Podcast Episode 259: 5 Tips to Start Your New Year Well
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. I AM a fan of getting better each year. Here’s why and what has helped me. Show Notes: Get a FREE copy of One New Habit, One Big Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks. Get information and register for the FREE Friedman’s Failure of Nerve Book […]
Podcast Episode 207: How to Make Your Habits Work for You (Rebroadcast)
If you want to make an impact in this world, you need to be able to do what’s important but not urgent. Whether you want to improve your health, write a book or run a marathon, the same principles apply. Here’s how they’ve worked for me. Show Notes: Get your FREE ecopy of One New […]
Podcast Episode 117: Mindfulness Can Help You Better Self-Regulate
Mindfulness teaches us to stay focused on the present without judgment. Here’s how you can use this to self-regulate more effectively. Show Notes: Podcast Episode 49: Hot States, Cold States and Self-Regulation (Part 1 of 2) Podcast Episode 50: Hot States, Cold States and Self-Regulation (Part 2 of 2) Viktor Frankl quote — Send in […]
Podcast Episode 104: How to Make Your Habits Work for You
This episode covers a repeatable process for developing positive habits to improve your spiritual, physical and professional lives. Show Notes: Get your FREE ecopy of One New Habit, One New Goal: Change Your Life in 10 Weeks The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan The Healthy […]
Podcast Episode 71: Save Your Energy for the Important Decisions
Not every decision is created equal. Knowing how to manage your decision-making energy will make you more confident, less anxious, and will leave you more energy for the big decisions. Show Notes: Successful people like Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg wear the same thing every day — and it’s not a coincidence from Business Insider […]
Podcast Episode 69: Five Ways to Boost Work from Home Productivity (COVID-19 Edition)
Working from home is even more challenging when it’s 24/7 and you share the space with others. Understanding how to adjust your routines to make it work will get you through. Show Notes: This is my office cubbyhole in the basement. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-shitama/message
Three Things I Learned from Our Grandson
We just spent a week at a family reunion. If you listen to my podcast, you know that my wife, Jodi, and I took our two-year-old grandson, Thomas, with us. His parents had to work so they couldn’t go. This involved traveling cross country, and included airplanes, and quite a bit of time in the […]
Willpower Revisited
If you haven’t read my last post, The Myth of Self-Discipline, you might want to do so. This post is in response to feedback I received. Rev. Bud Brown emailed to challenge the idea that willpower is a limited resource. He noted that a meta-analysis of all studies since the original chocolate chip/radish experiment could […]
The Myth of Self-Discipline
“We first make our habits. Then our habits make us.” John Dryden I am undisciplined. I’ve known this all my life but have tried to ignore it. When I compare myself to John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, I feel like the slacker that I am. Wesley typically arose at 4:00 a.m., began every day […]
