Summary:
Relationships are at the core of every interaction. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an
employee, or a parent, learning how to build strong relationships that last and evolve over time
is key. This week on the Simple Talk, host Wayne McCullough speaks with guest David
Scoggins, a business and life coach and fellow podcaster who shares ideas for creating a more
fulfilling work-life balance and achieving stability on the job and at home.
It takes work to build a solid foundation and maintain it over time, Scoggins says. Each of the
five Fs -- faith, family, friends, fitness, and finances -- require dedication and perseverance, so
people should be prepared to spend time and energy on these key components. But that hard
work will be rewarded with a strong support network and base for other aspects of life, as well. It
comes down to taking ownership of your decisions and actions and holding yourself
accountable for how you walk through life and how you relate to those walking alongside you.
This Week’s Takeaways:
-Give people space to change over time
-Ask others how you can help them
-Don’t shy away from hard work
-Take ownership of your decisions and actions
-Focus on building good relationships
Quotes:
“I think part of my ultimate mission here is to bring a faith perspective into the personal
development and bring the personal development perspective into the church, and I don’t think
that’s an easy thing.” -David Scoggins
“That’s really been a joy, being able to see … how people who’ve really, really been hurt by
each other and been hurt by the way they approach their relationships, how they can heal and
how they can grow together and how they can flourish and persist.” -David Scoggins
“If we were in a sports team or if we were playing a musical instrument, even if you were playing
as an amateur, you were not getting paid for it, you would practice and you would practice on a
regular basis. But then you show up for marriage and you’ve not practiced anything, You show
up for a relationship and you’ve not practiced anything other than whatever you practiced in
previous relationships. We don’t get even one class on how to do relationships right.” -David
Scoggins
“Whatever is in your life that you don’t like, whether it’s your marriage or your financial situation
or your body or it’s how you feel, an emotion you have or a thought you have, it didn’t come
from nowhere.” -David Scoggins
“The more we can understand where things come from, the more power we have to work with
them.” -David Scoggins
Contact:
You can get in touch with David Scoggins via email at david@scogginsgroup.com. You can also
find him on LinkedIn by searching for his name. Also, check out the TMP Coaching Podcast with
David Scoggins wherever you get your podcasts.
Mentions:
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns
The work of Tony Robbins (www.tonyrobbins.com)
The work of Dallas Willard (www.dwillard.org)
Living the Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Hope for Grace and Deliverance by Glen Stassen
Augustine’s The City of God
The Ready, Set, Love online relationship program (readysetlove.com)
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