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The Art of Positivity in Everyday Life
The episode explores the transformative power of positivity, highlighting how our thoughts and attitudes shape our lives and interactions with others. Dr. Matthew Arau shares practical strategies from his Upbeat leadership philosophy to help listeners cultivate an upbeat mindset and create a ripple effect of positivity.
• Discussion on the origins of Upbeat Global
• Explanation of choosing your "upbeat" in life
• Introduction to the four Cs of upbeat leadership
• Strategies for morning reflections to prime the mind
• Impact of negative self-talk on self-perception
• Importance of reframing challenges as opportunities
• Power of gratitude and presence in daily activities
• Invitation to join the Upbeat movement and coaching opportunities
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Welcome to the Elevate Media Podcast with your host, chris Anderson. In this show, chris and his guests will share their knowledge and experience on how to go from zero to successful entrepreneur. They have built their businesses from scratch and are now ready to give back to those who are just starting. Let's get ready to learn, grow and elevate our businesses. And now your host, chris Anderson.
Speaker 2:Welcome back to another recording of the Elevate Media Podcast. I'm Chris Anderson, your host, and today we're getting upbeat. We're going to be talking about positivity and how our thought process and attitude affects that and the ones around us, so we're bringing on an expert to talk just on that, dr Matthew Arou. He is the president, founder and CEO of Upbeat Global. He's also a motivational speaker, guest conductor, personal and career coach, and we're super excited to have you on the show today, matthew. Thanks for being here.
Speaker 3:It's a thrill to join you at Elevate Media, Chris. It's just been awesome to get to know you and I'm excited for this interview.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm glad we finally got it done. You know we were talking in the green room before this. We had a lot of hidden misses. You know different things pop up All good stuff minus some health scares on your end. But you know you're speaking and flying around and our projects and so finally glad to get this one going. Uh, you know to dive right into it, man, like what got you starting upbeat?
Speaker 3:Yeah, absolutely. Well, I'll go back a little bit in time. So I I used to be a band director in Colorado uh, back in the day and I taught middle school band and high school band and and I started a leadership program for my high school students and to transform the culture which, when I took over, is a real toxic culture, and we we started training on leadership principles and servant leadership and it really transformed the culture of the band and that was amazing. And then I went to graduate school and got a doctorate degree in conducting and while I was doing that I I did more and more research on leadership. While I was doing that, I did more and more research on leadership and I started presenting on what we had done with my high school band and sharing how other music teachers could take what I had done with my students and implement it in their own programs. So then I started coaching other music teachers and they elevated their music program through student leadership. Then I started speaking at major conferences national and international conferences and started getting invited to speak more and more and train and coach and over time I developed my own personal philosophies of leadership, which I call upbeat leadership now, and it hinges on this idea, this metaphor, that we can choose our upbeat in life.
Speaker 3:Now, we all know what the word upbeat means. You might want to see the word upbeat, you might think, like a positive person, right? An uplifting, encouraging person. I think we all need upbeat people in our lives for those hard times, right? Somebody we can lean on. And for some of us, we may be an upbeat person for somebody else, but we all need a support team, don't we Absolutely, but as upbeat person for somebody else?
Speaker 3:but we all need a support team, don't we absolutely, but as a musician there's another meaning of the word upbeat and, yeah, our listeners, I can remember like one, like tapping your foot the downbeat is when the foot goes down, the up is when the foot goes up. You know so one and two and three, and. But also as a conductor, we give the upbeat to an ensemble. So imagine you're standing in front of a band, choir, choir, orchestra, your dream group, and you're in front of the ensemble and you bring your hands up and you breathe in. It's absolutely silent, but the music's about to start. You breathe in and then, when you breathe out and your hands come down, the music starts.
