Jan. 3, 2025

Building Strong Families Through Movement with Author Russ Rogers [Ep. 785]

Building Strong Families Through Movement with Author Russ Rogers [Ep. 785]

There is no better time than right now! We need to think about the value of the present moment and how important that is to all of us. It's time to get off the couch and get moving. Joining me today is children’s author Russ Rogers. Russ has written a...

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There is no better time than right now! We need to think about the value of the present moment and how important that is to all of us. It's time to get off the couch and get moving. Joining me today is children’s author Russ Rogers. Russ has written a new children’s book series called, The Today Series. Russell’s inspiration comes from being outdoors and experiencing life in the moment. He emphasizes that movement is not only physical but mental. Russ’ books are for parents wanting to make a change in their own lives and their children’s lives. His books are about connecting families, getting outside, moving, and doing things together.

Russ Rogers Website- www.movetoday365.com
Follow Russ on Instagram @movetoday365

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You're in a good place now. You are listening to

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Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back Live to Live Your True Life Perspectives, and

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I'm your host, Ashley Burgess.

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Today is the day.

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There's really no better time than right now, and today

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is the first time that you're going to experience what

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And I find it very interesting when we really think

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about the value of the present moment, the value of

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the day, how important that is, and how much that

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resonates with me, how much that resonates with my listeners

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and my clients, and how important that is as a

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valuable concept on our day to day life.

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Joining me live in.

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Studio today is Russ Rogers. Russ has written six books,

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mostly kid and family friendly books to connect the family

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with their children. He's an international speaker as well as

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a motivator. Russ, great to have you here live on

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Live your True Life Perspectives.

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How are you doing today, Ashley.

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I'm doing amazing and it's been great to just talk

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with you, you know, prior to the program, and I'm

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excited to be with you today. Be excited to be

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with you and your listeners, and I'm excited about this

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conversation and it's a great way to you know, kind

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of kick off our weekend.

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I love it, and I absolutely love your book series,

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and you have six of them in total, and I

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love how they're all titled today. For example, today, here

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I Go Today, Great Adventures, Today, something New, Today, my

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first and today baby Steps. Tell me about where did

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this information knowledge muse start from?

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With you?

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Yeah, you know, I was all my life, I was

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basically you know, outdoors, right. We lived when my parents

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were when I was six months old, they built a

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house and it was kind of in you know the country,

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and so all of my life and my upbringing and

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everything was all outside, and you know, it kind of

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just translated, you know into sports and activities and you know,

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we would go on vacation, we'd do a lot of

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stuff outside. And then I went into my adult life.

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I went into personal training, and I started with you know,

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working with kids one on one, and it was absolutely amazing.

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So I would take these kids maybe through thirty minutes

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or an hour of training. Some of them I would

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have or maybe you know, one visit or maybe I

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have them for nine years and you know repeat, you know,

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clients that would come to me of all ages, and

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it was just an amazing opportunity to speak into somebody's life.

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But you know, after twenty years of that and eight

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years of collegiate softball coaching, COVID hit in twenty twenty,

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and it you not only changed everybody's life, it changed

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my life in the direction I was going. And so

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during twenty twenty, when all the parks and the schools

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and everything's shut down, I was like at a point

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where I was like, all right, so what am I

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going to do. I have another business, which is landscaping,

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which I continue to do, but you know, it was

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during this time I was really thinking like, all right,

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what is the next step? And I didn't know what

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that steff was. But soon thereafter, about a year later,

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I was on a flight to New York and on

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that flight I had this journal that had been carrying

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with me for over a year, and I was on

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this flight that I was like, it was like a

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lightning bolt that came down and words just started coming out,

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and I was just writing and writing and writing. And

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the first word, Ashley, that I wrote in that journal

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was the word move. And I drew a little rectangle

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around that word, and everything flowed from that point on,

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and it was just pages upon pages upon pages that

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led me into where I am today.

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Oh that's powerful. I'm a big believer in journal writing.

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I talked to my clients a lot on there. I

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don't want to write a journal. I don't want to

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do this. It's so painful, Mike, you don't understand you're

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really going to get something out of it. And I

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love the fact that you wrote the word move and

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you know it put the rectangle around it, and this

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started happening.

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I do find it interesting because I don't think that

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a lot of people understand the value of the moment.

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I don't think they understand it. And so you know,

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when you were writing this that start kind of also

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champion and as well? Or have you always valued in

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the moment or have you always found that gratitude or

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always been in the present moment?

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You know, most of my life I was in the

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present moment, you know. And you know in that present

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moment of writing. Uh, you know, even at that moment,

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even when I was writing, it was fulfilling because it

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was I was I was taken back to my childhood

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and I was writing anything and everything that would come

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to my mind, and I would I would write stories

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about what I've seen. I live on the you know,

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live on the beach, and so you know, I would

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see the connectivity and the disconnectivity of family right on

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the beach and family activity, and so I would I

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would see all of this, and in living in that moment,

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it was like I would take these these situations, and

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I would take these experiences, and I would take these

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stories and I would put them down and and it

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would just come to life. And it was amazing because

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even when I was writing all this, I had no idea.

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I had no idea where this was going to go.

