E19 The Success Habit of Self-Control – The Path to Patience & Inner Peace
- S2E19
- 13:00
- January 11th 2025
Finding calm in chaos isn’t just a nice idea—it’s the key that separates thriving business owners from the perpetually stressed.
In this episode, Donna and Londina dig into the power of self control and teach you how patience can transform not just your reactions, but your results.
Life and business are full of triggers: setbacks, annoying interactions, unexpected obstacles. Most people operate reactively, letting emotions or old programming run the show.
But learning self control and cultivating patience can help you escape the cycle of negativity and keep growing, regardless of what’s happening around you.
As Donna and Londina remind us, true calm isn’t automatic—it’s the result of deliberate effort and practice.
What You Need to Know
- Self control is more than biting your tongue—it’s understanding that your reaction is always within your control, regardless of circumstance.
- Patience elevates your presence and builds your reputation as someone others want to do business with. When you are calm and collected, you activate the law of attraction, bringing better opportunities and relationships to you.
- Much of our stress and anger comes from old triggers and habits, shaped throughout our lives by experiences and memories. Recognizing these patterns is the first step toward breaking them.
- Serenity—James Allen describes it as a state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled—is a jewel of wisdom that stems from persistent self control.
What You Need to Do
- Begin with conscious diligence. When you feel triggered, pause and recognize that the emotional story in your head may not be real.
- Work daily on observing your reactions and choosing patience instead of immediate response. When setbacks happen, remind yourself that everyone—including you—is doing their best with the awareness they have.
- Practice seeing situations from a place of understanding and compassion, both toward others and yourself.
Your Next Step
Get your free copy of Think and Grow Rich. Listen to today’s episode and use it as a prompt to notice your triggers and choose patience at least once today. The journey to calm starts with a single intentional choice—let’s make it together.
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00:34 Success Habit of Control
00:53 Importance of Show Notes and Community
02:11 Cultivating Patience and Self-Control
04:15 Understanding Triggers and Reactions
06:35 Achieving Serenity and Calmness
09:50 Final Thoughts and Conclusion
Building Success Habits
“The more tranquil a person becomes, the greater is their success, their influence, their power for good.” James Allen
"Building Success Habits" is a podcast hosted by Donna Kunde (Business Coach) and Londina Cruz (Life Strategist). The show is all about sharing practical tips, strategies, and insights for building success habits in all areas of life.
This show was originally produced as hour-long radio content, later adapted into 4-episode Signature Season themes for podcast listeners.
The podcast explores a variety of success habits, including goal-setting, resilience, focus, and productivity. Each episode provides insights into how these habits can be developed and maintained, along with tips for staying motivated and on track.
In addition to success habits, the show covers personal development and mindset topics, such as overcoming limiting beliefs and cultivating a growth mindset. Donna and Londina share their own experiences and challenges in these areas, providing listeners with relatable examples and actionable advice.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, or simply someone who wants to achieve more success in your personal and professional life, "Building Success Habits" offers inspiration and tools to help you achieve your goals and live a more fulfilling life.
Join Donna and Londina on this journey of self-discovery and growth, and learn how to build the success habits that will transform your life.
"When we begin to see the world from the inside out, life will happen through us instead of to us."
Donna Kunde is one of IBGR's founders and started her career in radio at WNTW on it's Sales 2020 Show. In her role as EVP Supply Management she is responsible for day-to-day station operations and the quality of programming - both show topics and OnAir Talent.
She is an internationally recognized Business Coach and Trainer bringing 20+ years’ experience in military leadership. Donna has been a serial entrepreneur for the last 25 years owning a range of businesses experiencing the unique challenges solopreneurs face with small business growth.
In addition to her entrepreneurial background, Donna brings 35 years of academic and applied cognitive and behavioral science experience to the IBGR Network. Her specialty is helping organizations navigate through change, challenge and tragedy. The combination of her intensive study of the mind, plus practical applications in human potential, Donna provides a unique perspective on leadership, personal growth, sales, communication, and team building.
A high point of Donna's training career happened when she accompanied Dr. John C. Maxwell and his team on a country transformation mission. At the request of the Costa Rican government, the Maxwell team successfully trained 15,000 Round Table facilitators in three days, resulting in a 2% transformation of that nation and projected to reach another 60,000 Costa Ricans the following week. Her trademark energetic communication style and teaching skills have earned her a reputation as a highly effective speaker and respected facilitator.
Londina Cruz is an International Trainer, Executive Coach, and Keynote Speaker with the John Maxwell Team and a Strategic Coach with Anthony Robbins. Londina is a part of Global Transformation with the John Maxwell Foundation, training thousands of leaders in Paraguay and Costa Rica to help transform the values and culture of these nations.
She has spent more than 25 years studying, coaching and consulting in personal mastery and human performance techniques. These techniques include emotional and social intelligence trainings that elevate individuals, leaders and their organizations to excel well beyond current standards – offering a dynamic competitive advantage.
Londina has taken a situation that would devastate most individuals, being hit by a drunk driver, and has turned it into her life force. In this accident, Londina sustained a traumatic head injury, broken back and broken neck. The doctors gave her little hope of a normal life. She has now turned this challenge into an extraordinary life of empowering others to turn their fears into freedom and reach their potential.
Mastering her limiting beliefs and overcoming all that doctors had told her, Londina has thrived physically as well.
She has become a Triathlete (competing in a Half-Ironman and medaling in numerous other triathlons), a two-time marathon runner (Nike Women’s in San Francisco and the Marine Corps in Washington), and a cyclist.
She has released 100 lbs. by taking control of her thoughts instead of allowing thoughts to control her.
She knows what it takes to take you and your team from where you are to where you want to be.
As a Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
Contact me. I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming a success in your life and/or business.