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Luhv+ is an app and community outlet in which creatives, entrepreneurs, and young business professionals gather to master their minds, elevate their lives, and simplify success through professional and career development activities curated by its founder and life coach, Shaun Crumméy. We decided to interview Crumméy about how mindset affects people’s ability to perform.
When we asked him how he obtained clarity on what he wanted and what impacted him to start his business, he said, “I became clear on what I want and what impact I wanted to create for myself and others by assessing my current situations in life and creatively visualizing what I wanted to show up in my life. I thought about which type of experiences do I want to have, and then I sought out different mentors who could help me obtain that.”
Business professionals often look at how they will add value to people’s lives, and this philosophy can also be applicable to our daily lives. We asked Crumméy what were the best ways to add value to others, no matter where you go. “First, I would say being kind really goes a long way and helps out a lot. People may forget what you say, but they won’t forget how you make them feel. Second, just look and see what areas where you could help improve someone’s life and then humbly go for it.” Crumméy explained.
Life coaches and therapists often equip people with an inquisitive mindset to encourage them to ask themselves a routine list of questions to help them self-evaluate when they are doing something that may or may not be beneficial for them. Crumméy explained that these questions should be helping shift your mindset to see obstacles and challenges as a chance to create opportunities. “I ask myself ‘what do I need to learn from this situation’ and how could I become more effective in less time to improve my overall quality of myself,” he said.
Thinking big starts with a mindset — a mindset is a perspective or set of instructions you give yourself to handle a direct or indirect situation or experience. Let’s say you’re working out, lifting weights, and you have three more reps to go on the current set. Now let’s say your arms are tired and the weights feel heavy and you feel like you want to stop. Crumméy explains, “it comes down to a choice, either you stop lifting or you continue lifting to complete the set. Thinking big and operating from the highest potential and not the current circumstances would look like completing the set instead of stopping. Pushing through the pain to pull towards the pleasure of accomplishing your goals instead of giving up and falling short of fulfilling your goals.” It’s operating from the place where this temporary pain is for a necessary gain. This can seem like a setback, but this is really a setup for people to improve their quality of life.
We asked Crumméy what he implemented in his life to keep him focused and organized. He recommends scheduling your week in advance when distractions arise, creating solutions, not excuses, act intentionally and fast, as success loves speed. “The Weekly time blocking challenge on the Luhv + app helps out a lot where I schedule out tasks, opportunities, and events for the week. The power hour challenge on the app and the sixty-minute student challenge has helped me block out one hour of time dedicated to completing tasks or studying without distractions too,” adds Crumméy.
Crumméy’s favorite piece of advice goes like this: “You are the creator of your world, you create your experiences in life. When you grow everything around you grows. Everyone is the star of their movies and when we come together we co-star, when we all get together with love and beautiful energy we shine brightly and form a galaxy. How beautiful is life when we all step into our power? And as I step into mine I give others the permission to step into theirs.”
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Photo provided by the author with permission from owner Shaun Crummey.