Success Can Be Broken Down to This One Big Thing

This podcast episode opens with words of encouragement, reminding listeners they are worthy, capable, and deserving of a great future. The main message centers on how daily habits—like sleep, exercise, planning meals, and limiting sugar—form the foundation of long-term success, with insights drawn from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. The episode also highlights two real-life inspirational stories: one about a woman who donated a kidney to her former prom date, and another about a black-belt martial artist who stopped a robbery. It closes with motivational quotes, a kindness challenge for the week, and a heartfelt reminder to never stop dreaming big for yourself and your family. 

Don't Wait to Live Your Life

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-quote-of-the-day-show-daily-motivational-talks/id1163094296?i=1000709070492

These Mindshifts Will Make You Successful

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/terri-savelle-foy-podcast-audio/id274538089?i=1000708978092

Blessing People With Your Words

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joel-osteen-podcast/id137254859?i=1000708641484

Simple Daily Routine Download:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1njZbEbTg-NKLto1OptvAkglc6mxdXKo7/view?usp=drive_link

Transcript

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Welcome to a conversation of hope with price. This podcast is all about you. The master to remind you that you are the masterpiece. To inspire you to dream again. To equip you with simple, simple strategies for success. Strategies you can start using today to begin your journey towards the incredible life. Let's be doing insights on the latest list. Along with colorful stories of clients over advertising. He wants to remind you of the new life or cards on the list.

