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Into The Arena - Without This You'll Never Change

Published 8 months ago • 1 min read

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Into The Arena

With Mike Schiff

How many times have you said or heard someone else say something like this:

"I just don't know why I feel so tired all the time..."

or

"I can't figure out why I can't lose this extra weight around my belly..."

If I had a dollar for every time I heard one of those from people around me.

What's the missing piece?

Check out this quote for the answer:

"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." - Eric Hoffer

Most people are completely lacking in awareness.

And therefor, they can't see where they are making mistakes, which means they can't change their lives.

But now the million dollar question, how do you develop awareness?

Well I believe there are 3 key areas where we need to be self-aware.

Mind. Body. and Spirit.

But there are 2 common ways to become self-aware in all 3 areas.

  1. Journaling
  2. Being surrounded by community

Write down what you're consuming, how you're feeling, what you're grateful for.

Journaling is an amazing tool for understanding why you are the way you are, whether that's your fault or not, which then allows you to think about what you need to do to change it for the better.

And then having a solid support system around you to give you feedback.

None of us operate in silos.

We need to know if what we are saying makes sense.

And having a community of like-minded folks to bounce ideas off of and to hold a mirror up for us to see ourselves how others see us can be the catalyst you need to make the change for good.

Is awareness on your radar? Something you think about ever?

Thanks for reading and God bless.

-Mike

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P.S. Tyler Todt and I are leading a 12 week course starting this week on developing self-awareness with our men's community, The Arena.

If you'd like more information to see if it would be a good program for you, reply to this email and we can chat more!

Into The Arena

By Mike Schiff - Men's Coach

Helping you get off the sidelines and Into The Arena by sharing thoughts, stories, and strategies on fatherhood, faith, fitness, and more as I learn and grow as a husband and father. Raising 2 children with my wife of a decade while also leading a men's community of 60+ high value men.

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