#246: 5 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE GIFT OF YOUR LIFE

5 WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE GIFT OF YOUR LIFE PODCAST #246: In this episode of The Confidence Podcast we’re chatting about: * 5 ways to maximize the gift of your life * How getting obsessed with generosity can change the quality of your life * Knowing what matters to you and what is important Also – I have a new free video series, a #QuickConfidenceBoost I put together to celebrate this awesome community milestone together!   Grab the videos now and start your #QuickConfidenceBoost! Grab your #QuickConfidenceBoost at www.trishblackwell.com/quickconfidenceboost As always, a quick hello to all of my Keep the Faith listeners, thanks for being a part of this extended community of contagious encouragement. SPONSORSHIP NOTE: I am proud to be an educator and consultant for Beautycounter, a B-Corp company on a mission to get safer products into the hands of everyone.   The lack of regulation in the personal care and cosmetic industry is astounding and it is harming our health in very serious ways. We need more voices to join up on our mission. If you want to put your passion to purpose while being generously compensated, then I would love to start a conversation with you about what it means to be involved in the #saferbeauty tribe that is Beautycounter. Join the movement of #betterbeauty and message me via email to make your voice really resonate for a cause.   Shop for your own Beautycounter collection at www.beautycounter.com/trishblackwell WHY GIFTS? It’s Christmastime as I record and as I celebrate what I consider the greatest gift ever offered to humankind, Jesus Christ, and as we honor the remembrance of His birth through gifting others whom we love, gifts are on my mind. FIVE WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE GIFT OF LIFE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN 1). Focus less on what you do and more on how your heart feels. -Connection -Contribution -Core values 2). Learn something new every day -Passionately curious -Press on – don’t judge your life by feeling by learning -Surround yourself with others who value learning 3). Ditch comparison for good -No one has a path like you have, so stop cheapening your experience of life by constantly comparing where you are to that of where someone else is. -Comparison is the thief of joy. -Compare and get nowhere. 4). Decide to give back and make your life matter. -Realize just how many people you can help (with your story, with your love, with your volunteering) -Step out of the state of pity-party mode (yes, life is hard, but it is for everyone, and thinking about it being hard doesn't make it easier – it just makes you more miserable) -Who we are is God’s gift to us, what we do with 5). Set goals + deadlines -Focus on the baby steps, but have a concrete goal -Any goal matters more than not having a goal at all. -Decide to become someone obsessed with taking action (you don’t have to have confidence about yourself or your capabilities when you believe this – you just need to trust that you are capable of taking action) GETTING OBSESSED WITH GENEROSITY -Adds depth to your life -Increases the impact of your life -Removes scarcity from your life -Opens the gateways of abundance -Frees you from fear KNOWING WHAT MATTERS TO YOU AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT Too often we are happy and thriving but don’t even know it or realize it because we haven’t taken the time to determine what it is that matters to us or ...