Make Monday Awesome

Beware the investment activity that gets greeted by applause; the great moves usually get greeted by yawns. - Warren Buffet There is nothing romantic about being on the path to success. In fact, it’s rather boring. So much so, that most people, in an effort to add some excitement, move off the path. Today’s show is about that path and about how to keep it entertaining while staying on it. -Kresimir

What happens when all of your hard work ends up not giving you the result that you’d hoped for? We’ve all been there. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve had to face disappointment in your life. I believe we face more disappointment overall, then we have success. How do you deal with disappointment in a way that is constructive and that gives you feedback to keep improving? That’s the topic of today’s podcast -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Is feeling you’re getting better at something, not one of the best feelings in the world? Maybe it’s just me but I love when days, month and years of hard work finally start to click and you just feel a world of difference. Sadly, I believe that many people, especially today’s young people are not experiencing that self-esteem building, pure joy feeling of getting better at something. And the reason they're not is that we are doing our best to remove one of the most important factors in self-improvement - the standard - which has had disastrous effects on our society. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Thankfully the concept of self-care is popular and at least widely accepted. Regrettably, the idea of selfishness still isn’t and in my book. Selfishness means thinking about and putting yourself first, which is precisely what you do when you practice self-care. So,  why being selfish bad, and why should you care? In this episode, I discuss self-care. What’s worked for me, what hasn’t and why I believe it’s crucial to begin to be ok with being selfish. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Personal boundaries and self imposed rules that limit and create guidelines and methods that other people are allowed to interact and behave towards you. I hope it’s obvious in the definition but, these are good things to have and, thankfully, they are much discussed in culture today. I’m hoping to provide some value on this topic with discussions that boundaries, or lack there of, are symptom of a much bigger problem you are facing. At least that was my personal experience. I’m hoping to help share part of my story and how solving (or at least improving) one major aspect of my life helped me create not only boundaries but other issues as well. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Well, it’s here… and I personally believe that the kids couldn’t be any happier. They need the routine, consistency, and, it won’t hurt them to learn a thing or two. School and learning is awesome, but it’s still our (parents) responsibility to ensure that our children have everything the need in order to thrive and become the best possible people that they can. On this week’s episode I will be sharing the things that we supplement with for our child. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Have you ever had a thought, idea or goal that was off the beaten path from others have expected from you? Doing your own thing can be very hard. It can be hard because one of the necessary requirements of doing what you want is you might not have any fans or support. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it, but it might mean that you learn some different ways of seeking joy and satisfaction from what you want to do. This week’s podcast is all about getting approval from the most important person in your life, you. Hope it’s helpful. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Are you looking to improve your nutrition and lose some weight and get healthier? I was reflecting this morning and the biggest changes I made to my nutrition had almost nothing to do with the food I was eating, It was through changing myself that I naturally started eating better, losing weight and becoming healthier. I know many people struggle with their food but my intuition tells me that most the real culprit is the dialogue that we’ve created (the self talk) around the food that makes it the hardest on us. I’m far from perfect and I still struggle, but I’m much better than I was. That’s what today’s episode is all about.

My son taught me something about fear… This past Monday, Ari, my oldest son and I, went to Canada’s Wonderland to spend some time together and go on rides. After going on the ‘cars’ about 4 times I told Ari we were going to go on a roller coaster. I specifically had two rides in mind, one beginner coaster and if he liked that one, another little bit larger one. Even the mention of a roller coaster scared him and he began to verbalize his thoughts. It was interesting to hear all the thoughts and idea’s he had about what was going to happen to him when he went on the coaster. And it taught me something I believe is universal about fear. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

The biggest impact, in recent memory, on my happiness has been discovering and dropping my sense of entitlement. If would you have asked me a few years ago I would have told you that I was grateful and didn’t feel entitled, but that wasn’t true. When I used to think entitled, I would think of a spoiled child, from an extravagant family, not working at all and wanting everything handed to them. Looking back in retrospect, that’s exactly what I was doing, but the degree and the things I was expecting were not ‘Lambos’ and ‘vacations’ but other things and I was working - and hard what I thought - but not hard enough. I’m hoping you find this conversation helpful… -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Are you like me? Do you want to see results yesterday? I’m not sure whether it’s the fact that I’m Eastern European, the fact that both my parents are impatient or that my personality leads me to take action quickly and without much thought, but I want it and I want it now. Worse, in the past, and still now although less often, I can get discouraged, disheartened and feel like a failure if I’m not seeing progress. Which is crazy since I know most progress happens under neath the surface where it’s unnoticeable (just watch a child learning how to swim) and yet sometimes I still can’t help it. I have started doing something that I want to share with you this week that has really helped me love the process and celebrate the improvement - hope it’s helpful. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

