I recently spoke to a coach and explained to him the difference between standards and expectations. Standards are what are in our control. Standards are what we can choose to do today. Expectations are us moving ourselves into the future and trying to control outcomes, which are not in our control. This is extremely hard in today’s world because we are constantly bombarded with information that pulls us into future tripping on what could or could not happen. What can you do today? That is the question.

How are you guys today? What can I or someone in the community here help you with? Here are my focuses for today. 1. Stay present. 2. Wade through what is really important for me. 3. What I can control and what I cannot. Seeing each situation through the lens of, can I change it, can I leave it, can I accept it and then making decisions based on one of these three options.

We will start the first chapter of the book next week, Sunday April 26th. This will give everyone who is getting in time to get the book ordered and start reading it. I am looking forward to this for everyone. If we have people sign up after the 26th, then we will start a different group for them.

No one is really addressing how we have reached the point we are at in society. Depression rates are high, anxiety rates are high, and suicide rates are increasing. Maybe the modern world with all it's comforts and conveniences have eroded our ability to find good in the struggle? As the world gets more and more technologically advanced, there is a corresponding rise in mental and emotional disorders and distress. This is why it is a slow fade. Over the decades we get more and more tools in which to make our life easy, but this also makes our internal world harder to navigate. There seems to be a point where comfort and ease no longer serve us but actually becomes a hinderance to us. When we choose the path of the masses we will inevitably reap the same. We have to be intentional about walking a different path. One less traveled, a path that is more ancient than it is modern. If we want to keep our sanity, this is the way.

We are going to start reading "The obstacle is the way" by Ryan Holiday. We will read a chapter a week and then on Sunday night we will meet live here on Skool to discuss our take away from the chapter. Click the link to sign up: https://form.jotform.com/261023852683053 Here is the Amazon link for the purchase of the book: https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph/dp/1591846358