1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Imagine building a global business with over one thousand employees 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: across five countries and then having it go into administration. 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Not just once, but twice. 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: That's what happened to Keiki Ka founder Christina Carlson. I 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: first met Christina on a walk around the botanical gardens 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,799 Speaker 1: in Melbourne. We're both part of a community of women 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: called Mentor Walks, where we mentor other women by meeting 8 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: up for a monthly. 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: Walk and talk. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: I'd watched Christina's Journey from Afar for many years, and 11 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: I invited her on the show to find out how 12 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: on earth did she rebuild herself from everything she had 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: to go through only a handful of years ago. And 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: in this chat, Christina shared with me the very simple 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: but profoundly impactful strategies she uses every day that have 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: helped her build resilience, stay focused, and build her new 17 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: business dream life. My name is doctor Amantha Imber. I'm 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: an organizational psychologist and founder of behavior change consultancy Inventium, 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: and this is how I work a show about how 20 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: to help you get so much more out of the 21 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: hours in your day. For the next few weeks, I 22 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: am deep diving into my guests habits and rituals around health. 23 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: We will be covering physical health, mental health and emotional health. 24 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: And in case you. 25 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: Didn't know, my new book, The Health Habit has just 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: hit bookshelves in Australia. 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: If you are stuck in a cycle of. 28 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: Unhealthy habits, then the Health Habit will help you design 29 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: a personalized, science backed plan to change your habits for good. 30 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 1: Most people would know Christina as the founder of Kiki 31 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: k and goodness knows, I've spent a lot of money 32 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: at those stores over the last decade. I am such 33 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: a stationary fan. But a few years ago things took 34 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: a turn for the worst for Christina and she is 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: now no longer involved in the company. So I wanted 36 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: to know what happened. 37 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 3: It was kind of the perfect storm. So we got 38 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 3: a private equity firm involved around twenty sixteen and we 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: were going global. We were in five countries and serviced 40 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 3: the world online. And we got someone who wanted to 41 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 3: buy us from China. It was the biggest and the 42 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: best manufacturer in China in my opinion, wanted to buy us, 43 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 3: and the private equity were ready to sell, and me 44 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 3: and Paul, who were the major shareholders in KiKK we're 45 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 3: going to continue with the Chinese Buyer, and we met 46 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 3: with them and it felt really good, and we were 47 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 3: excited about this opportunity, and I kind of felt like 48 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 3: the deal was done with just all the paperwork, which 49 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 3: takes forever behind the scenes. And then there were a 50 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 3: few events that really affected our business on so many levels. 51 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 3: One was Brexit in the UK didn't help us in retail, 52 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 3: and you know, all the issues in Hong Kong. We 53 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: had source in Hong Kong, we hired a CEO that 54 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 3: didn't work out, and we had the bushfires in Australia, 55 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 3: and retail is a challenging game as it is. And 56 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: then the COVID hit. So I was in Germany just 57 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 3: before COVID hit and one of the employees of the 58 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 3: Chinese Buyer said, I'm really worried about this virus. And 59 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 3: I'm an optimistic person, having seen a few viruses coming 60 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 3: and going. I said, oh, let's just you know, let's 61 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: just get some multivitaments happening and let's get on with things. 62 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: And of course that was a much bigger issue than 63 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 3: we would have ever anticipated. So when the COVID hit, 64 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: they actually pulled out and our private equity firm put 65 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: us into administration. 66 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: Gosh, like what air journey. 67 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: I want to go back to those few months that 68 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: followed that worst day of your life, and I want 69 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 1: to know how on earth did you like pick yourself 70 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: back up and like get to where you are now? 71 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 1: What were what were the most impactful things that you 72 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: did looking back? 73 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 3: I think number one for me has always been journaling. 