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Your Ideas Matter

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Your Ideas Matter, so write them down. Your life matters, so live it.
You are feeling a little insecure or like people don't give a shit about what you think or what you have to say? I would think there are a good many people who don't. And that's ok. Who needs so many people listening anyway. Especially if they are paying you lip service, those few, those precious few that care. Who cares about your ideas and your thoughts and your feelings. Those are the people that you want to speak to! Those are the people that matter.
Those are the people we are talking about when we say, "do work that matters for people who care!" Our Tribe.
I have struggled with this for quite some time. Thinking that I had nothing to say, and if I did would anyone care. But that's not true; we all matter just as our ideas do. It's our fragile ego. It does not want to get bruised. Or to expose ourselves to the non-believers, the haters who criticize everything anyone says so that they can feel better about thems...

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How to accomplish...my morning mantra!

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"I am going to stay out of my own way today, I am going to keep my Ego in check, and I am going to fight The Resistance every step of the way. "

Easier said than done for sure. So how do we do this?

First, be aware that these are just obstacles in our lives. Remembering that obstacles are opportunities for growth. With that mindset, how can you not have a great day? A failure is only one if you don't learn from it. Any day that you know something new is a good day. So let's start from that perspective.

I am going to stay out of my own way:

How are we going to do that? Well, to say there is one correct answer is foolish. So I am going to just make some suggestions. Things that have worked for me in the past and are still working. Realize that as you grow and change, the actions you need to take will need to change. So be flexible.

Set up your day the night before. In other words, have a good evening routine. Know what your day will look like and what you want to accomplish...

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My Morning Mantra...

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“I am going to stay out of my own way today, I am going to keep my Ego in check, and I am going to fight The Resistance every step of the way. “

This is my morning mantra. You might have even noticed it on FB and LI if you follow me there. These are all references from books that I have read lately and have resonated with me. Staying out of my own way is from The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks, Keep my Ego in check is from Ryan Holiday’s book Ego is the Enemy, and The Resistance is from Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art.

I mention the books because I think that you would get a lot out of reading them as I did. I also mention them as a bit of insight into who I am and what is important to me in my work and life. I just don’t guide others through their journey’s I, too, am guided through mine.

In helping myself, I can be a better coach, guide, mentor however you might see me.

As I so lightheartedly respond when people ask me what I do, I tell them, I am what Yoda is to Luk

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What could your life look like?

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Mine, yours, does it really matter. What could our lives look like? I could use coaching just as much as anyone else. Maybe even more.

We all have similar issues. Some of us are aware of them, and some are not.
Awareness is the first step to progress.
Some people aren’t even aware they are the problem. They are the bottleneck, the obstacle getting in the way of who they can be and what their lives can look like.
There are so many books written about all of this. It’s never an easy solution though it does sound simple. Just Do It! That’s what Nike says. And if it was that simple, we would all be where we want to.
What a wonderful world we would be living in then. But is it that simple? Is it that easy? I am sure you have all heard the saying,” It’s simple, not easy. “ I guess they are both not easy. What a surprise!
It takes work and willingness and insight, and the help of a few friends. And who knows what else along the way. Oh, and I forgot an excellent Coach who you connect with and tru...

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Are You Deserving?

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Are You Deserving?

Is it a tricky question or a trick question? I've heard people say, "you are what you're committed to. " Measuring this by looking to see what you have in your life. At your relationships, at your bank account, at yourself in the mirror. What you currently have and what you see is what you are committed to. You can also say that's what you deserve. Don't mistake that for what your potential is but what you deserve. Not what you are worthy of but again, what you deserve. The work that you have put in each and every day is what you currently have in your life. So if you don't like what you see, you have can choose to change it. But you need to be brutally honest with yourself. You have to be truthful. Otherwise, nothing is going to change.

This is what I was faced with and the question, amongst many others, that I ask myself often. If things aren't going as I planned or hoped, am I deserving? Usually, the brutally honest answer is no. There are things that I can b...

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Quiet the Noise - Focus on the Essential!

