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Energetic Radio with Dale Sidebottom & Paul Campbell is a fantastic tool for people looking to bring fun play and happiness into each and every day. Listen along as Dale interviews world-renowned experts and shares his own experiences with you in this weekly podcast.
Welcome to the energetic radio podcast. This episode is brought to you by
the school of play dotco. Hosted by Dale Sibonham and Paul
Campbell. Each week, we'll bring to you tips, strategies, and ideas on how
you can bring more joy and happiness into your life and those you share
with. Hello, listeners. School of Play here, Paul Campbell and Dal
Sidebottom, back from my second podcast, my venture into the
school of play. And episode 334, I believe, Dale.
Correct, Paul. That's alright, mate. What we were talking about earlier, Mark Taylor. Yeah. Mark
Taylor. For those cricket lovers out there, Mark Taylor, 334
against India not out. I think he should have stuck to that. For those being
the been, watching the Olympics and hearing him absolutely
commentate the diving, Mark, stick to selling air conditioners or
whatever you do because it's been horrendous Fujitsu. Mark Taylor and Matty
Pavlich, I believe, were doing it. There's a I think he was doing the equestrian.
Yeah. Yeah. Quality of sports stars doing their thing, I guess. But, mate, how good's
the Olympics been? Yeah. Fantastic. Fantastic. Aussies have done incredibly well.
Super proud of you guys. Yeah. Couple of days ago. It's
fantastic. Alright. Straight into it. So listeners, we're, over the next 4
weeks, we're gonna bring to you a series called the best of you.
As the intro suggests, you know, just a series of of conversation topics all
around helping you guys become the best versions of yourselves.
Something that we work on continuously at the School of Play. Obviously, we'd like to
practice what we preach and live and breathe it. And, yeah, we just can't wait
to share some of that knowledge and have a pretty candid and open discussion about
a few points, and Sarah sort of takes us. Yeah. Good. Yeah. And I think,
doing it over 4 weeks is really important because not everyone's gonna
resonate with each of the topics. But there might be something that hits a cord
with you, and like we say in a lot of our sessions and talks, mate,
that you're not gonna take away everything. Go, well, those blokes are unreal.
Everything they've said is unreal. I'm gonna put that into my life. Like, that's not
practical. So if you are going to, obviously tune in over the next 4
weeks of this series, if you take away one little thing from each
podcast would be the probably advice that we would give. So
today is all about f u n. Fun. Oh. Life
needs to be more fun, Cam, but It does. Get into it, mate. Have an
orientation around fun. Listen, it's all how you see it, isn't it? It's all how
you see life and and which colored lenses you have on. I
personally love to try and rock around the place with those rose colored glasses on
as you know. Yes. I do. Try and stop and smell the roses as often
as you can. So yeah. It's super important. So it's really cool. We
were having discussion, a few days ago actually. We're in the car together doing a
road trip, and we had discussion around baseline happiness.
Not sure if you remember that I do. That chat. But I do. We do
have a lot of chats in the car. We've been doing We do. We do.
Road trips lately, which has been great. Business going well. People want more road trips.
We can definitely do that. But, yes, yes, we did have a chat about this.
And and my question to you was, do you believe we've got a
baseline of happiness that we return to? Or do you
believe that with effort and endeavor and training, I
guess we can lift that baseline happiness as human
beings. What are your thoughts? And you can probably tell we have pretty
in-depth conversations in, 3 or 4 hour drive journeys.
I I love this question. It made me think, and my response
was, I think it's like anything in life that it's the amount of
work you put into it that people will say, oh, you're just lucky you're
happy or you're lucky, you know, but it's like learning a new skill or doing
something well. It's not luck. It's repetition. It's putting the work in.
So I feel there's a number of little things that we both do differently each
day that allows us to be in a good place.
And unfortunately, particularly like this topic for the next 4 weeks
and probably most things we do talk about that it's all sounds well
and good, but no one's going to do this for you. So no one's gonna
make you happy. No one's gonna put the work in. And that's why it's
hard because sometimes it's easy to blame other people. And I know for a long
period of my life, I thought it was easy to blame other people because
I I didn't like the person I saw in the mirror. But when you actually
realize that that doesn't help anyone, and it's exactly
like this topic. I feel happiness is something that needs to be worked at. Mhmm.
