Welcome to the energetic radio podcast. This episode is brought to you by

the school of play dotco. Hosted by Dale Sibonham and Paul

Campbell. Each week, we'll bring to you tips, strategies, and ideas on how

you can bring more joy and happiness into your life and those you share

with. Hello, listeners. School of Play here, Paul Campbell and Dal

Sidebottom, back from my second podcast, my venture into the

school of play. And episode 334, I believe, Dale.

Correct, Paul. That's alright, mate. What we were talking about earlier, Mark Taylor. Yeah. Mark

Taylor. For those cricket lovers out there, Mark Taylor, 334

against India not out. I think he should have stuck to that. For those being

the been, watching the Olympics and hearing him absolutely

commentate the diving, Mark, stick to selling air conditioners or

whatever you do because it's been horrendous Fujitsu. Mark Taylor and Matty

Pavlich, I believe, were doing it. There's a I think he was doing the equestrian.

Yeah. Yeah. Quality of sports stars doing their thing, I guess. But, mate, how good's

the Olympics been? Yeah. Fantastic. Fantastic. Aussies have done incredibly well.

Super proud of you guys. Yeah. Couple of days ago. It's

fantastic. Alright. Straight into it. So listeners, we're, over the next 4

weeks, we're gonna bring to you a series called the best of you.

As the intro suggests, you know, just a series of of conversation topics all

around helping you guys become the best versions of yourselves.

Something that we work on continuously at the School of Play. Obviously, we'd like to

practice what we preach and live and breathe it. And, yeah, we just can't wait

to share some of that knowledge and have a pretty candid and open discussion about

a few points, and Sarah sort of takes us. Yeah. Good. Yeah. And I think,

doing it over 4 weeks is really important because not everyone's gonna

resonate with each of the topics. But there might be something that hits a cord

with you, and like we say in a lot of our sessions and talks, mate,

that you're not gonna take away everything. Go, well, those blokes are unreal.

Everything they've said is unreal. I'm gonna put that into my life. Like, that's not

practical. So if you are going to, obviously tune in over the next 4

weeks of this series, if you take away one little thing from each

podcast would be the probably advice that we would give. So

today is all about f u n. Fun. Oh. Life

needs to be more fun, Cam, but It does. Get into it, mate. Have an

orientation around fun. Listen, it's all how you see it, isn't it? It's all how

you see life and and which colored lenses you have on. I

personally love to try and rock around the place with those rose colored glasses on

as you know. Yes. I do. Try and stop and smell the roses as often

as you can. So yeah. It's super important. So it's really cool. We

were having discussion, a few days ago actually. We're in the car together doing a

road trip, and we had discussion around baseline happiness.

Not sure if you remember that I do. That chat. But I do. We do

have a lot of chats in the car. We've been doing We do. We do.

Road trips lately, which has been great. Business going well. People want more road trips.

We can definitely do that. But, yes, yes, we did have a chat about this.

And and my question to you was, do you believe we've got a

baseline of happiness that we return to? Or do you

believe that with effort and endeavor and training, I

guess we can lift that baseline happiness as human

beings. What are your thoughts? And you can probably tell we have pretty

in-depth conversations in, 3 or 4 hour drive journeys.

I I love this question. It made me think, and my response

was, I think it's like anything in life that it's the amount of

work you put into it that people will say, oh, you're just lucky you're

happy or you're lucky, you know, but it's like learning a new skill or doing

something well. It's not luck. It's repetition. It's putting the work in.

So I feel there's a number of little things that we both do differently each

day that allows us to be in a good place.

And unfortunately, particularly like this topic for the next 4 weeks

and probably most things we do talk about that it's all sounds well

and good, but no one's going to do this for you. So no one's gonna

make you happy. No one's gonna put the work in. And that's why it's

hard because sometimes it's easy to blame other people. And I know for a long

period of my life, I thought it was easy to blame other people because

I I didn't like the person I saw in the mirror. But when you actually

realize that that doesn't help anyone, and it's exactly

like this topic. I feel happiness is something that needs to be worked at. Mhmm.

