{"id":148,"date":"2017-01-09T10:44:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wandertruenorth.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2017-01-02T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T17:05:56","slug":"taking-advice-from-a-kardashian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandertruenorth.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Taking Advice from … a Kardashian?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cYou become what you think about\u201d \u2013 Earl Nightingale<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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How are your 2017 plans coming along? \u00a0I didn’t make any resolutions this year – I’m just trying to be mindful about my habits. \u00a0And so far so good.<\/p>\n

Eating better \u2013 check. \u00a0Working out – check. \u00a0Reading \u2013 check. Turning off the TV \u2013 working on it. \u00a0Less time on social media \u2013 check. \u00a0Started regularly writing thank you notes – check. \u00a0Being mindful\u00a0about going to church and moving forward in my faith – check.<\/p>\n

And I started reading a book by\u2026<\/p>\n

A Kardashian (GASP!)<\/p>\n

I know. I\u2019m not even sure where the book came from. But it was on the shelf, and during a GoodWill pick-up purge a couple of weeks ago, I found it and started reading it.<\/p>\n

Dang. Ron Kardashian<\/strong> nails it.<\/p>\n

\"ron<\/p>\n

His book is 30 Second Solution<\/strong>. It\u2019s about taking a beat before making a decision, before speaking, before committing. It\u2019s about making 30 second positive statements. \u00a0It\u2019s about changing your focus.<\/p>\n

And ultimately it\u2019s about action.<\/p>\n

When I started the book, I had to get over a bit of the, well, Kardashianisms: I\u2019m a succcess, I\u2019m great, I\u2019m in great shape, I\u2019m quoting myself\u2026but maybe that\u2019s part of the point. We want change? We want to be healthy (mentally, physically, emotionally, financially)? First we have to believe that we can be. Once our brain believes it, we can become it.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell, 30 Second Solution is about 3 things:<\/p>\n