S2E102 Reflections on a Good Year
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The good life isn’t always easy, but there’s always something to be grateful for. In this episode, Brian reflects on the challenges and blessings of the past year and teaches how, even with pain and suffering, life is still good if you practice gratitude.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· How to evaluate what worked during the year.
· How to decide what needs a tune-up.
· How to create your own highlight reel for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“In the midst of the tragedy, in the midst of the difficulty and in the midst of the heartache, life is still good.” – Brian Buffini
“The difference between people who I consider successful, and people I don't consider successful, is gratitude.” – Brian Buffini
“It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way, so we must dig and delve unceasingly.” – Claude Monet
“There’s always something to be grateful for.” – Brian Buffini
“The lessons you learn from this year, you will use for the years to come.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, where it's all about helping entrepreneurs think, feel, and |
| 0:07.6 | do better. |
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| 0:28.3 | Either way, continue listening to It's a Good Life and sharing the show with others. |
| 0:32.9 | And here's our man, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:35.3 | Well, the top of the morning tea and welcome to today's program as the year comes to an |
| 0:44.2 | end. |
| 0:45.2 | We're going to talk today on reflections on a good year. |
| 0:48.0 | Now, you might be saying, how do you know what kind of year I had? |
| 0:51.4 | It might have been a terrible year for me. |
| 0:53.8 | Well we began the year by defining what the Good Life is. We rebranded our podcast, It's |
| 0:58.9 | a Good Life podcast instead of the Brian Bafini show. |
| 1:02.5 | And we talked about the Good Life and that how the Good Life isn't always easy. |
| 1:06.5 | Sometimes there's suffering and difficulties and challenges along the way. |
| 1:09.8 | I've had that myself this year. |
| 1:11.6 | You know, in a lot of ways, you know, you talk about the Good Life. |
| 1:14.4 | It has been a good year, but a tough year. |
| 1:16.7 | I lost my father-in-law, Jim Robinson. |
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