A FINAL LETTER FROM CHRIS SUAREZ
IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE
A quick look at the 5-R Framework I have built and used to ensure I am always living a life of purpose and fulfilment, rather than a life of goal setting and achievement.
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THOSE THAT COME BEFORE US
Regardless of what area in life we are looking to improve in, there are those that have come before us that can provide frameworks and lessons and insight as to how to level up our present.
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YOUR FAVORITE RERUNS
It’s good to see how different we have become over time, yet also enlightening to see how in some ways not much has changed. Taking some time to recreate an experience allows us to see how we have changed.
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5 STEPS TO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE
We’ve all been around confident people. It’s usually welcomed and a pleasure. We’ve also all been around someone that shows up overly confident as well. The experience is not the same. What is the difference between those two groups of people?
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IS THAT HABIT SERVING YOU?
This week I began to list out all the habits in my life that I felt were serving me and were moving me towards my goals as well as the habits in my life that I felt were pulling me away from those goals. Not just business goals but goals in each of the six main pillars that make up my life - Business, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wealth, Health, and Spirituality. Every so often it’s important to do an honest check in.
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DECREASE YOUR SURFACE AREA
The more we spread our focus out, the less likely it is that we succeed in any one thing that we are looking to accomplish. Yet usually, as we become more and more successful, opportunities present themselves. And so we take them.
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WHAT GOES AROUND/COMES AROUND
Justin Timberlake puts on a great show. An incredible performer. He connects with the audience. He keeps theatrics simple. Impressive vocals. And those dance moves. Here are four things I learned at the JT concert this week.
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IT’S YOUR BONUS ROUND
Imagine that yesterday was the last day of your current life, and tomorrow you start over…knowing everything you happen to know up to this point.
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REAL MEN DO CRY
5 Reasons To Cry And 5 Simple Lessons Learned At The Boston Marathon
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THE PAST: THE GREATEST TEACHER
We can convince ourselves that things will always be good because they have been for a very long time. Or when things don’t go right for an extended period of time, we can lose belief that we have the ability to change our direction or affect our future outcomes. Either option is us being stuck in the past.
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I QUIT
In any industry, when the results we were once getting seem to change, we can tend to believe that what we used to do doesn’t work anymore. Often times we are quick to blame the work itself, instead of looking at ourself. We become convinced that a strategy no longer works. We are sure that an activity won’t get the results that it used to get. We are certain that what we are doing just doesn’t work.
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ALMOST TWO DECADES OF PARTNERSHIP
It’s hard to put two decades into a few paragraphs, but my relationship has taught me more lessons than any number of books could even teach. For that, and for many other reasons, I am eternally grateful and will always believe in partnership.
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THE TRAIN RIDE OF CONTROL
When we feel we don’t control the outcome, decision making is less important. In fact, we often allow others to make the decisions for us. But when we feel we do control the outcome, decision making becomes incredibly important.
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THE CERTAINTY OF UNCERTAINTY
This week, as the majority of the industry is freaking out about what is changing, ask yourself, “What will never change in the industry?” Ask yourself, “What will customers always want?” Those answers will bring some certainty to an uncertain moment in the industry.
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TOKYO, THANK YOU.
There are many reasons to travel, to do new and hard things, and to seek out new experiences. At the top of the list of those reasons is the sheer learning that happens, the lessons you stumble upon, and the fuel to your curiosity that occurs along the way.
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THE CHAFING IS REAL
You didn’t really think I'd write a blog post about chafing did you? But let’s get this out there. I’m not sure which is worse: the cramping at mile 23 or the first shower after a long run with some major chafing.
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NO CELL PHONE? NOW WHAT?
With no way to interact with anyone back at home, I put my laptop away and worked on a framework. I began to disconnect from what I needed to do, would have been doing, or always did and began to connect with what I wanted to do, could be doing, or never did.
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GO MAKE A MISTAKE
Mistakes of commission in most cases won’t destroy a business. Mistakes of omission however have the potential to really break down a business.
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PICK YOUR MENTORS
I pick my mentors by reading a book every week written by someone that I am certain I can learn something from. Writers take at minimum many months, and at times, decades of their life compiling their thoughts, findings, experiences, and research before ever transforming them into a book.
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IT’S ALL TAYLOR’S FAULT
Since the first days of sporting events down to last weekend, and from the very first business failures down to the latest implosions, when things go wrong, the fingers go pointing. Human inclination is to find reasons as to why we underperform.