growth
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Courage To Begin: Why Fortune Favors The Brave In Your Daily Life
By Dylan J. England | Health, Fitness & Development Coach _____________________________________________________________________________ 6 Minute Read We all stand at a crossroads every day: the path of comfort or the path of growth. The secret to an optimal life isn’t avoiding fear, but recognizing that fortune favors the brave in the small, daily choices we make for…
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Fire Within You
By Dylan J. England | Health, Fitness & Leadership Coach This week, I want to share a personal story — not for applause, but to light a fire within you. A few years ago, I took on the Crusher EX, a brutal 130-mile “gravel” (mountain biking) adventure through Michigan’s…
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The 4 Pillars of Health: Simple Habits for a Lifetime of Growth
By Dylan J. England | Health, Fitness & Leadership Coach Let’s keep it real—your health doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of small, consistent choices. Think of it like steering a ship: If you don’t set a clear course, you’ll drift. That’s why I focus on the 4 Pillars of Health—a…
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Your Health Adapted To Change: Your Future Depends On It
“The more comfortable you get, the closer you get to losing what you’ve got.” Too often in a lifespan we begin to take life for granted. We take our health for granted. We take our family members, friends, or even spouse for granted. As we grow and hopefully learn through our experiences or the experiences…
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Reigniting Growth
“Most growth happens as a result of many small steps. The key is to keep taking them.” Resolutions and goals often start with grand ambitions, but the road to success is paved with more than just excitement. The real challenge lies in turning those dreams into reality through consistent action and a clear plan. Setting…
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Risk Taker
“Describe a risk you took that you do not regret.” I took a risk when I decided to go to college five times between high school and me writing this. I learned with each and every experience, things I did and did not like. Without those experience I would not have found my place in…
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Caffeine: Coffee-Tea-Energy
Caffeine is a natural stimulant found in many foods and beverages, including coffee, tea, chocolate, and energy drinks. Caffeine is a popular ingredient in many pre-workout supplements because it can help improve energy levels, focus, and performance during exercise. Pre-College days I used to be anti-coffee, ironically I would consume alternative caffein sources full of…
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Growth is optional, change is inevitable
“I change myself, I change the world.”- Gloria Anzuldua Realizing this allows me to continue to vision change in a more optimistic way. Where the past is learned experiences and the future hold new opportunity. Although not all change is ideal, its the metaphor of the book: “who moved my cheese.” Where there are options…
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But.. What If You Fly?
My younger self confidence was terrible. So much so, it prevented me from really trying to accomplish anything that would take more than a day to complete. This being said, I did not at all understand the concepts of “the compound effect”. I believed too much into nature and nurture from a passive perspective (…
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The Morning Ambition- Watermoo
Good morning and good day, As we continue to explore the experiences of life, it is inevitable that we will hit challenges along the way. This can derail us from our plan, from our routine, from our vision of how we anticipated our day(s) to go. If this happens, know that you’re not alone. Welcome…
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Weekly Check In-Extreme Ownership
At work recently, someone pulled the fire alarm in the large medical building I was working in. Thus, we had to navigate all patients down three flights of stairs, out to a parking lot where it was raining. We waited for the fire department to arrive, then for them to clear the building before going…
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Do it because it’s hard
Recently a friend of mine decided he was going to do a challenge that is growing in popularity. I have not read the official book (75 HARD) but I get the gist. I love the challenge set by Andy Frisella and I completely get why it can help some. The catch phrase for this challenge…
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Live, learn, grow
Welcome back Thus far we are a month into the 2022 year and already, a lot has changed. Signing up with a second “mastermind” group, where discussions of challenges and growth are discussed. The two groups have a significantly different focus thus far. Although I feel I am sprinting with growth, progress, and attempt in…
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Do Anything Not Everything
Life can be challenging. Theres so much to do with seemingly so little time. This is why it is so important to get real with yourself. Commonly, the first thing some people do upon waking up is reaching for their phone. Setting their brain to work on autopilot doing a mindless tasks, exposing yourself to…