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But in that moment, you know, I was so enthralled

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by what I was writing, and I began to share

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with other people about what was happening. And I remember

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talking to a grandmother and she was like, you know,

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this is amazing, like what you're talking about, because this

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takes me back to my childhood and memories that I

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had with my parents and with my grandparents. And then

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as I became a parent, it took me back to

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that moment. Living in that moment seventy years later, you know,

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it was really really cool. You know, the whole process,

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but living in that moment, living in that time of

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writing was it was just an experience that I had

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never experienced before.

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That's very valuable, that's awesome. When did you write your

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first book?

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So it basically, you know, it was all of these pages.

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And then as I was going through these pages and

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starting to read, I was like, wow, I don't know,

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you know, because it was about a year year and

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a half of writing. But even then when I was writing,

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actually I was like, I didn't know it was going

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to be a book. I had no idea. And then

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when I started looking at this and started breaking it down,

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I was like, you know what, I think I got

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a book here. But then the way that I was

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writing in these pages, I was like, maybe I have

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more than one book. So I started dividing up everything

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and I said, you know, I'm going to take this

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concept and I'm going to put this idea into different books.

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So I ended up breaking it down into five books

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and deciding that this is going to be the first

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five years of a kid's life. So book one is

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for you know, infancy to one, and then one to

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two and two to three and so forth, and so

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so these pages that when you look through these pages,

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you can see this child is you know, he's growing

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older and he's now at these two and these three,

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and so the activities change. And so in that year

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of twenty twenty one and twenty two, that's when it

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was all coming together of how I really going to

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design the way that this was going to look. And

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instead of just launching one book, I decided to launch

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all five books at one time. And it was It

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was exciting.

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It's really neat, and I like, yes, how you go

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through the situation where you know you're at your first breath,

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you're you're outside for the first time, to you know,

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being on the trampoline or fishing with your family and

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that sort of thing. It's very cool. And I like

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the concept how this is all outside. This is all outdoors.

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It's not like surrounded by video games or stuck inside.

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What have you liked that?

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Absolutely? You know, you know that's the whole premise because

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as I was looking back at my life, right and

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as I expressed earlier in the show, it's like everything

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was outside. And if you look at society today and

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you look at like we have an entire think about this,

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we have an entire month dedicated to mental wellness, right,

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And it seems like Ashley, it seems like it's growing

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and it's growing, and it's growing and people are spending

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more time. But now we have a month that is

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dead to mental wellness. And so one of the things

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that I've seen as I've studied and I've looked, and

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I've read and I've listened, you know, over the last

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couple of years, you know, on mental illness and everything,

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and what impacts us the most when we're going through

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this is people are stuck indoors. They've made the choice

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to be indoors, to watch video, to play video, to

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watch TV, you know, to listen to their music, to

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play on their phone and their devices. You know, it's

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all these things that are indoors. Indoors are watching just television.

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And so the greatest thing that we can do that's

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going to impact our lives mentally is to get out

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and get vitamin D, to get out and move, to

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breathe in fresh air. And let's say you live in

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a city, go to a park, go to where there's

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a lot of nature that's around, you know, and enjoy it.

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Breathe it in and take it in. You know Bryant Park.

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When I visit New York City, one of my favorite

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parks is Bryant Park, right smack dawn. You know, their

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Central Park it's massive, but Brian Park is is much smaller,

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but it's just beautiful. It's lined with trees, it's got

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a nice walking path and a water feature in the front,

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and you could just sit there and you can take

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in some sunshine. And you know, there is so much

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in our surroundings, no matter where you live, that we

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can breathe in nature and take advantage of it.

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That's neat and I totally agree with you. And it

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is interesting because mental health and mental wellness is so

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important and a lot of times I feel that people

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take it for granted. You know, I have clients, you know,

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when we start working together and eventually, you know, the

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concept of them not being able to sleep, and those

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types of things kind of emerge into session. And you know,

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my first question is how you know? How often do

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you work out? How often do you walk? How often

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do you run? You know? And usually the response to

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that is none, unless I'm being chased. You know, I'm like, well, okay,

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so if I didn't run and I didn't work out

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and I didn't do things, I would not be able

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to sleep at all. And I think people don't realize

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the value of the things that you don't need a

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PS description four.

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That's right, that's right, you know. And you know, I

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think about like in my life and what I do,

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you know, the decision making, the choices that we have,

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right we're going to choose if we're going to sit

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on the couch and sit for three, four or five

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hours and watch TV and just veg out, you know,

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And we're all we all work every day and we

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come home, we're tired and everything, but it really comes

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down to a personal choice of what we're going to

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do with our day, what we're going to do with

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our time, and how we're going to spend it. And

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you know, for me, it's like, you know, my my

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slot from when I work out is typically from three

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thirty in the afternoon to five thirty. I don't schedule meetings,

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I don't schedule calls. That is my time that I'm

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going to get a workout in. I am not an

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early riser. I mean I am an early riser, but

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I'm not an early riser to go work out. So

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I've identified that in my life that is out. I'm

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not a noon person where I'm going to go work out.

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And then I got a shower of getting you know,

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six hours from my first hour and then you know,

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start started a day over. So I I typically from

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three thirty to five, I'm walking, I'm riding you know,

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a bike or a peloton. I'm getting in the garage,

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I'm working out, I'm getting outside. I'm playing smash ball

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multiple activities that gives me that roundabout workout that I

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need that round me out as a person. So I'm

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using different body parts, I'm doing different movements. But it

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is a choice.

