #3: Building A Business Is Never a Straight LineNever give up.There will always be ups and downs.Focus on always learning and getting better.Do not be afraid of risks.Follow your heart, not your mind.Make it happen.You can have all the knowledge in the world, but if you don’t use it’s worthless.If you have a goal and vision stick to it.If you are not getting to your goal, don’t change your goal, change your strategy.Takeaway #4: Be Battle ReadyTrain your mind.Control your emotions.Be in an open state and opportunities will come.Everything you need is within you.You have to get yourself right before you can get the rest right.

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” ~Albert Einstein~I’d have you consider the goals we set for ourselves force us to grow and become better and it’s one of the core ways we experience true happiness. On the other side, I’d have you reflect on the times you didn’t set goals or try to become better... did you feel joy and happiness?I mean did you walk, embody, and radiant happiness? Ya... you might of “good” aka a absence of pain and heightened happinesses. I’ve experienced putting and tying my happiness in other people or thing...It doesn’t last and it can be an empty place....Tying it to goals is tying it to yourself...You are your leader...and you decide what to participate in or not...

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”~Arthur Ashe ~We tend to see where we are and where we want to go and we see the gap between who and where we are an say I can’t do that... That is not me....So we don’t take any action... We avoid that we want to go over there...We avoid the work necessary to take us on that journey....The reality is we are where we are... we have what we have... and we can do what we can do...and all of that is enough... We have everything we need to start down that journey...We just need to take the first step.... And the next step... and the next... so on and so on....Every step we take gives us what we need to take the next step....What step can you take today to move along on your journey?

I was having a conversation with a toaster master group member yesterday who had mentioned always wanting to start and own a business. He said he just didn’t know exactly what he would do… I asked him what he was passionate about? He said food…Jump on in and listen to how the rest of the conversation went…

Today, I was walking by the lake and there was a daddy duck, mama duck and the group of ducklings…As I walked by the Daddy duck challenged me and began to charge…The revelation I received was Courage with Purpose can take down the Biggest Lion…Sit back as I dig into today’s topic….

I was just having a conversation with a coaching client and we got on the conversation about his tribe and the little things he could do to cultivate that tribal feel and create raving fans inside his business… Sit back as I take a dive into my insights and experiences…

The Clarity of Your Vision determines The Clarity of Your Focus. Here is what I mean by this...If you find yourself indecisive