Make Monday Awesome

Don’t. It’s ok if exercise is not important to you. If you haven’t figured it out, those who exercise consistently either love exercise, have a will made of steel, or #3 which I recommend you do, help give yourself the best possible chance of working out consistently. That’s the topic for today. -Kresimir Jug

“In here it [Hope] makes the most sense, you need it so you don’t forget” -Andy Dufresne Self-isolation is becoming a very popular term, agree with it or not. But, I believe and hope, that you are also practicing another kind of isolation. -Kresimir Jug

Wow, have things changed since my last episode. Here is the best solution for moving forward with, fear, and anxiety keep increasing. As always, watch what successful people do, not what they say. -Kresimir Jug

Some would say that we are facing a crisis. Whether or not you agree or disagree, most important is how you are handling it. Life will hand you a crisis and, whether they are a pending pandemic, or of a personal nature, they will affect you the same way. I’m far from an expert on how to handle a crisis, I’ve lost my cool and made poor decisions many times in my life, but on today’s podcast, I want to talk about the things that I’ve found helpful when you’re in a crisis. -Kresimir Jug

If you’ve ever been completely determined to do something, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. In the past, even still today, I used to have a healthy fear of getting it wrong. I would focus on things that were outside of my control, the result vs. my actions, in order to repeat the success I was having. This was a recipe for disaster. The pressure would build to a point where the only way to release that mental pressure was to, in essence, sabotage myself. Find out what I did to prevent and reverse this mentality and what you can do that might be able to help. -Kresimir Jug

I’ve been having an almost out of body experience lately. I open up the cupboard and I start eating. I’m not really sure why I’ve been doing this although, I can only imagine that I have been doing this for a long time. I have some ideas about what’s happening so I wanted to take this episode and put it out there and see what you think and if you experience similar? -Kresimir Jug

I hate the term “have an open mind.” I hate it because it reminds of a trash can in the sense that when it’s open all things can enter it. Including other people’s bad ideas and poor judgments. I would prefer you to have an active mind, which is the most challenging mind to have. It’s one that requires a lot of work and effort to maintain, yet, will bring you the most success in life. -Kresimir Jug

The official title is the Malevolent Universe Premise and it was something that I believe most of us grow up with, at least if you’re Eastern European. It’s been hard to change, but even the little bit that I’ve managed to distance myself has helped me be a more positive, happy, grateful person. This week’s show is all about how to stop undercutting your happiness and success. -Kresimir Jug

An insight is something that once it happens it can’t unhappen. It’s like that joke that once you’ve seen something (usually gross) you can’t un-see it. But the same thing is true for good things as well. When you can’t un-see a good thing we call that an insight. This week’s episode is the one insight that drastically transformed my health and life. -Kresimir Jug

How do you find out what’s important to you, especially if you’re unclear? A value is something you seek to gain or keep. Whether it’s a relationship, wealth, a job, etc., it’s something that's important to you. It’s also something (values) that guides your life, your choices, your beliefs, and your filter. This was made abundantly clear this past weekend as I watched everyone react to the tragic loss (the fact that I’m using this word should help tip you off to how I feel about it) of Kobe Bryant and his daughter. You can learn a lot about yourself, what you really value, and how it all applies to your life when cultural events like this one occur. -Kresimir Jug

Have you encountered the rolling eyes, sighs or downright snarky comments when you’ve shared your thoughts, feelings, or goals with someone? Believe or not, this is a logical fallacy. It’s intended to make you feel inferior, or less than and to stop your intent, question or goal without a proper answer. On this week’s podcast, I talk about how to understand and dismantle this argument from intimidation and how to not let it stop you from doing what your mind is telling you to do. -Kresimir Jug

Growth happens outside of your comfort zone.  We’ve all heard the cliche and, (like all cliches) there is an element of truth to it.  In this case, I think it’s all true. I think achievement or at least the feeling of improvement/accomplishment is one of the best feelings of life and something necessary for your self-esteem to flourish.  But what are you doing each day to make that happen? -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Why do people suck at sticking to something that they say they want or, they know will make them better? Answer - because they hate doing it. So here is where the problem lies, you have to overcome your hatred of it to get what you want. But how do you overcome your hatred? That’s what today’s episode is all about. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I know, a controversial opinion on this week’s podcast, but before you cast your judgment on me let me explain before you cast your opinion. Also, I’m taking the next two weeks off to rest and be with my family. So I wanted to wish all of you a Merry Christmas or, Happy Holidays if Christmas isn’t your thing, and a very Happy New Year. See you in 2020. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I’m grateful that the concept of support is widely preached and practiced today. I’m can’t imagine how challenging life would be if you met opposition and judgment for who you were and/or for everything that you wanted to do. I also believe that you need to have another system in place to achieve the maximum from your life. Support is vital, but it can only get you to neutral, what about the other 50%? That’s what this week’s podcast is all about. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

The time to start thinking about next year is right now, not January 1st. Today’s podcast is all about how to make next year your best year ever. I know you’ve heard that many times before so let me pre-frame this conversation with - this is not an easy process - it will take you a lot of work to get it right. If you’re ok with doing the work I think you might like what I have to say. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I love the holidays. Especially the food. This is the one time of year when literally all of my favourite treats (not just pretend favourite but actually favourite) are available all the time. Let’s just say I’ve been known to enjoy one or two. On today’s episode - since I have plenty of experience at failing at keeping my nutrition on track during the holidays - I will share what’s worked for me in the past and what I continue to do with good results. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I got a good wake up call this morning that came by the name Jim Rohn. If you don’t know Jim was Tony Robbin’s mentor and had a large impact on Tony and his development. So what was this huge wake-up? To keep doing the basic fundamentals over and over and over again. It was a wake up because I’m the type of person who loves the new thing, but chasing the new never brings the success I want. More on this episode -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I believe that we each have something inside of us that needs to get out. We all have gifts, abilities, and practices that bring us tremendous happiness and expressing them not only will make us complete and happy but will lift up others around us. The problem is - doing this work is hard, and it takes a lot of years. One of the things that get in the way is our desire to find a quick and easy distraction, most often our phone, but not always. Today’s podcast is the importance of finding this work for yourself. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

There are many claims being made nowadays, (the world is going to end in 11 years, eating meat is good for you, eating meat is bad for you, etc.) How do you know what’s true and what’s not? Where should you put your trust? Who should you trust? No, I don't think you should 'trust' me. I believe you need to discover the truth on your own, but based on the correct method for discovering the truth. “Use your head” is something my mom taught me. I believe your head is the one you should trust, unfortunately, I was never taught the correct way to use mine, so I had to learn. That’s what today’s podcast is all about. -Kresimir