Intentionally Curious

Getting what you want from life really isn’t all that difficult when you make a point of asking yourself “what am I willing to do to get it?” The hard part is actually being willing to try anything and everything to get what you want. Unfortunately, until you are willing to get really uncomfortable in your pursuit of what you want from life, you will have trouble attaining it no matter what you want. In this episode, I share 10 of the foundational pieces of The Success Principles – how to get from where you are to where you want to be – by Jack Canfield and how you can apply them to your life. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode84

Traditionally, the fall tends to be a time for us to express the things we are grateful for in our lives especially as Thanksgiving arrives. My question to you is…is once a year enough to express the things we are grateful for in our lives? Practicing gratitude regularly is the key to a more fulfilling life and a daily gratitude practice is one way to open the door to living a life filled with thankfulness for all you have in your life. Imagine if being grateful for what you do have actually opens a door to having more in your life. Crazy right? In this episode, I share a new way to practice gratitude that will evoke emotion and get you feeling incredibly thankful for all that you have in your life. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode83

Who’s doubting themselves these days? Are you saying me, me, me, me? Doubt pops when you begin to wonder if you are in the right relationship, picked the right career, doing a good job as a parent, or asking yourself if you should leave that organization you’ve been with forever. Doubt has a funny way of creeping into your life at the exact moment you don’t want it to because that it’s job. Doubt wants you to check yourself. Doubt wants to keep you safe. And doubt is really good at reminding you of all the other times you wanted to question things in your life and make a change because doubt is the way your brain keeps you safe and doing the comfortable things in your life. In this episode, I teach you that doubt isn't a obstacle, how you can recognize it quickly, and then leverage it to empower yourself to get what what you want. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode82

When I say that your relationship with yourself is the cornerstone upon which all other relationships in your life are built, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Yep, that’s a no brainer. Of course I have to have a good relationship with myself to have relationships with other people that are solid. And yet, do you? Do you have a solid relationship with yourself mentally, physically, emotionally? What about with money? Or your time? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say your relationship with yourself is probably not as rock solid as you think because as humans we get stuck sometimes. In this episode, I share twelve ways you can start having a better relationship with yourself so you can have better relationships with the people in your life that matter. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode81

When you think of the words simplify and life where does your brain go? Does your brain say, yes, please let’s do this? Or does your brain say to you, hah like that will ever happen! You are a hot mess, your life is a hot mess, your relationships are a hot mess and there is nothing you can do about it. Nope, you’re going to live a complicated hot mess of a life forever. I know from my work that everyone on the planet needs help simplifying their lives. The question isn’t a matter of need. Nope, it is a matter of whether or not you WANT to simplify your life. And the gatekeeper to that is your brain and the thoughts you have about what it will take to simplify your life. In this episode I share five ways you can starting simplifying your life right now. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode80

A thoroughbred is powerful, strong, with focused motion that generates momentum and pushes them forward. A rocking horse has focused motion but never goes anywhere. Do you do a lot of things and find yourself always in motion but never get anywhere like the rocking horse? Or do you have a focus -- a goal -- toward which you have laser focus so that the action you take is specific, strong, and powerful? There is a big difference between taking passive action in your life and taking massive action in your life. In this episode I share twelve ways you can starting taking action in your life right now. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode79

Have you ever considered what it means to invest in yourself? Maybe you’ve taken a class, read a book, listened to a podcast, or learned a new language. All of these examples are things you can do to invest in yourself but do you invest in yourself regularly or are those just one off events? Here’s the thing, investing in yourself regularly is the key to sending the world the message that you are a force to be reckoned with. It says, I am important, I believe in myself, and I’m going to give myself the attention I need – forget that, that I deserve. In this episode I share ten ways you can invest in yourself starting today. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode78

Your brain is designed to protect you and keep you safe AND it is also designed to help you figure things out – it is literally a super computer and the power is your subconscious. Your subconscious can literally reveal to you what is holding you back but you need to open your mind to its power. In this episode I share 4 steps you can use today to leverage the power of your subconscious. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode77

Perfectionism is just procrastination all dressed up. You know, a nice suit, tie, and polished shoes or an evening gown with pearls – clothes that you don’t necessarily wear but when you have to get into them it just doesn’t feel right? You spend a lot of time trying to make things in your life perfect and all that does is delay you from taking action in your life. When you spend time trying to make things perfect you almost always end up wasting time to the detriment of what you're really trying to accomplish and that is to get things done. In this episode I share a few tips to help you get over your need to be perfect so that you can start getting things done in your life. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode76

What’s the difference between a good day and a bad day? When you saw the episode title what went through your mind? Were you thinking about all of the things that make a day great? Time with friends. A good meal. Maybe a trip or vacation? Was it no stress? Maybe the kids were good. You may have had some thoughts about what makes a day a day bad. There was that jerk at work. You got cut off in traffic when you were already running late. Maybe it was because your lunch order got screwed up or you had a fight with your best friend. Or perhaps the kids just weren’t listening to you that day. Wherever your mind went did it evoke thoughts of a past event? What about the feelings you had about it? In this episode, I dive into the difference between a good day and a bad day and offer you some insights into how you might turn any day around. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode75

