Dog Trainer Wins: Progress Amongst Distractions

Chris
Personal: Mini vacay with Tristan! Super fun to just chill and relax and game. 

Business: Now has full ownership of Grahamity and its assets from the other company.  Very proud of everyone on the team, and we are helping so many families with their dogs  right now!

Personal Development: The 10x rule. It’s basically about putting in the extra effort above and beyond the normal effort to accomplish your goals.  Basically “don’t be a slacker,” which the theme is a good reminder. 

Sam
Personal win:  Finished a second novel in the past month! She typically reads personal development books, so finishing a second novel was fun and different. 

Dog win:  Having lots of launch dogs at the training space and on the books to come! Also Logan getting to work with Winnie- he loves when he’s needed to help with the dogs! 

Personal development:  Bought the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. 
He is talking about how we all have to fix our focus on interactions with people. The natural tendency is to be focused on what I can get out of the intersection instead of what can I give in this interaction. Giving a compliment, or praise to the other person. Also bringing enthusiasm to everything you do- getting other people to feel your enthusiasm and excitement.

Jacqueline
Personal Win: Did a short trip to bend with her fiancé and pups! Had a nice time enjoying one of their places. 

Dog Win: Having her two pups out while she taught agility classes. Very proud of them doing what they know to do with a bunch of distractions and dogs doing agility around them! 

Personal Development:  Started ‘Wildflower’ which is a book about Drew Barrymore. It’s an entertaining and informative read about her life and the lessons she’s learned and things she’s been through and come out the other side. 

Alicia
Dog: Laurelhurst group class. Fun to be at a new location and everyone did so well! 

Personal: Finally got to download a few photos from her road trip. Got an external hard drive to handle the years of photos. 

Personal Development: Started “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind”.

Tristan
Personal Win: Gaming/Guys trip with Chris went amazing! They made great progress on a  project together, and had a blast playing games with each other!

Dog Win: Finn went home to his family and did amazing! They are loving his training!

Personal Development: Reading “beyond order” by Jordan Peterson again. Understanding his meaning on a deeper level. Big take aways were  establishing and analyzing healthy relationships, and utilizing them to pursue goals of happiness.

Tay
Dog Win: Oscar making improvements around dog and people distractions! 

Personal Development: ‘How to Stop Worrying and Start Living’ book. 

Personal: Colton (her newborn) is eating solid foods now and is  loving all the flavors!

Kass
Personal Win: Making progress in organizing her  living space, which includes an art station that is away from the distraction of her computer/games. Developing artistic skill takes time, but distractions also take time away as well. 

Dog Win: Finn the Golden-Doodle. He recently returned home after completing the board and train launch program and his family couldn't be more happy with having a dog that now loves to listen, while still being the dog they sent away for 2 weeks to engage in training.

Personal Development: Started to read the book Never Finished by David Goggins. He's a retired NAVY SEAL and the only member of the US armed forces to complete NAVY SEAL training, Army Ranger School, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller Training. After reading the first chapter, and can already tell where this man is coming from in terms of his outlook on life and how paper thin a lot of uplifting concepts can be like hope and belief. He spoke on how potential is often limited by the hardships of life and the mental beat down people put on themselves when resistance shows up to stop their goals and self development, and more often than not, that mental beatdown can tear through belief in one's self and make hope fade and we end up back to the same person we were before we wanted to change. Those same feelings that first inspired us to try to change coming back even worse than before. 

Ellie
Personal Win: Had a fairly low key weekend. Spent some time with friends and just hung out.

Dog Win: The three launches that went home did super well! 
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Personal Development: Started reading The Buddha and The Badass by Vishen Lakhiani which looks at how to incorporate elements of those two archetypes into your work life.

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