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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you for taking your valuable time to listen to a conversation of hope. Right from the jump, I want to remind you, you are amazing. You are smart. You are intelligent. You are a masterpiece. You are one-off, caring, courageous, confident, bold. You never ever ever want to stop believing big for you and your family. Your absolute best days are ahead of you. You are enough. You are absolutely well equipped to conquer anything that comes up in your life, and you have what it takes. All right, y'all. Buckle up as we have a jam-packed episode straight ahead. It's going to be awesome. Today we're talking about the one thing that truly determines the success of your life. And I'm talking, I'm telling you, telling, telling you, I'm serious about this. It really, really, really is. It's not hype. It's totally, totally true. When you break it all down to the smallest level, this one thing literally is what determines your success in life. So the one thing that will determine your success is your daily habits. If you have the habits to create a great day, you can then create a great week, which then you could create a great month and then you create a great life. But you got to break it down to just creating a great day. What does that mean? Maybe it's making sure you get six to eight hours of sleep every night. That's a habit. You're like, no, no, no, I'm going to have that happen. I'm going to get my sleep. Daily exercise. Whether it's a 20-minute brisk walk or working out full out or whatever you want to do, but just getting some exercise in. Good meals planned out. You know, plan out some good meals. You're going to have fun and also have some crazy meals, because we all do. But plan out most of your meals and then just listen to a great podcast, you know, either daily or a couple times a week, just to keep that positive going in your mind. My wife recently recommended the book Atomic Habits. Um, it's by James Clear. I had never read it before, but she said it was really good. And she, I guess she just asked Chat GPT to recommend something that could help her with some of her structure in her day. And it recommended the Atomic Habits book. So I love reading books endlessly. So I was like, okay, sweet. And um, this book, in my opinion, is a must-read and absolutely the greatest book on how to be successful with setting up and maintaining great habits. So I just want to give you a quick breakdown of the book. But definitely, definitely want you to get the book. It's Atomic Habits, um, an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones by James Clear. And uh my goodness, once again, I just did the audio book so I could listen to it on to and from on the way to work and stuff, uh, so it doesn't take away any more of my time to just sit and read. Some people love to sit and read, and they have time to do that. So, either way, however you want to do it, I promise you you will not be disappointed. Um, let's take a look at it real quick. It's just a quick snapshot. Um, the introduction, the surprising power of atomic habits. Atomic habits are small routines and behaviors that, when repeated consistently, lead to remarkable long-term results. The concept is based on the idea of just one percent improvement. Getting one percent better every day compounds into a significant change over time. James Clear emphasizes systems over goals. While goals are results you want, systems are the processes that lead to those results. A central argument you do not rise to the level of your goals, but you fall to the level of your systems. Right on. All right, here's the fundamentals. Why tiny changes make a big difference? The 1% rule, compound growth of habits. Small changes may seem insignificant initially, but accumulate massively over time. Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. Focus on making tiny improvements consistently. Identify based habits. True behavior change is identity change. Rather than focusing on what you want to achieve, focus on who you want to become. Outcome-based habit. I want to run a marathon. Identity-based habit would say I am a runner. Every action is a vote for the type of person that you wish to become. The four laws of behavior change. James Clear core model for building good habits and breaking bad ones is based on four laws tied to the habit of the loop cue. So you get the cue, the craving, the response, and the reward. Part one, make it obvious. That's the cue. Making it obvious is awareness is the key. Many habits are automatic. Bringing them to light is the first step. Use a habit scorecard, list your daily habits and rate them as good, bad, or neutral. Apply implementation intentions. I will behave at whatever time in whatever location. Use habit stacking. After this habit, I will do the new habit. And then also environment design, he talks about Environment is more powerful than motivation. Shape your environment to cue your desired behavior. Example, place your gym clothes by your bed as a cue to work out first thing in the morning. And then make it attractive like a craving. Make the habit attractive. Habits are a dopamine driven feedback loop. The more attractive an opportunity, the more likely it will become habitual. Using temptation bundling. Pair an action you want to do with the one you need to do. Example, only listen to your favorite podcast while at the gym. Join a culture where the desired behavior is normal. We imitate three groups. The close, which is our friends and family, the mini, which is our tribe or group norms, the powerful, people or status or influence. Align your identity with a group that already embodies your desired habits. Part three, make it easy. The response. Make the habit easy. Don't aim for perfection. Aim for consistency. Use the two minute rule. Start new habits by scaling them down to a version that takes two minutes or less. Example, read one page instead of reading a book every week. Focus on starting, not finishing. Automation and environment. Design your environment to reduce friction for good habits and increase friction for the bad ones. Use technology and on time choices to automate habits. Automate savings transfers, healthy meal deliveries, that kind of stuff. That will help you be successful. And then part four was the reward. Make it satisfying. Make the habit satisfying. Habits stick when they're immediately rewarding. The human brain prioritizes immediate rewards over delayed ones. Use reinforcement. Reward yourself after completing a habit. Tracking progress visually with habit trackers. Don't break the chain. Use a visual cue just to maintain streaks. So you just want to, it's kind of cool when you can visually see it before I've done like I'll take a