Welcome to the Shaline show with your host and the only girl cut from the freshman girls basketball team Shaline Johnson.

Hey, what's up, lifers? I'm so happy you're here this this episode is all about happiness and that little

interesting tidbit that little fact from my past came up today because I was talking to our guest and he is a

former pro basketball player who is six nine and I was telling him I can't imagine what life would be like at that height like it's a whole new world and he said yeah, Shaline, I hear you're like five two and I'm like on a good day and he said yeah, maybe you could be my point guard and that's when I had to break the news to him that I was in fact the only girl cut from the freshman girls basketball team.

It wasn't a failure. It was an experiment. You're in for a real treat today. My guest is going to share with you how he was able to transform not just as an attitude in his life, but his whole perspective and not just adopt a new way of thinking but practice and learn and master the skill of happiness.

I asked Michael Anderson the author of the book the experiment how to manage stress and achieve work life balance to be our guest this week because we're in that special week that special week of the year for myself and my husband and and all of the important people at team Johnson that happens just once a year and it's when we open up registration to our smart success academy.

Before we go into the heart of this interview, I just want to share a little something with you for those of you who are new to me, maybe you've met me through podcasting and you have no idea what the smart success academy is all about.

I just have to tell you that it is so appropriate that you're hearing from our guest today because the smart success academy is my joy. It is my passion. It is something my husband and I do together.

We coach, teach, support and mentor. Very important people every step of the way how to create their own blueprint, how to understand what it is and identify and define what it is they want.

When we reverse engineer the steps is going to take to accomplish it. We teach people the systems because it's a system. It's a formula meaning the right thing has to go in the right order that's needed to become more effective so you can earn more by doing less, which to some people doesn't even seem possible.

But it is because we teach you the stuff that does matter so that you can restructure your habits, recreate your life and not default to just always doing more but doing less, but more of the right stuff so that you can spend more time with the people who matter.

So you've got the financial freedom that sometimes that requires and on that note, if you're wondering why and I'm not sure when you're listening to this podcast but we are in the first week of October and if you're wondering why I didn't produce my normal output of podcasts last week for a bill your tribe in the Shaline show.

Here's why I walk my talk and I can say that with my shoulders pulled back and sitting up tall and great confidence because yes, it's a goal of mine to deliver a certain number of episodes each week, but you must understand that that goal is secondary to being a great mom.

A mom who puts her family first and we just had some stuff come up last week, let's just let's just you can see my air quotes. We had some teen issues if you will that required me to be on guard on defense like in you know war mode basically, but really it was I'm protecting my children and part of that means helping them make decisions that require me to be present and focused and to make them my number one priority.

Not hitting a certain number of episodes that I you know made as a goal because yes, that's a goal, but it's not nearly as important as my goal to be a really present focused mom.

So my lifers you matter you matter very much to me, but my family matters the most and I can say that without guilt or without fear that you might disagree because it's okay if you disagree because my friends that is my truth.

I preach it, I teach it and I live it. So let me tell you about Michael. I've already mentioned he's six foot nine. He's a former pro basketball player. He's a successful entrepreneur. In fact, he had founded several international software companies. He was living the life rolling up at the playboy mansion, driving the right cars hanging out with all the cool people and enjoying what most people would label, you know from the outside looking in as incredible success.

But Michael like many goal oriented very driven individuals had all these things, but he didn't have one very key ingredient. He did not have happiness. He did not have peace.

And he just set out on a mission to transform his life and to get as serious about creating happiness and joy as any other goal he had set for himself. And in the process, he has found his calling. He has found his purpose. And now he helps others do the same.

This episode is going to give you so many takeaways to improve your happiness because it's a skill. Joy is a skill. It is my pleasure to introduce to you are Michael Anderson.

Michael, are you there? I am. I'm here and ready. I'm so excited to talk to you. I want to share with my lifers that my team gets tons of emails from people who are really excited about the show and they get the message and they'd love to be feed.

They're like, oh, we're so excited. We're so excited to be featured and we kind of go through them and they're like, oh, yeah, that's interesting. That's cool. But when they ran across your stuff and we're reading a little bit about what it is you do. They're like, oh, Shaleen, you're going to love this guy. He's, you know, just really well lined with what it is our lifers love. And so I'm like, okay, cool. I'll check it out. And, you know, going, I'm protective. It's like inviting someone into your home and to meet your family. And so before I introduce anyone to my lifers, I want to get to know you too. And so I spent a lot of time reading.

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