Speaker 3:But what's so cool is that the conductor and the musicians hear the music in their inner ear before it's created, and so we actually like visualize or blueprint what we want to create in the silence. And the upbeat affects so much, like we can affect the tempo of the music, we can affect the front of the note, articulation, we can affect the mood and the energy based on the energy that we bring to our upbeat. So I applied that metaphor to other areas of life, for example in sports, in football, like the throw is the upbeat, the catch is the downbeat.
Speaker 3:Yeah, in basketball, the shot is the upbeat, the swish is the downbeat. In track and field relays, the handoff of the baton is the upbeat, the catch is the downbeat. And field relays, the handoff of the baton is the upbeat, the catch is the downbeat. And you know, the way the band, choir, orchestra take the stage is like the upbeat to their performance. Yeah, and so then I distilled it down to something very simple I want to share, which is our thoughts are the upbeats to our actions yeah, so our attitude is our upbeat to any situation and we choose our thoughts and our attitude.
Speaker 3:We choose our upbeat. Yeah, and when you, when you reclaim your power, you reclaim your freedom. That it's, it's your responsibility. We can choose how we respond. We can't choose the outside things that might be happening to us.
Speaker 2:And yeah, yeah, environment and yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so much unpredictable and there's so many challenges in life. But one thing we can continue to work on is how we choose to respond right and how we put our energy out in the world. So it begins with that and then, from that concept, I developed what I call the four Cs of upbeat leadership and a whole program now that I teach, beginning with educators, then school districts and now athletic departments, executives, corporate business folks, entrepreneurs, because the message is truly universal.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, like you say, we choose the upbeat, we choose our attitude, we choose our thoughts. But how do you so much shift? Maybe they're in a position where they're they're upbeat, their thoughts, their attitudes aren't creating a positive you know, oh yeah, a positive position they're coming from. You know, obviously the environment could be one thing, but if they're not choosing the right thoughts or their attitude, their downbeat is not going to be very positive, right? So how can we go about, maybe, if we're struggling to have a good upbeat, uh, changing that?
Speaker 3:Yeah, well, um, I have this book that I that I came out a few years ago now. It's called Upbeat Mindset, mindfulness and Leadership in Music, education and Beyond, and that keyword is beyond, because it goes way beyond music, and I share just countless strategies because we all need them. I mean, if we're honest, you know, life is a roller coaster.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:And there's always, you know, challenges that come our way, trauma, things that we're dealing with, and so it's certainly not a rose colored glasses or toxic positivity in any way. It really is. It's an acceptance of the reality of life. And then what do we do? Moving forward, I'm going to share one strategy which is really, really cool. So when you wake up in the morning, you can be really intentional At that moment when we wake up, our brains kind of like in the wave state where it's going to be more accepting, it's more impressionable. So you can focus on one of four things. When you first wake up and really focus on a thought for 17 seconds, that's enough time for a thought to become sticky, okay. So I'm going to share. So focus on one of these four things, okay. So when you wake up, think of something that brings you joy.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:Yeah, number two think of something that gives you comfort, and it might even be like the feel of your blanket, or you know, just something that makes you feel good. Number three is something that you're grateful for, so gratitude. And then number four is what are you looking forward to that day? So, if you can think about one of those four things, that starts to do what we call priming the mind. And when you prime the mind, when you first wake up, then you start to scan your environment to find other things that are like that. Gratitude is a great example.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Right. If you can find one thing to be grateful for, your mind will start to notice more. And you know some people do a gratitude journal where they'll write down three things they're grateful for at the end of the day, and that starts to create a mental habit of things to focus on. So that's one really, really cool thing. Um, just to start to shift. What's amazing is that our brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second. Whew, but we are actually only conscious of 40 bits. Wow, Isn't?
Speaker 2:that amazing, that is crazy.
Speaker 3:I mean, our brain is incredible and so much of those thoughts are going to come into our subconscious mind or automatic thinking. But if there's 11 million bits that are coming in every second but we're only conscious of 40 bits, I ask myself this question well, what if we could choose what 40 bits we focus on? Right?
