What is success? Clearly defining, this has helped me a lot recently to step out of my old ways of thinking about success as winning and move into a new mindset of success …
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Are you ready to master your fear of public speaking especially if you are Youtuber or an online teacher like me? I’m Jerry Banfield and I remember being afraid to get up in …
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What is step three in Alcoholics Anonymous in practical terms? I’m Jerry Banfield, I’m an alcoholic and my sober date is April 2014. This is my understanding of Step 3. In the most …
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Sometimes not having things go my way is the best thing that could happen to me. What you can see here in the video is I just got slapped around on level 12 …
The most dangerous time for me is after I’ve made a mistake. Understanding this helps me to not keep doing the same thing over and over and make the situation worse. In Poker, doing …
The stories I tell about my past problems are more hurtful than what other people do to me. I hope this will be helpful for you in seeing if any of these things are …
When I find something that works today. I stick with it. This is helpful for me to remember. A lot of my life I’ve tried things that have worked and have helped me and …
Where do we get the idea that we can do it all? Where do we get the idea that we’re capable of doing everything? Why do we think we should be able to do …
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I am not responsible for the first thought I have today. I am responsible for the second thought I have. This is useful for me because I don’t have to feel ashamed of …
The best revenge is living well. If you want to get even, the one thing you can do to get even is to live a good life. I used to create all kinds of …
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Why is it that we know what to do in life yet, we don’t do it? For example, I know that if I want to maintain a healthy weight and look good I needed to …
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The only things that can offend me are the things that deep down I think are true about me. This makes my life a lot easier. I realize that if something offends me, …
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It doesn’t matter if you make a mistake in life because you have the chance to try again. In fact, you could say you have infinite chances to try again. You can keep …
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There’s nothing I can get that would make me any happier than I am right now. This is a power thought that I use to help me stay centered and focused on what …
What is the true purpose of what I’m doing today? This is a thought provoking question that helps me see how limited my view of things in the long term really is. It …
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What if you can’t get ahead in life? This is something that’s helpful for me to think about because it helps me take the right actions each day. It helps me do things …
Stop Feeling Behind In Life! How To Do The Right Thing Daily Read More »
What areas of my life am I implementing solutions to problems that are actually making it worse? I’ve seen that some of the problems we try to solve are not as bad as the …
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How things are today is a product of the decisions we made in the past. The opportunity is to see the only way that the future will be different is to decide to …
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What you don’t know is often much more important than what you do know as far as how things are going to turn out in life. I hope this is helpful for you to …
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Most of what happens in life is good. Yet, most of our programming by default forces us to look at what’s bad in life. For example, I teach courses online and generally about …
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Why do I set daily goals instead of setting long term goals today? Most of my life, I used to set goals like I want to graduate from college, I want to lose a …
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99% of the difficulties I face in my life today are ones that I’ve created. This one thought helps me out a ton today because I realize that I hold the solution to …
Amazing results often happen for me when I do something for the right reason. I just have to trust that I don’t need to know how things will turn out. If I’m doing things …
What am I losing when losing a game online? I’m losing a game of League of Legends right now and that can change any moment. Yes, the question is what am I really losing. …
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The only thing there is to like about the videos, blog posts, or podcasts I do is how I feel about the world and myself. That’s the only thing there is that can …
Complaining is a basic instinct that every human baby is born with. That’s how you let your family know you’re hungry or you’re not getting your needs met. I took a long time …
What you will need in the future is already being prepared for you today? This is an amazing thing I’ve already seen in my life. It brings me great peace of mind to see that …
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Life is filled with overwhelming tasks that seem almost impossible to accomplish. Getting a college degree, a great job, a person to date, or a house seem just like too much to handle. It’s almost …
A lot of my life I got stuck in the “I will be happy when” trap. I will explain it to you here so you have the opportunity to notice if the same …
For much of my life I resented the attacks and criticism I felt people put on me. When someone gave me a bad grade on a paper or a teacher didn’t like my …
Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I’m grateful that I have tools to restart my day today so I don’t end up wasting it all in anger and frustration. Today …
Today I listened to that small voice that helps me avoid temptation and bad things. It’s as if there’s that good angel and bad angel. You could say it’s the voice of God …
There’s nothing that can happen to you or that will happen to you that won’t fade away in time. They say time heals everything. This gives me peace and reassurance that I don’t …
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This video is on humility and what happens when your opponent makes a good play. You don’t have to act like it’s their fault or they’re screwing you over. You don’t have to call them names and get frustrated. …