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sweet spot.

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and working out and you know, doing activities that are

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good for you, and it's finding that point. And for me,

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you're right. I tried the you know, the five am

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six am workout. No, not really cool. I'm not really

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cool with that. It's not in the problem, it's not

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my thing. Then you try later on in the morning

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that puts everything in a bad position in your entire schedule.

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the back end of the day. And that works for

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me because he puts me in the right perspective. It

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calms my brain, and it slows my brain down, and

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it slows my brain down with where the rest of

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your body should be. You shouldn't be on mock five

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what are you going to do? There's only so much

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you could take, And then there's so many side effects

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from pharmaceutical drugs, but a lot of side effects even

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wake up feeling not groggy, you know, and feeling awake

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and feeling good instead of the other. And I think

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don't use that time to work out.

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in of when you feel like it's going to best

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fit your day, you know. And kind of as we

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somebody in your life, like you've got to have somebody

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that's going to encourage you, somebody that's going to lift

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you up and maybe work out with you, you know,

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but it's it's going to be something that's going to

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enhance your lives. You know. If you're a single person,

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you know, it's it's much easier. But a lot of

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people struggle with that first movement of making that choice,

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of making that decision of what I'm going to do.

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a gym membership to work out. You can do it.

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do everything you have right in your own house, in

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your own garage, in your backyard. You know, you can

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do that. But you know, gim worked for many, many

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people and it's great, and it's it's nice because you

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can get in, you can get out, you can be

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around people if you want to be around people. You

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can be secluded, you can you know, concern people off,

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put on your headphones. But the most important thing is

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is whatever it is, find that time, take that first

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step and make it happen for your life, because you

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want to do it not only for yourself, but you

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want to do it for your family, want to do

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it for others. But it's most importantly for your own health.

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just in a great framework of mind to be more

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productive and to be more active, and to be more social,

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and to be more well and more clear, you know,

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in your life.

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That's totally true, Russ.

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will be talking more about a new commitment and our

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you know, in our year forward, as well as movement

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and how movement is actually medicine.

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So stay tuned, don't change the channel. We'll be right back.

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We have lots more to talk about and Russell be

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Will be back in. I'll be back in this time.

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I'll be back this time. You know it.

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Turn it up and jump in the deep end on Perspectives.

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Now Here's Ashley.

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Welcome back live to Libertrue Life Perspectives and I'm your host,

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Ashley Burgess. On today's show, we've been talking about today,

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using today for the right things, really getting out there

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and experiencing life IF and Russ Rogers, six time author

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and speaker has been joining me. Russ, you know, right

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before the break we were talking about, you know the

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importance of fitness and finding that kind of that sweet spot,

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and you know it's not one size fits all, but

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it's trying to figure out what works best for you

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and then trying to kind of champion yourself on a

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daily basis.

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time right with making that decision. And you know, I

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think when you look at it, it's like, you know,

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people think, well, I got to get ten thousand steps

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in today, right, but you're not doing any steps. Well,

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don't feel like you've got to just all of a

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sudden go from zero to one hundred.

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You can go from zero to ten and take those

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first steps, but the most important thing is to take

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the first step. And maybe it's a walk, maybe it's

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a run. Maybe it's a bike, you know, maybe it's

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push ups, sit ups, whatever, whatever it is. Maybe it's yoga,

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maybe it's stretching. Right. I mean that's something that you know,

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people struggle with all the time, is what do I do?

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When do I do it? And how do I do it?

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And and and then really not compounding it by saying, oh,

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you know, I see these people that are running on

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the street and I got to be this, you know,

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Olympic runner. No, you don't have to. You go at

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your page. You do your thing. The most important thing

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is to do your thing, and do it and do

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it now. You know, we got the new year that's coming.

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We still have about ten eleven days left of this year,

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and we got christm send between. But it's never too

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late to start right now.

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You're so right. It is about now and it's not

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about putting it off.

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And that's the thing that I don't like about, you know,

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the concept of resolutions. It's like, what do we resolve

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to do something now and like think about it and

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pontificate on it and I also agree to It's it's like,

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does just do it now? Why put it off?

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You know, when I work with clients, whether it's you know,

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they're going to start working out or they're going to

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stop smoking or whatever. It's like, let's just try it

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right now, you know. And it's like we try it

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right now, we get in that moment right now. And

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that's why I love the beauty of the concept of

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everything that you've written so far, is that you know,

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it's really about seeing it in the moment, because the

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moment is really the only option we had to actually

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make true action. Yep.

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you know, when we think about like the New Year

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and what happens whenever people, what do we do in January?

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We make New Year's resolutions? Right, and how many And

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I'm going to raise my hand when I say this,

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how many will raise their hand and say I started

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the New Year's resolution and I failed within the first

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sixty eights, right, I'm raising my hand to that. And

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I basically actually I did it. I think I did

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it twice in my life, maybe three times at the most.