And like anything, the more you do something, you understand yourself better, and you
know your triggers for what brings that joy, what
really lights you up. Yeah. And that's where everyone's different. And like I said,
over the next 4 weeks, what we talk about one of us might do, might
work with something, might not work the other, and that's fine. It's like mindfulness or
exercise. There's so many options out there because not
everyone wants to do the same thing. Yeah. And I feel it's exactly the same
with happiness. Yep. I couldn't agree more, mate. Mate. Like, as human beings,
we we ebb and flow. Right? We ebb and flow. It's impossible to be up
and about a 100% of the time. That's not natural. It's not not right.
You are though pretty much. I'm bringing you a little bit unfairly. You're
a unicorn. I guess if yeah. Maybe ask my wife and kids at
home sometimes. It might be a facade that I thought I'm out of society. But,
but no, generally speaking, I do try to have that positive, you know, outlook on
life as much as possible. Right. But I'm human. You know what I mean? I
get frustrated. I get, I get shitty. You know what I mean? Those sorts of
things. So, but I think I've bounced back pretty quickly.
Yeah. That's good. I think I've bounced back pretty quickly from those, those moments.
And I don't let it derail the whole day. Don't let it derail the whole
half day, let alone an hour. You know what I mean? So, yeah.
Practice so, like, because it's very easy and I use this analogy a lot.
You get a 100 me emails, some get a 100 a day, some, like, get
a 100 in a week. 99 of them are really nice and beautiful and lovely
and rosy. Like, you've got those glasses on you're talking about, but there'll be one
that is just really negative and really horrible or might be
not fair. You don't think about the other 99. You only think about the
one. Yeah. So is there things that you do to practice that to be able
to move on and and not let it derail you? A 100% perspective.
Okay. I use that word all the time. You'll notice someone working with our students,
working with staff or or people in the in the corporate world, when people ask
that question, like, you know, what's your secret, how do you do it? And I
often just throw back one word. I say perspective. And
when life throws that curve ball at you, when it throws a little bump in
the, in the, in the pathway, which is gonna happen, just stop and
try to put it in perspective of what, how big an issue is that, how
big a problem is it, how horrible was that one email you received or that
one bit of negative feedback or whatever it might be in the scheme of things.
Like, we're we're so bloody lucky, aren't we? Like, literally,
we are so bloody lucky to, you know, be in the position we're in
compared to a lot of people and what's going on. And I just think I
always put things in perspective. I teach my kids, I try to
teach my kids, you know, don't sweat the small stuff. And I think when
that pops in your mind and it is it's practice. And when you say to
yourself enough regularly days, weeks, months, whatever it is,
it becomes second nature just to flick that little perspective
switch, and go, yeah, man, that's not worth losing sleep over
and that's not worth really, you know, ruining your whole day over. So yeah,
acknowledge it. It happens, learn from it, grow from it,
try to, you know, be better if you need to be better from that, that,
that aspect. But yeah, don't, don't sweat the small stuff and put things in perspective.
And that sort of helps keep me, I think, elevated
and and in a pretty good frame of mind. And I'm sure Mark Taylor and
Matthew Pavlich, while they're commentating the diving or the equestrian, probably
thought, I was Australian captain. I was probably one of the best ever since our
forwards. I think he's made all Australian in the spine, old Pavlich. Didn't think they'd
be doing that, but tell you what, they're lucky. They got a gig. They're at
the Olympics. Yep. Yep. All these different things. I also think
one one thing that's helped me particularly around criticism
or I used to always really struggle when I'd
get an email of someone pulling me up on something or, like, just trying to
help me, but I would use it as a negative. Particularly for me, it was
around, like, spelling. Do you know what I mean? Like, my grammar punctuation spelling has
never been good. It's something I've really tried to work on. There's a lot of
good programs online now that also really helped me as well. Grammarly, If you haven't
got that, get it. Is it is it ladies and gentlemen, he's a jet at
all things chat gpt. And let me tell you he's teaching me a few things,
and it's mind blowing what that thing can do. No. But I think, the thing
I don't let things, particularly via an email or someone comments on something
you're doing or, particularly when you put yourself out there for a long period of
time like I have, it's very easy to get caught up in that
comment and take it negatively. But, particularly what I've
tried to do now is I take a step back, take a breath, and I
think, okay. What must be going through that person's head or
that person to want to say that to me? Like,
so instead of taking it on board, I'd sort of take that empathetic lens and
step back and think, alright. Why would they want to do that? What
what circumstances are they going through in their life that makes them feel that
they need to do that? That's a good point. And probably very similar to, you
know, when I used to, you know, put other people down or do things to
make myself feel better because I wasn't in a good place. Yeah. Yeah. And I
think that's something that we can do as well. Like, take a breath, but step
out of the situation and try and look at both sides. Yep. And
don't give it the energy. I think that's one of the big things. Like, if
you wanna allow it to consume you, it will. If you wanna focus on
it, it will. Whereas, if you're like, oh, that poor person, they must have been
in a good place, and you just write, thank you. I really appreciate your email.