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 3:And that's the challenge, and it's about creating new mental habits, new pathways in our mind, and trying to shift our focus. One way to think about it is this rather than focus on what is wrong, focus on what you want to create.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, cause, even in the, even in the hard moments, you'll still find the, the way to do it, the outcome, the next step, and that it's crazy. You put it in that the numbers, you know that many thoughts are happening, but only 40 bits are what we recognize, and I think, again, that's why it's so important that we you know we've all heard it like be careful who you surround yourself, to be careful who you listen to, be careful what you listen to, or what you watch, or what you read, like. Because even if you think it's not affecting your, your mindset, like the music, the movies, the, whatever specifically like, even subconsciously, like you mentioned, those still have an effect. Um, you're just unaware, kind of in the, in the direct, right now moment, kind of thing.
Speaker 3:It's so true Like our subconscious mind is affected by what we read, what we see. It doesn't distinguish between reality and fiction. It thinks it's happening to us.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, which again like so, who you surround yourself with, like if they're all complaining about life or their job or what they're doing, you know, or they're not taking the right action, like that subconscious, like that'll like eke into your thought process or your, your mind, right?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, I share this. I actually do this activity with people. I call it positive bumper cars and anybody listening, if you have a team, uh, this is a really great uh exercise. Um, I have everybody become what I call a positive bumper car. So you, you kind of transform yourself.
Speaker 3:I just take, take your one hand and put, make a fist, and then put your other hand around it, sort of like make a diamond with your arms in front of you, and then you kind of mill around and connect elbows or forearms with somebody in the and you look at them and when you connect and you just share the first positive thing that pops into your mind about them. And it could be like, hey, I love that shirt or nice glasses, it could be something, but it's a positive exchange. And then the other person you bump into share something positive about you and you both accept the compliment and say thank you, and then you move on and bump into somebody else and I'll do this game for about 60 to 90 seconds and then we'll bring it to a close and at the end of the game I'll ask people like how they feel. I say, like, how does that feel to share positives? How does it feel to receive and everybody's like so, on fire, right, there's like dopamine spikes because you have this positive exchange and then I share well, how many of you'd like to feel this way more often in life.
Speaker 3:And everybody's raising their hand I often in life and everybody's raising their hand, I'm like, and then this is what I I dropped like the mic drop moment. I say, well, you know what you can live this way. It's a choice. For those 90 seconds you were just looking for the good in others and what I've discovered is, whatever we're looking for, we'll find. Yeah, isn't that interesting. So if you look for the light in somebody else, you really look for it, you can find it. And when you share it with somebody else, that really lifts their spirits and then when there's a positive exchange back to you, it's like both of our values get elevated and I share this is how you create a positive ripple effect.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:Ripple effect, effective change and it can be something like maybe you're at the grocery store and you just share something nice to the person bagging the groceries or the person you know ringing you up at the counter, Just a smile or something. It's amazing how you can change somebody's day just with one uplifting act.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think, and that's it's kind of like you said, building those pathways, those different habits by doing that. And I think it goes back to when we can focus on what we're grateful for. You know, having that gratitude mindset or that being thankful for things like that's again where it kind of starts. If you can see it in your own life, it's going to kind of flow outwards towards others.
Speaker 2:As you're seeing and you know I saw this video on social media this guy will will go as he's walking to work or walk into you know the store or something.
Speaker 2:He's recording himself kind of. So you see his hands and like when he passes someone, he'll he'll try to do some sort of compliment, whether it be you know their outfit or if they're, you know, jamming to music, like hey, your energy is great. And some people respond, some people just kind of brush it off, some people smile for big things to say thank you, and he'll break it down after and be like, hey, no response, that's okay, you're going to keep going Because he's kind of breaking that discomfort of doing that, because talking to someone you don't know and you don't know how to respond with the compliment, and so it's like it was cool to kind of see the progression of him doing that, because at first he didn't want to, because you know it got shut down or whatever, but not worrying about and then seeing the change I'm really glad you brought that up because I'll share an experience.