Don’t have them. I completely understand and can relate. I know what it feels like when someone posts something completely ridiculous, hateful, rude and just down right wrong. I also know how satisfying it can feel to say what you’re really thinking, it’s a load lifted from your shoulders. So why would I suggest not to have these arguments? For the very simple reason that every second you spend concerning, arguing, checking, and crafting your reply, you are moving away from things in your life that important. For every second arguing you are missing on time with your kids, time with your spouse, exercise, creative time, reflective time, anything that could be getting you closer to the things that are important in your life. I’ve lost many friends throughout the years having social media battles, and I’ve wasted so much of my precious time that I could have used creating and building projects and ideas that would have made my life better and helped me achieve my goals and dreams even faster. Do I still get ang

Are there people in your life that you wish would get their act together or at least try to get their act together? Me too.  And despite what I used to think there is absolutely no way to ‘get’ someone to do anything. There are no tricks, no secret formulas and no special incantations that can convince someone and change their their mind. In my experience the harder I push the more people push away. But, that doesn’t mean you can’t inspire someone to change, it doesn’t mean you can be motivating and it doesn’t mean you can’t be inspiring. In this episode I discuss things that I’ve found helpful in motivating/inspiring people which hopefully you can use and apply. -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I used to think productivity meant getting a lot of stuff done. In a way it does but if I can be so bold and insert another word in that definition;  productivity means getting a lot of important stuff done. I’ve found that to do truly productive things there are some steps that have to happen before you to actually do the work - if I don’t do these steps I run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off, or I just procrastinate and get nothing done. Today’s episode is all about those steps and how they help you become more productive.  -Dr. Kresimir Jug

 What do you want your future to look like? What values do you want to have? What are you trying to create? Do you spend anytime thinking about this? I’m listening to Joe Dispenza’s new book, Becoming Super Human, and I like it. It made me think and understand (maybe not fully, but at least a little better) the importance of making space in your mind for thinking. For thinking not only about what’s happening now, but for thinking about the life that you want to create and what it’s going to take to get you there.  -Dr. Kresimir Jug

If someone has ever made you feel bad about the decisions that you’ve made, then this episode is for you. Shame is a legitimate emotion. If you were to do something dishonourable - cheat, steal, lie - then feeling shame is an appropriate reaction to that situation. “Shaming” is a verb in which someone tries to make someone else feel shame for various reason. It usually implies outright attacking someone online and more subtle expressions (eye rolling, underhanded comments, or open comments) in person. I don’t think I’ve included everything, but that is the general idea. So what can you do about it? The simple answer is to grow a self esteem that is so high that you don’t care what others think or say. That’s easy to say, and very hard to do. This podcast is geared towards helping you create that self-esteem because, “just don’t care what others think” is great advice but doesn’t teach you how to get into that state.  -Dr. Kresimir Jug

 Clarity, Clarity, Clarity… The word and concept just keep coming up over and over again. So much so that I just did an episode on the importance of having clarity and how it decreases the amount of anxiety I experience. Today I wanted to revisit this idea and give you some more tangible examples of how this has played on in my life over the last 4 weeks and what I’ve done to get more clarity. I’m hoping you are able to plug this into your life and get similar ideas.  -Dr. Kresimir Jug

I want my children to know that I love my wife selfishly, and I believe this is only appropriate way to love anything or anyone. I know that might sound weird but let me explain. I’m not a fan of the modern day idea of love. Love cannot be unconditional, and I believe it has to be earned. Do not make the mistake, as I did, and think that overall benevolence is the same as love. Treating someone kindly or respectfully doesn’t mean that you love them, it means that you have self-esteem and you value other human life. Love, to me, means the spiritual payment in responses to the values I love. Meaning I love my wife because she embodies those values and sense of life that I value. I love her selfishly, meaning being with her brings me immense joy. I don’t love her for the things that she does for me (of which she does a lot) and I don’t love her because she needs me - I love her for who she is, her sense of life and her values. -Dr. K