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LYH41: Running for Your Life: 5 Lessons to Your Best You [PODCAST]

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“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” – Oprah Winfrey

I wholeheartedly agree with Oprah for several reasons:
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because like life it requires a consistent commitment from you to be successful.
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because it demands physical and psychological fortitude to maintain your pace.
  • Running is a great metaphor for life because it requires that you make space away from the computer, the television, the Internet, and the emails.
  • Running creates space for you to think, to listen, and to search your soul—all prerequisites to living well
From my own experience as a long-term runner, I’ve observed five lessons that are critical to living your life to the fullest.
The Runner’s Five Lessons for Life
  • Lesson #1: Set Your Goals
  • Lesson #2: Pace Yourself
  • Lesson #3: Partner with Others
  • Lesson #4: Measure Your Results
  • Lesson #5: Go Farther

Check out the blog post HERE to see the action steps you can take for each lesson.

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Running For Life: 5 Lessons to Your Best You

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For more than thirteen years I have been a runner. It started with a need to lose weight after I had gained 20 pounds over three years working and doing graduate school full-time. But, it has evolved into an important part of my life both physically and mentally. Though its physical benefits are obvious, the other advantages are less valued. In fact, I have discovered five leadership lessons reinforced through running.

As a runner, I really value a quote by Oprah Winfrey that goes as follows “Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.”

I am proud that I’m a runner. Not because I run some extraordinary distances because I don’t. My runs are typically 3-5 miles in distance—sometimes indoors and at other times outdoors. In fact, my longest run to date was a 10-mile competitive run that I did in 2014 (Philadelphia’s Broad Street Run).

Not because I have blazing speed because I certainly do not. I have a fairly slow pace at slightly under 10 minutes a mile. In other words, a world class long distance runner could run well over two miles before I would complete one mile.

So, why am I proud to be a runner?

It goes to Oprah’s quote, “running is the greatest metaphor for life”.

I see running as part of my life course in two ways, physically and psychologically.

Physically, running helps me maintain good health. It strengthens my heart. It strengthens my musculoskeletal system. It helps alleviate stress and anxiety.

The physical benefits are most obvious to the casual observer.

But, the greater benefit of running extends beyond the physical. Running is the greatest metaphor for life because of its psychological benefits.

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LYH40: The Year of Commitment [PODCAST]

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  • Featured Presentation: 2014: The Year of Commitment
  • Michael Hyatt’s “5 Days to Your Best Year Ever“
  • A Simple Tribute to My Cousin, Leon Evans, Jr.

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You can find the full blog post on this topic at haroldarnold.com/2014finale

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015.

Over the course of this year, I have written many blog posts and recorded many podcasts in an effort to add value to my audience. As I look back over the year, it is interesting to see which posts and podcasts most resonated with you.

When I look at them it doesn’t take long to discern an underlying theme: “Commitment”.

I love the way that  Lebron James, the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) most dominant player today, talks about commitment.

“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?”

I love this quote because it speaks to the multi-dimensionality of commitment. Commitment must be balanced. As James says, yes there is a commitment to winning. But, there is simultaneously a commitment to being a good person. Yes, there is a commitment to success. But,  ultimately genuine success can only be measured in  relationships.

My Five Most Popular Posts of 2014: Commitment in Review

Leave me a comment a let me know what commitments are important to you for 2015.

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2014 A Year of Commitment

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When a year is winding down, it is naturally to reflect on what meaning one takes from the year. That is the process that I’ve been going through recently as a realize that we are about to put another year “in the books”. For me, 2014 has been a year without equal. It has been the year of breakthough. In these final days of the year, however, I’ve come to realize that for me and many of you what stands out most in 2014 is the consistent commitments that I made. Those commitments have changed everything.

Over the course of this year, I have written many blog posts and recorded many podcasts in an effort to add value to my audience. As I look back over the year, it is interesting to see which posts and podcasts most resonated with you.

When I look at them it doesn’t take long to discern an underlying theme: “Commitment”.

What is it about “commitment” that speaks to our most basic and visceral emotions?

I love the way that  Lebron James, the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) most dominant player today, talks about commitment.

“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There’s that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?”

I love this quote because it speaks to the multi-dimensionality of commitment. Commitment must be balanced. As James says, yes there is a commitment to winning. But, there is simultaneously a commitment to being a good person. Yes, there is a commitment to success. But,  ultimately genuine success can only be measured in  relationships.

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LYH39: 3 Questions to Find the Perfect Christmas Gift [PODCAST]

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Merry Christmas.<

Celebrating the birth of Christ always begins at the same place. Giving gifts.

Indeed, there is plenty of gift giving happening. But, here is the problem.

Very little of this gift giving is honoring the birth of Christ.

Christ was born into this world as a gift to transform our relationships (upwards) with God the Father, the people around us (sideways), and our own internal sense of self (downward).

We must ask ourselves three questions in our gift giving.

  • How does my gift help this person help this person take a step closer to God?
  • How does my gift encourage this person to see the value their life adds to others, include me?
  • How does this gift reflect who I am or what I desire to be in this person’s life?

How does this make the perfect gift? Well, it is because it is modeled after the perfect gift giver. Jesus.

Your gifts are also perfect when they reflect the gift that Christ has placed within you.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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