Lose 10lbs in 3 weeks! Earn 6 figures in a month! Shortcuts do not work. If they did, they wouldn't be shortcuts, they would be the standard. Set your goal and do the work required to reach them. If you don't have the time to properly put in the effort, you probably won't have the … Continue reading Shortcuts
Sail
If you take away a boats sail it simply floats. It will continue to float and function properly but it will be inefficient. Finding a sail or replacing the previous one is the only way to use the boat to it's full potential. We are the boat, the sail is an idea. Find an idea … Continue reading Sail
Everyone Else
Everyone else doesn't like me. Everyone else thinks differently than I do. Everyone else is more interesting than I am. I wish I was anyone else. The good news is that you're everyone else to someone else and everyone has potential and the ability to make an impact.
The Build Up
Something is on your mind and you don't want to talk about it. Days go by — this infectious idea keeps gnawing away at your sanity. You start to feel nervous, anxious, frustrated, fearful, and your body tenses up at seemingly everything. The longer you hold it in, the worse it gets. The emotional stress … Continue reading The Build Up
Two Sides
Every story has two sides. So does every opinion and perspective. Often times, there can be more than two sides. It's important to actively try and listen to all sides. Not listening does everyone a disservice. Even if you don't agree with the narrative, everyone deserves to have their story heard.
Effort And Preparation
How do you know if you did a good job? You achieved the desired goal. Right? Just because you shoot the ball and it goes in the hoop doesn't mean you shot the ball properly. You might have gotten lucky, the ball could have just as easily bounced off the backboard and missed the net. … Continue reading Effort And Preparation
New Beginnings
Routine is comfortable. So are security and familiarity. Comfort, however, can be crippling. New beginnings remove everything that makes a situation comfortable. They take you out of what you know and force you to restart. New beginnings are scary, but sometimes worth it. Assess your current lifestyle and judge for yourself how happy or unhappy … Continue reading New Beginnings
Later
When is later? Is it 5 minutes from now? A day? Next week? Later is so undetermined - which is exactly why we say it. Later is uncertain. Later is safe. Later is now. Instead of waiting, do it. Instead of avoiding, confront. Later makes it easier now, but harder later. So, do it now.
Personality Types
You may have heard people say they have a Type A personality. You may have also seen people use strange acronyms such as ENFP, but what exactly does that mean? ENFP, stands for Extraversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perception; it is 1 of 16 personality types, and it so happens to be my personality type. Basically it … Continue reading Personality Types
What’s The Best That Can Happen?
We often catch ourselves thinking; What’s the worst that can happen? But that line can often illicit negative thoughts. “I’m not doing this because what’s the worst thing that might happen?” “I would do that but I keeping thinking about what the worst thing that can happen might be.” It can be an endearing sentiment … Continue reading What’s The Best That Can Happen?
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