Daily Dose of Integrity If you're someone who feels that you can't control your anger or you feel that you're really powerless, helpless and things are unfair—just know you're doing this to yourself. You're doing this to yourself by disrespecting yourself when you're irritated and, instead of speaking your mind or at least leaving the situation, you just sit there, suppressing and tolerating shitty treatment. That's not other people’s fault. You're choosing that. You're enduring that by choice. When you change that decision, you'll change your whole life and you'll change your relationships with other people. I speak from the heart and from my own experience. This is something I had to go through myself. There's been plenty of times where I've put others in danger because I didn't manage my anger properly. I didn't realize that it's because I'm letting other people, who haven't earned that right, walk all over me. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/Z-fyUyzBeuY

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

Daily Dose of Integrity 1. Get a highlighter out 2. Take your to-do list 3. Highlight all the things that, if you don't do them, will cause somebody to die today. Anything that's not highlighted doesn't have to be done. You're lying to yourself if you say that it does. Just remember, if you're doing things in a healthy way you wouldn't be stressed. So, if you're feeling stressed, you're doing it wrong. Don't pressure yourself to keep doing it wrong. Figure out how to do it right. Call out the false dichotomies! You're stuck in “It's either this or that”, and they're both terrible options. Stop and ask yourself: is there, maybe, a third option that you just can't see right now because you're stressed? Because, remember, there are never only two options! To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCLQPupQEeM

Daily Dose of Integrity New full length video out today! This video is part 1 of a 6-part series on loving yourself. Let's tackle the struggle of self-acceptance and kindness. I've been frustrated that common self-love advice often lacks practical application, so I wish to provide a solution. This video looks at causes of stress, such as societal pressures and the inability to let go of control, leading to self-loathing and fluctuating self-worth. We'll investigate how coping mechanisms like overworking, substance abuse, and people-pleasing as signs of unresolved self-acceptance issues. We'll look at increasing self-acceptance through the art of reducing stress and fostering genuine kindness towards oneself, akin to how one treats loved ones. Watch the video here: https://theinspirationallifestyle.com/what-it-means-to-be-kind-to-yourself-pt-1-self-love-series/

Daily Dose of Integrity I've worked with people seeking help with confrontations for decades now. I've come to the conclusion that the best intention you can have is to build self-respect. Intention is the only thing that you can control. It requires nothing from anyone else. No matter how good you are at confrontations, there is no guaranteed way to control another person. You cannot force people to even listen to you, let alone change their behaviour and treat you with respect or do what you prefer. As soon as you have attachment to outcomes, you've already lost, because no matter how good you get at your tactics— you just won't be able to control everyone. While you cannot control other people, you can make the reason you engage in confrontations and boundary setting clear to yourself: it’s about building your confidence through building self-respect. To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/1XI5kQvaS9I