5 Lessons You Need to Incorporate Into Your Life Today
Introduction
Whether you’ve hit a challenging point or want to enhance the path you’re on, you need to incorporate these lessons into your life today.
When you meet a challenge personally or professionally, ask yourself, "How can I simplify this?"
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Surprisingly, the answer to minimizing the stress or demands of any situation could be as easy as simplifying it... stripping it down to the skeleton. We're often too overwhelmed when we analyze irrelevant or insignificant details and chase fruitless paths in circles. Do you genuinely know the foundation of this problem? Which factors are most worth attention to solve it? What information is missing? Returning to the basics may lead to a fundamental answer. Don't move forward until you understand the root/intent of your focus and prioritize the most critical elements.
2. Find what nobody else wants to do and do it.
Personal Trainer Wisdom: When you need to create value for yourself, step forward with pride, bravery, and diligence and do the things that most people avoid. People will notice you among the masses and see you in a different light.
3. Remember that "a problem is a terrible thing to waste." (Peter Diamonds)
Personal Trainer Wisdom: At one point, I avoided problems or approached them with great haste. Why waste these opportunities to learn something new about someone else, your environment, or yourself, though? You will develop generalizable problem-solving skills and foster the mindset and skill set to handle future demands with greater confidence and competence.
4. It's ok to pivot rather than completely give up your dream.
Personal Trainer Wisdom: Have you ever started a book and, by page 100, realized you hate it... But continued reading and finished it anyway? I have (too many times) because I value persistence and resiliency! I will not give up... on anything... ever!!!! Is it always necessary to follow through with every goal or project, though? Do you really need to finish that self-help book when you might find the answer you're looking for in another one (try Redefine Yourself)? While it may seem like a badge of honor always to finish what you start, there are times when your effort is best used elsewhere (especially if the path is stressful or destructive). This couldn't be more applicable to your career or any dream in particular. I learned to pick a path and stick to it until death. Is that what we should do, though? I don't believe we give ourselves enough leniency. At times in our lives, special circumstances necessitate a pivot...especially if you don't feel a sense of purpose or fulfillment. While I understand that you may have already invested a lot into this path (i.e., education, time, money, bragging, etc.), is it worth being miserable? You don't need to give up your dream or career completely. Perhaps you can still teach, but not in a classroom of kids (corporate speaking or presentations). Perhaps you can still practice law, but not in a private firm (state's attorney's office). Your path doesn't need to be linear, but it should move forward productively and happily (why not?). Adjust when needed.
5. Remember that winners fail all of the time.
Personal Trainer Wisdom: We accumulate wisdom through error, and the most successful entrepreneurs fail all the time. Learn from your failures to take the right approach. You never know what that experience will teach you.
About the Author: Michael Moody, Wedding Officiant
Michael Moody—author of the self-improvement book Redefine Yourself: The Simple Guide to Happiness and host of the “The Elements of Being” podcast—is an ordained minister serving Denver and other towns across Colorado. He is a 2023 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award winner in both Denver and Chicago (his eighth consecutive year), was named “Best Business of 2024 and 2025” by Three Best Rated, and earned “The Best Wedding Officiant in Commerce City, Colorado for 2024” from Quality Business Awards USA. Since 2012, he has officiated more than 300 weddings.
Specifically, Michael officiates wedding ceremonies in the Denver neighborhoods of LoDo, River North, Washington Park, Cherry Creek, City Park, Central Park, Capitol Hill, Cheesman Park, Park Hill, Highland, Platt Park, Lower Highlands, Sloan Lake as well as the zip codes 80215, 80214, 80204, 80203, 80205, 80207, 80218, 80219, 80222, 80223, 80224, 80246, 80238, 80221, 80022, 80230, 80231, 80202, 80209, 80247, and 80210. Michael also serves as an ordained minister in Golden, Boulder, Breckenridge, Frisco, Aspen, Vail, Estes Park, and more.
If your Denver neighborhood or Colorado town isn’t listed here, no worries! Please contact Michael to propose a wedding ceremony location in a different area!