Speaker 3:This really is getting out of our comfort zone sometimes. To share something nice with somebody, isn't that interesting uh-huh and so I was working with this one group and and I asked everybody how they felt, and most of it was I feel great. But one, once one person raised their hand. They said I feel weird. And I said well, why do you feel weird? They say because it feels weird to share nice things with other people, because we never do it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Is what what he said? I said, wow, isn't that a statement? And then I said well, what kind of world do you want to live in? Do you want to live in a world where it's weird to share nice things and compliments with other people? Or do you want to be a difference maker, a change maker, and help create a world where this could be normal, because there's so many great things happening in the world? But when we turn on the television and we watch the news, of course it's filled with mostly you know fear-based news and negative stuff. So you think, like the world is, is a disaster zone. But that's not true. When we get to know people, there's so much love and caring and compassion in the world, but we just don't focus on it. But if we could shift where our focus goes, we'd realize that for every negative act there's an equal and positive act happening in the world. It's just where we direct our focus.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely yeah. Where our focus goes, you know, our attention goes right, or what is it? Where are you?
Speaker 3:Yeah, and I've heard where, where your focus, where your heart goes, energy flows, attention flows, and that really makes a big difference. You asked another way to kind of shift your mindset and I want to share something. It's chapter two in my book.
Speaker 3:I call it the power of get okay, yeah and and I I share this story in, in, in in the book and it actually takes me back in time to 9-11. Okay, and I and I I had I was journaling about this during the pandemic and it led me to this kind of revelation. When I started making a to-do list in the morning and I I just added one word to my to-do list and that word was get. And when I added the word get to everything on my to-do list, and that word was get, and when I added the word get to everything on my to-do list, it shifted the way I thought about it, even though it was kind of the same thing, you know, I might do every day.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Right, like it was. Like. I get to you know email, sarah, I get to call Mark. I get to you know prepare.
Speaker 2:Instead of I need to or I have to, you know, prepare. I need to or I have to Right or I have to.
Speaker 3:It's kind of like the big one that a lot of people think of, like it's like a checkbox in life.
Speaker 3:I shifted it to I get to and then I added meaning to each of those letters. And, by the way, like when you think about life as a series of get to's, why it's powerful is when you realize that I get to. It puts you in the present moment. It makes you realize that you're present now, like you and I, chris, we get to have this conversation, this enriching, vibrant conversation. Now it's in the present and anytime we can be fully present, it shifts our energy and our life. We get much more out of it.
Speaker 3:The problem is that so many of us are, you know, we're ruminating about the past or we're worrying about the future that hasn't happened yet and we miss what's right in front of us. But when I, when I shifted my own mindset to think about everything as a get to and I call it living in the spirit of get, I also call it the power of get it's really made a difference and I shared this concept around the world and I've had so many amazing stories come back to me. One of them is really meaningful. It was from a music teacher and she had studied my book and then I came out and did a training session on upbeat. And she said you know, I'm a mother of three daughters.
Speaker 3:I have a really busy schedule as a music teacher. I'm a wife you know all the different hats that I wear, and so much about life seems like a checkbox. You just got to get it done right, including and you have kids. So, yeah, can you relate to this, uh, including even reading a bedtime story. Right, like I just got, I gotta get him to bed. Gotta get him to bed the next thing. But after she read the book, and she was reading one of her daughters a bedtime story, she shifted her mindset. She said you know what I get to read my daughter a bedtime story, because in a couple years she's not gonna want me to anymore. So every moment is a get to.
