This week on the Gadgets for Families Tech show, Jason and I had a pretty lengthy and in-depth conversation about the concept of Digital Nomadism. What is digital nomadism?Would we consider it?What cultural shifts are or need to take place? Those are some of the questions we discussed and I thought it was a good topic for this audience as well. I hope you get something out of it. If you would like to hear the whole conversation you can do so on YouTube or your podcast...

Welcome to Leader's Lift. I'm your host Greg Cunningham.   Today I want to announce that I'm going to be putting a pause on this podcast. I've got several other priorities hitting right now and this is one of the things I have on my plate that falls below the cut off point in my priority list.    I don't think this will be a permanent hiatus and I'm going to leave everything in place to be able to drop a random episode if I have a burning topic that I just want to share with everyone. For the...

Summary This week I spend a few minutes talking about why I believe curiosity is an important, yet underdeveloped skill.   Key Takeaways Curiosity is more than wanting to know something. It's about wanting to know and then use that knowledge to get more out of life.Everything changes and if you aren't curious, you may just get left behind.Without curiosity, you will never know if you are really getting the most out of life.Curiosity can be developed.If we put in the effort to develop...

Summary One of my keys this year is figuring out how to be more deliberate about the most important things I'm working on. If you have that same goal, then a tool that may help you do so is to figure out what kind of journaling works for you. Key Takeaways Journaling has clear advantages like getting thoughts somewhere we can refer to or helping us brainstorm or sort through ideas.First, understand why and what you want to journal.If you are just starting out with journaling, keep it...

Summary As a bonus add on to the last four episodes about planning tools and techniques, I decided to take you through my initial pass of my minimum viable plan for 2024. I'll cover my themes for the year and give a few examples of the next level of detail. Hopefully this will help you take a look at your existing plan or put together an initial one.  Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:27Series Recap 02:07My Themes 05:46Examples of MVP Items 09:58Wrap Up 19:12 Key...

Summary In part four of this series, let's talk about how letting go actually gains us more (of many things). We have to learn to say no to good and even some pretty great things in order to focus on the things that matter most. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:27Setting the Stage 02:17Examples 05:01Benefits for Leaders 06:45General Benefits 08:31Wrap Up 11:45 Key Takeaways In order to focus on the things that matter most, we are going to have to say no to other things, even...

Summary In part three of this series, I talk about the difference between false and meaningful progress and then what we can do to try and focus on the latter. And then I cover some application ideas for your end of year assessment and planning exercises. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:22Setting the Stage 02:10False Progress 03:38Meaningful Progress 05:05Dealing with the Challenge 08:00Application 12:41Wrap Up 14:03 Key Takeaways Being business and making progress are not...

Summary This is part two of my end of year series and is focused on the concept of a "minimum viable plan". This is an adaptation of agile software development methodology. Think of it as building the minimum plan to help get you where you want to go and then consistently iterating on that plan as you learn and move down the path to your most potential. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:22My adapted definition of agile 01:51How I've seen agile work 03:58Applying these ideas...

Summary This is part one of what I hope will be a four part series covering tools and concepts you can use if you are going to be involved in anyway in an end of year assessment, new years resolutions or anything like that. Topic one is the dangers of comparisons. Let's talk about different kinds of comparisons, why they are a problem, what we can do about them and how this applies to end of year stuff. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:26The Problems with Comparisons...

Summary A little bit different topic for this week's episode. This is an initial discussion about the voices that we listen to or the sources of information that we allow to influence our lives and eventually help us form our own voices. There are so many voices, way too many our negative and yet we still need to find a way to sort through them, avoid comparisons and find confidence in our own voice that will help us get where we need to go. So let's discuss. Key Topics & Time...

Summary The holidays are practically upon us and I had a conversation with my g4f co-host and that made me realize that I wanted to be more deliberate about the holidays this year. Let me explain. As an introvert, there are a lot of things that happen during the holiday season that make it more difficult to keep my energy well at a good level. So this week, let's talk about what that means and share some ideas on how to deal with it. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro...

Summary Have you ever followed Alice down the rabbit hole? Well maybe not her and that specific rabbit hole, but I'll bet you have been down many rabbit holes in your life. They come in many shapes and sizes so let's talk about them and what we might be able to do to be more deliberate in handling them. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:214What Are Some Rabbit Holes 02:02How Do We Fall Down Them 03:10Impact of Falling 04:46How to Recognize Them 06:17What to Do About Them...

