Welcome to Spartan Mind, the newest addition to the Spartan Up Podcast family.

I'm Dr. L. Spartan's chief Mindoc.

I'm going to be here each Wednesday bringing you back to the couch

to toughen up your mind to get you super uncomfortable, working you through a little internal barbed wire so that you can increase your physical execution and your performance in life.

So keep listening to the Spartan Up podcast that you're used to on Tuesdays.

You'll find me here on Wednesdays and Spartan Way habits on Thursdays.

Now that's a trifecta. factor.

Hey Spartans, today we're talking about values.

Values is honestly one of my favorite conversations because it's really about what

matters to you. Values is a set of principles by which you would choose to live your

life. Your value system is different than anybody else's value system. It's unique to you. My

value system is different from Heather's behind the camera. It's different probably from my

mothers and probably even from my husband's because all of our value systems are different.

And this is really what makes us unique and special because what matters to each of us is not

the same.

It's important to know your values and these can be anything. We could be talking about honesty,

integrity, service, spirituality, adventure. There is a wide range of values that you can choose from, but it's important to know what matters to you.

So one of the things that I like talking about is whether or not you are in alignment with your values. And I talk about this with my clients a lot

because typically the individuals that come to Citi are out of alignment. Their

behaviors are not congruent with their values and that is creating a significant amount of mental

dishees right because the greater the distance from your values to your behaviors is the greater the mental disease the we find just general discontent and unhappiness,

sometimes rage and pervasive anger,

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