What makes a problem? You might not like the answer and once you learn your life will be totally different. Here's the primer: A problem becomes a problem only when we have a thought that makes it a problem. A mind blowing concept, no? In this episode I share some new things I have been learning about problems and the thoughts we have that create them. I also share a important question to ask yourself everyday in every situation that will totally change your life. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode74

The curious thing about growth and change is that literally one thought or one action can change your life. For me, that thought was “I can impact people’s lives.” With kindness, with generosity and with an intention of being the best human I can be I can impact people’s lives. And with that simple thought, I embarked on a journey to improve my mindset, improve my thinking, and to improve my skills as a coach. Growth is the key to success. So many times people will tell you to take action but it is deciding you want to change and then embracing the work to grow that is the key. In this episode I share three things you can do to grow as a person. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode73

I see it all around me. I see it in myself. I see it in others. I see it almost everyday. I see so many of you saying I do not know what to do. I do not know how to make a change in my life. I don’t know how to become the type of person I can be proud of, the type of person that I’ve always wanted to be. Here’s the thing when we are dealing with being unsure of ourselves and not knowing the next right step. The next right step is within you, you just are afraid to see it. To believe it. To become it. And by it I mean whatever it is you want to change in your life. In this episode I share how I am working intentionally on my thoughts and how you can do the same thing in your life. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode72

Leaning into your why is the awesome sauce of your purpose. And that’s when life gets super exciting because you instantly have something to lean on in hard times. When you question your passion or your love for what you do. Or the relationship you have. Or how you show up in this work. When passion and love start to fade, purpose is what can prop them up, buoy them in a storm, and keep them afloat. In this episode I share 5 tips for helping you discover your purpose on the way to unlocking the life you were meant to live. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode71

How do you know when it is time to pivot? Whether it’s a job, a relationship, your emotional health, your physical health, or whatever else might drive you to seek change in your life the pivot always seems to come out of nowhere. But does it really? How can you determine whether a pivot is needed in your life right now? For me it was an aha moment when working with my coach. I hadn’t been experiencing the growth in my business that I had expected and one of the things my coach said to me is that you don’t fully believe it is done. You are not working on the thoughts and feelings you have about being an entrepreneur. And you’re definitely not focused on your beliefs about what is holding you back. And just like that I was at a pivot point. Okay, maybe it wasn’t just like that. It took about 8 months of work to get to the pivot but when you have an AHA moment it always seems like it comes from out of the blue. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode70

So how does being intentionally curious work? The work I have been doing on myself with my own coach has been about being intentionally curious about my thoughts. About the things that are holding me back from having the life I am meant to have and the business I am destined to build. Being curious is what I bring my clients and to you each week. Everything I am working on myself is shared on this show in the hope it will provide you with a sense that you are not alone, that you are part of a bigger group of people all wanting to live their best lives. All wanting to let go and move on. At the end of the day, wee are not people who are drifting trying to find ourselves. No, we are people who are intentionally working to create ourselves. There is no room for wandering aimlessly here and that is what I dive into in this episode. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode69

Recently, I was in my weekly mastermind and someone in the group shared a fear about using social media. I get it, if you haven’t tried something before and aren’t quite sure where to start it can be a little daunting. And then it got me thinking.....“What you fear the most, frees you the most.” Here's something to consider, fears are just unprocessed emotions and in this episode I share something I am afraid to do, how I am working on processing my emotions about it and how I am working to move forward. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode68

So what happens when you want to pivot or more importantly know you have to pivot in order to discover what the next phase of your life should be? Whether that means you’re starting a second career or your nest is empty and you have to rediscover who you are in a new reality, doing the work simply means being curious about your thoughts about yourself. In this episode I share what it means to be curious and intentional in working on your own personal growth and development. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode67

Here are 3 things you can do today to improve your life right now (listen for the other 7 ;-) 1. Focus on the here and now - As humans we spend a great deal of time replaying past situations or worrying about the future. Focusing on right now plays such a key role in improving our lives. When you focus on right now you spend brain energy on experiencing life in the moment which is 100% more enjoyable than wasting energy on past events or worrying about future events that haven’t taken place and might not ever happen. 2. Be grateful, and pass it on - If you are not practicing gratitude on a daily basis you are missing out. I know, you might say I don’t have anything to be grateful for today. And, I say go deeper. Do you have your health? Do you have food on the table? What about a roof over your head? Sometimes reframing what we have in our lives – rather than what we don’t have – we find we are grateful for more than we realized. 3. Go to bed earlier tonight - I can hear it now...but I’m a night owl. I hear you AND I used to be the same way. Getting at least 7.5 hours of sleep goes a long way to improving your life. When you have a consistent bedtime, over time you will start to see that you will rise before your alarm. The key here is consistency -- be consistent and try hitting the sack a little earlier. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode66

Spring gives us the opportunity to start again, for rebirth, and creates anticipation for summer. But what if it doesn’t? What if you are still stuck? What if you can’t get out of your head and you still are using that blanket and your coach to hide from the world and your responsibilities in it? Then what? In this episode, I share 3 tips for how to get unstuck in your life as well as share a recent story about how I am facing being stuck and what I’m doing about it. Get after it my friends and we’ll see you next week! For links to everything mentioned in this episode and more visit: https://www.jasonramsden.com/episode65