Speaker 2:That's such a good point, like, especially if you have kids, like, listening to this, you get it. But sometimes we're tired, right, as parents, and we don't want to pick the kids up one more time because they want to look in the pantry for food. But it's like in those moments are like no, like I'm not gonna lift you up. It's like no, like one day you're not going to, they're not going to want to have you lift them up, they're not going to want you to read a book or um, do all that. And so it's like reminding yourself like we get to do this one more time, like, and eventually you won't, uh, you'll, you'll wish you could, um, and so it's so important. Like, and if you don't have kids, like I find myself doing this when I have to do the stinking dishes. You know, and I just said right there, I have to do them. So like I get in it because I don't like washing dishes even before we put them in the dishwasher. It's just annoying. So like I try to find myself. You know, I get to do the dishes today, I get to do it and I still don't like it. But it's. It changed my perspective and I'll start when I do that Like.
Speaker 2:I know I've noticed this when I, when I say I get to do the dishes, I get to wash these off, my mind will shift a little bit. But okay, why did I just say that, like, I get to do these dishes? Because I have these dishes to wash, I had the food to put on them where some people don't like it. It does actually shift it. It's like, okay, this isn't that bad, like play some music, you know, and it'll go by. But like shifting, shifting that wording like almost kind of makes me get out of that selfish mindset of like, oh, I have to do these dang dishes again. Um, and I don't do it every time, I'm not perfect, but like, sure, when I can, when I can use that wording, it like just kind of flips that switch in my mind to like, like okay, why am I saying I get to?
Speaker 2:because of those reasons, and so I mean even in those kind of chores that we take for granted and we get annoyed by, can still help.
Speaker 3:Yeah. So if you take the three letters G-E-T. G is for gratitude, yeah, and gratitude is magic. I mean, I talk about like taking your vitamin G every day. It's amazing. There's been a lot of research from the positive psychology movement. In fact, this is one of the first things that was really researched about. Focus and gratitude is really a powerful way to shift our mindset. E is for enthusiasm.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And to approach life with enthusiasm, and then T is for treasure yeah. E is for enthusiasm, yeah. And and to approach life with enthusiasm, and then T is for treasure yeah, treasure the people in our lives. But one, one of the hidden treasures I think a lot of us forget about especially, we're really focused on serving others and supporting others, and you know, you know if we're parents or team leaders or we're always focused on our teachers. We're focused on everybody else. But what I realized is the hidden treasure is the treasure within us. Each one of us is a treasure. Each listener to this podcast. You are a treasure and you have a brilliant light within you to shine forth. And I and that's so important, because when you shine brightly, you inspire others to shine their own light and so so often in life I think there's like these suppressing forces right, whether it's it's our peer group or even family members like we want to, like rise and shine, and people are like no, no, no, dim your light, dim your light, don't stand out too much.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Many of us can probably remember from school the kind of that, that, that ceiling like, oh, you don't want to shine too much, right? And what I want to share is that, yes, shine, shine. That's what we need the world to do. We need people that are going to embrace fully who they are and go all in, because if we can all do that and find you know our inner gifts and that we are a treasure, I can change so much. This leads me to the topic of self-talk.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, that's a big one.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's a big one, and before we dive into self-talk.
Speaker 2:You made me think. When you're talking about shining, like the people who have the positive attitudes, positive words towards others, they're that light, right, but everyone's a diamond. But the only time a diamond shines and sparkles is when a light Shines on it, projects on it, right? So you have to have and be that light so others can shine sometimes. And I just that really stuck out and popped in my head when you were saying that, like everyone's a diamond, like everyone's a piece of gold, everyone's a diamond. But the only time it shimmers and shines is when you, when some light shines, projects itself onto it and allows them to to illuminate, um, otherwise you know, they're just no one sees it. So I thought that was really like that just popped in my head when you're saying that that is cool.
Speaker 3:So I love that yeah, so I love, not everyone's light.
Speaker 2:Some people just, you know, just don't. They don't want to project that out there and that's okay. But the ones who are can help can help.
