The Grind and Gratitude Show

Ep 35: How to Make 2021 Your Best Year Ever

We made it to 2021! Now what? How are you going to make this your best year ever?
In this episode Danny Stone, "Coach Stone" breaks down why New Year resolutions don't work and what you should be doing instead. He talks about getting focused and having a theme for the year and why that is so much better than resolutions and focusing on goals.
To get what you want, to create the life you want, you need to break through your old mindset, your fixed mindset and do something different, something outside of your comfort zone. If you want to begin to create your dream life and tap into unlimited success in 2021, you need to listen to this episode!
 
 
 

Ep 34: Cooking up Life Lessons with Chef Collin Stone

He has been on the cover of magazines, billboards, TV commercials, he's won a gold medal in the culinary Olympics, and he's cooked for the Prime Minister of Canada. He's been an Executive Chef at some of Canada's top restaurants and he won numerous culinary competitions.
In this episode, I have my uncle Chef Collin Stone, who shares more than recipes, he dishes out lessons on his life journey to being a well-known Canadian chef.
You will definitely want to listen to this episode if you have ever fell down in your life or made mistakes and needed to bounce back. Chef Stone shares stories of resilience, overcoming challenges, and walking in faith. 
 
He talks about:
Finding his passion at an early age
Why being a chef isn't just about cooking, it's about understanding people 
Life lessons from his mother and how it shaped who he is
How faith got him through difficult times and got him back on track
Why you need to humble yourself and set pride and ego aside
How you can overcome difficult times in your life
The importance of understanding that you can always re-start your life
 
Links:
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Ep 33: I ain't no joke: Lessons about life, following your dreams, and betting on yourself With Comedian Jay Martin

He's one of Canada's top comedians. He sells out comedy shows time after time. He has shared the stages with Jamie Foxx, Brian McKnight, Russell Peters, Tommy Davidson, Eddie Griffin, Cedric The Entertainer and many others.
Dubbed, "The Canadian Steve Harvey" Jay Martin is a Comedian, Host, Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Singer, Motivational Speaker, Business Man...He's a renaissance man! 
In this episode, Jay talks about his journey from going from working in the corporate world to jumping into comedy. He talks about following your dreams, betting on yourself and losing loved ones. This is one of his most open and candidate conversations he has ever had publicly. 
His journey will teach you a lot about tapping into your resilience, creativity and resourcefulness and being brave enough to follow your dreams. 
He also has a special message for his loyal fans for supporting him for so many years.
Watch out for his upcoming feature film Destination Wedding and his sitcom, Oliver in Charge coming soon.
This is an episode you will want to listen to again and again!
 
Links:
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Ep 32: Do You Have a Fixed Mindset or a Growth Mindset?

What goes on inside the mind of a successful person? How do they create more joy and happiness in their lives?  How do they achieve impossible goals in their lives? It's their mindset. Successful people have growth mindsets. They think limitless. They believe that can achieve more than where they are right now.
In this episode, we look at the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset and how you can make the shift to living your dream life. It's time to get real! Listen to this episode...
[3:03] A fixed mindset is having constraints about your beliefs and thoughts. You think in a limited way. You believe that people are born with unique talents and abilities and can’t get better over time.  
[3:34] People with a fixed mindset think of their failures as a validation of their lack of intelligence. 
[6:14] A person with a fixed mindset looks at things being limited. A person with a growth mindset sees things as freedom.
[7:38] Think about where you fall in that spectrum? Are you somebody with a fixed mindset or a growth mindset?
[8:03] You have to stretch yourself.
[8:15] Most of the beliefs you have or the foundations for those beliefs were formed before 7 or 10.
[9:37] If you want to live this dream life, if you’re going to create more perfect days in your life, then you have to get real and do a reality check.
[10:14] Highly successful people can take criticism. They learn from their failures.
[10:38] If you know that you have the potential to make a more significant impact in the world, if you know that you have this ability to find what you’re meant to do and serve other people, then you have to develop a growth mindset.
[12:24] There are four changes you need to make if you want to live this dream life.
[12:31] Change your language.
[15:04] Find a balance. Get some small wins under your belt.
[21:48] Who are you becoming along the way? Are you enjoying the process? Are you doing the hard work?
[24:02] I had to be clear about what I wanted, why it was a must, and the “how” came later. 
[25:47] When you celebrate your successes, this helps you to continue to strive towards something bigger. 
[26:17] Continue to reward yourself and reward yourself accordingly.
[28:10] We have to start dreaming bigger. We have to start with bigger goals because it’s about the journey. It’s about who we become along the way. 
[28:29] Set bigger, bolder goals.
[33:17] Make sure you’re ready for change.
 
