Persuasions of Comfort

Having a basic understanding of your own communication style is important to building better relationships in your personal and professional life. Understanding the difference between your own personal communication style from others is much more powerful because it provides us with insightful benefits and makes us aware of the consequences. The goal of any communication is first seek to understand then to be understood. In this episode I highlight what I learned about communication through dating. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Decision fatigue is the idea that after making many decisions, a person's ability to make additional decisions becomes worse. An individual experiencing decision fatigue may be reluctant to make these decisions, take longer to make them, or simply make a decision that they later regret. In this episode I highlight six steps that I learned and applied to improve my decision making process. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As I wrap up this book series, I highlight three effective ways to "Expect the Best and Get it." When we claim to desire specific things in life we should always expect to receive them if and only if we picture success and not a vision of failure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

One of the biggest struggles in life besides adulting is figuring out how to handle and avoid burnout. In this episode I share my input on how emotion can impact our energy production. Emotion aka energy in motion can be useful as well as a blocker depending on the situation. Discovering when to set our emotions aside can help us maximize our efforts while exerting less energy.   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode is a continuation of my book review from The Power of Positive Thinking written by Norman Vincent Peale. In chapter 2, he writes about the power of a peaceful mind and how we can use it to generate power. In my perspective, I interpret this generated power from a peaceful mind as the capability to avoid toxic situations that may surface throughout our day.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The average human being has 60-80 thousand thoughts per day. Our thought patterns affect how we interact with others, it shapes how we chose to live, and confirms how we feel about ourselves. Norman Vincent Peale drops gems on how to establish a method that will help re-educate our minds to produce more positive thoughts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Backing out of a prior commitment is never easy. We fear the backlash and want to avoid the disappointing looks that follow especially if we’ve built a habit of canceling obligations. Melody Wilding wrote an article for Harvard Business Review on the different ways to retract your "Yes" and turn it into a "No" with dignity and preservation.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Is your incentive for success fueled by instant gratification? Practice does not necessarily make perfect, but it does make progress. That same progress is a process that eventually leads to success. Therefore, we can concluded that success is a process. Throughout that process there will always be someone looking to tear us down by our weaknesses and shortcomings. The principles in this episode speaks on how to give others something else to focus on.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are we so consumed by what others have and what we lack? Are too focused on what the world claims we should have accomplished or who we should be by a certain age?  Have we been crippled by lost or failed dreams that we attach ourselves to someone's else dream because we are unsure whether or not we can transform our own dreams and passions into reality? Principles 3 & 4 of this book highlights how important it is follow our own dreams and passions, along with viewing our losses as lessons for the next opportunity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I never knew there was such a thing called Black Privilege. When the word privilege comes to mind I usually only think of one thing “white”. It wasn’t until reading this book, Black Privilege, written by Charlamagne Tha God, I was able to fully understand what it means to have & embrace Black Privilege— Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app