calendar, just a normal paper calendar, put it on the wall, and mark an X every time I've had a day with absolutely no refined sugar. And the cool thing is when I get that momentum going, I have X after X after X where I've had days of success. You get to the point where you just don't want to ruin that trainer, that, that track record. It's like, ugh. So it works. Accountability and social reinforcement. Use accountability partners or contracts. Immediate consequences, social or financial, can help enforce good behavior. And then here's some advanced tactics, real quick, on how to go from good to great. Focus on mastery. After habits are established, focus on improving the quality and precision of your efforts. Habits plus deliberate practice equals mastery. The downside of habits habits can lead to mindlessness. You must stay conscious to avoid stagnation. Build in periodic review and reflection. Goldilocks rule Humans are most motivated when tasks are at the edge of their current abilities. Not too easy, but also not too hard. Maintain momentum by keeping challenges in just the right zone. And then here's a few key takeaways. Small habits matter. A tiny change today can be the start of something huge. Number two, design systems, not just goals. Build environments and routines that support the behaviors you want. Number three, focus on identity. Becoming the kind of person who behaves a certain way is more powerful than chasing the outcomes. Use the four laws. Make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying. And then number five, consistency over perfection. What matters most is showing up, even if progress is small. So my goodness, everybody, absolutely a wealth of information. I'm telling you, I promise I wouldn't waste your time on it if it wasn't that impactful. And when you apply it, it will change your life for the better. For me, the thing that hit me the most is the identity part. And that really resonated with me. That's what I'm working on the most to ensure my success. For example, I was in a meeting the other day and they had bowls of candy out in the boardroom. And um, I was looking at that candy the whole time. So eventually uh I pick up three pieces of a little tiny, you know, Hershey's candy bar or whatever, put it in front of me, and and as I'm doing it, uh the identity part popped in. And it said, Brett, you're a healthy, happy dude. That's not part of your lifestyle. You're not going to do that. And after the meeting was over, I literally took the candy and uh uh still in the wrapper and I just put it back in the bowl. I walked out of the room and I moved on with my day. Now, trust me, it doesn't always work out that way. Sometimes I go bonkers and I'd eat 50 pieces of candy, but on that day, because I I remembered my identity, no, no, no, my identity is I want to be a happy, healthy individual. That's very fit. So that's not going to align with my identity. So on that day, I had a victory on that. And it literally all came from just reading his book and thinking about how important it is to see if things that you do every day align with your identity or if they do not. Hi, y'all. Let's do some quotes. These are on encouragement from Zig Ziggla. Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end their day the same way. That's awesome, man, to wake up to being loved and then to go to bed being loved. That's far the ultimate as a child. The next one, you already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, and develop them and use them. And then number three, you cannot make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific. And what he means by that is if every day you don't have a game plan of what you want to get accomplished, what you want to do, then you just kind of wander around and that ends up being your life. And you wake up one day and go, Oh my goodness, I really didn't get anything done that I wanted to get done. So have a daily game plan. What do you want to achieve? The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as an excellent role model for them. Um, another one, you will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best you in existence. So only be you. Don't compare yourself to others. You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else. That's so true. I heard someone say one time, um, everybody's leader. No matter what you do, you're a leader. And that and the reason is because you have to lead yourself. So the hardest person to ever master and lead the best is yourself. And you're doing you're I'm already proud of you because you're doing things to get better and be better. You're listening to the podcast. So hats off to you. You're already in the 10% club. Be proud of it. That's phenomenal. So those are the Ziggy Zig quotes, and I have one from John Gordon that I thought was awesome. I might read this one every week. We'll see. But in the end, we won't be measured by our bank account, our sales number, or our wins and losses, but by the difference we made in people's lives. And we make a difference through relationships. Don't neglect who matters most. Wow, that's so powerful. And we've talked about it before in previous podcasts. But if you go to someone that's on their deathbed, they're heading out, and they're moving on, and they're gonna die, 90% of the time, the thing that they regret the most is not spending enough time focusing on their relationships. Maybe they're too focused on their jobs or whatever else. But at the end of your life, all that will matter is your relationships that you had and how healthy they were. And for me, God, I mean, that's everything. So here we go. Now, oh my goodness. Uh oh. Remember, my wife added a laugh track. So at least if my joke's not that good, I love the laugh tracks. Last week I went back and I listened to the laugh track a couple times just because it's hilarious. But here we go. Here are our two jokes of the week. Two goldfish are in a tank. One looks at the other and says, Do you know how to drive this thing? Two goldfish, get it driving, driving tank. All right, all right. I know that's bad. All right, second joke. Why do teddy bears never get hungry? Because they're always stuffed. Stuffed teddy bear. All right, y'all. Let's keep rolling. We got more. Great stuff straight ahead. All right. Here's two great stories for you this week. The first story is a Colorado woman donates kidney to save Pennsylvania man 35 years after they went to prom together. Despite holding the presidency of the student council and being voted most likely to succeed, 16-year-old Sean Moyer had his prom night invitation declined. Moyer needed a backup, and though he didn't know it at the time, the young lady with the ring lit curls and ear-to-ear smile he had found would end up saving his life 35 years later with a kidney