Links:
The Driver’s Seat With Danny Stone
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Ep 31: 7 Things You Can Do to Make Money Right Now During The Pandemic

This pandemic had changed the world! People are struggling to figure things out in these turbulent times. 2020 has brought a lot of ups and downs. Many people lost their jobs or have job uncertainty and others have had to pause or close down their businesses. 
In this episode, I’ll share with you 7 ideas on how you can make money right now so you can continue to move and be resilient during these challenging times.
[6:20] Sell the knowledge and the skills that you already have.
[6:28] Develop your own online courses.
[7:10] Start an in-demand side hustle.
[9:28] What do people need right now?
[9:36] If you need to make money, don’t let your pride get in the way.
[13:38] Sell your stuff.
[15:42] You can do buy-and-sell.
[16:46] Get a part-time job.
[19:09] You can run errands for other people.
[19:53] There are apps out there where you can apply to do errands for different people.
[21:07] I don’t want you to give up. I don’t want you to lose hope.
[22:45 ] There’s something special about you. Keep searching for what it is. Keep tapping into your resilience. Keep tapping into your creativity.
 
Links:
The Driver’s Seat With Danny Stone
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Ep 30: Why We Love Superheroes and Why We Are Superheroes

Why do people line up for superhero movies and what makes us similar to these superheroes when living our life. What is it about them that we can relate to? 
 
In this episode, I’ll share five reasons why we’re so into superheroes and how we can harness these traits to get the life that we desire.
 
[2:25] These superhero movies are more than just entertainment for us. We look at these movies and search for our own meaning in our lives.
[2:50] A study at Kyoto University states that even as infants, we can recognize heroes.
[7:10] When we watch these superhero movies, we try to find the superhero within us.
[8:58] We have these talents and gifts within us. 
[10:30] Stop beating yourself up over your mistakes. Dust yourself up and keep going.
[11:16] For some of us we’re still living in the past. We’re so focused on the mistakes and the things that went wrong.
[12:12] We’re all flawed individuals but we all have the ability to do amazing things in the world.
[12:40] There’s something in you that others need to hear. There’s something in you that people need to experience.
[12:50] What is the one thing that you do best that people come to you for.
[13:52 ] How many times have you tried to help and people didn’t appreciate it. They criticized, they laughed at you, they ridiculed you and told you to mind your own business.
[15:14] I’m not gonna let that one person or that situation stop me.
[15:52] Your bigger mission is to save yourself.
[19:39] We love superheroes because they’re regular people who can put on those costumes and save the day.
[21:42] There are so many factors why you’re not feeling like a champion.
[21:56] There’s something great about you. There’s something special about you.
[23:56] You do it by trying different things and stepping outside of your comfort zone.
[26:19 ] We can’t focus on other people. We have to focus on ourselves. 
 
 
Links:
The Driver’s Seat With Danny Stone
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Ep 29: How to Get Over The Impostor Syndrome

If you’ve ever felt like you’re undeserving of your current success, incompetent, or “not good enough” for your clients or your company, remember that this feeling is not something you solely experience.
 
Even doctors, engineers, award-winning professionals, and all those highly-successful people in our eyes may experience the impostor syndrome at some point in their life.
 
I’ll share with you great tips on overcoming this and what you can do every time you feel like your thoughts are on overdrive for negative talk.
 
[2:54] 70% of people feel like impostors in their profession.
[4:35] I would land these big contracts, and I would feel like I duped the client, I'd feel like I wasn’t qualified.  
[6:13] How do we deal with this impostor syndrome that sometimes just takes control of our lives?
[8:07] We are so concerned about what other people think about us.
[11:52] Acknowledge yourself for where you are and what you’ve achieved, and your expertise.
[13:02] Acknowledge yourself for the amazing things that you’ve done.
[15:10]  Recognize how you’ve helped other people.
[15:58] The reason that we feel like impostors is because we feel like what we do isn’t helping other people on the level that we think.
[17:29] You should be collecting testimonials from your clients. Ask them in what way has this helped you. How was this product, how was this service?
[17:51] Get it to know what’s valuable.
[19:28]  Don’t teach what you don’t know.
[20:05] If you don’t know something, find somebody who does.
[23:18] Acknowledge and replace those negative thoughts. Think about where those thoughts are coming from.
[24:44] It’s okay to get that feedback, but don’t let it define you.
[27:48]  You’re not an impostor. You may feel that way sometimes, but you have to remind yourself that there’s greatness within you. You have knowledge of information that people need and want.
[29:01 ]Feeling like an impostor is temporary.
 
