Only action leads to outcomes

We want long term goals – health, to be able to run 10 miles, to be an expert at ____________ , to finish ______________ , etc.

Now that we set goals we are willing to pay the price to achieve, we have to focus on the daily actions that will get us there.  Step by step, we inch closer when nobody is watching or noticing.  We develop a habit of doing the things that will get us what we want.

Action.  Daily, repeated; action.

There are no mistakes

Only opportunities to learn and grow, understand and get better.

If everything went perfect, we wouldn’t be very good or very strong at all.

How to change your life

I teach a class called “How to change your life”.  

First, we have to know what we want, and what we don’t want (anymore).  Clarity.  It’s a big important word.

Now, what people around you represent what you do not want?  Who has the habits you want to break and beliefs that do not support what you want?  Don’t spend much or any time with them.

Now join a group of people whose beliefs and normal behavior is the behavior you want.  Spend a lot of time with them.

This will turn a personal quest into a shared one.

"Just taking it easy"

Recently a childhood friend I had not heard from in 40 years contacted me on Messenger.  “How are you doing?” he asked.  “Really great!” I replied.  “How are you doing? I asked.  

He replied, “Just taking it easy for the next 8 years until I retire”.

People have different outcomes because they approach life differently – maybe very differently.  It’s a choice we are free to make – and we live with the consequences.

Bottoms up!

Get up off the couch and move that body!

Get your internal chemistry lab going to make you healthier and feel better!

Suffering is optional

Suffering happens between the ears.

The rest is just what happened.

How are you processing what happened?

The "i" in illness

The I in illness is isolation.

Don’t isolate yourself.  Stay connected with other people. 

Your health and happiness depend on it.

You can't be happy sitting on the couch

If you can not risk, you can not grow.

If you can not grow, you can not be your best.

If you can not be your best, you can not be happy.

If you can not be happy, what else matters?

Self-development enables dreams

Every day, if you don’t work on you, your skills and knowledge, your attitude and your ability to be of value to others, then you will have to reduce your goals and shrink your dreams.

It’s habits.  It’s a lifestyle. It’s a choice.

Your money beliefs

What we believe will drive out attitudes, behaviors and outcomes for the rest of our lives.  The good news is we can question and change our beliefs.  Ask yourself –

What is your most powerful memory relating to money?

What is your biggest fear about money?

What were you taught about the importantce of money?

When have you been most positively or negatively moved by money?

What do these answers explain? 

Were these events and the decisions you made from them true or not true?