74 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: So and a lot of people, actually a lot of 75 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 3: journalists often say no, no, no, I want the real stuff, 76 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 3: and I'm like, this is the real stuff because I 77 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: actually were able to process things in my own way, 78 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: in my own time by writing. And I know, I'm 79 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 3: sure you can relate to this, because sometimes thinking on paper, 80 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 3: getting things out of paper is such a it's like 81 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 3: a therapy in its own way. And there's a couple 82 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 3: of different ways that I do that. But I do 83 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: that every day, and I do this in good times 84 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: and in bad times. So every morning I would I 85 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 3: am and I did it this morning. I do three 86 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: morning pages. And this is based on Julia Cameron's book 87 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 3: The Artist's Way, but you don't have to read the 88 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: book to get the benefits of the morning pages. Basically 89 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 3: that I feel like that's very much a separate She 90 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 3: could have or she could have written a book about 91 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 3: the morning pages, because I think that had such an 92 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 3: impact on so many people. So basically, I just take 93 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 3: a notebook and I just journal for three pages whatever 94 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 3: comes to mind. So I speak a few languages, so 95 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 3: I don't really care about what language I'm writing in. 96 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 3: I also I also don't think about, you know, if 97 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: anyone can read it, if I can read it again myself, 98 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: I am just screwball. And I don't actually save this, 99 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,919 Speaker 3: these three pages that I do every morning, that is 100 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: is a process that I do in good bad in 101 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 3: good times and bad times, and it really helped me. 102 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 3: But saying that, because I don't save this, I have 103 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 3: a second journal next to me, and this is where 104 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 3: I put all my insights and thoughts that I really 105 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 3: want to say, because a lot of ideas comes up 106 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 3: in just you know, doing a brain dump basically, and 107 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 3: it's been so helpful. And when I actually wrote my 108 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: book a few years ago, I went through all my 109 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: journals and took the best pieces that I've learned over 110 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 3: the years and put it into my book. So that 111 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 3: was number one. Number two was walking and it seems 112 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 3: so simple because most of us walk every day if 113 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 3: we're able to. But having that walk every single morning, 114 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 3: so I start my day, I meditate first and then 115 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 3: I go for walk and just being out in nature, 116 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 3: I just feel and you know, we live in a 117 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 3: similar part of the world. I wasn't living here when this. 118 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 3: I was living in a in a couple of suburbs 119 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 3: towards the city from here, and I just walked every 120 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: single day in the morning, and it just made me 121 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 3: feel alive. It made me appreciate I think connecting with 122 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 3: nature and being up early and seeing the sun rise 123 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 3: just put really a great perspective in in in what 124 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 3: I was going through. I was just grateful to be alive. 125 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 3: And I had a friend passing away, a couple of 126 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: friends actually passing away, one who was in retail as 127 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 3: well a few years ago in cancer, and I put 128 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 3: his picture on my vision board to remind me to 129 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 3: never take my life for granted and perspective. And I know, 130 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: you know, there's quite a few different views in terms 131 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 3: of research what perspective does to to when we go 132 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 3: through challenging times, but for me, it was absolutely vital 133 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 3: because every day I just felt like I looked at 134 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: his picture and then I thought, gosh, he will do 135 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: anything just to be here to go through what I'm 136 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 3: going through. And I could really feel his view because 137 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 3: he was in retail as well, and he's built up 138 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 3: the similar business to mine in a different industry and 139 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 3: perspective was really great going out for walk, thinking about 140 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 3: so lucky to be outside, so lucky to be alive, 141 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 3: so lucky to be able to go through this and 142 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 3: then hopefully do something even better. 143 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 2: I love all that. 144 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: Now we're recording this in January, beginning of the year. 145 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: I know you're very excited about twenty twenty four. I 146 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: want to know what do you do to plan your 147 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: year and work out where do you want to be 148 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: at the end of that. 149 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: What's your process? 150 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 3: First? I actually plan out the year so I do 151 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 3: better an exercise reflecting on the year that I had. 152 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 3: I feel like we can learn so much on the 153 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 3: year we just had. And I felt twenty twenty three 154 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 3: was a hard year for many of us, and I 155 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 3: felt like it was like I felt, I did so 156 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 3: many amazing things, but I felt it was like running 157 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 3: in mud a little bit twenty twenty three and I 158 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 3: don't want to have that in twenty twenty four, So 159 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 3: I reflected a lot on what was that? 160 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: Really? 161 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 3: Why was that? And I feel like, you know, doing 162 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 3: a new startup is like that. You know, it takes 163 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,560 Speaker 3: much longer than we think, and it's a lot of 164 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 3: work setting things up and being a you know, an 165 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 3: entrepreneur and a big vision person. I'm not so good 166 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 3: at the details. So that made it feel so hard. 167 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: So I reflect first because regardless of the challenges that 168 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 3: we had, there's always so much that we can learn 169 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 3: from it, and also so many positives. 