And like anything, the more you do something, you understand yourself better, and you

know your triggers for what brings that joy, what

really lights you up. Yeah. And that's where everyone's different. And like I said,

over the next 4 weeks, what we talk about one of us might do, might

work with something, might not work the other, and that's fine. It's like mindfulness or

exercise. There's so many options out there because not

everyone wants to do the same thing. Yeah. And I feel it's exactly the same

with happiness. Yep. I couldn't agree more, mate. Mate. Like, as human beings,

we we ebb and flow. Right? We ebb and flow. It's impossible to be up

and about a 100% of the time. That's not natural. It's not not right.

You are though pretty much. I'm bringing you a little bit unfairly. You're

a unicorn. I guess if yeah. Maybe ask my wife and kids at

home sometimes. It might be a facade that I thought I'm out of society. But,

but no, generally speaking, I do try to have that positive, you know, outlook on

life as much as possible. Right. But I'm human. You know what I mean? I

get frustrated. I get, I get shitty. You know what I mean? Those sorts of

things. So, but I think I've bounced back pretty quickly.

Yeah. That's good. I think I've bounced back pretty quickly from those, those moments.

And I don't let it derail the whole day. Don't let it derail the whole

half day, let alone an hour. You know what I mean? So, yeah.

Practice so, like, because it's very easy and I use this analogy a lot.

You get a 100 me emails, some get a 100 a day, some, like, get

a 100 in a week. 99 of them are really nice and beautiful and lovely

and rosy. Like, you've got those glasses on you're talking about, but there'll be one

that is just really negative and really horrible or might be

not fair. You don't think about the other 99. You only think about the

one. Yeah. So is there things that you do to practice that to be able

to move on and and not let it derail you? A 100% perspective.

Okay. I use that word all the time. You'll notice someone working with our students,

working with staff or or people in the in the corporate world, when people ask

that question, like, you know, what's your secret, how do you do it? And I

often just throw back one word. I say perspective. And

when life throws that curve ball at you, when it throws a little bump in

the, in the, in the pathway, which is gonna happen, just stop and

try to put it in perspective of what, how big an issue is that, how

big a problem is it, how horrible was that one email you received or that

one bit of negative feedback or whatever it might be in the scheme of things.

Like, we're we're so bloody lucky, aren't we? Like, literally,

we are so bloody lucky to, you know, be in the position we're in

compared to a lot of people and what's going on. And I just think I

always put things in perspective. I teach my kids, I try to

teach my kids, you know, don't sweat the small stuff. And I think when

that pops in your mind and it is it's practice. And when you say to

yourself enough regularly days, weeks, months, whatever it is,

it becomes second nature just to flick that little perspective

switch, and go, yeah, man, that's not worth losing sleep over

and that's not worth really, you know, ruining your whole day over. So yeah,

acknowledge it. It happens, learn from it, grow from it,

try to, you know, be better if you need to be better from that, that,

that aspect. But yeah, don't, don't sweat the small stuff and put things in perspective.

And that sort of helps keep me, I think, elevated

and and in a pretty good frame of mind. And I'm sure Mark Taylor and

Matthew Pavlich, while they're commentating the diving or the equestrian, probably

thought, I was Australian captain. I was probably one of the best ever since our

forwards. I think he's made all Australian in the spine, old Pavlich. Didn't think they'd

be doing that, but tell you what, they're lucky. They got a gig. They're at

the Olympics. Yep. Yep. All these different things. I also think

one one thing that's helped me particularly around criticism

or I used to always really struggle when I'd

get an email of someone pulling me up on something or, like, just trying to

help me, but I would use it as a negative. Particularly for me, it was

around, like, spelling. Do you know what I mean? Like, my grammar punctuation spelling has

never been good. It's something I've really tried to work on. There's a lot of

good programs online now that also really helped me as well. Grammarly, If you haven't

got that, get it. Is it is it ladies and gentlemen, he's a jet at

all things chat gpt. And let me tell you he's teaching me a few things,

and it's mind blowing what that thing can do. No. But I think, the thing

I don't let things, particularly via an email or someone comments on something

you're doing or, particularly when you put yourself out there for a long period of

