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These lessons offer concise principles and practices for experiencing joy: Being well by living well. |
Each principle is categorized under one of the Three Pillars of Positivity: Mindset, Purpose & Relationships. |
Each lesson includes a brief video to introduce the topic along with a story to help you see the principles and practices in action. |
When you're ready to dive deeper into these topics, connect with Jonas to discuss your challenges, goals, and obstacles.
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When you have a positive mindset, you believe in your ability to learn new knowledge and skills and in your capacity to control the experience of your life. Your mindset is the boat that keeps you afloat.
Explore the mini lessons below for ideas to enhance your mindset. MINICOURSES
1. Acceptance
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself, just as I am, then I can change." — Carl Rogers 2. Attention "A good teacher, like a good entertainer, first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson." — John Hendrik Clarke 3. Character "Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." — John Wooden 4. Choice "It's choice, not chance, that determines your destiny." — Jean Nidetch 5. Confidence “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” — Blake Lively 6. Engage "Olympic gold medals don't go to the best athletes in the world. They go to the best athletes who actually show up to the arena." — Jonas Cain 7. Enjoy “If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.” — Ray Bradbury 8. Fascination “Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination. Both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation." — Arthur Schopenhauer 9. Gratitude “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” — Melody Beattie 10. Happiness "Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” — Guillaume Apollinaire 11. Health “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.” — Joyce Meyer 12. Humility “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. — Rick Warren 13. Mindset “If you can build a muscle, you can build a mindset.” — Jay Shetty 14. Patience "Our patience will achieve more than our force." — Edmund Burke 15. Perspective “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” — Chris Pine 16. Reflection “Experience is not the best teacher; evaluated experience is the best teacher. Reflective thinking is needed to turn experience into insight.” — John Maxwell 17. Resilience “The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.” — Joshua Waitzkin WANT MORE?
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When you have clarity of purpose, you become empowered with motivation to pursue meaningful goals with sustained focus and effort. Purpose is the sail providing you with direction.
Explore the mini lessons below for ideas to enhance your clarity of purpose. MINICOURSES
1. Authenticity
“Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world." — Adam Grant 2. Commitment “The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” — Martina Navratilova 3. Creativity “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns…to look at things in a different way.” — Edward de Bono 4. Empower "Knowledge and skills empower your Free Will, a worthy foundation for creativity, discovery, and growth." — Jonas Cain 5. Focus "Our experience of the world is shaped by what we choose to focus on.” — Jonas Cain 6. Initiative “Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.” — Victor Hugo 7. Inspiration "Nobody does anything worthwhile until they are inspired." — Matthew Kelly 8. Motivation "People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation." — Jim Carrey 9. Opportunity "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." — Winston Churchill 10. Passion “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” — Oprah Winfrey 11. Persistence "A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success." — Elbert Hubbard 12. Process “A reliable process by design identifies mindful habits that enable achievement.” — Jonas Cain 13. Purpose “Your purpose is to be yourself. You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else.” ―Thích Nhất Hạnh 14. Resources “The mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools." — Confucius 15. Responsibility "You will never be responsible for something you're not capable of." — Jonas Cain 16. Talent "Like watering a flower, our authentic colors shine the brightest when we bloom where we're planted." — Jonas Cain 17. Vision “The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.” — Martin Luther King Jr. WANT MORE?
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When you have strong high-value relationships with the key people in your life, you become encouraged with social support to enable your mutual success. Relationships are the wind for your sails, fueling your continued journey forward.
Explore the mini lessons below for ideas to enhance relationships. MINICOURSES
1. Ally
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” — Helen Keller 2. Atonement “To begin to live in the present, we must first atone for our past and be finished with it.” — Anton Chekhov 3. Behavior “Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.” — Johanna Wolfgang von Goethe 4. Boundaries "Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others." — Brené Brown 5. Care “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” — Theodore Roosevelt 6. Communication “Communication leads to community; that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” — Rollo May 7. Compassion “Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.” — Mason Cooley 8. Connection “The need for connection and community is primal; as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.” — Dean Ornish 9. Encourage “Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 10. Forgiveness “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” — Lewis B. Black 11. Kindness "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain 12. Leadership “You can’t lead others until you first learn to lead yourself.” — Andy Frisella 13. Listen “To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” — John Marshall
14. Mentor “One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models.” — Epictetus 15. Relationships “Relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, and all achievement in real life grows. ” — Ben Stein 16. Respect “Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” ― Leo Tolstoy
17. Trust “We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone; but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” — Walter Anderson
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