Like, it actually makes it worse. Yeah. And, like, I'm always really
nice around. I think, you know, I don't not saying I get a lot of
these, but when I did did used to get them, I still do every now
and then, it consumed me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Yep.
But I think, yeah, the more you're aware of that awareness or perspective.
What do you wanna what do you wanna say about it? But, yeah, again, it's
something you've gotta be, like, present. You've gotta be really on it
because otherwise, if you're not in your minds elsewhere, you can very
easily nearly get done. You know, like, nearly got hacked the other day, like, on
the phone, you know what I mean? Like, because I had so many things going
on my mind, and this person rang me up and asked for this thing, and
I was just too many things going on. And I think it's Hang on a
minute. Hang on a minute. This person rang you up. This person rang you up
and asked for your email address. No. They had my they had my that
was a hard they had my email address, and they knew things about certain
plans I'm on for different things. So they obviously knew things, and they said
they were part of that company. Anyway Anyway, off topic then. But that's It
was it was but but off topic, but not because I I
wasn't present in that conversation. I was too busy thinking about everything else.
Yeah. And I think it's exactly the same when you're dealing with, you
know, criticism or negativity things or stuff like that.
If if you're not fully present within and allow yourself to be able to step
away from an old perspective like you said, then it can consume you.
Yeah. And it's just like, you know, a really great bit of advice that I
was given, not sure by who, by a while back now that I live by
a lot is never speak on emotion. You know what I mean? And, I'm gonna
give Nicole Price a shout out here because it's one thing I definitely taught her,
I think, in my time leading that well-being team out of Cranbourne Eastern was never
to speak on emotion, and that's something that she's really taken on board. And then
when you see other people learn from that and go, you know what? That's
bloody right, isn't it? If you're in the moment and you're a little bit emotional
and things haven't gone your way, take that deep breath, take a step back.
There's no rush. Calm yourself, process
it, learn from it, and then, you know, speak on it or respond or
wherever it might be. Great way not to piss people off.
A great way not to not to really foot me up. Yeah. Foot me up
and not have a sip of your nose. And so, you know, listeners out there,
never speak on emotion. If you can, control yourself and and take a deep breath.
And, yeah, as you said, stay present, but that's something definitely you taught
me, is to just step back from time to
time and, you know, process everything
first, think about it from all angles, and then come back with a response.
And and that's great business aptitude and life aptitude. So Yeah. Yeah. I think
it I'm I'm still working at it. I I might have told you a little
bit. I still need to it's something that you always need to be
constantly doing. Like, what we said with happiness, fun, whatever you wanna
label it, all these things, unless you're actively thinking
about it and practicing and have been aware of it, it's very easy to
revert to old ways or let it consume you. Yep.
It's it's any any new skill you're developing.
Right? Any new skill you're developing needs repetition, needs constant
practice. You won't get it in a day, you won't get in a week, you
won't get in a month, but it's gotta be a life orientation and and put
effort into it, And eventually, it becomes second nature. It does. Right. Definitely.
