Time flies – but you're the pilot

We all have the same amount of time in a day, week, or year.  It seems to fly by.

When we are young, we think we have unlimited time.  As we age, we come to know better.

It seems we can’t control this thing called time.

But we can!  We can control what we DO with it.  We can spend much of our time doing meaningful, valuable, and enriching things that fill our lives with experiences we cherish.

Time flies – but you’re the pilot.

Steer.

You are what you ________.

Your body is what you continually eat.

Your mind is what you continually see, hear and read.

What’s going in?

Being happy today

“It is only possible to live Happily Ever After one day at a time.” – Margaret Wander Bonanno

Learn to be happy with all you have, while pursuing all you want.

Don’t delay being happy.  

"You're not the boss of me!"

That’s right.  Nobody else is the boss of you.  You are.  

And how’s that going?

Show you can lead yourself first.

Feeling Guilty?

If you feel guilty, it means you have violated one of your own internal standards and you need to clean up your act.

Right?

Need help?

How is your life going? 

If I’m not willing to help myself, there is not much anyone can do for me.

Habits, eating, learning, effort, and attitude…

Are you doing what you can to make things better for yourself and keep them that way?

Moving away, or towards?

You can’t just be moving away from something, you have to be moving towards something better.

Don’t just look back with negative emotion, look forward with positive emotion.

What are you moving towards?

Do it now.

I was listening to a podcast recently where the founder of Lululemon was being interviewed.  At the end he was asked if he had any advice for the listeners.  He told a story.

When he turned 60 he asked his Dad, “Dad, what advice would you give a 60-year-old?”  His Dad said he’d think on it and came back the next day to give his advice.  Here’s what he said – 

“Do it now.  Do it right f+&^*ng now.”

Great advice.

I pack in as many fun, adventurous, and important activities into my life with a sense of urgency as I can without crossing any lines into craziness.  My months and weeks are packed with excitement.  I live fully because when it’s over I don’t want to wonder what I could have done with more time.  The time is now.  

Do it now.  Right now.

"IDK what IDK"

When we don’t know something, we tend to fill in information gaps with what seems probable and likely.  We literally make stuff up.  This creates blind spots where we thought we knew something.

You know less than you don’t know.

You know less than you think you do know.

Ignorance is one thing, but thinking you’re not is worse.

Keep learning each day from the right sources, especially about your field and what you need to know to accomplish your current big goal.

The "secret" of success

There isn’t one that someone else is keeping from you – with the exception of what you intentionally hide from yourself.

How to do it is out there and available to all.

These days, those that say they don’t know how to succeed are making excuses.