The Daily Wake Up Micro Podcast

So Many Changes

It was January 2020 and we had heard reports of a virus coming out of China. Since there were no reports of the newly named “coronavirus,” outside of Wuhan, China, the world continued as it always did.
On January 19, 2020, a 35-year-old man visited an urgent care clinic in Snohomish, Washington. He had a four-day cough and subjective fever. He had heard reports of Wuhan, China. Since he had just returned from visiting his family there, he wanted to get checked out. He was in the hospital for the rest of the month.
How has your life changed? Last week, we received word our department would be dissolved due to the Coronavirus. For the first time in seven years, I would have to rewrite my resume.
There will be some of you who will develop a “give-up” mindset; further impacting your health, making you even more susceptible to catching what is causing the “give-up” mindset.
You must reject the “give-up” mindset and focus on only things you can control. This is how the rich live. This is how successful people live.
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Becoming Grateful

The key to a happy life is putting gratitude at the center of everything you do, writes Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton in their book, Leading with Gratitude.
This is a great book to read, especially in a time like this as we are all dealing with the effects of COVID-19. Towards the end of the book they provide a 'baker's dozen' list of how to develop a grateful life.
1. Give your undivided attention to family members
2. Have three things for dinner
a. Favorite moment of the day
b. Grateful for who’s not at the table
c. Grateful for who’s at the table
3. Be excited to see them
4. Give Immediate positive feedback to family members
5. Give them a break
6. Be grateful for your partner
7. Practice random gratitude
8. Be grateful for obstacles
9. Teach your kids to give
10. Serve together
11. Smell the roses
12. Thank the Cranks
13. Write letters of appreciation
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The Family Road Trip

We were supposed to be in Scottsdale this week for Spring Break. Because of the Coronavirus, our reservations were canceled. Since we had already planned for a road trip to Scottsdale, we decided to all get in the van and take a drive to a gas station we were familiar with about an hour and a half each way.
As we drove to our destination, we passed a very large gas station without thinking about stopping. About 15 miles later we saw a sign to the next town 74 miles; my wife, Lindsay, looked at the miles remaining in our gas tank and it read 72 miles. “We should have stopped for gas,” she said.
My response was, “we’ll be fine. The gas station we’re going to is closer than the town.”
Mile after mile, we kept driving, and rumor has it, you could hear me say several times, “it’s just around the bend.” It wasn’t.
When we had 25 miles to empty, I asked Lindsay if she was starting to get worried. She said, “starting to get worried? I was worried twenty miles ago.”
The kids started asking if we were going to run out of gas in the middle of nowhere. I told them faith and fear share one common trait; they both occur in the future, so I asked them, do they choose faith or fear? Faith, that we would arrive to the gas station before we ran out of gas or fear that we would run out of gas before getting there.
“Faith!” Taya said confidently.
We kept driving, “10 miles to empty!” I shouted to the family. A few miles later, “We are 2 miles to empty.” I’m not going to lie, I started to get nervous, where was the gas station I remember stopping at when we drove here from Seattle, Washington.
“We’re not going to make it!” Taya said franticly, “what are we going to do? Are we going to have to walk? It’s dangerous.”
“Do you choose faith or fear Taya?” I asked her.
“I choose not walking on the side of the road.”
I looked at Lindsay, ready to ask her the question, and knew enough by the look on her face to not ask her if she choose faith or fear.
“I choose faith!” I said as I puffed out my chest.
The miles left indicator on our dash went to zero...
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Lead Us and We Will Follow

As a leader during the midst of a global crisis, are you leading with the same level of transparency as President Trump?
I’m not a Trump “supporter,” and I’m not a Trump “hater.” There are things about him I appreciation (fighting for religious freedoms) and there are things I don’t appreciate (how he speaks to those who have crossed him).
What I can say very clearly especially after reading 18 books on leadership last year, is the transparency he has displayed with his daily briefings during this crisis.
If you are in a leadership position with your company, church, side-hustle, or volunteer organization, are you providing daily updates to your team. If not to update them, to be with them?
The example the Trump administration is displaying is one I don’t think we would have seen with any other administration. Follow their lead as you lead those in your organization by being visible, approachable.
For such a time as this, we need leaders to lead.
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What is Social Comparison Theory

Originally developed in 1954 by psychologist, Leon Festinger, those who compare themselves to others experience harmful feelings like remorse, dissatisfaction and destructive behaviors lying, and poor eating habits.
How does social media play into Social Comparison Theory?
In an interview by DarlingMagazine.org, Dr. Jennifer Lewallen, now Communication Instructor with Fresno City College, shared about her research on the impact social media images have on women – not just negatively.
Dr. Lewallen points out the two types of social comparison, upward or downward.
Upward social comparison occurs when we compare ourselves to someone, we perceive to be better off than we are.
Downward social comparison happens when we perceive ourselves to be better than someone else.
The reason I’m such an evangelist for self-mastery, is because I want each and every one of you to understand your potential. There is no ceiling to what you can do with the gifting, and talents you were born with and the skills you have or can master.
Self-mastery helps overcome imposter syndrome, keeping up with the Joneses, and social comparison.
You are uniquely you. And you cannot be compared to anyone.
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Stop Saying These Words

ButDefinition: introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned. Alternative words to but: however or change the structure of how you write and speak.
Can’t Definition: : opposite of can, not able to. Alternative words to can’t: won’t or don’t know how
HateDefinition: feel intense or passionate dislike for someone. Alternative words to hate: dislike.
Failure
Definition: proving unsuccessful (in one’s life), lack of success Alternative words to failure: feedback, results, fail
Mistake
Definition: a misguided action or judgment, often times accidental. Alternative words to mistake – wrong, decision, miscalculation
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Purpose and Result

Why is it you do some of the things you do?
Having a clear purpose of the reason you are doing something will greatly increase your opportunities in life...unless your clear purpose is contingent on other people.
When I coach new content creators who want to grow their business by delivering high quality content, I have to remind them the "purpose" of generating content shouldn't benefit you - it should benefit others.
"Well how am I going to grow my business?" They often ask. You'll grow your business as a "result" of your purpose-filled content.
Our purpose should always be to bring value to others. If we do that, the result may very well be, value back to us in the form of revenue.
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Finish with Why

There are three important sequential steps to achieving self-mastery.
Know WHO you are
Know WHAT you do
Know WHY you do it
Assuming you know WHO you are and WHAT you do, WHY do you do it?
Þ Is it because of obligation?
Þ Is it because of your passionate about doing it?
Þ Is it because it’s easy to do?
Þ Is it because you love doing it?
Þ Is it because you crave recognition?
Þ Is it because of your desire to leave a legacy?
Þ Is it because it benefit others?
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What’s Your Side Hustle

Is the intent of what you do on the side to make money? If so, you’ve got a side-hustle. If your intent of what you do on the side isn’t to make money, then it’s a hobby, which isn’t a bad thing.
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What’s Your Crutch?

A crutch is something we rely on heavily or excessively. In the midst of the COVID 19 coronavirus, what’s your crutch?
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