Daily Dose of Integrity If you are a people-pleaser you are likely to observe a kind of inverted funnel: the further out someone is from you, and the less they matter to you, the better treatment they get from you. You're really polite and nice to total strangers, and you're grumpy and surly with your own parents, friends or partner. If you are a confident person, that funnel is reversed: the further out someone is from you, the less time, attention and love they get from you; the closer someone is to you, the more generosity, time, attention, kindness and resources one gets from you. You may wonder why this is so. It’s because, unlike people-pleasers, confident people have the capacity to be honest. If someone irritates them, they get it out and they never endure more than five minutes of irritation before speaking up. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/Z-fyUyzBeuY

How much do you feel you have put into self development and how much have you got back from it? Have you ever invested much time or money in self-improvement? Has it made a big difference in your life? Or do you think you'd be just as well off without it? Also why do you think or feel that?

Daily Dose of Integrity Comparing yourself to other people is both inaccurate and pointless. You don't know what you're really seeing. You don't know what's happening behind the scenes for any given person. When you compare yourself to others, you are just looking at a small slice of someone's life, and comparing yourself to it without knowing the full person and what's really going on in their life. You don't even know if what you're seeing is really that successful, and even if it is, you don't know where the pain lies in other areas of their life. Consider: even if they are doing better than you, so what? How does that information help you at all? It doesn't! Comparing yourself to others is a pointless measurement. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/lJM8LL0RdVk

Daily Dose of Integrity Full length video out today! This is part 2 of a 6-part series on self-love. Stress is primarily caused by high cortisol levels, which can persist for long periods, such as a year after a stressful event like moving house or even five years after grieving a loved one. Stress can manifest in various ways, including irritability, exhaustion, and physical health issues like heart disease. Stress is often a reaction to things outside one's control and is the opposite of happiness, which involves contentment with the present. This video looks at how stress relates to self-acceptance, and explores enjoying the process to reduce stress and improve overall well-being. Watch the video here: https://theinspirationallifestyle.com/the-truth-about-stress-pt-2-self-love-series/

Daily Dose of Integrity If you're struggling: get support, ask for help. One of the hardest things in the world for me to do—is to ask for help. I’ve recently added two new members to my team—one to help me with creative administrative tasks and the other to help me with sales. It took me months to work myself up to actually ask them. Then, afterwards, I thought “Why didn't I do this earlier? This makes my life so much better and it makes their life better too!” Every time I've hired a coach, seen a therapist or asked my wife for advice, I always find it insightful. I don’t always agree with their perspectives, but I learned that it is helpful to include other people. If nothing else, just to validate my own ideas and come back to the basics. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLQPupQEeM