Videos

During COVID, presentations have been done virtually. We have a great setup at AwesomeU to accommodate your needs. Here’s a brief speaker reel so you get an idea for what to expect when you book Don for one of your events. View Don Wadewitz speaker one sheet: http://awesomeu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Don-Wadewitz-One-Sheet.pdf

We often treat our mind like that one drawer in our kitchens that has everything in it that we don’t have a place for elsewhere. A cluttered mind leads to a lot of different issues including an inability to concentrate or recall along with fatigue. In this #6MinutesToABetterU video, we provide ten tips for decluttering your mind.

Do you have difficulty saying what you really think in a respectful way that moves conversations forward instead of sending them into a pit where feelings are hurt and relationships are broken? Our newest #6MinutesToABetterU will help you understand some benefits to expressing your emotions respectfully and good techniques for actually respectfully stating your thoughts.

Do you roll the dice and go with the flow or do you look to be intentional in how you live, what you do, and where you’re going? In this #6MinutesToABetterU video, we provide four tips for living a more intentional life.

Learn four small adjustments you can make to stay on the path to your dreams in this #6MinutesToABetterU video.

In our latest #6MinutesToABetterU video on Awesome U TV, we talk about positive self-talk and the tremendous benefits it will bring to your life! There are enough negative forces that work against us. Why should our mind and thoughts be one of those forces working against ourselves? Don shares a story about playing basketball with his nephews and how a positive self-talk pep talk led to success for them.

We spend a lot of time with cohorts and at work. Sometimes, things are going great. Other times, we get annoyed or bothered by something or someone. Still, we have the ability to choose our attitude in any situation. Learn eight ways you can be happier at work and five ways you can help your cohorts be happier at work in this #6MinutesToABetterU series video!

What makes some people bounce back from adversity while others don’t? Resilience is the main character trait that determines whether someone is able to dust themself off and get back into the game of life or nearly be destroyed by misfortune and remain a victim. In this #6MinutesToABetterU video, we identify six traits researchers have identified of resilient people. We also offer four tips to help strengthen your resilience.

Every March 20th is International Day of Happiness. With that day quickly approaching, we thought we’d share eight habits of the happiest people. You can watch this video that’s part of our #6MinutesToABetterU series and then use the International Day of Happiness as your kick-off event to a happier life.

Many people enjoy those imperfect fruits and vegetables. Yet, we tend to dislike our imperfect selves. This week’s #6MinutesToABetterU video is about being #PerfectlyImperfect. We provide 12 tips to help you learn to love your imperfections and discuss how being perfect gets in the way of being great.

With Thursday being March Forth and Do Something Day, we thought it would be a great time to talk about breaking lofty goals into steps that will lead to success. Sometimes, we set these lofty goals and then feel overwhelmed. By focusing on smaller tasks that will get you to your goal, you’re setting yourself up for success! #6MinutesToABetterU

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many people lamented about not having enough time and being able to focus on the important things. The pandemic through us straight into the deep end of simple living. Simple living flies in the face of our American culture, however. While some people struggled, others thrived in the new, simpler environment. Whether you struggled or strived, most of us found power in simple living. In this video, we talk about the nine huge benefits to living simply.

With February 16 being “Do a Grouch a Favor Day” and February 17 being “Random Acts of Kindness Day,” we thought it was a good time to talk about dealing with difficult people. Here’s seven tips to better deal with difficult people as part of our 6 Minutes to a Better U series!

How often do we make a mistake and then compound it with another mistake or find ourselves making the same mistake over and over again? February 11th is “Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day.” Once the milk is spilled, we should work to clean it up, figure out how it happened, and work to make sure it doesn’t happen again. In the same way, instead of lamenting over the mistakes we make, we need to change our mindset so we can benefit from our mistakes. Learn five ways to benefit from mistakes we make that will help us live the life we yearn to live!

Do you find yourself spending too much Rosa Parks sparked a movement by simply saying, “No!” Her assertive stance set the tone for the movement to end racial segregation in America. Spark a positive change in your life! In this video, Don shares four polite ways to say no and talks about a recent challenge he faced where saying no was the right thing to do for everyone involved.

Don shares a very difficult time in his life that happened the weekend prior. He tells us that it’s okay to share the good and the bad on social media so we don’t get stuck in unfair social comparisons where we feel like we’re losing. He continues to explain why we need to experience loss and challenges in order to truly live life to the fullest and how these experiences build our empathy so we’re good to one another.

