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I learned a long time ago not to do this at the airport.

Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every week day! This is message #137 and I am Aaron Havens.

I’ve taken quiet a few trips from Denver International Airport. I know if I park on the west side and enter a certain “hidden” entrance that I can get really close to the elevator that is near the checkin I need. I’ve got a pretty good system. Parking for me at DIA is pretty easy… now. It wasn’t always this way. In fact, a time or two I landed and had to spend a good amount of time looking for my car! Have you ever done that? Parked your car and then returned to the airport a few days later and had no idea where it was parked. At 5am in the morning, the day you’re departing, you think… ‘oh, I’ll remember where I parked’. ‘That’s easy’. The problem is, after departure numbers and times and gates and airbnb codes and check in procedures and check out procedure and reservations and work and play and wifi passwords and whatever else you can possible pack in… the memory of what level, what color, what animal, what spot… quickly fades.

In fact. Now, still, no matter what… as soon as I park my car, I take a picture of the East Side Red Bear C2 sign in front of my car. Last trip I took with my family I asked them all to remember the sign, and then two days into the trip I asked them what color it was. Haha. Half got it right. I couldn’t even remember. Yep, I’ve learned to ALWAYS take a picture of that sign. What seems so easy and FOR SURE, something I will remember… can easily be forgotten.

Where do you need to drop little bread crumbs in your life to help you remember? It’s ok to snap a picture. It’s ok to set reminders. Use your brain power for something more important and pressing. The biggest lie I tell myself is that I don’t need to write that down. I’ll remember that. How about you?

Do you have patterns set up to support your success? Do you put your keys and wallet in the same place every time? OR are you constantly spending precious calories “looking” and “searching”? Would a picture help you remember? When will your disorganization get the best of you? Is winging it and being scattered working well for you? Sounds harsh… I know. That’s why I’m the Growth Instigator! Haha

Thanks for calling in today. Tune in tomorrow for a fresh new topic. At the sound of the beep… what systems do you have in place to help you remember and save precious time/calories for more important things in life?

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What do you think is going to happen tomorrow?

Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every week day! This is message #136 and I am Aaron Havens.

If you’re following these Growth Instigator calls as they come out… today is a Monday. Today is also Labor Day. A lot of people have today off and will spend their day sleeping in, or cleaning or drinking or doing some fun hobby. What about you? And if the indulgence of a day off is too much… Tuesday will be a bit rough. If someone goes too hard today… tomorrow it might feel like they need a day off!

What do you do in your down time? In the time where life throws a little extra time to do what ever you want… what would that be? Will today set you up for a better tomorrow, or will you show up tomorrow feeling tired and unprepared because of today? Will tomorrow be a catapult into progress or a drag and catch up? Will you spend time today planning your growth for tomorrow?

When I’m at my best I spend time to think and reflect daily. Consider how I’ve lived, how I am living and how I want to live. This is deep work. No-one in your life can do the deep work that only you can do to show up as a better version of yourself. My friends are we planning the same rinse and repeat or are we planning our growth?

Franklin D Roosevelt once said “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today”

If today finds you wobbly… will you put in the deep work to chase those thoughts or habits down so that tomorrow is a full realization of our one and only life? What are some things you know are toxic, or bad, or not the best, or even just neutral that you can put down and stop doing… stop spending time doing… or simply stop thinking that can produce better results”

My cell phone is within arms reach all day long. I use it for music, maps, emails, searches and on and on. Have you ever forgotten to plug your phone in at night? Yeah, that makes for a low battery and frustrating next day!

What are some things you can overcome and plan today that results in growth and a fully charged version of you tomorrow?

Thanks for calling in today. Tune in tomorrow for a fresh new topic. At the sound of the beep… What will you do today to show up on fire tomorrow?

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Train don’t blame!

Thank you for calling GIH where we instigate growth one call at a time where we utilize antiquated technology to deliver 3-minute leadership lessons every week day! This is message #135 and I am Aaron Havens.

I was scrolling online and came across a dog training company in PA named something like Train them don’t blame them. What a cool name. As YES!

When it comes to animals… isn’t that the case. I think we have all come across “good” dogs and “bad” dogs. It often is a direct reflection of the training the dog has received. Train them don’t blame them!

This is true for animals.
This is true for employees. (Ouch. That stings if you lead teams huh!)
This is true for teams.
This is true for kids.
AND
This is true for our minds.

Where do you create excuses for yourself? Where do you blame “forgetting” when the truth is you didn’t set up reminders or “I ran out of time” meaning you didn’t prioritize it enough or… really we could come up with dozens of examples where we BLAME when we haven’t TRAINED. When a dog knows how to sit, it will sit on command. When we each follow our Success Plan, then the outcomes are simple responses to what we have already determined as important aims in our life. Our muscle memory kicks in on the things we have already determined as important in our life and our minds and bodies and actions are on purpose because we have TRAINED for these optimal outcomes.

So personally, where are some areas that you are blaming and not training. If you’re constantly waking up late… put an analog alarm clock on the other side of the room and make sure it is set the night before to AM. Or just set 1000 alarms to make sure you’re not late. Get it? Where are we blaming and not training.

My friends. Where in our life have we let the lowest common denominator win. We’ve let our minds and bodies take the path of least resistance. We let a bad habit set in as being ok. We’ve not operated optimally? Are you ok with that? What is one thing you can do today to notice “blaming” and turn it into a challenge for “training”. And just maybe, where has our past training kinda gotten a little stale and we may need to go in and make some tweaks for a better outcome. Thanks for calling in today. Tune in tomorrow for the weekend edition where I ask you to teach me! For today, I’d love to hear your thought on this topic after the beep.