170 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: So can I ask, like, with the reflection, do you 171 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: have specific prompts that you use or questions that you 172 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: ask yourself? 173 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 2: Said, love to get into the nitty gritty of what 174 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 2: that looks like. 175 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I actually have a journal called plan U Yeah, 176 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 3: because I've got so many people asking. But the questions are, 177 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 3: you know, what, what did you learn? What was the highlights? 178 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 3: What are you proud of? What do you want to 179 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 3: do more of? What do you want to do less of? 180 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: What are you grateful for? Even if it was a 181 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 3: challenging time, And you know, what do you want to 182 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 3: stop doing in the new year? What do you want 183 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 3: to start doing? What do you want to continue doing 184 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 3: because a lot of us have a lot of things 185 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 3: that we want to continue, but we also have a 186 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 3: lot of habits that perhaps are not serving us any longer. 187 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 3: I'm not sure we're going to get in more two habits, 188 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 3: but I'm a big believer looking at what worked, what 189 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 3: didn't work, and what do we want to leave behind 190 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 3: and what do we want to move forward. And then 191 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 3: their process after doing their reflection is to really think 192 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 3: about what are the top three I've tried lots of 193 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: different ways of setting I call it dreams because I 194 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 3: feel like that's a bit more exciting than goals. But 195 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 3: basically dreams goals, it doesn't really matter. I think dreaming 196 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 3: should come first, and then you put your dreams into 197 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 3: goals because think otherwise, when we set goals, we often 198 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 3: look at what we have done in the past, and 199 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: we kind of improve ourselves. So we might want to 200 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 3: improve our fitness a little bit, or we might want 201 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 3: to get to the next stage in our role or 202 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 3: in the next stage of our business. But when you 203 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 3: forget about your current life and do a bit of 204 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 3: a dreaming exercise, you might want to change completely. You 205 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 3: might want to do new business, you might want to 206 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 3: do a new role, you might want to completely change 207 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 3: your life. And so I always start with a kind 208 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 3: of a dreaming exercise and then put them into goals, 209 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: and once I'm clear on my top three, then I 210 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 3: plan that out. In terms of looking at the whole year, 211 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: I always start with putting the dates for the dates 212 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 3: that are not in my control. So this is for 213 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 3: us parents who have the school dates, you know, in 214 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 3: school terms and school holidays and also birthdays. I put 215 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 3: those in and I make sure that I'm really clear 216 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 3: on where where I can have long weekends and I 217 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 3: can I can you know, I like to go to 218 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 3: health retreat and I like to do a lot of 219 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 3: things to improve myself. So I kind of plan out 220 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: that for the year. But then I do something a 221 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: little bit different and I focus on one quarter at 222 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 3: the time and I almost treat that as a mini year. 223 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: And the way since I've started doing that, I feel 224 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 3: that I am so much more productive because sometimes their 225 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 3: year do not go to plan. We know that for 226 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 3: you know, that happens to all of us almost every 227 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 3: year because there is always a challenge coming our way. 228 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 3: It could be a global challenge, but it could also 229 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 3: be a personal challenge or something that is out of 230 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: our control. So once you start planning quarter by quarter, 231 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 3: and I know everyone plans quarter by quarter in business, 232 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 3: et cetera, but I actually just focus on one quarter 233 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: at the time, and I almost treat it as if 234 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 3: this was my year. What do I want to get done? 235 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 3: So I break down my top three and thinking what 236 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 3: do I need to get done in this quarter? And 237 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 3: it's so incredibly powerful because if there is a challenge 238 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: coming our way and things do not go to plan 239 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 3: Q two, Q three, Q four is still there, instead 240 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 3: of thinking, oh gosh, now I might as well just 241 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 3: right this year through and then start again next year. 242 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 3: So it's been a game changer for me planning the 243 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: year this way, and I now have that as part 244 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 3: of my coaching program because I feel like a lot 245 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 3: of us get stuck in this kind of annual planning. 