So, yeah, back that first question, you know, baseline happiness, I think we've answered it
from what we believe in. It'd be interesting to hear what our
listeners sort of think about that. But I'm a I'm a firm believer that we
don't have a baseline happiness, and with effort and energy,
and focus on it, you can definitely improve where your mind's
at and your well-being. You know, you always say everyone is
accountable for it. So if you're in a bit of a rut, you're not
alone. If you're in a bit of a rut, we all get we all go
through it, but do something to get you out of it. Do something every day
to get you out of it. Don't get yourself out of it for one day
and think I'm feeling good today. I don't need to go back to those things
that people tell me to try. Keep them in the daily repertoire.
We're creatures of habit. We're creatures of habit, so keep those good habits up as
much as possible. And it's okay to fall off the bike for a week or
2 or fall off the bike for a day or 2, but just get back
on it and then get it back into your life. That's true. And I think,
there's a number of different ways mood enhances, but the 3 and I've done a
lot of research around this exercise, music,
and I think I've done a lot of research on it. And then sorry.
I wanted that laughter. Laughter. Well played, sir. Well played, sir.
So they're the 3 that straight away, if you are a little bit
alright, they can just allow you to really that mood shifter. Mhmm. And it's a
really good way. Like, it you need to start small. There's not massive things you
can do each day to if you're not in a great place, but it's constant
little habits that build to those big habits that allow you to change the way
you're feeling. And obviously laughter, movement, and,
I couldn't even remember of to laughter, movement, and, music.
Jeez, I'm really battling there today, aren't I? It's been it's been a long week,
hasn't it? It's been a long week. And my kids don't wanna sleep at the
moment, but that's okay. Good on you boys. It's lovely. It's It's good being up
at night. I need a bit more laughter at night. But, yeah, they're the 3
ways that you can do that. And that's why everyone is different though. So,
you'll know everyone knows something that makes them feel better. Because when you feel
better, you'll allow fun to occur, I'll feel. And music's gotta be up
there for everybody. Right? That's such a simple one. We throw tunes on
the car. Mhmm. Mood enhances. And and for for me
personally, every single day I was on my way to work, I would
throw my playlist on. Yeah. I went in the space of, what is it, 7
seconds, they reckon it enhances your mood and that's gotta be true because I felt
that. But you throw the music on, I'd be an idiot. I'd be the front
man to a rock band in my car. I'd be rocking out loud no tomorrow,
you know, tapping on my steering wheel and singing out loud, and it increases
your mood 1000%. And I used to get out of my car and walk
up that that ramp into work and and I'd be singing along. And, yeah, if
anyone out there, you know, tip number whatever it is for this session, just throw
some tunes on. Yeah. You know? Throw especially in the morning when you're on your
way to work, you gotta get yourself up and down anymore. Throw some tunes on.
Have a sing. Sets up the day so well. If you're in the
office, have background music on. If you whatever it is, you know, you're doing a
workout, throw your AirPods in, have some tunes on, but music is the key. Yep.
Yeah. I feel and it's so easily accessible now. You you don't have to have
a a cassette or a CD. Yeah. Like, everyone's got it on their device
wherever they are. There's not really any excuse. And it's probably the same as
laughter. Do you know what I mean? Like, you don't have to share a laugh
with someone else. But go on YouTube and there's so many silly videos or things
like that. The ones that gain as well have a good laugh. Yeah. But the
big one for me is I just everybody should move their body in
some form in the morning. And it doesn't matter what it is,
just even going for a 10 minute walk. Yep. Like but if you're not doing
that, then my my bet is that
if you added that in, you would feel better, you'd be more happy, and that
would equal fun. My bet is if you're not doing that, you feel sluggish
for the day. I mean, you feel sluggish for the day. I think
the physical activity thing makes you feel proud. I think when you're
putting that physical activity in daily and then maybe working on the mind a little
bit with some mindfulness or gratitude, whatever it might be, those simple things, it makes
you feel proud of yourself that you're doing in the little incremental steps to work
on yourself and be the best version of yourself. And that's when I reckon happiness
gets unlocked a little bit is when you feel proud of yourself.
And we've all felt the other way. Right? We've all had a couple of weeks
of it's the regime has dropped off, eaten like crap, haven't done the
exercise, party a little bit too hard, whatever it might be.
