Feeling a little dull lately? Like your drive and motivation are about as sharp as a butter knife? Well, we've all been there. But fear not, because today's episode tackles Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw from Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This habit isn't about buying a fancy new toolbox. It's about self-renewal, the essential…

Ever feel like a team can accomplish so much more than any one individual? That's the essence of synergy! Habit 6 goes beyond simply working together. It's about harnessing the power of diverse perspectives and creating something truly extraordinary. In this episode, we'll explore the three key ingredients that unlock synergy: valuing differences, …

Ever feel like you and someone else are speaking different languages? Conversations go in circles, and frustrations boil over. Well, today we're tackling the root cause of many communication breakdowns: the forgotten art of truly listening! Stephen Covey's Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, from his book "The 7 Habits of High…

Let's face it, life isn't always sunshine and rainbows. Conflicts and disagreements are inevitable. But what if there was a way to approach these situations with a win-win mentality, where everyone comes out feeling good? That's exactly what Habit 4 is all about! We'll be exploring the concept of moving beyond the "win-lose" paradigm and embracing …

We're going into Habit 3: Put First Things First from Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." This episode is about conquering your schedule and taking control of your time. Say goodbye to feeling overwhelmed and hello to a more productive and fulfilling life! We'll be exploring the revolutionary Time Management Matrix, a tool th…

In our last episode on our series about Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", we talked about the first Habit: Be Proactive. We learned how to take charge of our lives and focus on our Circle of Influence. But what good is taking charge if you don't have a clear destination in mind? Today, we're touching on Habit 2: Begin With …

Are you ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth? Because today we start a series where we'll be exploring "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." by Stephen Covey. This book has transformed many lives, offering a powerful framework for personal development and professional effectiveness. Over the next few episodes, we'll be dis…

