My Latest LIVE Adventure!

Show Notes

We’re back! 
- Quyhn: You’re allowed to reset in Life! 
Melissa: And LIVE is so raw, it’s all about the bloopers
- Quyhn: John C. Maxwell, is a speaker, entrepreneur, he wrote a ton of books and my biggest takeaway, is the power of your environment. 
- Melissa: I’m making huge changes in my life, I’m practically a walking self help book. I’m coming out of a depressive break and I’m slowly crawling out of it. I’m taking a parenting program called the Nurtured Heart Approach. 
- Melissa: Surround yourself with people who motivate you. Cynthia Johnson started a reading group named #ReadwithCynthia which recently featured, How to Talk to Crazy by Dr. Mark Goulston.
- Melissa: Don’t have difficult people in your life. Replace them with positive energetic people. 
- Quyhn: I have zero negative energy in my life. I would say the only negative energy I have in my life is myself and my distractions. 
Melissa: But you can change that!
- Quyhn: Questions to ask to see if your environment is toxic. 1. Are the people around you supportive and encouraging? When people are doubting you it is a reflection of how they feel about themselves.
- Melissa: Positive content people offer sympathy not judgement. 
- Melissa: I’ve been using this app, Way of Life (app), suggested by THE SKINNY CONFIDENTIAL. 
- Melissa: The app reminds you to stay present in the daily.  
- Quyhn: Maxwell was talking about this… collecting small wins throughout your day adds up to something huge.
- Quyhn: The moment you start doing stuff for yourself, you get extra energy! 
- Melissa: You can only take care of other people if you are taking care of yourself.
- Melissa: Make sure you are living in your own life not other people's lives. - Quyhn: The second thing is, are you in an environment where you are being challenged and getting out of your comfort zone. If you’re comfortable, you aren’t growing. - Melissa: Always be pitching.
- Quyhn: Third one is surround yourself by people who are growing. 
- Quyhn: The fourth one is surround yourself with people who are a level up from you. 
- Melissa: It’s about Accountability. 
- Melissa: I’m trying to be more sympathetic, compassionate and understanding. 
- Quyhn: Be. Do. Have. Become it, so you can do it and you’ll have it in your life.
- Quyhn: Remove one toxic thing at a time in your life.

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These same principles apply when we curate our lives. Our decisions are like pieces of art on a wall. Every choice has an impact on our happiness. 

In June 2014, I knew I needed to make a change. I had spent the last two years spending hours each day commuting to and from a corporate cubicle. I was utterly miserable. That year I escaped my cubicle in pursuit of working for myself.

I wanted to be the curator of my own life, my own business, and my own environment. Through this desire, my blog, Lu Curates was born, along with the boutique marketing firm, Lu Curates Media. 

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