6/13/23: Guard your mind & share kind stories!

Another week, another chance for improvement!

Helpful Stuff

It is incredibly important to guard your mentality and attitude throughout the day and one of the best ways I’ve found to do this is to listen to pre-recorded audio messages I’ve spoken to myself.

Yes, really!

And no, I’m not crazy, lol.

I record messages customized to my specific goals for myself as a father, husband, and teacherpreneur.

I also include things I want to keep at the forefront of my mind:
being grateful, being more patient with the people I love in my life, being more present when I am with people I care about, etc.

Inspiration for my messages comes from anywhere: YouTube videos, podcasts, conversations with great people —anywhere!

I use this wonderful app called “Philips Recorder” (which is available for both iOS and Android) to record these messages to myself.

Then I listen to them *FIRST THING* in the morning while I’m getting ready for the day.

I also truly believe that listening to these messages in your own voice really helps your subconscious mind absorb the messages, since I think our inner voice sounds exactly like our real voice!

Try it out and let us know how it goes! Don’t forget to tag us in your posts on Instagram as @shining_scholar_education and Facebook as Shining Scholar Education!
  
Because through helping others, we all win!

Recommendations

The “My Unsung Hero” podcast is a recent addition to my top 10 favorite podcasts!

In short episodes ranging from around 4-6 minutes, you hear real-life stories from real-life people that have been affected profoundly & positively by others in so many ways.

One episode that sticks out in my mind is Bill Price’s story, in which he was a young man of 15 years, in the summer of 1972.

It was a reunion for the summer program for academically gifted students, which he had attended.

When all his friends had left, Bill was left alone and felt abandoned while other groups were socializing around him.

All it took was one girl (named Wendy Westman, he still remembers her name after all these years) and her kind act of inviting him to join her group to change his life forever.

Bill says in his own words that this event inspired his positive trajectory in life.

Through her kind actions, Bill came to the realization that we all have the power to be kind to someone.

He is now a psychiatrist and states that part of his work is being kind to others.

Perhaps the coolest part of this episode is that it ends with a call for Wendy Westman to reach out to the podcast to reconnect with Bill Price once again, since he has searched for her since that wonderful event but has not been able to find her.

He wants to share with Wendy how her kind actions still positively affect him to this day.

Now that’s a GREAT story!


A Little Inspiration

Remember:

You are more powerful than you think you are.

You are more capable of change than you currently realize you are.

Remember these things as you set out to change the world and work towards your dreams every day.


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Keep changing the world,


Charlie with Shining Scholar Education
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