246 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: And for some people that works. And I'm not saying 247 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: my system is a system that is for everyone, but 248 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 3: it's worked really really well for me. 249 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: Now I know that you also think in terms of 250 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: months as well as quarters, and you try to set 251 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: a new habit every month. I want to hear more 252 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: about this, but I'd love you to talk about I 253 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: think it must have been maybe November or December when 254 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: we were chatting about this, and it was the habit 255 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: you were trying to break was around winging or complaining. 256 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: Can you shed light on this process and how that went, 257 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: because I'm very curious and I feel like I hate 258 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: wines and complainers, but I also am aware that I 259 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: will sometimes do that myself, and I really hate that 260 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: part of myself. 261 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: So please tell me what happened. 262 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, first, I just wanted to say, so, I've got 263 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: a habit club, and in the habit club, we choose 264 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 3: a new habit every month, and this is more just 265 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 3: to kind of try different things, and it doesn't mean 266 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 3: that you have to stick with that habits for a 267 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 3: long time, but just try it on for a month 268 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 3: and see if that's something you want to do. And 269 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 3: often for me, that's kind of I like to do. 270 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: Like you know, January every year, I do Yoga Challenge 271 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 3: for thirty days because I just really want to get 272 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 3: back into yoga and then I don't want to do 273 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 3: daily yoga as a habit, but I want to do 274 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 3: that in January, so I cannot choose whatever our feel 275 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 3: is right for me at the time. And in December, 276 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 3: I thought, I'm going to do something different because I 277 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 3: feel like December is so full with so many other 278 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 3: things to so I didn't want to add a layer 279 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: of things to do. But one thing that I was 280 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 3: really aware of is that there's probably three things that 281 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 3: I complain about a lot, and it's all have to 282 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: do with my family, and I just didn't want to 283 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 3: be a person who complain a lot in the family 284 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 3: all the time. So I thought, I am going to 285 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 3: have a month with no complaining. And when I say 286 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: no complaining, it means, you know, you can say a statement. 287 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: So this is what I had to really work out, 288 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 3: how do I say things? Because sometimes we do need 289 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 3: to say things that might sound like a complaint, but 290 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 3: we just need to rephrase it in a different way. 291 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 3: So I decided to not complain for a month, and 292 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 3: I failed so epically. I think I had five days 293 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 3: in December that I didn't complain, and I think most 294 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 3: of those days is when I spent a day on 295 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 3: my own. It was really really hard, but it was 296 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 3: so good, So so even if I failed every day, 297 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 3: almost every day, I learned so much about myself and 298 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 3: I stopped myself so many times. But basically there were 299 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 3: three things and that and then I'm happy to share those. 300 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 3: One was I I love having systems where I don't 301 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 3: have to look for things. And it's something I worked 302 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: really hard on for myself, so it's something that I 303 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 3: took it. It's taken me a long time to kind 304 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 3: of get to systems where I don't look for things. 305 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 3: And and my kids often say can you help me 306 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 3: find this? Can you help me find this? And this? 307 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 3: It drives me nuts. So I complain about that all 308 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 3: the time, like if you put it in the right spot, 309 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 3: you do not have to look for it. And I'm 310 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 3: talking you know, everyday stuff like these school shoes, the 311 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 3: you know, the the water bottle, all those things that 312 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 3: you know. 313 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 2: Hard, relate hard, relate. 314 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and it's like, oh gosh. And I always say, hey, 315 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: if you prepare it the night before, then we don't 316 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 3: have to have those Because I love my morning so 317 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: much and I have a couple of hours for myself 318 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 3: in the morning, so I often come out of meditation, journaling, walking, 319 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 3: and I'm back at seven o'clock to kind of do 320 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 3: all this putting lunches together and be with the family, 321 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 3: and I want to do that in a beautiful way, 322 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 3: not in a widgeon complaining way. But it's so hard 323 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 3: when you have to start coming back. It's like I 324 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: can't find my these and I can't find and I'm like, oh, 325 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 3: here we go again. It's the same thing. So anyway, 326 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 3: so that was one thing that I wanted to stop. 327 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 3: And I also I'm an optimist when it comes to time, 328 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 3: so I don't mind if I run late on my 329 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 3: own merit, but I don't love rushing because of other 330 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 3: people being late. So I work really hard not being 331 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 3: late myself. And I do not love rushing because you know, 332 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 3: my family is late. So that was another thing that 333 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 3: I just thought, I just have to stop and really 334 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 3: putting the system on how not to complain about that, 335 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: especially like you know, getting to school on time, et cetera. 