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And I don't think I ever made it past sixty

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days whatever that was, right, And so it's like that

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is not for me. And so when I was asked

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in twenty twenty three. In December, I was asked this

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question my friend Craig, and he said, what is your

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word for twenty twenty four? And immediately my response was

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and in my head I didn't answer it. In my

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immediately was I don't have a word. But then immediately

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right after that, the word intentional came into play. And

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I'm telling you what that word intent changed my life

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and direction for twenty twenty four. I wake up every

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single day and you talk about now, now is when

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your eyes open up? And I thought about that word intent,

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and I'm telling you apply that word intentional in every

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aspect of my life, and there's no room for procrastination

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because when you're intentional, Yeah, you can be an intentional procrastinator,

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but be intent about what you want to do and

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what you want to accomplish in life. The moment your

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eyes open, it's.

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Now intention Like, how do you tell me more about

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how you define intent?

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Intention?

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Intent is this is that when I am going to

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be intentional, that means I'm going to not put anything off.

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Let's say this, I want to hit a home run

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out of the park when I wake up. Now, you

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know posting and you know social media and everything was

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always a challenge and it's still it's just time consuming

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to do all that. So for me to get that

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win right out of the gate, that gives me something

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that's going to set the tone for the rest of

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my day. So I'm going to be intent and I'm

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going to get that done out of the gate. You know,

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whether you know you're a believer, you're a person of faith,

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and you're gonna pray right out of the gate. You

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want to get that motion going for your day. So

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it's about now. So I'm going to be intentional about

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paying bills. I'm going to be intentional about working out.

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I'm going to be intentional about spending time with my family.

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I'm going to be intent about getting outside each and

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every day. So I'm making that decision, and making that

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decision right now very important.

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And when we return and be talking more about intention,

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we'll be talking more about the power of that, also

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movement in medicine and just the concept of movement and

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going outdoors, but also just making this upcoming year the

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strongest yet.

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So stay seen.

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We got lots more to talk about literature life perspectives

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with your host me Ashley Burgus, will be back in

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I'll be back this time in two shakes.

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This is Jakebus and you're listening to Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back live to Literature Life Perspectives and I'm your host,

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Ashley Burgess. We've been talking about intention, having the power

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of intention to make changes in our life, and do

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that today in joining me live in studio, Russ Rodgers

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is here, six time author and speaker and motivator. You know, Russ,

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right before the break we were talking about, you know,

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instead of having this resolution, we have this solid intent.

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And I think intent is, hey, I really want to

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do something. I believe in the process. I'm going to

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put my all into it, and instead of waiting or

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kicking the can down the road, I'm just going to

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try to start it now and then I'm just going

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to work day to day to try to continue with

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that intention.

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Yeah. You know, the thing about it is is, you know,

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everybody struggles with doing something and do it being consistent

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about it, you know, and if you think about, you

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know a word for twenty twenty five, consistency is a

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great thing. But you know, being intentional for me, when

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I when I when that question was posed to me

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in December of twenty three. It it immediately changed the

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way that I was thinking, Ashley, like, I began to

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immediately ponder about that word intentional. And then I started

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really studying about the word intentional, and I thought about

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my own life and I started breaking down, you know,

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my days and how I am effective or not effective

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in my days. And so when I started thinking about

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these things, I was like, wow, you know, I put

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a lot of things off. I do a lot of

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things that you know, I might do you know, next

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week or the week after, or maybe it carries on

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for a month, and it's like you're not getting anywhere,

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you know. And so when you when you set these goals,

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when you say I have aspirations, you know, to be

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a better you, or maybe you want you know, to

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you want to work on your insides, you want to

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00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.680
work on your mind, and you're going to say, I'm

475
00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:52.640
gonna I'm going to start reading. Well, okay, let's don't

476
00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.559
try to read a whole book in one day. Let's

477
00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:57.519
try to read a chapter a day or whatever. But

478
00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:02.119
be intent about doing that to make yourself value like better, right,

479
00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:04.720
you know. And so if you're if you're thinking about

480
00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:07.240
well I need I'm not walking right now, I'm not exercising,

481
00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:09.200
I'm not moving all right, Well, what am I going

482
00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.039
to do? I'm going to be intent that when I

483
00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:13.640
wake up or in the afternoon, at lunch break, or

484
00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:15.440
you know, maybe in the evening or at night, I'm

485
00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.000
going to get out and I'm going to be intentional

486
00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.519
about my day because it is going to make an

487
00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:23.640
impact on every aspect of my life, your life when

488
00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:28.480
you're intentional about it, and so that intentionality doesn't allow

489
00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:32.000
you to procrastinate, It doesn't allow you to put things off.

490
00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.240
What it does, it puts you in the mindset, I'm

491
00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:36.160
going to get it done, and I'm going to get

492
00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:39.160
it done today. You know, I had a pile of papers,

493
00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:41.440
you know, and you know, bills and stuff like that

494
00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.279
from you know, my accounts that you know, I've got

495
00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:46.440
to send bills out to some invoicing. And it's like, well,

496
00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.799
I can spend eight hours and do all this at

497
00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.920
one shot, or I can take thirty minutes a day

498
00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.359
and do that and pretty soon that pile's gone. And

499
00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:56.039
that's exactly what I did. And so I was intentional

500
00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:58.720
every day, I'm going to spend thirty minutes going through

501
00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.559
this and in a short amount of I'm going to

502
00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.039
have all that invoicing all done, you know, on the

503
00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:05.359
paperwork and the bills and stuff like that. So be

504
00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:09.279
intentional about what you want to accomplish.

505
00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.000
That's so true.

