Monday Morning Moments with Mike Van Hoozer

• Monday Morning Moments Podcast: The Depth of Your Being

  One of the most important elements of discovering you is to know yourself at a deep, soul level versus just having a surface awareness of yourself. We are in a series entitled “Discovering You.” In this podcast episode of Monday Morning Moments, I share 3 tips on how to discover the depth of your being which begins with connecting with God who created you.     Show Notes: Learn From the Past Look for themes in your life. Moments where you excelled and truly enjoyed what your were doing. Times when people told you, “You know, you’re really good at that!” Prepare for the Future I have found that it is best to hold onto my plans loosely AND to seek God and His guidance and His plans fiercely. In major transition moments in my life, I always want to hear His voice and bring those plans and my thoughts about the ideas I have to Him first. Perform in the Moment  Fully engage in the life we have been given. It’s about being present in the moment and bringing our full self to that moment. When we perform in the moment, we bring our best and encourage and inspire others to bring their best as well. And we don’t conceal or minimize who we are based on the situation, circumstance, or role that we are playing.          New Episodes of the Monday Morning Moments Podcast are released every Monday on your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube. We also release The Coach’s Corner segment on Thursdays. You can subscribe below and never miss a new episode. JOIN NOW!

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• Monday Morning Moments Podcast: The Cost of Comparison

  We are more connected today than we ever have been. Digital Devices, the web, and social media keep us in constant contact with updates, breaking news, and everyone’s latest activities and accomplishments. We are able to witness both the best and sometimes the worst of people, many of which we don’t even know. And wile there are many benefits to being able to connect through technology, there are also a few devastating drawbacks including the cost of comparison! We are in a series entitled “Discovering You.” The point and purpose of this series is to help you discover you – the real authentic you and the one God created you to be. In the first podcast episode, I talked about the essence of your identity including who or what we mistakenly tie our identity to versus where we should actually anchor our identity. In this episode, we are going to cover the cost of comparison, and yes…there is a significant cost to be paid when we spend our time, energy, and emotions comparing ourselves to others. The cost of comparison is the thief of joy!     Show Notes: “The Truth,” song by Megan Woods “The truth is I am my Father’s childI make Him proud and I make Him smileI was made in the image of a perfect KingHe looks at me and wouldn’t change a thingThe truth is I am truly lovedBy a God who’s good when I’m not good enoughI don’t belong to the lies, I belong to YouAnd that’s the truth” 7 Costs of Comparison: Time Mental and Emotional Energy Unnecessary Anxiety Misaligned Purpose The Wrong Goals Distracted Focus Lack of Impact Instead of Comparing, Do These Things Instead: Be grateful. Psalm 139:13-14 says that God created you, and you are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” We have been created with great care and reverence by God, who designed us with unique qualities and a specific purpose.  We need to go to God first to gain clarity about ourselves. I love this quote from Louie Giglio in his great devotional book Grace and Glory: “God made you with uniqueness and specificity. He knows your talents and gifting. He wove them into you. He knows your strengths and weaknesses. He wrote down all the days of your life in His book before you were born. He knows how you’re wired, what you enjoy, and what brings you to life because He made you in His image, and He invites you to be a daughter or son of His kingdom. You don’t need affirmation or acceptance from others around you – you have everything you’ll ever need from your perfect and loving heavenly Father. You can willingly take up humility in every interaction around you.” – Louie Giglio, Grace and Glory We need to trust God’s feedback and guidance.  We need to embrace His love for us.Psalm 139:16 says: “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” God is the Creator of us and the maker of moments We need to know His purpose and follow His path for us. We can seek Him and get answers to the key questions in life: Why am I here? Where do you want me to go? And what do you want me to do We need to stop comparing ourself or our journey to other people and their journeys. This includes appreciating our strengths and our quirks. Change the words and your mindset from “If Only” to “I’m grateful”…and from “I have to” to “I get to.” We need be faithful with our calling, even if others don’t understand it. We need to ask for, surrender, and submit to God’s leadership in our lives. We need to stay focused on the mission He gave us, not the one He gave to someone else. We need to trust that the same God who created and called us…will equip us. Comparison can cause you to feel inadequate, but God will provide everything you need…to do the things He has called you to do and truly become the person He created you to be. New Episodes of the Monday Morning Moments Podcast are released every Monday on your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube. We also release The Coach’s Corner segment on Thursdays. You can subscribe below and never miss a new episode. JOIN NOW!