336 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 3: And it was so interesting because the first day, Tiffany, 337 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 3: my twelve year old, she said, Mom, you failed already, 338 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 3: and this is often before eight am. So I bought 339 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 3: I actually bought a book called A Complaint Free World, 340 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 3: and I didn't finish it and I am still to 341 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 3: read it properly because December is now gone and I 342 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 3: felt like I needed to move on to other things. 343 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 3: But I'm still reading it to kind of really think 344 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 3: about how I can really change because it's really a 345 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 3: habit of complaining and it's often something we're not aware. 346 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 3: So I got so self aware in December on my 347 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 3: complaining and it really changed. And I think I've inspired 348 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 3: so many people in the Habit Club to take that 349 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 3: on because I think we all do this. And it 350 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 3: was funny because I caught myself. This was during Christmas 351 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 3: and I was in a shop that I don't love 352 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 3: being in, and so I got a text for my 353 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 3: girlfriend and she, I think she was just asking what 354 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 3: are you doing? And I winched on that text and 355 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 3: I caught myself and I said, oh no. I said, 356 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 3: oh no, I fail. That was a complaint and she 357 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 3: said no, that was a statement. And then we had 358 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 3: this debate over dinner that night, what is a statement? 359 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 3: What is a complaint? And I think just being aware 360 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 3: of that it was a beautiful thing and it's one 361 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 3: that I think I'm going to do yearly because I 362 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 3: think we just get into these habits of not even 363 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 3: being aware, and we often do the same thing. And 364 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: it was really the three things for me. 365 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: I think I'm going to take that on as well. 366 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 2: I feel like I. 367 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: Could do with more mindfulness about my complaints about all 368 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 1: sorts of things. 369 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 2: I love that. 370 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: How do you decide, then, because you're setting a new 371 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: habit every month, what will the habit for the next 372 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: month be? 373 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I've got I got a sheet with sixty 374 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 3: six habits to choose from for anyone who are not 375 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 3: sure on what to choose, But it's it's really basically 376 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: based on what I want to achieve. So I look 377 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 3: at my goals for the quarter or my dreams for 378 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 3: the quarter, and then I think, what will what kind 379 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 3: of habits will serve me to get to that result. 380 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 3: And I'm a big believer in if you if you 381 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 3: got your health right, and if you get your mind 382 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 3: right and you have the right enterity, you can do 383 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 3: anything in life. And I've learned that by trying so 384 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 3: many different things, and now I have this belief that 385 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 3: I can do anything. I just can't do everything at once. 386 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 3: And and if you have habits that supports your dream 387 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 3: life and your or your goals, then you are much 388 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 3: more likely to get to them. So I choose from 389 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 3: anything from health related to removing things that are no 390 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 3: longer serving me, and sometimes I just do things for fun. 391 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 3: So a lot of people at the moment I am 392 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 3: doing a few things, and I just because I'm getting 393 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 3: good at now they able to have it stack. So 394 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 3: I am. This year, I'm doing alcohol free year, and 395 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: I consider that done because I've done this before and 396 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 3: the reason for doing now alcohol I don't really drink 397 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 3: that much, but I don't want to waste any days 398 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 3: of feeling tired because alcohol and sleep for me are 399 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 3: not a good combination, and I know that, and then 400 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 3: I just want to get I've made a decision that 401 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna make this year my best year, 402 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 3: and alcohol and sleep for me are big not great combinations. 403 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: So that's one. And I also do I'm doing a 404 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 3: sugar free year because I do know when I don't 405 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 3: drink wine at night, I often feel like chocolate or 406 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 3: something else instead. So I decided to do a sugar 407 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 3: free and I have worked out that I really am 408 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: like much better that removing it completely than doing this 409 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 3: moderation thing that works for so many people but not 410 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 3: for me. But I'm not going to I'm going to 411 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 3: be flexible with the sugar, but I just didn't. I 412 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 3: felt like Christmas time, we often go into habitstep that 413 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: are perhaps not the ones that we want, and you know, 414 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 3: we eat more rich food and for me, definitely ate 415 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 3: much more chocolate, so I remove that. And for February, 416 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 3: which is coming up, and we're reading your book in 417 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,719 Speaker 3: Groama Book Club, which I can't wait for. But in February, 418 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 3: I think I'm still thinking about it. But we created 419 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: a wellness journal with nine Pillars of Health and or 420 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 3: seven Pillars of Health, and I actually want and this 421 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 3: is my content, so I kind of know it already, 422 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 3: but I want to use that journal to really go deeper. 