time like I have, it's very easy to get caught up in that

comment and take it negatively. But, particularly what I've

tried to do now is I take a step back, take a breath, and I

think, okay. What must be going through that person's head or

that person to want to say that to me? Like,

so instead of taking it on board, I'd sort of take that empathetic lens and

step back and think, alright. Why would they want to do that? What

what circumstances are they going through in their life that makes them feel that

they need to do that? That's a good point. And probably very similar to, you

know, when I used to, you know, put other people down or do things to

make myself feel better because I wasn't in a good place. Yeah. Yeah. And I

think that's something that we can do as well. Like, take a breath, but step

out of the situation and try and look at both sides. Yep. And

don't give it the energy. I think that's one of the big things. Like, if

you wanna allow it to consume you, it will. If you wanna focus on

it, it will. Whereas, if you're like, oh, that poor person, they must have been

in a good place, and you just write, thank you. I really appreciate your email.

Like, it actually makes it worse. Yeah. And, like, I'm always really

nice around. I think, you know, I don't not saying I get a lot of

these, but when I did did used to get them, I still do every now

and then, it consumed me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Yep.

But I think, yeah, the more you're aware of that awareness or perspective.

What do you wanna what do you wanna say about it? But, yeah, again, it's

something you've gotta be, like, present. You've gotta be really on it

because otherwise, if you're not in your minds elsewhere, you can very

easily nearly get done. You know, like, nearly got hacked the other day, like, on

the phone, you know what I mean? Like, because I had so many things going

on my mind, and this person rang me up and asked for this thing, and

I was just too many things going on. And I think it's Hang on a

minute. Hang on a minute. This person rang you up. This person rang you up

and asked for your email address. No. They had my they had my that

was a hard they had my email address, and they knew things about certain

plans I'm on for different things. So they obviously knew things, and they said

they were part of that company. Anyway Anyway, off topic then. But that's It

was it was but but off topic, but not because I I

wasn't present in that conversation. I was too busy thinking about everything else.

Yeah. And I think it's exactly the same when you're dealing with, you

know, criticism or negativity things or stuff like that.

If if you're not fully present within and allow yourself to be able to step

away from an old perspective like you said, then it can consume you.

Yeah. And it's just like, you know, a really great bit of advice that I

was given, not sure by who, by a while back now that I live by

a lot is never speak on emotion. You know what I mean? And, I'm gonna

give Nicole Price a shout out here because it's one thing I definitely taught her,

I think, in my time leading that well-being team out of Cranbourne Eastern was never

to speak on emotion, and that's something that she's really taken on board. And then

when you see other people learn from that and go, you know what? That's

bloody right, isn't it? If you're in the moment and you're a little bit emotional

and things haven't gone your way, take that deep breath, take a step back.

There's no rush. Calm yourself, process

it, learn from it, and then, you know, speak on it or respond or

wherever it might be. Great way not to piss people off.

A great way not to not to really foot me up. Yeah. Foot me up

and not have a sip of your nose. And so, you know, listeners out there,

never speak on emotion. If you can, control yourself and and take a deep breath.

And, yeah, as you said, stay present, but that's something definitely you taught

me, is to just step back from time to

time and, you know, process everything

first, think about it from all angles, and then come back with a response.

And and that's great business aptitude and life aptitude. So Yeah. Yeah. I think

it I'm I'm still working at it. I I might have told you a little

bit. I still need to it's something that you always need to be

constantly doing. Like, what we said with happiness, fun, whatever you wanna

label it, all these things, unless you're actively thinking

about it and practicing and have been aware of it, it's very easy to

revert to old ways or let it consume you. Yep.

It's it's any any new skill you're developing.

Right? Any new skill you're developing needs repetition, needs constant

practice. You won't get it in a day, you won't get in a week, you

won't get in a month, but it's gotta be a life orientation and and put

effort into it, And eventually, it becomes second nature. It does. Right. Definitely.

So, yeah, back that first question, you know, baseline happiness, I think we've answered it

from what we believe in. It'd be interesting to hear what our

listeners sort of think about that. But I'm a I'm a firm believer that we

don't have a baseline happiness, and with effort and energy,

and focus on it, you can definitely improve where your mind's

at and your well-being. You know, you always say everyone is

accountable for it. So if you're in a bit of a rut, you're not

alone. If you're in a bit of a rut, we all get we all go

through it, but do something to get you out of it. Do something every day

to get you out of it. Don't get yourself out of it for one day

and think I'm feeling good today. I don't need to go back to those things

that people tell me to try. Keep them in the daily repertoire.