506
00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:12.319
Being intentional is so important because it does go a

507
00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:14.839
long way to our personal value when we succeed, and

508
00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:18.759
even small things in our life, it can be very valuable.

509
00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.119
And one of the big things I think that a

510
00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:23.680
lot of times we overlook is that, you know, being consistent,

511
00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:26.000
even if it's like a small feet what we would

512
00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:29.079
consider a small feet, the consistency of that actually raises

513
00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:32.039
like your personal value a lot more than just look

514
00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:35.359
at one off and so really thinking about that, you know,

515
00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.920
I want to, I want to kind of look at

516
00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.720
the concept that you know, movement is medicine, like really

517
00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.119
thinking about healthy movement and how that matters. Because we've

518
00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.839
talked a little bit about working out and that sort

519
00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.480
of thing. But you know, I wonder also like, you know,

520
00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:51.680
incorporating that into your life and maybe just maybe giving

521
00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:53.759
us a little bit of idea, you know, like if

522
00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:56.240
you could, like color, you know, a coloring book for

523
00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.160
us and give us an image of what that looks

524
00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:00.200
like in somebody's day to day life.

525
00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:02.359
Yeah, you know, when you think about movement, you know,

526
00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:05.359
it really depends on kind of like what your what

527
00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:08.079
your surroundings are, right, what do you have around you?

528
00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:10.799
For me, I'm very very fortunate that I live, you know,

529
00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:14.359
near the coast, so I have the benefit benefit of

530
00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:17.440
having you know, sand and water and sun you know

531
00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:19.640
that are that are right here, and so I can

532
00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.559
take a walk on the beach, I can go play

533
00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.839
volleyball on the beach. But for those people that are

534
00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:26.839
living more in a rural area or even a city

535
00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:29.960
or whatever, it's like, well, how can I build my day?

536
00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.759
What can I do? So first I'm going to identify

537
00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:35.319
what time of the day is best for me. Am

538
00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.759
I going to start my day? Am I going to

539
00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.319
have a midday workout? Am I going to have an

540
00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:42.960
evening workout? Identify that step of what is the best time,

541
00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:47.160
and then making sure that you don't pile anything else

542
00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:51.920
into that time frame, that that that timeframe is yours,

543
00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:54.799
it is for you, because if you don't build it

544
00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:57.119
into your schedule because you think about it. We sleep

545
00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:00.319
anywhere from six to nine hours a day. We work

546
00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:03.640
eight to you know, twelve fourteen hours a day. You know,

547
00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.200
we eat, we take time to eat, we sit, we

548
00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:09.160
watch TV. You know, so we we build these things

549
00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:12.160
that are personal choices. So if we can do those things,

550
00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:16.079
then we need to identify how the importance of movement

551
00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:20.000
is in our life. And movement is more is just

552
00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:22.920
as not more important, but just as important as those

553
00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.039
things that I just said. We've got to have rest,

554
00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.119
we've got to have sleep, we've got to have food,

555
00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.319
we got to have water, but we also have to

556
00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:32.240
have movement in our lives. So you know, identifying that

557
00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:35.240
time and making sure that we build it into our schedule,

558
00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:38.559
just like we do everything else in our lives. And

559
00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:42.599
then execution. We've got to execute it. And now not

560
00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.440
only would do we you know, maybe we start with

561
00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.200
three days a week and then we build up to that.

562
00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.440
I'm pretty much a seven day movement guy. I'm doing

563
00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:52.519
some sort of movement, like we talked earlier in the program.

564
00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:55.240
I'm seven days a week doing something in my body.

565
00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:57.440
There is never a day where I am not out

566
00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.960
and moving, even on rainy days. We had our walk

567
00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:02.279
last month, and so I'm you know, it was a

568
00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.359
rainy day. I'm out there, I'm geared up. Let's go.

569
00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:06.799
We're gonna move and uh, you know, we're going to

570
00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.960
lean into this wind and we're going to make it happen.

571
00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:11.279
And so you don't have to do that. You can

572
00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:13.880
take steps up your stairs, you can walk in place,

573
00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.920
you can do setups, you can do crunches, and then

574
00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:18.440
you've got to execute it. And then that word that

575
00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.759
we just talked about, consistency. Be consistent. If it's three

576
00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.480
days a week, if it's five days a week, if

577
00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.920
it's seven days a week. Move move, move, move, get

578
00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:30.519
the heart rate up, get the body moving, and do

579
00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:32.000
it and be consistent about it.

580
00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.240
So true.

581
00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.119
And you know the thing is too, is that it

582
00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:38.079
just goes so far because what I find is, you know,

583
00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.279
really just taking the intent. And that's what I love.

584
00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:43.200
You know, Russ's messages about is today. So you know,

585
00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:45.640
some of you might have said, man, I've been procrastinating,

586
00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.559
you know for the last few days. You know, I've

587
00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:49.319
been going to a bunch of events or I've been

588
00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:52.119
doing this or that and i haven't been walking and whatever.

589
00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.759
It's like I think, I think if you can't in

590
00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.240
that moment take the time to do it, and you know,

591
00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:58.680
I know people that actually work out in their offices

592
00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.279
and what have you as well, so that kind of

593
00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.640
goes a long way. But actually moving and then I

594
00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:04.119
think that it just changes your.

595
00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.680
Mood, you know.

