"I can't usually means."

…I won’t.

There’s little you can’t do.

Have you been confusing can’t with won’t to yourself?

Happy Birthday Think Daily!

I April of 2009 I had an idea, and I got started.  I have never missed sending two Think Daily messages each weekday day to my subscribers. Twelve years x 500 – that’s 6000 messages!

I write most messages on the weekends.  For example today it’s Sunday and I have been writing for two hours, which is the minimum time commitment it takes me each week.  I have a program where I can write the messages and they will go out like clockwork each day.

Writing things that are mostly true to most people without upsetting everyone at some point is not easy, but I think I have found my groove.  It has made me better by thinking about my thinking.  I’ve learned to be diplomatic and to think about rules and their exceptions.

Think Daily is free and as I have pledged.  I never use my 25,000 name subscriber list for marketing, and never share it with anyone.  Your email stops here.

If you like Think Daily, have the people in your life subscribe too.  Many groups say they share it each day with their teams or family members.  Why not have everyone sign up?  You can sign people up yourself too – just tell them you did so they don’t report TD as spam.  

Pop quiz – where do you sign people up?

Answer – ThinkDaily.com    Try it now!

Thank you to all who walk parallel journeys with me each day, as we learn to be better, more fulfilled, high-performing humans.

Does fear control your life?

“If you don’t do the thing you fear, then fear controls your life.”

I was a freshman in high school walking to school by myself.  A rock came whizzing by my head.  I looked back and it was the Taska brothers – all three of them.  Two older than me, all taller; jackasses alone, emboldened together. 

I kept walking, a little faster now.  Another rock came by.  Then one hit me in the back.  If I ran, I’d have to face them again in the future.

I stopped.  I turned around with my fight face on, ready for whatever might happen.  They closed the gap on me.  I stood my ground and stared them in.  When they got to me, they walked around, mumbling tough guy noises.

That was that.  I never had to deal with them again.

Getting older?

“It is magnificent to grow old, if one stays young.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick

There’s nothing that says you have to act your age.

Say "YES"!

Some people say “no” as a default.

Say “YES!” 

Yes, I’ll try it.  Yes, I’ll go there.  Yes, I’ll check it out.  Yes, I will meet them.  Yes, I will learn about that.

A life of fun and adventure opens up when you say “YES”.

"…or die in the attempt"

If you don’t try for fear of failing (dying), you can be sure you will die not trying and not having achieved much. 

There are two types of suffering

There are two types of suffering – short-term and long-term.  

You have to decide which you want.

Life does not just get better on it's own

Action must be taken on a day-to-day basis to make it better.

What are you doing to make your life better?

Fulfilling your cup

Filling your cup is not the same as fulfilling your cup.

We remain empty until we fulfill from the inside.  

Temporary satisfaction on repeat is not living to your full potential and it sure doesn’t equal fulfillment.

Civil Illiteracy

Can you imagine – Only 51% of Americans can name all three branches of government?

71% can’t identify the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

62% can not identify the governor of their state.

63% can not name one of their state’s senators.

The US constitution is an exquisite charter of freedom, but freedom requires patriots, not passersby.  It demands fierce defenders, not feeble bystanders.

A republic comes with responsibility.  Each generation has an obligation to pass on to the next, not only a fully functioning government responsive to the needs of the people, but the tools to understand and improve it.  Education is a crucible for good citizenship.

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and never will be.  Education enables every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom.” – Thomas Jefferson