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Reset 2022-Growth
“Most growth happens as a result of many small steps. The key is to keep taking them.” It is common to hear people set new year resolution goals without clarity. The challenge and “failure” comes from the inability to have consistent commitment and clarity in how goals will be accomplished. Setting an ambitious goal is…
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Weekly Upgrade- Mask and Essentialism
Welcome, I continue to think and work on developing content that provides thoughts, experiences, and incites. Hopefully along the way I am helping some readers out there in any way possible. My mission is to make a difference the lives of others. The content I share consists of information related to the books I read,…
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Weekly Upgrade- Gap and Gain
Each week I make the conscious effort to improve myself through reading books and articles, listening to podcasts and audio books. I also have the opportunity to have good conversations with not much under 100 people weekly. I have the unique opportunity to learn and teach what I learn every day. Which fits into my…
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Weekly Upgrade -Comfort Zone/Make A Difference
Each week I make the conscious effort to improve myself through reading books and articles, listening to podcasts and audio books. I also have the opportunity to have good conversations with not much under 100 people weekly. I have the unique opportunity to learn and teach what I learn every day. Which fits into my…
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Routine and Habits
Waking up early has changed my life, almost like a hack to life. It sounds crazy but waking up early to accomplish goals and tasks appears to be a catalytic factor for success. It’s no surprise individuals such as Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Howard Schultz, Eric Thomas, and many more who have shown forms of…
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Weekly Upgrade: Nutrition Fix
Welcome everyone! As you may have picked up on now, I have gotten into making a lot of changes between the year 2020 and 2021. One of those is personal growth and sharing that growth with others. Sharing ideas, concepts, and interesting information that I continue to learn. A book I began to read: How…
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Weekly Upgrade #18- Grit
Book I have completed this week: Grit by Angela Duckworth This book is one I’d recommend anyone to read. Just as foundational as The Compound Effect, Grit actually talks about the research in consistent action and learning to push through barriers. To reflect on a quote by Eric Thomas referencing Grit: ” you don’t have…
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Weekly Upgrade #17- The Interview
Reading, Writing, Learning, Teaching, Coaching, Living. These are all parts of a daily, weekly, monthly, annual process for growth. It is amazing how much information changes situations. I have dedicated my habitual life to learning many new things and developing into a version of my ideal self. If interested in learning with me, continue to…
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Weekly Upgrade #16
Book(s) I’m Reading: Tribe of Mentors by Time Ferris( In the morning) and Grit by Angela Duckworth (in the evening) The Tribe of Mentors is a good book for anyone starting out and looking to find some personal answers out of their own life expectations. It is more of a daily read opposed to a…
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Weekly Upgrade #15 -Know Yourself, Challenge Yourself
Reading, Writing, Learning, Teaching, Coaching, Living. These are all parts of a daily, weekly, monthly, annual process for growth. It is amazing how much information changes situations. I have dedicated my habitual life to learning many new things and developing into a version of my ideal self. If interested in learning with me, continue to…
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Weekly Upgrade #14
Reading, Writing, Learning, Teaching, Coaching, Living. These are all parts of a daily, weekly, monthly, annual process for growth. It is amazing how much information changes situations. I have dedicated my habitual life to learning many new things and developing into a version of my ideal self. If interested in learning with me, continue to…
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Weekly Upgrade #10
Reading, Writing, Learning, Teaching, Coaching, Living. These are all parts of a daily, weekly, monthly, annual process for growth. It is amazing how much information changes situations. I have dedicated my habitual life to learning many new things and developing into a version of my ideal self. If interested in learning with me, continue to…
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Weekly Upgrade #9
Reading, Writing, Learning, Teaching, Coaching, Living. These are all parts of a daily, weekly, monthly, annual process for growth. It is amazing how much information changes situations. I have dedicated my habitual life to learning many new things and developing into a version of my ideal self. If interested in learning with me, continue to…