Personal Development Episodes
The Wrong Kind of Hope - How To Put Your Faith Where It Counts!
For almost I had the wrong kind of hope and faith - and it wasted a major portion of my life. Make sure your hope and faith are based on the right things, or you may find yourself in the …
4 Thoughts For Dealing With The UPS and DOWNS Of Your Life
The ups and downs of life can be frustrating. The down times seem long, and the up times are sometimes dampened by the fact that you know it won't last. How can you handle these "winters" of your life? Here …
4 Things I Learned When I Almost Died This Year
Second Mix is back for season 2! I was in the hospital for 25 days out of a 45-day period in February and March of this year. This episode is about how it affected my personal journey and some of …
Your Network IS Your Motivation
When I was with the "wrong" people, not only was my mindset wrong, but it was seriously affecting my desires, my goals, my mission, and my vision for my life. It all works together. Any moment you choose, you can …
Just Two Epiphanies Can Change Your Entire Life Direction
HOW. The most important question you can ask yourself when you run up against a stone wall. How do I get this done? How do I get through this? How do I learn this skill? How can I run this …
How To Get Through Any Problem Or Obstacle Successfully
If you ever feel stuck, and can't seem to get to your goals FOR WHATEVER REASON, there are methods and steps you can follow - and my framework is just one of dozens - you don't have to choose mine, …
Chasing Your Conspiracies - 5 Ways To Dissolve Negative Scripts
A recent incident I had with a horrible mindset, and what I did to correct it. I also include advice to a friend with five steps to removing negative scripts, self-made conspiracy theories, and limiting beliefs. The Ideas and...
Don't Forget About Your Own Ripple Effect
How does a small action from high school come back to surprise me 27 years later? And how does a cute magic trick come back as a big silver belt buck in 12 months. The ripple affects me and it …
Summer Vacation: How A Hike Changed My Life - A few amazing lessons!
In the middle of a huge battle of wills between my wife and me, I got angry and went for a walk in the woods. What I chose to listen to that day changed the course of my life, and …
Grace and the Right to be Angry
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net I find as I go through my day that there are times I’m not feeling at my best, and I begin to look for reasons why. I will scan my environmen...
Rehearsing Tragedy and How to be Grateful
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net I’m reading the book Daring Greatly by Brené Brown – and I will be doing a Book Jam episode with all I learned. But something very rare happe...
"My eyes are failing, but my vision is clearer than ever!"
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net We can't know everything right now - only time can refine our vision. But we can get more and more clear every day. Our goals, our mission, ...
Are you droopy and wilting? Try THIS!
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net Not advice – not a one-shot quote that changed your life so you expect it will change someone else’s life. But a small stream of regular inpu...
The CULT of positive thinking.
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net Rethinking Positive Thinking. There is a sector of the positive thinking crowd that is almost cult-like, and this is an unfortunate side effe...
Slow is Smooth
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net It’s common to hear someone use the excuse, “If I could just find more time…” – and if that’s what you need to do, forget it! You’re not goin...