#221 - Matt Tenney’s 2 Tips Break Barriers

<p class="MsoNormal"><em>“Your thoughts do not define who you are,”</em> our guest, Matt Tenney of <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@themindfulnessedge-withmat2631">The Mindfulness Edge</a>, advises us.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> What does that mean?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttenney/">Matt</a> appealed to us as a guest because his agent communicated he had leadership lessons from a prison and a monastery.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> That sounded intriguing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Matt does have a four-step leadership system that can help many leaders.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">But it’s what he learned in prison that I found most useful.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Matt also explained how he starts every workday with 20-25 minutes of mindfulness, exercise, time with his family, and then blocks off his calendar until 11:00am.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Only urgent needs from clients get his morning time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Makes you wonder…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> What’s Matt doing until 11am each workday?<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Coffee and hot tubs?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">No.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Matt sets aside every workday morning for “asset building.”<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> WOW!<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Love it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">What would happen if you did not look at email or answer texts/IM, etc. until 11am, and you invested that time into asset building?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Listen to th