Have you ever met those people who can deal with any situation and remain calm the entire time? In a situation where most people would freak out, they find this inner calmness and bring it to light. There is a trick that is really like a hack in the matrix. A trick which puts us in control of any situation. …
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The past year has been exhilarating for me, to say the least. We were about 50 episodes into the Kerrville Podcast last year when I noticed that every guest that we had on, had taken “The Leap” in one way or another. They had all went all in in one way or another. Some had invested every bit of their …
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I wasted 38 years of my life trying to be normal and fit in. I spent all of my time trying to not be weird and be normal and it cut me off from experiencing the great things that I wanted to but couldn’t. The truth is that we are all weird. We are all awkward. Why try to hide …
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This is going to wrap up this 10 part series of my 10 Core Values. I have always had core values, but they were unorganized and never stated until 2019. I’ve always had empathy for others and have enjoyed helping people. While it hasn’t always been fun, the feeling of walking away after raising money for someone or even just …
Continue ReadingThis one may be considered more of an affirmation than a value, but it goes with the mindset and it is 100% true not just for me, but for all of us. There were two reasons why I could not get out of my depression. Reason 1. I was beating myself up for decisions that I had made and things …
Continue ReadingThis has been a tough one for me to write because It’s not going to come off well, but it’s one of my strongest core values so I’ll just be blunt with it. I’m loyal to the people who are loyal to me. If I know that you have my back, 100% without fail, I will stop at nothing to …
Continue ReadingThis one is all about quality. I actually adopted this core value in 2007 when I was doing quality training at a factory that I worked at from 2006 until 2011. We had tech levels that we could complete training for that would lead to raises and in order to become Tech Level II, you had to compete quality training, …
Continue ReadingWhat’s the point of doing something unless you are all in? Until recently, I had two different sets of this core value. I had the value for others and the value for myself. Since it was just me, when I committed to doing something for myself it wasn’t nearly as high on the priority list as when I committed to …
Continue ReadingThis has been the hardest core value for me to continuously follow through on. I’ve always had good hygiene, but that is where it ended for most of my life. Last year at this time, I was weighing about 200 pounds and had a gut that I toted around everywhere and people would jokingly ask if I was pregnant. Every …
Continue ReadingThis one is self-explanatory for the most part. It’s different for me though than most because of one major thing. . . I’m trans. Texas Public Radio and Texas Standard did a feature story on me this week, written by Jerry Clayton and they did a phenomenal job. I was perusing through the comments on social media just for the …
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