423 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 3: So I'm going to journal about my wellness every single day. 424 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 3: That's my habit for February. I think. 425 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: We will be back soon with Christina, who is a 426 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: crazy passionate book reader, talking about some of the most 427 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: powerful lessons she has learned from books that she's read 428 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: over the last few years. If you're looking for more 429 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: tips to improve the way you work and live, I 430 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,479 Speaker 1: write a weekly newsletter where I share practical and simple 431 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: to apply tips to improve your life. You can sign 432 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: up for that at Amantha dot substack dot com. That's 433 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: Amantha dot substack dot com. 434 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: On the topic of books. 435 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,640 Speaker 1: I love you have a book club and that it's 436 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: a virtual book club, so anyone anywhere in the world 437 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: can join this book club and it's kind of like 438 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:01,439 Speaker 1: their self improvement kind of themed books. Yes, it's funny 439 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: because I think for the last I don't know, two 440 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: or three years, I've been saying to my friends, I 441 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: really want to start a book club, and I feel 442 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: like anyone that wants to be in a book club 443 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: is already in a book club. And I tried to 444 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: assemble one, and then only half the people had actually 445 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: read the book. And then we just turned it into 446 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: a conversation club where we just set a topic and 447 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: talk about it, and then everyone got too busy and 448 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: the club died. But hearing about your book club firstly 449 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: makes me want to join your book club. That it 450 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: also reinvigorates that thought, oh could I successfully put together 451 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: an IRL book club, because I feel like that is 452 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: something lacking from my life. But you read a lot, 453 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: and I always love knowing from people that read a lot, like, 454 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: what are some of the things that you've picked up 455 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: in books? Maybe over the last couple of years, let's 456 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: keep it recent that have really changed how you think 457 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: about something or changed how you approach something in your life. 458 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 3: Definitely being a morning person, I think that really started. 459 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 3: I did a lot of work when I started my 460 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 3: personal growth journey with Robin Sharma, and so he's written 461 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 3: The Microsolt his Ferrari, he wrote The Five Am Club, 462 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 3: and I'm not sure the book came out much later. 463 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 3: I started Five Am Club much earlier, but I learned 464 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 3: a lot from him. So his books certainly had a 465 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 3: big impact on me taking a much deeper dive into 466 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 3: personal growth. And in my book club, we actually only 467 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 3: read personal growth books. And I call it personal growth 468 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 3: because sometimes people feel personal development is like a chore 469 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 3: versus all of us wants to grow. We all want 470 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 3: to evolve to the best version of ourselves each year. 471 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 3: I believe even if we're not aware of that. So 472 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: I call it grow because I think we can all grow. 473 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 3: And we read books from anything from you know, books 474 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 3: like yours, which our favorite habit book, and I can't 475 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 3: wait to read that, and everyone is so excited and 476 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 3: we're so excited to have you coming in to do 477 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 3: a Q and A. So we read books like that 478 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,119 Speaker 3: We also read a money book once a year because 479 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 3: I think a lot of us wants financial freedom, not 480 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 3: because of a lot of money, but because having the 481 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 3: choice to do what whatever we want to do. And 482 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 3: then we read a couple of productivity books as well, 483 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 3: because I feel like the more productive we are, the 484 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 3: more likely we are to be able to create our 485 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 3: dream life. So that's how we kind of is structured. 486 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 3: And a couple of wellness books a year as well, 487 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 3: because obviously wellness is super important to be able to 488 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 3: do what we love doing. And so back to your 489 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 3: question in terms of what I gather, Definitely morning morning 490 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 3: rituals has been a big part of my love and 491 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 3: it's how I are able to read so much because 492 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 3: I often read in the morning and I often go 493 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 3: to bed early and I'll read as well. Other things 494 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 3: are definitely like everything that I learned in business has 495 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 3: been through books and speakers. 