We're creatures of habit. We're creatures of habit, so keep those good habits up as

much as possible. And it's okay to fall off the bike for a week or

2 or fall off the bike for a day or 2, but just get back

on it and then get it back into your life. That's true. And I think,

there's a number of different ways mood enhances, but the 3 and I've done a

lot of research around this exercise, music,

and I think I've done a lot of research on it. And then sorry.

I wanted that laughter. Laughter. Well played, sir. Well played, sir.

So they're the 3 that straight away, if you are a little bit

alright, they can just allow you to really that mood shifter. Mhmm. And it's a

really good way. Like, it you need to start small. There's not massive things you

can do each day to if you're not in a great place, but it's constant

little habits that build to those big habits that allow you to change the way

you're feeling. And obviously laughter, movement, and,

I couldn't even remember of to laughter, movement, and, music.

Jeez, I'm really battling there today, aren't I? It's been it's been a long week,

hasn't it? It's been a long week. And my kids don't wanna sleep at the

moment, but that's okay. Good on you boys. It's lovely. It's It's good being up

at night. I need a bit more laughter at night. But, yeah, they're the 3

ways that you can do that. And that's why everyone is different though. So,

you'll know everyone knows something that makes them feel better. Because when you feel

better, you'll allow fun to occur, I'll feel. And music's gotta be up

there for everybody. Right? That's such a simple one. We throw tunes on

the car. Mhmm. Mood enhances. And and for for me

personally, every single day I was on my way to work, I would

throw my playlist on. Yeah. I went in the space of, what is it, 7

seconds, they reckon it enhances your mood and that's gotta be true because I felt

that. But you throw the music on, I'd be an idiot. I'd be the front

man to a rock band in my car. I'd be rocking out loud no tomorrow,

you know, tapping on my steering wheel and singing out loud, and it increases

your mood 1000%. And I used to get out of my car and walk

up that that ramp into work and and I'd be singing along. And, yeah, if

anyone out there, you know, tip number whatever it is for this session, just throw

some tunes on. Yeah. You know? Throw especially in the morning when you're on your

way to work, you gotta get yourself up and down anymore. Throw some tunes on.

Have a sing. Sets up the day so well. If you're in the

office, have background music on. If you whatever it is, you know, you're doing a

workout, throw your AirPods in, have some tunes on, but music is the key. Yep.

Yeah. I feel and it's so easily accessible now. You you don't have to have

a a cassette or a CD. Yeah. Like, everyone's got it on their device

wherever they are. There's not really any excuse. And it's probably the same as

laughter. Do you know what I mean? Like, you don't have to share a laugh

with someone else. But go on YouTube and there's so many silly videos or things

like that. The ones that gain as well have a good laugh. Yeah. But the

big one for me is I just everybody should move their body in

some form in the morning. And it doesn't matter what it is,

just even going for a 10 minute walk. Yep. Like but if you're not doing

that, then my my bet is that

if you added that in, you would feel better, you'd be more happy, and that

would equal fun. My bet is if you're not doing that, you feel sluggish

for the day. I mean, you feel sluggish for the day. I think

the physical activity thing makes you feel proud. I think when you're

putting that physical activity in daily and then maybe working on the mind a little

bit with some mindfulness or gratitude, whatever it might be, those simple things, it makes

you feel proud of yourself that you're doing in the little incremental steps to work

on yourself and be the best version of yourself. And that's when I reckon happiness

gets unlocked a little bit is when you feel proud of yourself.

And we've all felt the other way. Right? We've all had a couple of weeks

of it's the regime has dropped off, eaten like crap, haven't done the

exercise, party a little bit too hard, whatever it might be.