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A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Friday 3/31/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "The healthiest response to life is joy." — Deepak Chopra” 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Never Knew Love Like This Before by Stephanie Mills from her 1980 album Sweet Sensation. 👾💸Crypto Check: Here are some KEY TAKEAWAYS about Uniswap. Uniswap is a decentra…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Thursday 3/30/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: ""Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."— Lao-Tze 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: the In…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Wednesday 3/29/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: ""Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." — Helen Keller 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: meet me in brooklyn by Yaya Bey from the 2022 album Remember Your North Star. 👾💸Crypto Check: Before we dive into what exactly a hardware…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Tuesday 3/28/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated." -Confucius 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Rider by Mereba from her 2021 EP AZEB 👾💸Crypto Check: We are going to learn about What a Hardware Wallet is. There are two main types of crypto wallet…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Monday 3/27/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." — Albert Einstein 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Too Much by Kehlani from her 2017 album SWEETSEXYSAVAGE 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bi…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Friday 3/24/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Live for each second without hesitation." — Elton John 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Flooded by the Migos from their 2018 album Culture II 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28.165.21 Ethereum $1,773.27 Tethe…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Thursday 3/23/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this." — Celine Dion 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Sweet Harmony by Liquid released in 1991 👾💸Crypto Check: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Wednesday 3/22/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak." ― George Clooney 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Us” by Rick Ross ft Drake and Lil Reese from Ross’s 2012 tape “The Black Bar Mitzvah. 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according t…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Tuesday 3/21/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "I like criticism. It makes you strong." — LeBron James 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: "Triggered” by Jhene Aiko from her 2020 album Chilombo 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $28,344.51 Ethereum $1,822.67 Tet…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For Monday 3/20/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise." — Kobe Bryant 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Back In The Day by Erykah Badu from her 2003 album Worldwide Underground 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap accor…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/17/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/16/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." —Dolly Parton 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Feel Good by Sambi from her 2022 album Shut Up 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $24,988.99 Eth…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/15/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Turn your wounds into wisdom." — Oprah Winfrey 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Raketka’s Boiler Room set uploaded to youtube on March 10th 2023 👾💸Crypto Check: Top 10 Crypto Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: Bitcoin $24,702.32 Ethereum $1,690.44 Tether $0…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 3/14/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”– Soren Kierkegaard 🎼🎵Jam of the Day Double Play: Telegraph Ave (“Oakland” by Lloyd) by Childish Gambino from the 2013 album Because the Internet and Zealots by the Fugees from the cl…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/22/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” - Amelia Earhart 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Get Ready by The Temptations from their 1966 album Gettin’ Ready 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingec…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/21/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Don’t Make It Harder On Me by Chloe x Halle from the 2020 Ungodly Hour 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/20/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: Did you know The Kalahari Kung people of Africa have been using Breathwork as a healing modality since ancient times. By integrating both rapid and shallow Breathwork techniques with dance movements, they are able to attain Kia, which is a powerful emot…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/17/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “An unexamined life is not worth living.” - Socrates 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: G-Bop by Grace Kelly from her 2005 album Dreaming 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coingecko: 1.Bitcoin - (down) $23,666.97 2.Ethereum - (down) $1,65…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/16/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” - George Addair 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Let Me Get You On Your Toes by Jamie Foxx from the 2010 album Best Night Of My Life. 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coinge…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/15/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” - Arthur Schopenhauer 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer from her 1979 album Bad Girls 👾💸Crypto Check: Top Crypto Coin Prices by Market Cap according to Coi…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/14/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Dream big and dare to fail.” -Norman Vaughan 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Girls Like You” by Miguel from the 2010 album All I Want Is You. 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $21,810 / Ethereum - (up) $1,508 / XRP (Ripple) - (up) $0.37 (all in USD amounts) 📝📮Tip to T…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/13/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” - Beverly Sills 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Where My Girls At by 702 from their 1999 self titled album 702 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $21,738 / Ethereum - (down) $1,504 / XRP (Rippl…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/10/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how i react to it.” - Charles Swindoll 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Seen It All by Jeezy ft. JAY-Z from the 2014 album Seen It All: The Autobiography 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $21,757 / Ethereum - (down) $1,537 / X…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/9/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: We by Justine Skye from here 2023 album Dark Side 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $22,707 / Ethereum - (down) $1,636 / XRP (Ripple) - (down) $0.39 (all in U…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/8/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” - Henry Ford. 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Parking Lot by Anderson .Paak from the 2016 album Malibu 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,161 / Ethereu…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/7/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” - Les Brown 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Give You Up” by Dido from her 2019 album Still on My Mind 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - no information for this date by do some research on the SOLANA …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/6/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” - Rosa Parks 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Too Much by Freddie Gibbs ft Moneybag Yo from the 2022 album $oul $old $eparately 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $22,838 / Ethereum - …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/3/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t as what seat! Just get on.”’ Sheryl Sandberg 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “How You Want That” by Loon ft Kelis from the 2003 self titled album Loon 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $23,440 / Ethereum - (down) $1,643…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/2/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse”. - Florence Nightingale 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Talk About Our Love (ft. Kanye West) from her 2004 album Afrodisiac 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,771 / Ethereum - (up) $1,664 / XRP (Ripple)…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 2/1/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” - Vincent Van Gogh 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Slide” by Vince Staples from the 2022 album RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,087 / Ethereum - (up) $1,582 / XRP (Ripple) - (same) $0.40 (a…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/31/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” - Mark Twain. 🎼🎵Ja…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/30/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood”. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: Stay Schemin by Rick Ross ft Drake and French Montana from the 2012 project Rich Forever. 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,738 / Ethereum - …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/27/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” - Dr. Seuss 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “3:16AM” by Jhené Aiko from her 2013 album Sail Out 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $22,942 / Ethereum - (down) …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/26/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” - D.H. Lawrence 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Mula” by Big Sean ft French Montana from the 2012 project Detroit 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,029 / Ethereum - (up) $1,610 / XRP (Ripple) - (same) $0.41 (all in USD a…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/25/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life” - John Wooden 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle from their 1974 album Nightbirds 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (down) $22,733 / Ethereum - (down) $1,555 / XRP (Ripple) - (down) $0.41 (a…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/24/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Keys Open Doors” by Clipse from the 2006 album Hell Hath No Fury 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $23,080 / Ethereum - (up) $1,639 / XRP (Ripple…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/23/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "The secret to success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” - John D. Rockerfeller 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Yo No Se” by Dani Leigh ft Bill$ from the 2018 album The Plan 👾💸Crypto Check: Bitcoin - (up) $22,773.26 / Ethereum - (up) $1,637 / XRP (Ripple) …

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/20/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "First, have a definite, clear practical ideal, a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” - Aristotle 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Ego” by Lucky Da…

A Quick Info Session to Brighten Your Day For 1/19/23 💭🤔Personal Development Thought of the Day: "Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” - Steve Jobs 🎼🎵Jam of the Day: “Don’t Touch My Hair” by Solange ft Sampha from the 2016 album …