Do you find yourself spending too much time pondering and not enough time getting things done? Overthinking is common, especially when making decisions. Overthinking wastes time, lowers your confidence, and reduces your level of success. Hear eight tips for making faster, better decisions. Learn how organizations can benefit by making quicker decisions.

Coming on the heels of our chats about perseverance and goal-setting, Don shares the story of achieving a goal he set for himself 15 years prior. How did he do it? How did he keep himself motivated? Was it worth it? Find out in this short, inspirational video!

We all love a good underdog. At some point in our lives, we’ve probably been an underdog. In this video for National Underdog Day (third Friday in December), Don talks about why we love underdogs and how we can build our ability to persevere for those times when we’re the underdog!

This is video #3 in a three-part series on goal-setting.

The final video in our three-part mini-series on goal-setting for success is focused on taking our values and priorities from the previous two weeks and turning those into SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound) goals to help better ensure success in achieving our goals. Don uses an example of exercising more, a common new year resolution by people, and shows how to make it a SMART goal.

This is video #2 in a three-part series on goal-setting.

Last week, in episode one of our goal-setting mini-series, we talked about determining our values before deciding what goals we want to set for ourselves. In episode two, Don guides you through determining your top priorities and introduces the Prioritization Cage Match to help you decide your highest priorities by pitting them against one another!

This is video #1 in a three-part series on goal-setting.

Many people just identify big, lofty goals for the new year. They look at one area of their life that they’d most like to change and set a generic goal. They never take a look at their current life values. Don discusses a better process for setting goals each year in this mini-series that starts with identifying your values before thinking about your goals.

With how challenging 2020 has been, Don offers inspiration to find those small nuggets of things to be thankful for this year. He shares how sports broadcasters really seek out little tidbits of information, some that may never be used, and spend hours doing so. He encourages you to seek out those nuggets of things that you can be thankful for this holiday season and announce them to the world.

In a previous video, Don mentioned “weaponizing your mindset” and putting up a wall when you notice you’re doing it to reframe the issue in a positive way and use your mindset as an asset. Viewers sent in questions asking how they can do that. In this video, Don shares the most influential way he’s trained his brain to be more positive and it’s likely something you can practice nearly every day!

This pandemic situation flipped our lives upside down. I lost all of my income from broadcasting and public speaking. It would’ve been easy to throw up my arms and tell myself it was all a lost cause. I could’ve weaponized my own mindset against myself. Instead, I put up my defense wall and I used my mindset as my greatest asset. I improved relationships, decluttered, learned, and lost weight…a lot of weight. Over seven months, I’ve gone from 320 pounds to 260 pounds. How? I saw myself ready to fall victim to friendly fire and instead of weaponizing my mindset, I chose to find the good that could come out of my situation instead.

It’s increasingly difficult for leaders to keep their teams focused and productive as we look ahead and can’t be sure what’s coming next. Some leaders try to sweep the anxiety and stress over the uncertainty under the rug but this likely will do more harm than good. So, what should a leader do? How should they talk to their team? AwesomeU founder Don Wadewitz shares some tips on these topics and more when it comes to leading in times of uncertainty.

Feeling lethargic during this Coronavirus pandemic? Are you fighting fires at work, if you’re fortunate enough to have a job, and then coming home and binge-watching television to try and recuperate? Stop focusing on things that don’t matter and focus on the important things in life. Use this extra time we’ve been given to learn a new skill, read inspiring literature, or grow personal relationships…from a distance.

A few days of working from home can be refreshing for most people but as days move into weeks, it might be more challenging for many people to remain focused and productive. Awesome U founder, Don Wadewitz, shares tips that have helped him remain focused and productive when working from home.

Don Wadewitz shares a very personal story about the Four Unique Human Gifts Don Wadewitz, founder of AwesomeU, briefly discusses one of the topics from his new keynote presentation, From Trauma & Pain to Hall of Fame: Building Resilience to Overcome the Odds. In this video, Don shares one way that he helped move from a negative mindset to a positive one.

Don Wadewitz shares a very personal story about the Four Unique Human Gifts introduced during The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People training for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. He shares how this content resonated with him due to childhood life experiences.

Don Wadewitz, founder of Awesome U, giving a speech to approximately 200 people during the American Football Association Hall of Fame induction evening at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.