And you feel it and you're like, you know, I haven't done it for a

while. I've fallen off the wagon and you don't feel proud of yourself. And inadvertently,

you don't feel great. You don't treat others great. You're not walking the earth through

the spring, you step, etcetera, etcetera. So you're right. You can just

do 10 minutes Yeah. To the starting point. Yeah. Just walking. I'll

get so anyone well, I shouldn't say that. Not everyone can walk, but there

might be something that you can do. Mhmm. And, yeah, I'm a big believer

in that. Doesn't have does not mean you have to go and get a sweat

up and burn 5, 600 calories. Like, that's what some people do, and

that's fine, but it doesn't mean you need to do that. Yeah. But doing something

I feel is just as important. You don't drink coffee, but just as

important for people like myself that to have that first coffee of quite a

few. Yeah. That that that allows

me to have fun too because I feel alive. Yeah. But I enjoy it. But

I think yeah. I it's little things like you said to feel proud about yourself.

Mhmm. Because if you don't feel proud about yourself, then all the other things are

pretty hard to attain. Yes. Well done. Well done. Spot on.

Our topics for today, you know, and and we're gonna start with the classics. We're

gonna start the ones that are throwing out there the most that I think get

a bit of a bad rap. I do. I think in society they can get

a bit of a bad rap, and that's mindfulness and gratitude. And you're probably sitting

here going, why why did they get a bad rap, Paul?

And I just think people think mindfulness, you know, a bit fluffy,

meditation, those sorts of things. When do I have time to sit down and meditate

for 10, 15 minutes a day or does it really work?

But for me, mindfulness in my life isn't meditation. I don't

sit there and and, you know, hunt myself for 10, 15 minutes a day and

get zen. Mindfulness to me is just an outlook

on life. You know what I mean? I really try as much as I

bloody can to stop and smell the roses and just let

just capture all the little amazing things that are happening around me in on a

day to day basis. You know what I mean? It might be the laughter of

your kids, but actually stopping and going, I'm

present. I'm just gonna enjoy this for 30 seconds and process it as an

amazing part of my life. Get that little hit of oxytocin, then move

on. You know what I mean? I remember when I was walking around the school

yard, you'd see a group of kids playing table tennis together, and I'd stop and

just watch them for a minute and just be present and be mindful that that

is happening right now. And that's really cool that that group of people are connecting

with each other and having fun. Get the little hit from it and then move

on. My walk in the mornings, my dog, I'm such a dag, mate.

I I love the sunshine coming up and the sun coming through the leaves and

those things that literally stop and process it. Right. And I'm mindful

that just being alive is insane.

Like it is insane just being alive. Right? And it goes so quick.

So the more that you can be mindful about

enjoying the little snippets that life throws at you that is a beautiful part of

life, but it comes, it's got to be an effort, right? You've got to go

right. I'm going to try and improve my ability to be more

mindful and more present and capture those little snippets that life

throws at us. And you'll find in a day here's my challenge. Like, here's my

challenge to listeners. Start tomorrow. Right? Start

tomorrow and go, okay. Let's let's do a reflection at the end of the day

and see how many little snippets of gold

that I can capture in a day. And even write them down and chucking your

phone, think about it. And it doesn't matter how small they are or how daggy

they seem to you. When you reflect upon the other day, you're like,

wow. It was 15 times they ever stopped and smelt the roses.

For so many people, I think that would just pass them by. Yeah. Well, if

you're not intentional with it Yeah. And I think that's the thing people will

listen to this and go higher. That's sounds hard or it may come easy for

you. But once again, maybe just start small and try and get one

for one day. Get 2 the next day. But really important, be intentional

when at the end of the day, you reflect on that. It's so

important starting down a positive and essentially, that's what we're talking about, setting your day

up for success. If you're not intentional with it, then it normally doesn't happen. And,

also, if you do not make time to reflect on what you've done,

then you probably won't remember those beautiful things. Yeah. And that doesn't matter. Write

notes, take photos, what whatever it is. But, yeah, come back

to that because before your head hits the pillow, that's the perfect opportunity

to remind yourself about those mindfulness moments. And, essentially,

that's mixing mindfulness and gratitude together. You know, and it's such a simple

way of doing it, and you don't need to sit down and do a gratitude

journal. You don't need to do that. That's the beauty of devices,

as much as, I think they get a bad rep, which they do, and

I'm a big advocate to have a break from them, But they're also a great

way to remind yourself of how cool your life is and how

amazing it is. But you've gotta be aware of that. You've gotta set timer

time aside to do it. Otherwise, you will get too busy. You will forget about

it. Days will slip into weeks, weeks into months, years, and so forth. And before

you know it, you're not taking that time to slow down, stop, and remember.