596
00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:09.000
I believe that it's like such a mood augmentation and

597
00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:12.880
once you start really getting into it and you start

598
00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.640
feeling it, you know, That's why people say exercising a

599
00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:18.759
movement can be addictive, because it actually does make you feel.

600
00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:22.799
Better, absolutely absolutely. I mean, I had a buddy, he

601
00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:25.119
lives over in Australia, you know, and he was talking

602
00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:28.119
about he was sharing with me several months ago. He says,

603
00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:30.359
you know, I had this big project that I did

604
00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.440
do and I was going to take ten hours and

605
00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:35.119
he goes, I was so stressed out my wife. My

606
00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:38.279
wife was feeling the stress of my stress and I

607
00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.039
you know, was carrying over into her life. And he goes,

608
00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:43.839
I was just like, you know, it had to do

609
00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:46.960
you know, with producing you know, this movie segment. And

610
00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.000
he was like, it was just so much on me,

611
00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:51.480
so much pressure, and he goes, you know what, I decided,

612
00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.680
I'm going to go take a walk, and he goes,

613
00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:57.480
I went out for one hour and I walked and

614
00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:00.359
I freed my mind up from that. I was not

615
00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.839
thinking about what I had to accomplish. I was enjoying

616
00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:06.799
my surroundings. I was enjoying the beauty around me, and

617
00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.759
I was getting the fresh air. And he said, you

618
00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.400
know what, I went back into that and he goes,

619
00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:13.720
it only took me five hours to what I thought

620
00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.960
was going to be a ten hour process. And he

621
00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:18.319
said it I whifted it out like it was nothing,

622
00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.839
and he goes, you know, So, when I think about this,

623
00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.759
and I identify this with people, is that when you

624
00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.960
think about what it does to get out and move,

625
00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.720
it to breathe in the fresh air and to get

626
00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:30.519
that sunshine, you know, and get those steps in and

627
00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.880
get the heart rate up, you think about your cardiovascuar

628
00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:35.400
and what that's doing for you. You think about your

629
00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:37.119
clarity of mind, that you're going to be able to

630
00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:39.960
think more clearly, and the project that you have before you.

631
00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:42.200
You think about production. You're going to be way more

632
00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:46.000
productive in your day to day activities when you get

633
00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:48.599
out and move. So when you take that time to

634
00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:53.240
do those things, it affects every aspect of your life.

635
00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:57.319
And so it's really important that you make movement outside

636
00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:59.920
one of the most important things that you can do,

637
00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.119
because it's going to impact your life in a greater

638
00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:05.319
way than you ever thought you'd imagine.

639
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.640
I also like your concept of the of the family

640
00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.160
and kids involved too, because I think sometimes when we

641
00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:12.960
obviously well all the time, it's it's a lot easier

642
00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:15.640
to have kind of a group of people, you know,

643
00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:18.920
whether you're related or not related, as you know, accountability

644
00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:22.200
partners to some degree. And I feel like that's important

645
00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:24.000
now even more than ever is. You know, in a

646
00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:27.200
family dynamic is trying to get everybody to do kind

647
00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.480
of some some of these activities, and I think you

648
00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:32.359
might actually, you know, that could really change the dynamic

649
00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:35.000
of the family. It could also change the types of activities.

650
00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.279
Like I even have some friends now that you know,

651
00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:39.240
like most people, Oh it's got a happy hour. What

652
00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.000
I don't do happy hour? I mean, I'm still working,

653
00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.680
but you know, yeah, you know, it's like a lot

654
00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.720
of times instead of that, we'll go take a walk,

655
00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.359
or we'll go to the park, or will go you know,

656
00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:50.799
walk this trail or what have you. And it's so

657
00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:54.440
much more fun because you're taking you know, you're still

658
00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:56.480
hanging out with your friends or still doing something, but

659
00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:59.759
yet you're doing something that's way more positive and proactive.

660
00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:04.559
Absolutely. You know, we were not made to be alone.

661
00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.200
We were made to have people around us, you know,

662
00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.519
and a lot of people choose to be alone, you know,

663
00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.799
and that's okay, it's not the greatest, but it's okay.

664
00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.839
We are made to be around people. We were made

665
00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:20.920
to have social interaction with people. And you know, we

666
00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.559
have these community strides that it's a walk that we

667
00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.759
do on the you know, one time a month, and

668
00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:28.359
the importance of the community strides is to not only

669
00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:31.440
get get out and walk two miles, but the idea

670
00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:34.319
is to build community. It's about family, it's about bringing

671
00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:38.480
people together. It's about not only exercising and moving, it's

672
00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:41.880
about connecting with other people. It could be family members,

673
00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.559
or it could be you know, colleagues, it could be somebody.

674
00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.240
It could be your neighbor across the street that you

675
00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:49.480
invite to walk with and to have that social interaction.

676
00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.200
You know, a lot of us, you know, we live

677
00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.160
in our homes. We don't even know the person across

678
00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.920
the street or two houses over, we don't even know

679
00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.519
who them because we had no social interaction with them,

680
00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:01.519
you know, And so we're just designed to communicate. We're

681
00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:04.240
designed to talk, we're designed to sing, we're designed to

682
00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:08.400
build relationships. And so it's it's really important that when

683
00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:11.079
you do that and you learn things about people and

684
00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:14.279
you socialize, it lifts you up. Well, I mean, I

685
00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.200
guess I could carry down, but we're going to go

686
00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.559
from the positive. It could you know, it's it's there.

