Everyone faces challenges at some point in their life. You may have faced more than others, but what truly matters is how you respond to those challenges. Your legacy is determined by how many times you get back up after you’ve been knocked down.

No one remembers the quitters.

In this episode, Dr. Rick discusses what you can learn from the failures of several well-known individuals, why opposition in your life is a good thing, and a trait you must have to become more resilient in the face of adversity.

Show Highlights Include:

• What JK Rowling can teach you about being resilient ([3:05])
• Why you shouldn’t fear opposition in your life ([7:10])
• Without this, you will never be resilient and life will crush you ([8:31])
• Here’s how you can build resilience when you feel like you can’t go on anymore ([10:30])
• How you do this determines whether challenges will cause you to grow, or defeat you ([12:05]) 

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Have you ever come across someone who was relentlessly negative? Someone who always saw the bad in a situation? Maybe you were in a tough spot in your life that you thought would never pass.

How do you move past that?

In this episode, Dr. Rick discusses the primary factor that determines how you react to a situation, the things you should be focusing on in a crisis, and how to shift your thinking to improve perspective.

Show Highlights Include:

• The real reason our values shift throughout the different stages of life ([1:10])
• This is the #1 thing that determines your perspective on ANYTHING ([3:43])
• Beware these situations that can cause you to completely lose your perspective ([3:52])
• The Apostle Paul’s advice on how to focus your thoughts ([5:46])
• The perspective shattering mistake you’re probably making in the midst of crisis ([8:47])
• Losing perspective can have a devastating effect on your life because you also lose this ([10:20])
• The secret to maintaining your perspective, no matter how bad your situation seems ([10:45])

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Many people think they know what hope is, but if you’ve ever been in a truly desperate situation you may understand that it can be more complicated and difficult than you once thought to have hope.

In this episode, Dr. Rick explains how the language you use can destroy your hope, how to restore hope in your darkest time, and the one action you absolutely must take to achieve what you hope for most.

Show Highlights Include:

• How the language you use cheapens the power of hope ([2:38])
• A definition that will help you understand hope better than ever before ([5:09])
• Without this, your hopes will continue to go unfulfilled ([7:59])
• These common misconceptions about hope can destroy your life ([2:29])

Do you want to stop existing and start living your best life right now? Click here to get the first chapter of Dr. Rick’s best-selling book, Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout, for free.

Discover how to become the BEST version of you. Dr. Rigsby guides you to achieving excellence with ordinary wisdom from the greatest generation. Listen to “How Ya Livin’?” …and begin to transform your life!

Discover how to become the BEST version of you. Dr. Rigsby guides you to achieving excellence with ordinary wisdom from the greatest generation. Listen to “How Ya Livin’?” …and begin to transform your life!