Yeah. And that's where joy comes from. Yep. When you allow that joy to

occur because you're intentional with it. Yeah. And the starting point you said, you know

what I mean? Yeah. Early on, if you're if you're new to embark on

this sort of journey and and wanna have an actual mindset of of being mindful

and showing gratitude, Yeah. Write it down early on. Get to the end of the

day and maybe write some things in a journal or or your notes on your

phone, whatever it might be, but you don't have to do that forever. I think

it's what dawns people, you know, jumping the gratitude now. I think it dawns

people that I'm not a journaler. I can't sit down and write a journal every

night. I might not keep it for 2 weeks, 3 weeks, but then I get

bored and over it. You and I are exactly the same in that in that

sense. Right? Like, I'm not a journaler. Boring as I don't write things down at

all. But you may only have to do that for 2 weeks. As I said,

we're creatures of habit. And they basically say if you do something for 2 or

3 weeks, it becomes, you know, part of your habitual makeup

and, and you've got it then. And then you can leave the journaling or the

writing it down because you'll find yourself just thinking about it then, and that's

enough. You know what I mean? That's enough. Know, jumping on the

gratitude, same deal. I don't you know, we don't want people to

sit there and think, right, I've gotta write down 3 things that I'm grateful for

today. You can do that if you want. Yeah. But I think that's what people

think gratitude is. And it's not like, it's gotta be fun.

And that's our big thing that we talk about all the time. Something isn't fun,

you're not gonna do it. It'd be more of a chore, so then it's literally

taking away from the beauty of what you're trying to achieve. Yep. Exactly right.

And rather than asking yourself, okay, 3 things I'm grateful for today, you know, I'm

grateful for my family, I'm grateful for the roof over my head, which so many

people go to, you're gonna run out of things to be grateful for. You're gonna

do the same things over and over again. You know, 3 simple gratitude questions

that I started my journey with years years years ago. You know,

yeah. What's one thing that I'm grateful for that's in my life. And, and generally

speaking, you go to your family, your friends or opportunities you've got, but

then, you know, what's one thing that you're looking forward to?

And ask yourself that question. Stop and actually ask yourself, what's one thing I'm looking

forward to? And think about the future. Think about 3 months down the track or

the holiday coming up or the night out with your mates or 40 on the

weekend, whatever it might be. But just that's a really cool part as well. Gratitude

doesn't mean what I've, what I've got now. It's what's coming up. And then also

I'd love to ask myself, what's one way that I can impact on someone's

life in a better way today.

And people may not associate that with gratitude, but for me, it is me asking

myself that question every morning when I'm walking the dog is what's one way that

I can impact on someone's life today? It puts a smile on my face

instantly that I might have that opportunity to improve someone's day. It gives you

that orientation of life, and then you go out and do it.

And you don't sell it to the world. You don't announce it to the world.

You don't scream at the top of your lungs. But, you know, if you've ticked

it off, you've seen the smile on that person's face. And

it inadvertently makes you feel a bit better about yourself, but it definitely makes the

other person, you know, makes their day a little bit brighter. Then you got the

ripple effect. Yep. And it flows from there. Kindness is the

new cool as you text me this morning. I did text that this morning.

Kindness is the new cool. And, mate, your kindness is making me lunch today. It

was. You know what I mean? That's that simple thing. And and and you you

probably didn't get up this morning and say to yourself, right, what's my gratitude? I

need to do this. But you that's your orientation of life now. Right? And without

yeah. You messaged this morning, so, mate, don't bring lunch. I've made us a beautiful

lunch and made you feel good because I'm a made it to this. A beautiful

lunch. Don't tell us that it was delicious. Alright? It was delicious. I didn't get

up and bake that pie. I tell you what, it was very nice. It was

delicious. And just, yeah, and I wrote back saying, mate, super thoughtful.

You know? Thank you for the kindness, and it's a ripple effect. Yeah. It is.