Speaker 3:All the diamonds and pieces of gold out there shine so no, I love that, yeah, and I think about diamonds are made from extreme pressure, yep, and uh, sometimes, well often, life is hard and we're under a lot of pressures and anxieties and and it seems like maybe we're under more pressures than we've ever been before. I mean, seems like maybe we're under more pressures than we've ever been before. I mean, right, but um, what I found and I don't know if you found this to be the case is often through the greatest struggles, we find the greatest lessons. For sure, or the challenges become opportunities. In some languages, challenge and opportunity are the same word, which I think is really fascinating, yeah, so you just shift it like this is a challenge.
Speaker 3:Yeah, it's also an opportunity. What are you going to do with it? And that's sort of like the entrepreneurial mindset too right, here's the challenge that people are facing, okay, but how? How can we now provide a solution to that to help support people? And I think that's that's a really cool way of looking at it. So I'm really glad you brought up the idea for sure.
Speaker 2:So, um, but yeah, and part of that, you know, to be able to shine or to be able to, you know, show your true sparkle is it starts with us, right, our self-talk, like you're going to get into, and how, how crucial self-talk is. Yeah, you know, I'm excited to dive into this.
Speaker 3:Yeah Well, let me. Let me ask you a series of questions, chris. Um, do you think it's um, do you think it's valuable or important to treat others with kindness?
Speaker 2:For sure.
Speaker 3:Do you think it's uh, you know important to treat others with kindness, for sure. Do you think it's uh, you know important to treat others with compassion? Yep, do you think, even though it can be difficult to find the space in your heart to do, you think it's important to forgive others? Yep definitely now I'm gonna go deeper. Is that okay? All right, yes. So even though you think it's important to treat others with kindness, would you agree that sometimes you don't extend that same kindness to yourself?
Speaker 3:Yep Even though you think it's important to treat others with compassion, would you agree that sometimes you don't extend that same compassion to you?
Speaker 2:For sure.
Speaker 3:Even though you think it's important to forgive others, do you sometimes find the hardest person? Maybe the last person you can forgive is you? Yep, you're not alone. You're not alone and I imagine for many of our listeners a kind of the same idea, because because we can be really, really hard on ourselves yep and you know they say.
Speaker 3:The research says that, on average, 80 of our self-talk is negative. Isn't that? That's shocking, isn't it? Um? So what's the solution? And this is what I want to share, and this is a every day, it's a practice, and I'm not saying that like we can achieve mastery on this all of a sudden, like you just shift from one side to the other but it's something we can work on and be.
Speaker 3:It starts with a personal awareness of being aware of what we're saying to ourselves. So what I like to share is treat yourself like you are your best friend. So if you catch yourself saying something mean or diminishing to yourself, now go outside yourself and say well, if, if a friend was saying that out loud, what would I say back to them and how would I shift my language? And so that's a really powerful practice to work on. It's in alignment with the idea of affirmations, but it's literally catching ourselves in the act and shifting it from maybe what we might call a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. And one of the ways you can do this.
Speaker 3:If you're facing a challenge and you're like, oh, I'm not good enough, I'll never be able to do this, if you're facing a challenge and you're like, oh, I'm not good enough, I'll never be able to do this. Um, you know they. They said I wasn't going to, and this is just a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you can do is find something in your life when you did push through a challenge and say you know what I've?
Speaker 3:done it before You've done it before You're going to find a way.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 3:You might need to ask for help find different resources, but you're going to find a way, You're going to find a solution, and that's one thing that can be really, really helpful. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I think that's important, like anchoring to those past accomplishments and remembering like, hey, this is where we've been through already, We'll get through this one. We're going to figure this next thing out, you know. But why do you think it is so hard for people to extend themselves the kindness, the grace, the compassion that we do easier to others? Why do you think it's so hard for us to do it to ourselves?
