So today I want to talk about the incredible importance and power of your environment.

Now of course you've probably heard the phrase you are what you eat, right?

Well, let's change that up a little bit. You see, you are what you surround yourself with.

And I believe that what you surround yourself with impacts you either positively or negatively.

So it deserves our focus, right?

If your environment is stimulating and supportive, it's going to increase your productivity and your creativity and your ability to innovate. But if you're in a chaotic or non-supportive setting, your life's going to be chaotic and you won't be effective. Now we're going to talk about three areas of your life where your surroundings can have a huge impact. Now, the first is your physical environment. Now, I'm blessed to live on and absolutely love my compound here in Florida.

It looks out over a wide part of the intercoastal, Big Bay, and it's a super relaxing environment,

and it's also conducive to effective and very productive work.

Well, I like to have coffee overlooking the water most mornings, just watching the boats and enjoying nature.

And my compound has a park-like setting, so it's also very relaxing and zen-like. And the decor in my buildings even is also pretty spectacular, and it's also calming. My office is my work zone, and I've created it to my personal work style, so I feel very empowered when I'm in there. I've got hundreds of thank you cards on the walls behind me for my students, which I love getting. And I've got motivational quotes around me as well to keep me juiced and inspired and I really

love working in there. So how is your physical environment? Is it cluttered or is it sparse? Is it

conducive to hard work? I mean do you look forward to going into your work environment and actually

getting work done? Is it your happy place? Take some time this week to evaluate your workspace and your living space and determine

maybe if some changes need to be made there. It doesn't cost anything to throw some stuff away

and declutter and put some things around that motivate and inspire you. Now let's talk about your

mental environment like the old saying says about computers,

garbage in, garbage out.

The same applies to your headspace.

Now I try to curate listening to or watching the news.

It's almost all BS and propaganda with a lot of negativity and divisiveness thrown in, so

I limit that garbage drastically.

What I do put in my head is good news as often as possible.

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