Links:
The Driver’s Seat With Danny Stone
Danny Stone Website
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Ep 28: Service to Others is Service To You

Have you been of service to people recently? Do you remember how you felt afterward?
If you’ve been hesitant about reaching out, helping others, and volunteering time or skills for the benefit of someone else, then listen in so you could learn about the reasons why your service is as important to others and yourself.
[6:38] When you decide to be of service to other people, it benefits you even if you’re stuck even if you’re struggling.
[10:02] It helped them either see themselves in my stories or avoid the mistakes that I had made. 
[10:21] Help other people move to those challenges.
[10:30] Helps us find more meaning and purpose when we can’t see it.
[11:39] Get out there and help other people.
[13:19] It was rewarding for me because it was something that I loved to do.
[15:47] This all happened because I wanted to be of service to other people.
[17:56] It was just something that grew and grew until finally, she was able to quit her job and open a location. 
[18:12] That was just something she enjoyed doing. She was doing it to help her friends out.
[18:33] You may be out helping others, volunteering, using your skills and your talents to help people. It could turn out into a side hustle or a full out business.
[18:47 ] You can’t find that if you never choose to do something different. If you never step outside of your comfort zone, if you don’t stretch yourself.
[19:04] That’s what growth is. You want to grow as a person. You want to become a better version of yourself.
[19:51] You learn to find that one gift within yourself that maybe you didn’t realize.
[20:03] Volunteering has opened things within me that I never knew that was just there.
[21:04] I think that so many of us have so much to give. We stop ourselves because we don’t believe that the information we have is valuable.
[21:35] Don’t hold back. Do whatever you feel comfortable doing.
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Ep 27: When To Quit Your Job

Have you ever found yourself asking why you feel stuck in your current job? Do you feel like there could be something more to what you’re doing?
Quitting can be hard especially when you have a long list of reasons why you shouldn’t try, leave, or change your current status. But honestly, you’ll never know what’s out there until you take action and finally take that leap.
[3:16] It wasn’t easy transitioning out of being a full-time employee, because that was all I knew.
[6:27] I knew I had tok get out of there but I didn’t know how.
[6:46] I didn't know how to start a side hustle. I didn’t know how to start the business.
[7:35] Sometimes we have to look at situations that occur in our life as signs. 
[9:40] It didn’t matter how hard I worked.
[13:48] We all know when it’s time for us to leave but we just don’t know how. 
[14:35] What’s holding you back from leaving that job?
[14:53] You never know until you take action.
[14:57] So many of us start with how we can’t, instead of what we want, and why we want it.
[16:30] If you know in your heart that you want something else. That you want to be working in a different environment.  
[16:50] Sit down right and write some things that you can do to change your situation.
[17:35] Stop talking yourself out of the things you deserve.
[19:02] I guess I just mustered up enough courage to just try.
[20:58] We have to take that leap.
[22:23] What do you want and what are you willing to do to get it?
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Ep 26: Stop Asking Permission, Start Giving Notice

How many times have your close friends or loved ones tried to talk you out of taking action or pursuing your goals and dreams?
 
“I think it's too hard for you to do that” or “I don't think you should try that because it might not work out”
 
Sound familiar?
 
Too often others try to talk us out of doing something we want to do to better ourselves and level up our lives. Or they simply hate on us for even attempting to make our dreams a reality.
 
In this episode, we are going to break down why people don't believe in us and how we can shift in our mindset to stop listening to them and our inner critic and to make the leap towards our dreams.
 
If you're ready to start believing in your goals and dreams again, listen to this episode!
 
[3:43] Sometimes, you’re curious about things, and you never act on them.
[4:21] You learn from failing.
[6:40] Have you ever told a friend or family member about a goal that you had, and then they tried to talk you out of it? They would tell you all the reasons why it was so hard to achieve that.
[8:25] One of two things happens when you go out there and chase your goals and dreams. When they see you out here putting up the work, they realize they have to step up and level up their game. 
[9:00] The other time, they’d hate on you and try to talk you out of it because they’re not willing to level up their game. And they know that being around you is going to make them feel awkward and inadequate.
[10:12] You have to stop focusing on other people and focus on you.
[13:31] They’re afraid that once you have this awakening, they feel like they’re getting left behind. 
[14:54] It’s almost as if we are asking them for permission. We want them to validate what we’re going to do. We have to stop expecting people to be that and be that for ourselves. 
[15:34] Nobody owes us anything.
[16:00] If you have a gift or a talent, or if you’re pursuing something that you’re curious and passionate about. 
[18:30] You have to be crystal clear on what you want.
[20:01] There’s a difference between “should” and “must.”
[20:10] Now, you have to know why it is a must.
[21:45]Once I got clear of all those things, and why they were all a must, then it was difficult for me to talk myself out of it.
[25:45] Progress equals belief.
 
Links:
Passion to Profit Bootcamp
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