S2E42 The Nudge You Need
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
When you feel like you’re not making any progress in life, a little nudge can be just the thing to help propel you forward. In this episode, Brian explains why it’s so easy to get stuck in your comfort zone and what you can do to get moving and reach your goals. Topics discussed include: Why spending time with likeminded people is so important and why ongoing coaching and training are the keys to success.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· Why it can be difficult to push yourself.
· Why you must always measure progress.
· Why you should never go it alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Roger Bannister
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bannister
“The Shawshank Redemption”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/
Episode 299, The Stories We Tell Ourselves
https://www.thebrianbuffinishow.com/the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-299/
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“A change imposed is always a change opposed.” – Brian Buffini
“When it gets to the nudge you need, focus on the numbers, not the stories.” – Brian Buffini
“If you can't measure it, you can't improve it.” – Lord Kelvin
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Take someone in the carpool lane of success with you.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | This is Dave McQueen's, the Dave McQueen's podcast for each week we make economics easy, |
| 0:04.2 | uncomplicated and accessible. And this week the podcast is sponsored by O2 Business. |
| 0:09.3 | Mac, I don't know about you, but more and more of my work life is being done on my phone these days. |
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| 0:50.0 | terms on apply. Welcome to it's a good life podcast where it's all about helping entrepreneurs |
| 1:00.7 | think, feel and do better. Here's your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 1:07.3 | Top of the morning to you. Welcome to the program. Today I got a short and sweet little |
| 1:12.0 | episode for you that I think could be very helpful. It's called the Nudge You Need. |
| 1:16.3 | We all need a little Nudge sometimes. This is something that helps us propel forward, |
| 1:22.6 | helps us move forward, but it's done so in such a way that it doesn't cause a shock to the system |
| 1:28.1 | and where we react or resist. A change imposed is always changed, uphosed. But a little Nudge here |
| 1:37.4 | and there, well, that can help. And I always felt as a salesperson, my job was to help people make |
| 1:42.8 | decisions either. Hey, this is the right house for you or this is the not the right house for you. |
| 1:48.0 | And I was okay, given people the necessary Nudge. People who were sitting there and they're |
| 1:52.4 | vacillating back and forward and I'd ask them a question. Hey, this is what you said. |
| 1:56.3 | This is what you're looking for. This is what you want. Is this the one? Is this the house you'd |
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