And you feel it and you're like, you know, I haven't done it for a
while. I've fallen off the wagon and you don't feel proud of yourself. And inadvertently,
you don't feel great. You don't treat others great. You're not walking the earth through
the spring, you step, etcetera, etcetera. So you're right. You can just
do 10 minutes Yeah. To the starting point. Yeah. Just walking. I'll
get so anyone well, I shouldn't say that. Not everyone can walk, but there
might be something that you can do. Mhmm. And, yeah, I'm a big believer
in that. Doesn't have does not mean you have to go and get a sweat
up and burn 5, 600 calories. Like, that's what some people do, and
that's fine, but it doesn't mean you need to do that. Yeah. But doing something
I feel is just as important. You don't drink coffee, but just as
important for people like myself that to have that first coffee of quite a
few. Yeah. That that that allows
me to have fun too because I feel alive. Yeah. But I enjoy it. But
I think yeah. I it's little things like you said to feel proud about yourself.
Mhmm. Because if you don't feel proud about yourself, then all the other things are
pretty hard to attain. Yes. Well done. Well done. Spot on.
Our topics for today, you know, and and we're gonna start with the classics. We're
gonna start the ones that are throwing out there the most that I think get
a bit of a bad rap. I do. I think in society they can get
a bit of a bad rap, and that's mindfulness and gratitude. And you're probably sitting
here going, why why did they get a bad rap, Paul?
And I just think people think mindfulness, you know, a bit fluffy,
meditation, those sorts of things. When do I have time to sit down and meditate
for 10, 15 minutes a day or does it really work?
But for me, mindfulness in my life isn't meditation. I don't
sit there and and, you know, hunt myself for 10, 15 minutes a day and
get zen. Mindfulness to me is just an outlook
on life. You know what I mean? I really try as much as I
bloody can to stop and smell the roses and just let
just capture all the little amazing things that are happening around me in on a
day to day basis. You know what I mean? It might be the laughter of
your kids, but actually stopping and going, I'm
present. I'm just gonna enjoy this for 30 seconds and process it as an
amazing part of my life. Get that little hit of oxytocin, then move
on. You know what I mean? I remember when I was walking around the school
yard, you'd see a group of kids playing table tennis together, and I'd stop and
just watch them for a minute and just be present and be mindful that that
is happening right now. And that's really cool that that group of people are connecting
with each other and having fun. Get the little hit from it and then move
on. My walk in the mornings, my dog, I'm such a dag, mate.
I I love the sunshine coming up and the sun coming through the leaves and
those things that literally stop and process it. Right. And I'm mindful
that just being alive is insane.
Like it is insane just being alive. Right? And it goes so quick.
So the more that you can be mindful about
enjoying the little snippets that life throws at you that is a beautiful part of
life, but it comes, it's got to be an effort, right? You've got to go
right. I'm going to try and improve my ability to be more
mindful and more present and capture those little snippets that life
throws at us. And you'll find in a day here's my challenge. Like, here's my
challenge to listeners. Start tomorrow. Right? Start
tomorrow and go, okay. Let's let's do a reflection at the end of the day
and see how many little snippets of gold
that I can capture in a day. And even write them down and chucking your
phone, think about it. And it doesn't matter how small they are or how daggy
they seem to you. When you reflect upon the other day, you're like,
wow. It was 15 times they ever stopped and smelt the roses.
For so many people, I think that would just pass them by. Yeah. Well, if
you're not intentional with it Yeah. And I think that's the thing people will
listen to this and go higher. That's sounds hard or it may come easy for
you. But once again, maybe just start small and try and get one
for one day. Get 2 the next day. But really important, be intentional
when at the end of the day, you reflect on that. It's so
important starting down a positive and essentially, that's what we're talking about, setting your day
up for success. If you're not intentional with it, then it normally doesn't happen. And,
also, if you do not make time to reflect on what you've done,
then you probably won't remember those beautiful things. Yeah. And that doesn't matter. Write
notes, take photos, what whatever it is. But, yeah, come back
to that because before your head hits the pillow, that's the perfect opportunity
to remind yourself about those mindfulness moments. And, essentially,
that's mixing mindfulness and gratitude together. You know, and it's such a simple
way of doing it, and you don't need to sit down and do a gratitude
journal. You don't need to do that. That's the beauty of devices,
as much as, I think they get a bad rep, which they do, and
I'm a big advocate to have a break from them, But they're also a great
way to remind yourself of how cool your life is and how
amazing it is. But you've gotta be aware of that. You've gotta set timer
time aside to do it. Otherwise, you will get too busy. You will forget about
it. Days will slip into weeks, weeks into months, years, and so forth. And before
you know it, you're not taking that time to slow down, stop, and remember.