496 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 2: I have this. 497 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 3: View of the world instead of asking. So if I 498 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 3: set myself up a dream or a goal for the 499 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 3: year from a business, I often think who has done 500 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 3: this before? Who can help me? And I might not 501 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 3: know these people that've done what I want to do, 502 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 3: but most people have a podcast or who are very successful, 503 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 3: or a book or share their knowledge on other people's podcast. 504 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 3: So I've learned so much through reading in terms of 505 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 3: business and other things. Is health, like I'm learning, like 506 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 3: you know, research papers as well as books as podcasts. 507 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 3: I just I absolutely love it, and I always feel 508 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 3: so incredibly grateful that I have this passion because I 509 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 3: feel so amazed that you can read a book in 510 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 3: a week or a month, however long you want to, 511 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 3: and how much you spend on it and learn from 512 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 3: someone's wisdom that they spent a lifetime learning. I just 513 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 3: find I mean, you shared so much in your new 514 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 3: book that I feel and what I loved because I've 515 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 3: done so much research in line, but there were so 516 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 3: many things that you put a different perspective on, and 517 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 3: I think that's so amazing because I think in the 518 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 3: end of the day, all the information you need is 519 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 3: out there, but having other people's perspective just makes you 520 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 3: think differently, and I think that's so amazing to be 521 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 3: able to learn from other people. So there are I 522 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 3: feel like everything that I learn in my life is 523 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 3: through books. 524 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: Christina, it has just been such a joy to chat 525 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,640 Speaker 1: to you, like you are just a kindred spirit. I 526 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: feel like we've established that in several conversations we've had. 527 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 2: But people that want. 528 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: To consume more of what you're putting out, which is 529 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: so much. You're just putting out so much great content 530 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: and products like oh my gosh. 531 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, like I look on your. 532 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: Dream life website and I just like I drool over 533 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: all the stationary. 534 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 2: It's amazing. How can people connect with you and find 535 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 2: out more about you? 536 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. So if anyone is interested in the 537 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 3: kind of personal growth side the book club, the habit club, 538 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 3: or my coaching program, which is kind of a monthly subscription, 539 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 3: so for example, in March, we have coming up plan 540 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 3: your quarter, so you can do it with me. Because 541 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 3: what I've learned and I'm sure you can relate to 542 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 3: this as well, is one thing to consume the material, 543 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 3: it's another thing to apply. So that's what we do 544 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 3: in the coaching program. So that's your dream lab starts 545 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 3: here dot com. But if you're interested in journals, and 546 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 3: I actually think we should do a journal together, yes, 547 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 3: love like your contest is so amazing to put into 548 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 3: a journal, But we can talk about that offline. That's 549 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 3: the called the Dreamlvestore dot com, So basically have lots 550 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 3: of content journals, lots of things that I've done in 551 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 3: my previous business that I'm really passionate about. And the 552 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 3: most exciting thing is now that we print on demand, 553 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 3: which is a new technology we developed in this new business, 554 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 3: and you can personalize your journals, so you can actually 555 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 3: you can put things like this, you are amazing, and 556 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 3: you can put your name on top. But there's so 557 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 3: many different journals in there. And also I put a 558 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 3: lot on my thoughts and ideas and what I learn 559 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 3: on my Instagram, So that's Christina dream life is my 560 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 3: Instagram handle. 561 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: Amazing Christina, thank you so much for sharing your very 562 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: precious time with me. 563 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me, and thank you 564 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 3: for what you're doing to the world in terms of 565 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 3: inspiring us to be more productive and have the healthy habits. 566 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 3: So thank you. 567 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: I hope you enjoyed this chat with Christina. I was 568 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: personally so inspired by her monthly habit routine, and especially 569 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: the one she. 570 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 2: Said about not winging or complaining. My plan for the. 571 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: Next month is to see if I can spend it 572 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: without complaining, which I know is going to be. 573 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 2: Hard, but I'll report back on How I Go. 574 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,240 Speaker 1: If you enjoyed today's episode, I would love to ask 575 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: a favor. 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