And I think that's the beautiful thing with kindness and all these different labels or

whatever, but when you just do something for someone else just because,

that's gratitude. Because it makes you lucky feel lucky that you can do that. Yeah.

And then not most of the time, I do it selfish because I actually

makes me feel better Mhmm. Than probably what the person is that gets it.

Yeah. And it's I know it's a nice thing to do, but I did. It's

a really nice thing to be a part of. Yep. And imagine if everyone had

that mindset, like, my welcome video is it for the

director of the school school play. You know, I finished off that video with, you

know, make it your mission to make someone else's day better. And I loved I

I'll be honest. I was I had no idea the power of these podcasts and

videos and and how many messages I was gonna receive in the aftermath of those

videos. Thank you to everyone. They were bloody amazing. But it was the

best part was people writing to me and saying,

hey, I did this or, hey, I did this lack of kindness and, hey, this

is marked of kindness. And, you know, would you have

done it without my prompt most likely, but the fact that you processed

it as an act of kindness and you were proud enough to share it with

me and it's impacted on your life, you've then impacted on someone

else's life, that person will hopefully then go in an act of kindness as well.

Imagine if the whole world's doing that. And it takes 10 seconds, 15 seconds, a

minute of your time, whatever it is. Cheap is we'd be in a good

place. We would be. We would be. And I think that's probably, you know, around

fun. Like, pick one of the things I've spoken about today and and just

start small with that. Yeah. Don't go out and try and do all of

it. We know I'll be honest, I don't do it all every day, but

I am intentional with doing things each week. And

I think now I I don't even really think of it like it's a I

need to do it. I it just comes naturally because I've done it for a

while, and I made it part of my routine, and I know it makes me

a good person. Yeah. So it's just sort of what you do. Yep. We give

you give to yourself, then you can give yourself to others. Correct. That's right. You

can go give it to the person you see in the mirror before you can

give to anyone else. And, yeah. So if you are listening to

this, hopefully, you are. Great podcast. Episode 334.

Then, you know, find something that you can do for yourself, and then

that will allow you to have more fun. Yeah. And and from today, look look

at our two points today is mindfulness and gratitude. Just to wrap up,

make it yeah. The challenge that I said earlier, start tomorrow. See if you can

actually stop and smell those roses at least once tomorrow and

be mindful of it and actually capture it in your mind and process it that,

hey, I'm doing something here for myself, and that's an awesome thing in my life

that I've just witnessed. I'm gonna enjoy it, and then keep moving on. And then

see how many you can capture in the day. Don't go crazy with it, but

see if you can get get with 1 or 2 tomorrow. You know what I

mean? And just reflect at the end of the day and, yeah, work on, you

know, work on your gratitude and just being really appreciative that that we're here. If

you're listening to this, you're walking the earth and that's insane in itself.

And, yeah, ask yourself a few questions. How can I what have I got to

look forward to? How can I impact on someone's day better? And what's going on

in my life? And, yeah, it it'll put a spring in your step. Oh, that's

a great way to finish there, mate. I really like that. And as always,

listeners, if you think somebody is out there that could

benefit from something like this, you know, and I'm sure there are people out there,

like, some people are doing it tough. It's the world isn't always easy

place. And that doesn't mean telling people what to

do. We're not telling anyone, but sometimes I feel the best thing you do is

just send someone a link or recommend something. And, you know, if you resonate with

something in this podcast today, then, you know, it might be something that you forward

on, you know, to a friend that might be struggling a little bit because

you never know what bits of what bits people needed to

hear or what they need to take away or what will resonate with them. They

might have heard the same message 5 times already, and the 6 one might be

that one. You know what? No. I'm gonna give that a go. It might be

what I need. So, yeah, obviously, take action for yourself in your own

life, but also think about the people that are in your life that may

benefit from something that we've spoken about today. Yeah. And reach out reach out to

one person. Make that your mission. There you go. Brilliant. Listeners,

the sun is shining. We're recording this on Friday, but I'm pretty sure the weather

report for Monday is beautifulness. The weather the weather over the weekend is gonna be

glorious. Yes. So, enjoy it. Enjoy everything life

has started. Enjoy the sunshine, connect with people, and do some new

sales and look out for each other.