Yeah. And that's where joy comes from. Yep. When you allow that joy to
occur because you're intentional with it. Yeah. And the starting point you said, you know
what I mean? Yeah. Early on, if you're if you're new to embark on
this sort of journey and and wanna have an actual mindset of of being mindful
and showing gratitude, Yeah. Write it down early on. Get to the end of the
day and maybe write some things in a journal or or your notes on your
phone, whatever it might be, but you don't have to do that forever. I think
it's what dawns people, you know, jumping the gratitude now. I think it dawns
people that I'm not a journaler. I can't sit down and write a journal every
night. I might not keep it for 2 weeks, 3 weeks, but then I get
bored and over it. You and I are exactly the same in that in that
sense. Right? Like, I'm not a journaler. Boring as I don't write things down at
all. But you may only have to do that for 2 weeks. As I said,
we're creatures of habit. And they basically say if you do something for 2 or
3 weeks, it becomes, you know, part of your habitual makeup
and, and you've got it then. And then you can leave the journaling or the
writing it down because you'll find yourself just thinking about it then, and that's
enough. You know what I mean? That's enough. Know, jumping on the
gratitude, same deal. I don't you know, we don't want people to
sit there and think, right, I've gotta write down 3 things that I'm grateful for
today. You can do that if you want. Yeah. But I think that's what people
think gratitude is. And it's not like, it's gotta be fun.
And that's our big thing that we talk about all the time. Something isn't fun,
you're not gonna do it. It'd be more of a chore, so then it's literally
taking away from the beauty of what you're trying to achieve. Yep. Exactly right.
And rather than asking yourself, okay, 3 things I'm grateful for today, you know, I'm
grateful for my family, I'm grateful for the roof over my head, which so many
people go to, you're gonna run out of things to be grateful for. You're gonna
do the same things over and over again. You know, 3 simple gratitude questions
that I started my journey with years years years ago. You know,
yeah. What's one thing that I'm grateful for that's in my life. And, and generally
speaking, you go to your family, your friends or opportunities you've got, but
then, you know, what's one thing that you're looking forward to?
And ask yourself that question. Stop and actually ask yourself, what's one thing I'm looking
forward to? And think about the future. Think about 3 months down the track or
the holiday coming up or the night out with your mates or 40 on the
weekend, whatever it might be. But just that's a really cool part as well. Gratitude
doesn't mean what I've, what I've got now. It's what's coming up. And then also
I'd love to ask myself, what's one way that I can impact on someone's
life in a better way today.
And people may not associate that with gratitude, but for me, it is me asking
myself that question every morning when I'm walking the dog is what's one way that
I can impact on someone's life today? It puts a smile on my face
instantly that I might have that opportunity to improve someone's day. It gives you
that orientation of life, and then you go out and do it.
And you don't sell it to the world. You don't announce it to the world.
You don't scream at the top of your lungs. But, you know, if you've ticked
it off, you've seen the smile on that person's face. And
it inadvertently makes you feel a bit better about yourself, but it definitely makes the
other person, you know, makes their day a little bit brighter. Then you got the
ripple effect. Yep. And it flows from there. Kindness is the
new cool as you text me this morning. I did text that this morning.
Kindness is the new cool. And, mate, your kindness is making me lunch today. It
was. You know what I mean? That's that simple thing. And and and you you
probably didn't get up this morning and say to yourself, right, what's my gratitude? I
need to do this. But you that's your orientation of life now. Right? And without
yeah. You messaged this morning, so, mate, don't bring lunch. I've made us a beautiful
lunch and made you feel good because I'm a made it to this. A beautiful
lunch. Don't tell us that it was delicious. Alright? It was delicious. I didn't get
up and bake that pie. I tell you what, it was very nice. It was
delicious. And just, yeah, and I wrote back saying, mate, super thoughtful.
You know? Thank you for the kindness, and it's a ripple effect. Yeah. It is.
