Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from JJ in this episode:
The Miracle Mindset: How to transform adversity into advantage and why you are stronger than you think
How to build your courage and have more strength and resilience in your life
After Grant’s accident, doctors told JJ there was nothing they could do and to let her son go. Facing the hardest time of her life, here’s what she did to conquer and overcome an almost unimaginable challenge…
The single most important thing to pay attention to if you want to thrive in every area of your life
How putting in place the right habits can give your more freedom
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? JJ shares a simple strategy for turning overwhelm and stress into productivity and peace
Why mindset matters for developing your own personal power and purpose
The Power of Forgiveness: Healing hurt and having more peace
JJ reveals profound lessons for living your best and healthiest life
The biggest thing that can help you when you’re facing any obstacle or fear in life
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We only grow in life by overcoming the challenges we face, and challenges are inevitable.
You have no idea how powerful you are until you face an extremely difficult challenge. Get into situations that allow you to step up.
Mortality is a universal human experience, sometimes the best thing you can do for someone is just be there for them with compassion.
“If you want to take a personal development course, start a business.”
There are three basic challenges, you get stuck, you can’t handle it, or you’re afraid to go after it.
Miracle Mindset
Developing a mindset is about making positive behaviours a habit. Your mindset is a muscle and can be trained and improved.
Practice gratitude, write down each morning three things you are grateful for. Gratitude is the best way to start improving your life.
When pushed to the wall, instead of dwelling on fear take action instead.
There are two types of mindset:
Fixed, where things happen to you.
Growth, where things happen for you.
Strategies are not your limitation, your mindset determines your limits. Your mindset dictates your life.
Being overwhelmed is a choice, you can choose to say no to the things that don’t help you achieve your goals.
“If you want to take the island, you have to burn the boats.” A comfortable fear of failure is what leads people to live an unfulfilling life. Strive to be comfortably dissatisfied with your current life.
You need to show up for yourself the most. The biggest person you have to forgive is you.
Your mindset is an important pillar of your health.
“Don’t wish it was easier, make yourself stronger.”
The fastest way to change your mindset is to change who you hang out with. Your friends will either lift you up or take you down.
“I will take tenacity and ambition over talent any day of the week.”
“Life gives to the giver and takes from the taker.”
Strength/Resilience
Resilience is like endurance training, it builds over time. Courage is the exercise.
The time to get strong is before you have to be strong.
Habit creates structure which creates freedom.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness isn’t automatic, it’s an active process.
If you don’t forgive, you will have an underlying anger that will destroy your joy.
Final Tips
You can always change your circumstances and situation.
Hope heals.
You have to put in the work and change your perceptions if you want your life to change.