687
00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:20.759
It's to lift you up. It's to be encouraging and

688
00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:23.039
you can be an encouragement to other people. So it's

689
00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.079
important when we have these activities, like for me, like

690
00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.039
you know, I go out and play beach volleyball, and

691
00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:31.440
so what is it. It's interaction. You're having fun, it's competitive,

692
00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:33.920
it's a great spirit, it's a great time, and you're

693
00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:37.319
you know, you're having a great time with with people, right,

694
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.119
men and women, and you're just enjoying a physical activity,

695
00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:43.400
but you're having social interaction as well.

696
00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.160
It's so true.

697
00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.319
It's so true, and I think embracing that and understanding that,

698
00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:50.160
and you're right, some people do choose to be alone.

699
00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.839
That's their choice, that's what they want to do.

700
00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:54.319
But I just feel like life is so much better

701
00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:56.759
when you have people around and encouraging. You're right, It's like,

702
00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.480
you know, it's great to really think about, you know,

703
00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:01.720
encouragement and helping others because to me, it directly impacts us.

704
00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.680
And it's like whatever's coming out of my mouth or

705
00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.720
whatever I'm saying or doing, I'm either seeing or hearing

706
00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:09.359
first before everybody sees or hears it, so you know

707
00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.480
the impact that that has. And we're not always having

708
00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:13.359
the perfect day of our lives. We're not always having

709
00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:15.799
the best, you know, most positive day, but it's like

710
00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:18.240
kind of you know, recalibrating. And that's another thing that

711
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I love about your concept of these books too, is that,

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you know, kind of we can actually look at today,

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and I think everybody has things, no matter how old

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or how young you are. I think if we look

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at it from the perspective of being in the moment

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and getting out of the you know, the same crap,

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different day concept, I feel like we can actually look

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at it from a different perspective and say, Okay, what.

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Did I do today?

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What were some of the things that happened today, you

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know that were different or what was something? Because I

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think there's always something that happens every day. That's that's

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not exactly like the day before. There's things that actually happen,

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and maybe taking note of that could go a long

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way as well.

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Yeah, you know, I was just I was on a

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zoom yesterday and this guy it's a you know, it's

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a speech class and you know, you're you know, working

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about talking and leading into the application and it set

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X and all that kind of stuff. And he was

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talking about as we're you know, we're here at the

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end of the year, how he goes through and analyzes

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all of his emails, all of his all of his postings,

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all of his conversations. He's going back because it's all

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written down through his calendar, and you know, it's analyzing

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those days, you know, and we can take the good

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and bad. And he's like, who are people in my

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life that lifted me up? And who did I lift up?

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But also identifying those people who do what that just

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take time out of your life, that that are energy sappers, right,

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they just they suck life out of you. And he goes,

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you know, I choose to spend more time where I

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want to be, with people who are investing in me.

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And I am investing in them and building it up,

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you know. And and you know I have a you know,

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kind of a former friend. You know that I was

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going through life, you know, here at the beach, and

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you know, it's like this, this guy provides no value

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you in my life. There's no value in my life whatsoever.

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Just sucks time. And you know, my coach in college

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at cal Poly he said this, He said, the five

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most important words in life are to surround yourself with

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good people. And if you want to be you, you

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can develop elevate that, you know, and if you want to,

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if you want to, you know, be less than that,

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then be around people who are not going to lift

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you up but are going to tear you down, who

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are going to take time out of your life, that

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have no value whatsoever in your life. So surround yourself

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with good people and you'll find that yourself will not

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only be elevated, but you are going to elevate other

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people that are around you.

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HM.

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That's very powerful and I love that.

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And for everybody that's listening to the show, you know,

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it's it is about surrounding yourself with good people and

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really thinking about that. And I ask you right now

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to kind And I'm not trying to say, let's judge

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other people, but it's a good time to do an

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inventory and really see that, because sometimes we can lose

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sight of that. And when we lose sight of that,

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what I've seen is that the more that we spend

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time with certain types of people, the more that our

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life starts looking like that, or we start resembling some

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of their characteristics. Because birds of a feather flock together.

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And so when we return, we're gonna be talking really

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kind of deep on how to make this upcoming year

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the strongest year yet. And I think this is very

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important because you know, there's all this stuff going on,

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you know, all the stress, all the responsibilities, all this stuff,

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but we really need to focus on really what's important

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right now. And this is really gonna help you because

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Russ is going to really put it in perspective for us,

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and he's gonna give us the three steps to making

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this the strongest year yet. So stay tuned. They'll change

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the channel. We still got a lot more. So it's

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very important. But I want to really think about this,

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and if you want to get out of journal or

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you want to maybe put some thoughts on your phone,

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might be a good time as well, So stay tuned

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Live your True Life Perspectives with your host me Ashley

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Birds will be back in I'll be back this time

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in two shakes.

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Get in here. You're listening to Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back Live to Literature Life Perspectives and I'm your

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host Ashley Burgess. Rush Rogers has been joining me live

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six time author and speaker, motivator, and right now we're

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going to talk about what I really am interested in

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is Russ has come up with three steps to making

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this year your strongest year yet. Russ looking forward to

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hearing this and if y'all, if anybody listening wants to

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take some notes or maybe put some on your phone,

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it might be a good idea for motivation and to

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really focus on what you want to attain this year.