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Why is it we think it’s okay to do things we hate? Why do so many of us torture ourselves? I’m thinking of this as I read the comments on the last video …
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It’s possible to have fun without consequences in life. This might seem obvious, but we often think consequences and frustration are a result of having fun. Why is it that so many of the things …
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Everything I say today reflects my own private, deep inner reality. This gives me motivation to get to work on my deep inner reality because I know everything I say reflects that. That …
Has anyone ever told you that you always know what the right thing to do is? Have you ever heard yourself say I knew what the right thing to do was and I …
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The illusion of private thoughts is something I’ve been thinking about this morning. When I see that I don’t have private thoughts that motivates me to work more on doing my best. I …
Evidence will always be found for that which is believed. In other words, you will find proof of whatever you believe. I find proof of everything I believe. I see that when I …
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Today I try to be grateful for what I have and then I try to be grateful for the bad things that I don’t have. This is the opposite of how I used …
I want to talk about telling stories about how things used to be vs. how they are now. The main theme being that you tell a story about how great things used to …
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Here’s an inside look at one of the most challenging days I’ve had in a long time. I share this with you so you can use the things I’ve shared to help you get through …
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What if everyone else is right? This is something that I consistently consider to help me know what to do and to help me know myself better. This helps me accept and understand …
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Here are a few simple rules I go by for helping other people. I’m guessing you are also the kind of person who thinks about what works to help other people in your …
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Yesterday I screamed and got mad at how things were going in Call of Duty. I got all bent out of shape about it and it took hours to fix. I will share the story …
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. This is an inspirational quote that I hope is useful for you. It helps motivate me right now. When you look out at …
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This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt inspires me to do things that seem impossible. I learned that often my idea of what I can and cannot do is completely wrong. When I’m willing to go forward and …
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If you make a little bit of improvement in how you think every day, you can see an amazing results in a short period of time. The purpose of my inspirational videos is …
How do you know the negative emotions in life will go away when you’re in the middle of them? My mom asked me about this after reading one of my posts. She said I …
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Life makes sense when I’m helping someone and when I’m being helped. When I’m having someone make dinner for me or someone’s giving me helpful tips on how to live life makes sense. …
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Here’s a valuable skill that I’ve learned that’s been very valuable. It’s how to talk about your problems without complaining and get help with them. I’ve had a challenging 24 hours. I’m happy I …
The best part about having things not go your way is having the opportunity to learn without any pressure. There’s a great opportunity to figure out a new way of doing things. If …
A day spent depressed angry or frustrated is still a day worth living. I’m sharing this with you on a day where I’ve spent a lot of time depressed, irritable, and annoyed. This …
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There’s a trap that’s got me a lot of times in my life. I call it the “it will be better when” trap. In other words, life will be better in the future when something …
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You can get through your most challenging days by using two simple thoughts. Don’t make it worse and ask for help. These thoughts have helped me get through the last 24 hours. What helped …
How I challenge myself in a healthy way today is I do something like I’m doing right now here. I feel like anyone can practice any high morale or morals or principals on …
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Here’s how to deal with being sick based on what’s working for me today when I am sick. I used to hate being sick, but today I’m grateful to be alive. I have …
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What works for me today to have a happy relationship with my wife? I’m honored to have the chance to share this with you because for most of my life I was frustrated …
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Success = failure. Failure = success. You might think these two things are exclusive, either you get failure or success. You can’t avoid failure and only have success or that you can be …
The most powerful method of teaching and communicating is leading by example. This differs from how we think communication happens. I think of this in the context of my parents telling me not …
If you feel like you’re in a world where you can’t win, then the only solution is to get a new world. If you’re in a world where you are always losing, you need …
Why is it children learn things so easily? As kids grow into teens they have difficulty learning things. Adults and people 30 and up, why does it seem like it’s more difficult to learn things? I’ve …
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Who are you in a unique position to help today? This is how I live my life today. I try to see who I am in a unique position to help based on my …
The judgmental thoughts I have are a reflection of what I’ve learned and not a reflection of who I am. This basic idea helps when I have judgmental thoughts. I’ve been judging myself for …
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Why do we work so hard to level up only to have to start over again soon? I mean level up in the sense of anything. You can level up in Call of …