And I think that's the beautiful thing with kindness and all these different labels or
whatever, but when you just do something for someone else just because,
that's gratitude. Because it makes you lucky feel lucky that you can do that. Yeah.
And then not most of the time, I do it selfish because I actually
makes me feel better Mhmm. Than probably what the person is that gets it.
Yeah. And it's I know it's a nice thing to do, but I did. It's
a really nice thing to be a part of. Yep. And imagine if everyone had
that mindset, like, my welcome video is it for the
director of the school school play. You know, I finished off that video with, you
know, make it your mission to make someone else's day better. And I loved I
I'll be honest. I was I had no idea the power of these podcasts and
videos and and how many messages I was gonna receive in the aftermath of those
videos. Thank you to everyone. They were bloody amazing. But it was the
best part was people writing to me and saying,
hey, I did this or, hey, I did this lack of kindness and, hey, this
is marked of kindness. And, you know, would you have
done it without my prompt most likely, but the fact that you processed
it as an act of kindness and you were proud enough to share it with
me and it's impacted on your life, you've then impacted on someone
else's life, that person will hopefully then go in an act of kindness as well.
Imagine if the whole world's doing that. And it takes 10 seconds, 15 seconds, a
minute of your time, whatever it is. Cheap is we'd be in a good
place. We would be. We would be. And I think that's probably, you know, around
fun. Like, pick one of the things I've spoken about today and and just
start small with that. Yeah. Don't go out and try and do all of
it. We know I'll be honest, I don't do it all every day, but
I am intentional with doing things each week. And
I think now I I don't even really think of it like it's a I
need to do it. I it just comes naturally because I've done it for a
while, and I made it part of my routine, and I know it makes me
a good person. Yeah. So it's just sort of what you do. Yep. We give
you give to yourself, then you can give yourself to others. Correct. That's right. You
can go give it to the person you see in the mirror before you can
give to anyone else. And, yeah. So if you are listening to
this, hopefully, you are. Great podcast. Episode 334.
Then, you know, find something that you can do for yourself, and then
that will allow you to have more fun. Yeah. And and from today, look look
at our two points today is mindfulness and gratitude. Just to wrap up,
make it yeah. The challenge that I said earlier, start tomorrow. See if you can
actually stop and smell those roses at least once tomorrow and
be mindful of it and actually capture it in your mind and process it that,
hey, I'm doing something here for myself, and that's an awesome thing in my life
that I've just witnessed. I'm gonna enjoy it, and then keep moving on. And then
see how many you can capture in the day. Don't go crazy with it, but
see if you can get get with 1 or 2 tomorrow. You know what I
mean? And just reflect at the end of the day and, yeah, work on, you
know, work on your gratitude and just being really appreciative that that we're here. If
you're listening to this, you're walking the earth and that's insane in itself.
And, yeah, ask yourself a few questions. How can I what have I got to
look forward to? How can I impact on someone's day better? And what's going on
in my life? And, yeah, it it'll put a spring in your step. Oh, that's
a great way to finish there, mate. I really like that. And as always,
listeners, if you think somebody is out there that could
benefit from something like this, you know, and I'm sure there are people out there,
like, some people are doing it tough. It's the world isn't always easy
place. And that doesn't mean telling people what to
do. We're not telling anyone, but sometimes I feel the best thing you do is
just send someone a link or recommend something. And, you know, if you resonate with
something in this podcast today, then, you know, it might be something that you forward
on, you know, to a friend that might be struggling a little bit because
you never know what bits of what bits people needed to
hear or what they need to take away or what will resonate with them. They
might have heard the same message 5 times already, and the 6 one might be
that one. You know what? No. I'm gonna give that a go. It might be
what I need. So, yeah, obviously, take action for yourself in your own
life, but also think about the people that are in your life that may
benefit from something that we've spoken about today. Yeah. And reach out reach out to
one person. Make that your mission. There you go. Brilliant. Listeners,
the sun is shining. We're recording this on Friday, but I'm pretty sure the weather
report for Monday is beautifulness. The weather the weather over the weekend is gonna be
glorious. Yes. So, enjoy it. Enjoy everything life
has started. Enjoy the sunshine, connect with people, and do some new
sales and look out for each other.