donation. Key to this remarkable story is the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Innovative Paired Exchange Program. Let's say you want to donate a kidney to your friend, but the two of you don't genetically match. The program will match your kidney with someone in need and in return bump your friend to the top of the waiting list. Well, 35 years later, Moyer invited Elena to the Dallaston Area High School Senior Prom thirty five years ago. And a decision that would change his life forever. He needed a backup, recalled Hershey, a younger girl with Moyer, remembered as smart, pretty, and remarkably nice person. And you know, of course, I would love an invite to a prom. What girl wouldn't? So I was so happy to go. As a junior, she was able to attend prom if directly invited by a senior, which Moyer's arm facilitated. Not even a full year had passed after the lovely night that the two, as is so often the case, drifted out of touch. But they first met because of an interlinked friends and siblings, which thirty five years later intertwined their lives yet again. Hershey's friend, Julie, is married to one of Moyer's friends, and word reached that her prom date was stuck on dialysis waiting for a new kidney. Something which he had already received twice in his life. Wow, once when he was sixteen and once when he was thirty-six. As it happened, Hershey, a serious health and wellness disciple, was already considering a blind kidney donation and felt Moyer was a good person, as any to offer it to. A few weeks of having to rest and a few days of discomfort to extend someone's life or save someone's life, for her it was really a no-brainer. But while they made a clever match on prom night, they were not eligible to share organs, so Hershey and Moyer started the pair exchange process, wherein Hershey's kidney would go to someone in need, and Moyer would receive another one as soon as it was available. When a donor had been found, Moyer's first response was to call Hershey. He texted me the news and I saw it and I caught my breath a little and I started to cry a little bit, she said. Having the opportunity to speak to the media about her decision, Hershey felt that she had to emphasize how little the loss has affected her lifestyle. She was driving again in three days and back on her stationary. Wow, wait a minute, let me back that up. She was driving again in three days after having a kidney pulled out of her and back on her stationary bike doing the intense cardio she diligently pursued within one month. Holy moly, well, I gotta tell you, and you all know it, that is absolutely the epitome of golden rule living. To give somebody your kidney, um, that is just phenomenal. And like she said, now we all know if we ever want to give a kidney. She was back at it within three days, and her life still is a hundred percent great quality of life. Wow. All right, here we go. Next story a 42-year-old woman with black belt sends a would-be robber hacking, wearing her new heels. A woman with training in martial arts jumped into an action sending a would-be robber scampering from a convenience store after he threatened the shopkeeper. Karate expert Maria Karen was at the counter buying chocolate treats for her nieces when the hooded man came into the local store in England. Dramatic CCT video captured the encounter. As I got out of the car, I noticed this person all covered up and I thought, You look like you're gonna rob a shop, the forty year old lady said. But when she reminded herself, you can't think that way about people, can't pigeonhole people like that. Maybe he's just got a bike somewhere, he's out and about riding or whatever. Marie entered the store and spent a couple minutes shopping and was getting ready to pay the cashier when the man appeared. I heard the shopkeeper ask, Why did you put something against the door? And I heard him reply because I'm gonna take your money. He said it really cool and calm. He stepped forward. I could see his pockets were full, and I thought he had weapons. My eyes were glued to his pockets. When I saw his left hand in the pocket, I took the chance. She grabbed the would be thief's arm and delivered a couple of firm kicks to the shin, causing him to run out of the store. Maria, who lives in Staffordside, received a commendation award from the police chief and superintendent. She described how she didn't think twice about jumping to the shopkeeper's defense. We would later find out a knife and a firearm were involved, but whatever was in the left pocket for that moment was not coming out. She said her John Wayne style swagger on the CTTV footage was due to the pain of breaking in some heels for a new job. I was wearing new heels at the time and I was trying to break them in. I hadn't worn the heels since lockdown, so I needed some practice. It makes me laugh when I watch it now, she says. Maria said the intervention wasn't bravery. She credits it to self belief after twenty years of martial arts training that That has seen her represent England and the Republic of Ireland. The time was right, and I'm glad I was there. People have asked whether I was scared. No, I was not. I've trained with this type of event in my mind and sparred in full contact sessions with people far heavier than me. In my opinion, this is not stupidity or bravado. It's a reflection of self-belief. After the robber was caught and jailed in involvement, Chief Superintendent Ed Williams praised Maria's intervention as an inspiring act of bravery from an upstanding member of public. Her quick thinking meant that no one was harmed during the attempted robbery. No money or goods were stolen. That is fabulous. And y'all, I do have a side note on that. So uh it says 42-year-old woman with black belt. My lady love, a little bit of bragging. Um, she's 54, and she is a master in taekwondo, that means fourth degree. She's also a black belt in Hopkido. My son is a double black belt in taekwondo, and my daughter as well is a black belt. So it's kind of cool for us. That hits close to home. And uh, I'm just so proud of all of them because it's very hard to get that, but it's kind of neat. When you practice martial arts forever, it literally is almost muscle memory. And you don't have a lot of fear. If you get into a situation um that compromises something, you can instantly just go to your instincts pretty much and take care of business. It's pretty neat. If you never tried martial arts, try them out. They're great. We started our kids when we were there three and four, and we simply did it just so they could get self-discipline and learn how to set and achieve goals. But it's done far more than that for them and their lives. Alrighty, y'all. Time for the top three podcasts of the week. Number one, Brendan Bouchard. Don't wait to live your life. In