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• Monday Morning Moments Podcast: The Essence of Identity

  We are beginning a new podcast series entitled “Discovering You.” The intent of this series is to help you to discover you – the real and authentic version of yourself that God created you to be. We will break series up into 3 podcast episodes. In this episode, we will talk about the essence of your identity. In future episodes, I will talk about the cost of comparison and discovering the depth of your being. Over all of the episodes, we will consider 2 Key Questions:  Who are You? Who are You Becoming?   New Episodes of the Monday Morning Moments Podcast are released every Monday on your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube. We also release The Coach’s Corner segment on Thursdays. You can subscribe below and never miss a new episode. JOIN NOW!

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• Monday Morning Moments Podcast: The Opportunity to Pre-Decide

  35,000! That’s how many decisions you will make today as cited in a recent study by Harvard Business Review. Decisions about what you will eat, what you will wear, and many other micro-decisions about your day. Many of these decisions are subconscious and become almost automatic for us. Other decisions are conscious and have greater importance like how you will show up to work or a game, what job or career to pursue, and how you will give your best and live life on purpose. We are in a series entitled “3 P’s to Peak Performance.” In the first episode, I shared the first P word and talked about the power of presence, or how you show up each day. In the second episode, I shared another P word that can help you perform at your best in sports, business, and life. And that word was Process. In this episode, I am going to share the third word that can help you perform at your best in sports, business, and life. And that word is Pre-Decide. We have conducted a lot of research on this word and have had a lot of experience in working with athletes as well as business leaders and entrepreneurs on the power of pre-deciding.   Show Notes: 3 Ways you can react or respond to a challenging moment: React emotionally to the moment Choose to do nothing Respond in the right way A+B=C; A is the activating event, B is your beliefs, values, and principles, and C is the choice or better response. Make a list of 2-3 moments that tend to take you down a downward spiral. Write out what your typical reaction has been in these moments that has hindered your performance or prevented you from being present in future moments. Choose your mental toughness response and write it down. Key questions for you: What scenarios and negative moments are affecting you right now? How have you reacted to those moments? What is a better response that you can choose that will help you perform and lead at your best?           New Episodes of the Monday Morning Moments Podcast are released every Monday on your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube. We also release The Coach’s Corner segment on Thursdays. You can subscribe below and never miss a new episode. JOIN NOW!

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• Monday Morning Moments Podcast: Focus on the Process

  We are in a series entitled “3 P’s to Peak Performance.” In the first episode, I shared the first P word and talked about the power of presence, or how you show up each day. In this podcast episode of Monday Morning Moments, I am going to share another P word that can help you perform at your best in sports, business, and life. And that word is Process. Process is how you show out as some of my athletes like to say, or how you bring your best to the moment. We all want the outcome or to realize the goal, but the only way the goal is reached is through focusing on the process to achieve it.     Show Notes: Focus on what you can control. What you choose to focus on magnifies in size Every action begins with a thought Be Outcome-Driven and Process-Focused Instead of worrying about the circumstances or obsessing to try and control the outcome, focus on the process to achieve the outcome you want. “let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:1-2)          New Episodes of the Monday Morning Moments Podcast are released every Monday on your favorite podcast platforms as well as on YouTube. We also release The Coach’s Corner segment on Thursdays. You can subscribe below and never miss a new episode. JOIN NOW!

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