Speaker 3:I think we have a lot of voices kind of planted in our head, yeah, from when we were younger. Sure, have a lot of voices kind of planted in our head, yeah, from when we were younger. Sure, I've heard that our subconscious mind is, you know, really filled with material from ages zero to seven and we really internalize a lot that comes at us and and so if they were like things said to us growing up, we've implanted them and and we still have that subconscious foundation that kind of guides our thinking today yeah so, um, that's that's part of the process is almost like reprogramming our subconscious mind, but it begins with awareness.
Speaker 2:That's why I really coach a lot on mindfulness and and meditation and kind of getting to that place where you can look within and and, uh, start to see what your common thought process are and then shift it with intention being real, intentional I love that and yeah, I think it's if that's kind of where it can start too, and that you know this whole, this whole conversation has been great and so much goodness that people can take away and start implementing and we probably heard some of this before but actually implementing it and taking it in the heart, Like now is the time. Best time to plant a tree was yesterday. Next best time is today, right, so just start planting this positivity tree in our lives. You know today's the best time to do it. So, um, again, Matthew, you've been a great conversation, Super glad to have you on here.
Speaker 2:I would love for you to share. You know where can people connect with you? Learn more about upbeat global Um, and I know you got some cool things coming out. Uh, where, where's the best people? Uh, best place people can go and find all that?
Speaker 3:where's the best people, best place people can go and find all that Awesome, yeah, so my website is upbeatglobalcom and that's chock full of resources, and then you can contact me there. You can subscribe to our upbeat newsletter. On Facebook, you can follow me at Matthew Arau and you can also join my Facebook group, which is really vibrant and very supportive, and I post every single day lots of like quotes from my book. But it's also interactive. It's called Upbeat Leaders A request to join. We have close to 3000 members right now and it's just constantly growing. But people go there every single day. They say it makes a huge difference in their life, and so you can connect with me on Instagram also either Matthew Arrau or Upbeat Global on Instagram, and I'm on LinkedIn at Matthew Arrau as well, and I'd love for you to check out my book.
Speaker 3:You can find Upbeat Mindset, mindfulness and Leadership through my website. You can also get it on Amazon. It's paperback, it's also on Kindle on Amazon and very excited, probably by the time this is released, because coming out about December 17,. We are releasing follow-ups to the book and these are absolutely universal, so they speak to everyone, and one is called the Upbeat Daily Journal and it's for inspiration and transformation through personal reflection. And then the upbeat daily planner the ultimate guide for your get to do's. That's incredible.
Speaker 3:So looking forward to those releases that coming out in time for the holidays great stocking stuffers and you can and you can get those uh through amazon and uh also through my. And another place you can get them is through GIA Publications, and so you can just Google GIA Publications because that's the publisher and folks can get it directly through there. Coming out in March is going to be the Upbeat Leadership Workbook Awesome, fantastic as an accompaniment, and the audio book has been recorded. It's just in production now. So so many exciting things coming up and I just love to get connected with your listeners so you can become part of the upbeat movement, the upbeat community, and I'm looking for people that want to be upbeat certified, to really take the show on the road. I've presented in 40 states and four continents over the last 10 years and there's folks all over the world that want to do what I'm doing right To be an upbeat coach, to be an upbeat speaker, and that's the next level that we're looking at too.
Speaker 3:Plus, I love coming and working with teams and organizations to help support them and elevate their upbeat, and it's led to incredible cultural and leadership transformation, so that's really a true passion of mine.
Speaker 2:Awesome. Well, everyone definitely get connected with Matthew. Check out all he's doing, get in this community. And again, matthew, thanks so much for being on the Elevate Media podcast today.
Speaker 3:What a treat. Thanks so much, Chris.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, and if you're listening to this and you know someone who's trying to get a little bit more upbeat, or maybe needs to get upbeat, share this with them. We can help so many more people by sharing this out together. So thank you for that. I think you're tuning in. Until next time, though, continue to elevate your life, elevate your brand, and we'll talk to you again soon thank you for listening to the elevate media podcast.
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