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Yeah, you know, Ashley, you know we're going back to

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what we've talked about, you know in this segment, is

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that the word intentional. And I really encourage people, you know,

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going forward, not so much to look at a new

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year's resolution, but let's look at it very very simply.

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Let's look at one word, and what is one word

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that you come up with you know, and don't don't

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spend a lot of time, just just ask the simple question,

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what is the one word that is going to impact

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my life going forward in twenty twenty five? And when

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we think about priorities and we get that, you know

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that being intentional in our life? What is it? What

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is it that's going to cultivate intentionality in our lives?

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Setting here's number one, setting clear priorities. What are clear

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priorities for yourself? Define what truly matters to you, your valuers, goals,

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and your passions. So setting clear priorities. Number two practicing mindfulness,

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staying present and being aware in every moment. You know,

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when I think about practicing mindfulness and being present in

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the moment, I think of this story. Like a couple

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of several years ago. I was on the beach and

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as I was playing smash ball, which is like ping

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pong without a net and without a table. You know,

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were just elevating the ball. But we're getting to work out.

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This kid comes over and he says, hey, can I play?

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So my friend Bob handed him his paddle. So this

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kid and I ended up playing for about forty five minutes.

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His parents and siblings were you know, behind him, about

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thirty yards down by the water, and we ended up playing.

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And simply put, I'm making this short sort because I

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know we got a short amount of time. We walked over.

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After forty five minutes, we walked over. We sat on

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the sea wall. He's eight years old, and he looks

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me in the eyes and he said, this is the

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greatest day of my life. And I was like, wow,

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being present, being mindful of the situation. This kid wanted

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to play. My friend Bob gave him his paddle, and

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we spent forty five minutes just hitting the ball back

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and forth, having fun and laughing. And you know, I

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was happy to be the one that was there and

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that was present. My thought was, I wish this happened

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with the kid. So I went to my house. I

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grabbed a couple of old paddles, grabbed the ball, and

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I brought it down to him and I said, hey,

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take these, have fun on your vacation with your family.

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Take it to your house, play in the backyard, being present,

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being moment, being mindful of the situation that's there. And

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then third, so we've got setting clear priorities, practicing mindfulness

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and the last thing is creating boundaries, boundaries, establishing time

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around your own time, your energy, and your attention to

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detail of what you want to accomplish in your life.

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So you know, number one, setting clear priorities, Number two,

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practicing mindfulness, number three, Creating boundaries so that you're not

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wasting a lot of time. Don't waste a lot of time.

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Be intentional about your day, be intentional about your week,

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and you're going to find yourself being more motivated. You're

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going to find yourself being more active, and you're going

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to find yourself being more productive in your life each

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and every day.

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Super powerful, rus super powerful. And where can people find you?

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So they can find me on Instagram at move Today

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three sixty five, they can follow me, they can take

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a look at my website at movedoday three sixty five

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dot com, on Facebook for Russell Rogers or also on

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LinkedIn Russell Rogers. And you know, I'm just so ecstatic

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to be on your show and to share, you know,

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about my books and share about the importance of getting

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out and being active and moving and not being you know,

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sedentary in our lifestyles.

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Super powerful message. Russ have loved having you on the show.

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I'm so glad you came on. I know that you're

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going to have so many more books and speaking and

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all that, so definitely want to have you on in

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the future for sure.

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Thank you so much. I appreciate the opportunity.

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Ashley Russ really gave some valuable information today and very helpful,

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you know, really thinking about clear priorities, really practicing mindfulness,

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being present in the moment, and creating those boundaries around

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our time and energy. And this is very valuable information

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and so really take some time to think about that,

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take some time to analyze your current life situation. This

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can be very powerful and so definitely check out Russ's

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social media. If you're listening to the podcast after the

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radio show, everything will be you know in the text

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below in the podcast, and you can listen to podcast

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wherever podcasts are speakers, Stitcher, Apple, iTunes, iHeartRadio, everywhere that

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a podcast is you can find Libertrue Life Perspectives. Also,

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if you have any questions, comments, or want to just

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send out an email, go to Ashleyburgs dot com Ashleyberges

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Click on that.

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Contact page and you can send me an email and

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I will get back to you in a couple of days,

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if not sooner. Russ, thank you so much again for

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coming on the show.

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My pleasure. Thank you for opening the door for me

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and it was a great conversation and I love being

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able to share with all those people that are following you.

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Thank you so much.

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Powerful message and these books are amazing. And think about

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it today. What are you going to do today? What

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do you have in store today to do in your life?

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What do you want to do today? You might as

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well start because today is a day being mindful and

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being present in the moment and using that time that

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we have that we are being given. It is a present,

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it is a gift. That's why they call it present moments.

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To stay tuned. I hope that you've loved the show

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and share it with.

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Family and friends.

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Also all of us you know on the podcast as

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well and looking forward to hearing if you have some

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thoughts on some upcoming shows and topics as well.

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Stay tuned, live.

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Your true life perspectives with me, your host, Ashley Burgess,

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will be back in I'll be back this time, you

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know it.

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I'll be back this time. In three shakes,