Most people navigate their lives by a set of principles theynever consciously chose.

Inherited from parents. Absorbed from culture. Accumulatedthrough a thousand reasonable decisions that nobody ever stopped to examine.

In Episode 9 of Living All In, Berrick Abramson shares theCode he built instead: six pillars earned across fifty years of specific, hard experience. Where each one came from. What it cost to hold. And the question every listener should sit with when it's over: is your Code actually yours?

You've spent decades building a life that looks likesuccess. But here's the question worth sitting with: who actually chose it?

In this episode, I get honest about the scoreboard most ofus inherit without realizing it — and what it actually takes to examine it,question it, and start building your own.

This is the conversation for anyone who's winning by everyobjective measure and quietly wondering if it's the right game.

Most people spend thirty years building a life and never stop to ask if it's the one they actually wanted. In this episode, Berrick shares the real story behind a move across the country, a bet on a different kind of life, and the proof that a person who is genuinely happy shows up differently in every room that matters. If you've built everything you said you wanted and something still feels off, this one is for you.

Americans have a choice. It’s not left or right, fascism or socialism, globalism or isolationism or any of the labels thrown around. It’s much simpler. It’s start healing or keep dividing. It’s finding common ground or inflaming disagreements. It’s building up by coming together or burning down by tearing part. It’s decency or hate. And the decisions we make will determine whether we rise or fall.

This episode is all about making a Plan of Action to build the life you want across four key domains of life:
• Your Career, Job or Source(s) of income;
• Your Relationships;
• Your Health;
• Your Personal Growth & Happiness.
On previous episodes, we talked about aligning life to what matters most, defining your “why” or purpose, painting a high-def picture of the life you want in 15 years & backwards mapping to what that means life needs to look like in 5 years and in 1-2 years.
It’s time for action. It’s time to make that life happen. Starting with this episode, we take that picture of the life we dream of and we start bringing it to life. Every single day, we take a step forward. The getting ready to get ready part is over.
Now it’s time for laying out the plan of action, creating an accountability system for progress and for living. Now is the time we end the game of endless excuses and we begin a phase where every day is about taking action.

On the last show, I talked about the importance and process of defining your Why - what life it is you want to be living now and creating for your future. Once you’ve gotten clear on your Why, it’s time to turn that vision of what life could be into a plan for what life will be. What does it take to make that life happen?

On this episode, we’ll talk about what it takes on all fronts of life - our job or income, our physical and mental well-being, our relationships with others and with ourselves - to have the life we say we want.

I’m going to push you just the way I do myself, my partner and my clients, to get pretty detailed and real here. This is where we’re going to get clear about what that life we imagine really takes. If you’re all-in on it, the work to get there will seem like a small price for turning your thoughts from it being “one day” to today being “day one” on the path.

Too often we let what’s in our life dictate where we’re going instead of deciding where we’re going - and why - and letting that dictate what - and who - is in our life.
Being clear about why is what can drive us & define the actions to get there. I truly believe that every aspect of life - your career, your lifestyle, how you use your time & who you surround yourself with - needs to be driven by your why. How can we expect life to take us to that place we imagine when we’ve never been clear about where we’re trying to get?
Why are we going to do the things we are? Where do we want to get? What is the life I or we want - tomorrow, next month, next year and as we grow older?
On this show, I share how knowing your why can be such a powerful tool to chart your path, keep yourself accountable, create the life you want & live a life that makes the journey & the destination something you’re excited about each day.

In episode 2, I shared the life events that brought me to some hard hitting realizations & my commitment to Living All In. In this episode, I talk about what it means to me to Live All In, some of the changes making that commitment to myself has brought & some of the tools I use to keep myself on that path. I’m also sharing that framework & some simplified versions of the tools I use personally & with clients on social media. Visit the show on Instagram @LivingAllIn & my page @BerrickAbramson