Speaker 1: 0:01

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Train for a Great Life. We're going to talk today about being proud of yourself and I'm going to use an example of a recent post in our members group from Megan. Some of you guys may have seen it. It's fantastic and I can tie it into another thing that she sent me that maybe she's aware how it all ties in, maybe not, but I think it's beautiful, so I'm just going to read it to you. It's a photo of her drinking out of the coffee mug that we give after one year as a member. It's got a logo on one side and it says strong, brave and humble on the other Ah, the first sip of coffee out of my favorite new mug.

Speaker 1: 0:40

I read somewhere about a month ago about parenting psychology and how you essentially create your child's inner voice and how it's important to instill that they be proud of themselves. My son is two and a half and we've been making a point over the last month to really lean into encouraging him to say I'm proud of myself when he does cool things or gets that sneaky smile where he's trying, where he's thinking it and just hasn't outwardly articulated. He's even doing it unprompted now and I think that's the coolest thing when I'm going with this. It's super cool for external validation and for others to be proud of you, but how rewarding is it to honestly say I'm actually proud of me, and this mug is a wicked reminder. So she's kind of tying it back into herself as well. And, megan, I love this post. I've got a little guy. That's about a year older and it only gets cooler. What is really cool about this is Megan sent me a text three days before that post and I'm just going to read that as well. It says hey, jay, this one is worth a text. I freaking did it. So I just listened to your podcast yesterday about not knowing how, not knowing what you're capable of and all that fun stuff. And during warmup today I almost got my first toaster bar and I know for a fact trying them two months ago I still couldn't get them. I've been trying since May. I freaking did it two in a row. It's the best feeling and I get it now and chasing the next thing and getting stronger and better and I get to use them in workouts. Now you can tell she was just so excited, right?

Speaker 1: 2:24

I love this saying and it goes more is caught than taught, specifically as it relates to raising children. Right, you can say whatever the hell you want, but if you don't act accordingly, many of your words won't land as you intended or they might be lost completely. Right, whatever like you influence, whatever they get excited about, whatever they get upset about, whatever they feel shame about and, of course, whatever they feel proud about. Right Now, megan's little guy being able to articulate, being proud of himself could just be a case of her and her husband being great parents in and of itself. But do you think that there is any coincidence that they are both on the same path together? I don't.

Speaker 1: 3:02

I think Megan has been doing this and working on this for herself a lot over the last year and it's just bleeding out into the rest of her life. And it's those intended benefits that you know. You join a gym and you have things in your mind of what you want out of it and what you want to improve, and if you really stick with it or anything for that matter, long enough to get the other benefits that come along with it, you all of a sudden just have stories to tell about why it's so important and you can look at people who have been doing this the thing that you've been doing for five years or 10 years, and just understand why they're so passionate about it and why they keep coming back. I'll see you in the gym.