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A while back I wrote a piece called “Distraction Assassinators” and described what I considered the top 5 distractions in life and workplace and how to eliminate or in my case ASSASSINATE them ( you can get the pdf by going on my website, www.joshuagoldcoaching.com, and downloading it). It was a bit tongue and cheek with Lucy Lui as O-Ren Ishii, her character in Kill Bill, on the cover of the piece.

The other afternoon I was sitting at my desk trying to get some work done. My superpower time is before noon. So any Frogs that need to be consumed better happen then. So you can imagine that I was having a difficult time focusing on what I had wanted to do and the words came to me like an almost out-of-body experience, “quiet the noise — focus on the essential”. I imagine this is what Kevin Costner felt like when he heard a voice from afar say “ if you build it they will come”.

If I break it down, we are dealing with two very fundamentally critically important subjects. Distractions or a...

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So is this what "It Takes a Village" is all about?

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I was writing this morning. More like journaling and just talking about the other day and thoughts and feelings around where I am at and where I would like to be, and it dawned on me…We all do something so the other person doesn’t have to. I am going to say that again. We all do something so that someone else doesn’t have to. Some of you might be scratching your heads and say WTF are you talking about. For example, my accountant spent years going to school and is continually educating himself on current tax law, etc. so that I DON’T HAVE TO. Cooks spend years training and sweating in kitchens and getting cuts and working long hours for shitty wages, so I can get an awesome meal and experience, so I DON’T HAVE TO. Medical professionals spend countless hours and years of training so they can diagnose my ailments, so I DON"T HAVE TO. The same goes for what everyone does. Teachers, lawyers, plumbers, coaches, entertainers, etc. all become experts in their respective fields, so I DON"T HAVE...

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The Cost of Starting or Not…part deux

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The cost of starting that conversation or not…

We can all imagine the cost of not starting difficult conversations. Though what about those conversations that you just discount because you don’t think they are important enough? Only to find out how important they actually were.

What happens when we avoid difficult conversations? When we bury our head in the sand and think that’s the solution? It just rears its ugly head once again, and when it does it is a much more painful conversation to have. The fear of difficult conversations is usually much worse than the conversations themselves. The stories that we tell ourselves are what stops us from having them. Whether it’s a conversation with a loved one and your fear they won’t love you anymore. Or that they won’t react the way you want them to. These are both possibilities but also opportunities for growth. I know that it is hard to see it through that lens, especially when you are in it. Though one thing I know for sure that obstacl...

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The cost of starting or not....continued

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The cost of starting or not…continued.

What are you really missing out on when you decide not to start something?

Below is a list and a short one at that. Though I picked these because of their significance in one’s life and the world that we live in and have a major effect on every day. We don’t think Big enough. We don’t think that what we do or don’t do matters to anyone besides ourselves. When the truth is the complete opposite.

The cost of starting that project or not…

The cost of starting that relationship or not…

The cost of starting that conversation or not…

The cost of starting a family or not

The cost of starting that company or not…

The cost of starting to read that book or not…

The cost of starting to develop a new habit or not…

The cost of starting to eat healthy or not

The cost of starting to exercise or not…

The cost of starting to love yourself or not...

The cost of starting to see the world differently or not.

The cost of starting that project of...

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The Cost of Starting...or Not!

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The Cost of Starting...or Not

A morning missive by Joshua G Gold

The other day I wrote about the cost of…. fill in the blank. Today I would like to discuss the cost of starting…or rather the cost of NOT.

The cost of starting that project or not…

The cost of starting that relationship or not…

The cost of starting that conversation or not…

The cost of starting a family or not

The cost of starting that company or not…

The cost of starting to read that book or not…

The cost of starting to develop a new habit or not…

The cost of starting to eat healthy or not

The cost of starting to exercise or not…

The cost of starting to love yourself or not...

The cost of starting to see the world differently or not.

There are costs associated with starting something, anything, or Not. What are the costs that are below the surface? Those costs that you cannot immediately see or feel or maybe even grasp at that moment in time. Sometimes it takes just sitting with it and just being ...

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