Summary Over the last while I have noticed that I have been in a rush even when I didn't need to be. And when I look back, I've been doing this for a long time. Sometimes speed is the most important. But there are certainly impacts from rushing, either through something or from one thing to another. And those impacts may mean that rushing is not the best approach. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:20Story Time 01:21When It's Ok to Rush 04:14When Rushing Might Cause Issues...

Summary I have realized that over the last few months, my episode topics have been less about what we would consider traditional leadership and more about things that help us in life, tools that help us move down the path towards our goals and our fullest potential. I figured it was time to do a recap. So that's what this episode is. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:15Negative Stories, Fear, Lost and Found and Being Ok 01:32Thriving vs. Surviving, Not Waiting for the Perfect...

Summary I threw out  a survey on social media on what I should cover for this weeks topic. If you didn't see that, make sure you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn (where I publish the most stuff). The topic ended up being Thriving vs. Surviving. Now the reality is that it's not a one or the other situation and we all fall somewhere in between. So let's spend the next few minutes talking about what it means, why its important that we know where we are and then what to do once we...

Summary This last week I have been wrestling with a few topics I believe are related. For all of them, it's about finding a good middle ground versus going to extremes. So this week's episode is about the balance forcing things and being complacent, self care vs. just powering thru and then working on the guilt that comes when you don't go full throttle all the time. Join me for the conversation. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:33Forcing vs. Complacency 03:44Self Care vs....

Summary I had another pretty large personal experience last week that reminded me how important it is for us to be more deliberate in life. I was pretty sick and then got the word that my dad had passed away. Even with that, I still struggled to apply some of the lessons I have been sharing with y'all. So today, I thought I'd take a slightly different approach to being deliberate during hard experiences. I hope you will get something out of this episode. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome...

Summary While I normally point folks to focus on big picture, personal development, etc. when things get tough, this week I want to cover something a little different. I want to talk about the little things in our lives that make us smile. Things that can help us make it to that next camping trip or bike ride. So join me this week for the discussion. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:15Jr. High Music Aha 01:36Why This is Important 04:31Figuring this Out for You 09:40Don't Go...

Summary Instead of waiting around for perfection as I discussed last week, we should be more deliberate and think about when good enough is good enough. In this week's episode of Leaders Lift, I'll talk about what that means and how we can shift our thinking so we aren't sitting around waiting for perfection that will probably never arrive. Join me for the conversation. And if you haven't listened to episode 28, maybe do that first. Key Topics & Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro...

Summary Most of us either sit around waiting for the perfect moment or opportunity to take that next step down the path to our most potential, or we try and "make it happen". Neither of those extremes will consistently work out for us. Instead, we need to be deliberate, take advantage of the present and diligently watch for the right (not perfect) opportunity. Let's discuss. Approximate Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:15Examples 02:04Why This is Not Good 09:03What To Do About It 11:00Wrap...

Summary We are all going to face hard times in our lives. In general, most people will follow one of two extreme paths. They will try and power through it or they will run away. I don't think either of those is the right approach. Like most things in life, I believe we should be much more deliberate in these situations. Lets discuss just what that means. Approximate Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:12What Does Hard Mean 01:55Star Trek Story Time 06:01Main Topic 08:02Throwing In the Towel...

Summary How do you react when someone offers help, advice feedback? Not everyone reacts well, but the truth is that we all need help along the paths to achieving our greatest potential. So why as leaders do we struggle to accept it? Let's discuss. Approximate Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro 00:14Main Topic 01:24Wrap Up 30:24 Key Takeaways Recognize that in order to meet your full potential, you will need help from others.Don't let your pride lead your reaction when help is offeredSincerely...

I've been asked to do an episode about camping for a while so I thought I would drop a bonus for both Leaders Lift and Gadgets for Families users but keep the whole theme of getting more out of life. In this episode I talk about how I get more out of life through camping and I hope that you can either tie some of these principles back to a current hobby or a hobby you would like to pick up or get the camping bug (or both). If you'd like to see or hear more bonus episodes like this, use the...

Summary This week I got thinking about how all the negativity in the world starts to influence the stories we tell ourselves and makes them negative as well. These are stories about ourselves, others and our lives. The problem is that they are rarely founded in reality and they can have a serious impact on our lives. They distract us from what is most important, drain our wells and really pull us off the path to our most potential. Let's discuss. Approximate Time Stamps Welcome 00:00Intro...