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The problem in life is often much more simple than whatever we think it is. I have a simple acronym called HALT that helps me to figure out the four basic problems I …
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How hard are you willing to work today to make your dreams come true? What are you willing to do to be helpful and to be of service? hat are you willing to …
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Whatever happens in life is what’s supposed to happen in life. There’s a giant amount of relief in that. When you see that whatever happens is supposed to happen then you don’t have to …
It only takes something happening once anywhere for it to be true. This idea helps me realize that I don’t know much about life. I don’t know much about what goes on. That makes …
The humble purpose of this post is to answer all of life’s biggest questions. Are you frustrated with where you’re at in life right now? Are you happy with where you’re at today …
I hope this gives you motivation to not make fun of other people or put other people down. Sometimes I can learn a lesson the easy way by learning it from someone else. This video is …
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I am never upset for the reason I think I am. This is a power thought that helps me out each day. I am never upset for the reason I think I am. …
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What do other people need out of me? This is a power thought to do better in serving you and serving every other person on the planet. What do you need out of …
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A lot of little advantages you can’t see often add up to big advantages you can see. In other people and other things. If you want to get a big advantage in yourself …
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Positioning is such a big part of life. What position are you in today? What positions am I putting myself in? Where am I located relative to the rest of the world. I’m playing …
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Often in life, the effort you make is much more important than the results. Today, I’m making an effort to do an inspirational video in a different format. I’m using the background of …
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There is nothing I have today that I would deny anyone else from having also. That is a spiritual thing to say that I would not look at someone else and say that …
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The next time you’re struggling with something , you can remember that you’re not alone. It helps me a lot to know that I’m not alone with anything in life. The worst part about …
Any salvation you’re hoping for in the future is also available right now, in this moment. In the negative terms, there’s no salvation you can have in the future that is not already …
90% of life is just showing up. In terms of success, having things go well, growth and anything else you want to happen. What does this mean practically? It means that if you …
If you find it hard to listen sometimes, you’re not alone. I have often found it hard to listen in my life, but I have a power thought that helps me listen now. Whatever is …
Slowing down offers the easiest solution for most of my problems today. I’ve learned this because I went too fast for most of my life. Now some people that are used to moving …
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Why is it so hard to help myself and why is it so easy to see what everyone else can do to help themselves? I’m amazed at how much effort I need to go …
Many students in my Facebook ads and Facebook marketing course on Udemy are ebook authors and have asked me questions about how to best market ebooks using Facebook ads. I have answered this …
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Doing too much has ruined most of the good intentions I’ve had in my life. Today I practice doing just what I need to and not try to take on everything. For example, …
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What causes anger and how do I get almost instant relief from it today? This is one of the most amazing transformations I’ve seen in being able to get instant relief from anger. …
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Five times each day, I pray . I usually start off in the morning. I will pray often before I get out of bed and then I will get down on my knees …
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Most of my life all I really learned were new ways to live like a baby. Realizing that everything is okay right now finally helped me move beyond living like a baby. I don’t …
For most of my life I would start these new things and get excited about them and then get bored with them. That took me through most of my teenage years and my adult …
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The only real power I have in my life is what I pay attention to, what I notice, and what I give life to. I can’t control my thoughts and I can’t control anything else …
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The help you need is right in front of you today, it always has been and always will be. This is a powerful thought that helps me a lot and can help you. …
Most of my life, I thought my work, school, and home life were separate and I tried to keep them separate. By separate, I mean I acted different ways at work, school, and home. …
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If you don’t think you have the tools you need to be of service to people, you can ask to be of service. Life will give you the tools you need. For example, you …
When a disaster happens, it’s easy to see the pain and torture to second guess what was done in the past. It’s also easy to see the pain in guessing what if and trying …
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99% and greater of all human DNA is the same. In fact, we even share more than 99% of our DNA with chimpanzees. I thought about how we as humans often hate other humans and …
What can you do if you get a yes or no question and neither option seems like a good answer? How many times have you been in a yes or no spot when someone …
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What do I do today that makes it so much easier to handle anxiety, stress, and frustration? I stop and face what I am feeling. I am at my grandmother’s funeral in Michigan and …
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Being comfortable with uncertainty eliminates an amazing amount of stress in my life. It gives me time and energy back that comes from trying to force certainty in a place of uncertainty. What do …
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