this podcast, he talks about you operating at the level of your life. Create a life of community with real intention. You have the ability to decide what you want. You have that choice. Develop a life philosophy. You're North Star. Most people are working the trees but missing the forest. Mortality motivation. Live this life. Love and matter. Life is precious. Greatest breakthrough for most of us is realizing they have the gift of life and the promise of death. All right, very good. And then once again, as always, it'll be in the show notes for you so you can conveniently and easily listen to it in detail if you so choose. All right, here we go. Number two, these mindset shifts will make you successful from Terry Savelle. All right, number one, people are rewarded in public for what they do in private. So all the habits that you have in private that you do, like listening to podcasts, reading books, trying to get better, working out, all the other stuff, that's where you're going to get rewarded. People say, wow, she is super successful. She got lucky or he got lucky, whatever. No, it's never luck. It's always comes down to what you do in the private. And your only limitation is your level of dedication. She also talks about don't be average and your life won't be average. If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something that you've never done. You'll never conquer what you refuse to commit to. So when you decide to do something, go all in. The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment you're in. Expose yourself to something new. A lot of great content in this one. And I'm telling you, she has a free checklist as well that you can download. She also has a new thing out called the Dream Squad. So if you want to be a part of a program that she offers, I think it's a monthly thing, it's pretty cool. But you'll be part of a bunch of people that encourage each other and try to get to that next level. Once again, that's Terry Savell. T-E-R-R-I and then Savelle. Uh number three, blessing people with your words, Joel Osteam. One compliment can affect a whole lifetime for a person. Number two, someone needs you to speak life-giving words into them, and it costs you nothing. When you speak encouragement, it does wonders. Make it simple. Great to see you today. Just something. It doesn't have to be a huge deal. Just some positive words. Bless people's lives. God can use your words to break strongholds on people. Tell people what they are doing right. Be a healer and a restorer. Most people are pretty beaten down with life. They need positive, life-giving words spoken over. And it's constant, you know what I'm saying? It's like the man that said that wasn't telling his wife as much that um he loved her. Someone said you probably need to do that more. He said, Well, I said it once when we were 20. Well, once when you're 20, that doesn't that doesn't work. People need to hear things over and over and over again. Be free with your compliments. Endlessly. If you see something cool, maybe someone has a great shirt on or their hair looks phenomenal or whatever it might be. Um just liberally speak those over people because as we talked about before, but a thought, if you're thinking, wow, that person just did an amazing job, but a thought unsaid doesn't really mean anything to them. Um so definitely speak it out to them. Your thoughts don't bless anyone. We talked about that. A blessing is not a blessing until it is spoken. Great stuff, you all. All the podcasts this week are packed out with some good stuff. If you want and you have time, take time to listen all three. Once again, they're in the show notes. Alright, you guys, and gals time for the weekly challenge this week. Do a lot of kindness for a friend or a neighbor. And here's a few suggestions. Mow a neighbor's lawn. Maybe it's an older person, they just can't mow their lawn, so uh mow that lawn for 'em. Shovel someone's snowy driveway if you live in an area that gets a lot of snow. Um leave treats or flowers at a neighbor's door. Return shopping carts at a store. Um donate books to a free library. Help an elderly neighbor with chores. Organize or participate in a neighborhood cleanup. Host a block party or potluck. Offer to walk someone's dog. Bring trash in for the neighbor. A lot of different suggestions, ideas. I know one time my wife and I came home and we had some chocolate chip cookies on the porch, and it was from our neighbors. They started a business where they baked chocolate chip cookies and stuff, and they wanted to share some with us. Let me tell you, they were fabulous, and all them cookies did not last more than about 15 minutes. They were phenomenal. All right, you guys, let's do this. Let's close this thing out. The way that we started it. I want to speak some more words of life over you, and please receive it today from me to you. And if your voices in your head go, no, he doesn't know me, that's not ideal. I promise you, please just receive these and know that at any given time we've all made mistakes, we've all done things that we don't want to do, but you're listening to the podcast, you're trying to get better, and you're seeking out that hope and encouragement. And so that tells me that you are exactly on track to get what you want to get. So from me to you, you are amazing, smart, intelligent, a masterpiece, a one-off, kind, caring, courageous, bold, confident. And in fact, your best days are straight ahead of you. There is zero, zero, zero doubt of that. You are enough and you have what it takes. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever stop believing for big. Believe for big things. Don't stop dreaming. Have those giant dreams that you used to have when you were a little kid and pursue those dreams. Don't stop for you and your family. You guys deserve the best of the best and the best life ever. Thank you for being a part of the community as we keep growing towards the million mark. Until next week. God bless and have a great day and an even better week. Talk to y'all next week.

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Thank you once again for listening to a conversation of hope with Brett. Brett wants to remind me that you are loved and appreciated. If you found value in this episode and know someone who could use the word of hope and encouragement, please like, share, and subscribe. Be sure to check out the thumb notes for link to Brett's top three podcasts and don't forget to let us out find a free copy of this podcast. Just find an email to gpdx freedom at email.com at the end of the comments. If you're anything that's common and would like another perspective on how to navigate it, please find us and email us at gpdxgreeno at gmail.com. We'd love to help on desktop. Mr. Mail and your family can increase the light.