Negative Visualization
We have a habit of taking things for granted. We can start to feel ungrateful or indifferent about our blessings, and feel like we won't be happy until we get more. But of course, if we do get more, the same thing happens. How can we feel gratitude when we…
Net Worth to the World
"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones." - From the book Pursuing the Good Life. What would be left after they worked this equation on you?
You're being set up
The world has set you up to trigger you emotionally. News organizations and marketers know you'll only pay attention when they trigger your emotions - and that's just what they are doing. They want to inspire fear, conspiracy, conflict and inadequacy. The television, radio, newspapers, magazines and now your smart…
"Into the Dust" Debut on You Tube!
The day has finally come. Our full-length movie 16 months in the making is finally on You Tube. It's a great movie to watch with the family. It's called "Into the Dust", and it's about our first attempt at the longest non-stop cross country race in the world - the…
Years that ask questions
There are years that ask questions, and years that answer. What will come to us from the outer world? Will it be wet, or dry? Will the economy be better or worse? Who will come into our life, and who will leave it? We must expect undulations in the…
Create less friction
People are different. And when these unique personalities rub against each other out there, there can be lots of friction. Some of us cause more friction than is necessary. And some respond to the friction initiated by others, with more friction. It can be exhausting. Can we move about our…
Curing Cancer
We all know someone we've lost to cancer. It may seem hard to believe, but the end of cancer and other diseases is near. Scientists and researchers have been working hard to find new approaches to fighting these diseases and they are making extraordinary progress lately. For example, immunotherapy involves…
Courage – Life Expansion Agent
If you don't have any courage, you'll live a small life, and experience little. When you have courage, life expands to its proportion.
Use your talents!
If you have talent and don't use it, you have failed. If you have talent and only use it partly, you have partly failed. If you use all you have been given, you are a glorious suceess, because you have lived out why you were put here, and used what…
Trajectory
Each day we identify with our environment. We do the same things in the same way, and these things trigger the same emotions we have had every day. We take our past and live it over again - projecting the past into our future. But does the past equal the…
Negative Visualization
We have a habit of taking things for granted. We can start to feel ungrateful or indifferent about our blessings, and feel like we won’t be happy until we get more. But of course, if we do get more, the same thing happens.
How can we feel gratitude when we just don’t feel grateful? Visualize your life WITHOUT the things and people that are in it now.
I’m sitting on a couch right now. What if I didn’t have a couch? All of a sudden, this couch feels really good under me.
What would I do without my job? Without each family member? Without my friends? Without my health? Without all my experiences and things that I learned and was able to do so far?
We all have much to be grateful for.
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Net Worth to the World
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” – From the book Pursuing the Good Life.
What would be left after they worked this equation on you?
hi there,
who is the author of the book Pursing the Good Life? I would like to get a copy to read. Have a great day 🙂
Angela Lopez
Thanks for the Shout Out Larry and giving me the only *by my name!
Yesterday is over. Today is Now. Tomorrow may not come. #iDoGREAT “I’m Doing It” “Just for Today.”
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You're being set up
The world has set you up to trigger you emotionally. News organizations and marketers know you’ll only pay attention when they trigger your emotions – and that’s just what they are doing. They want to inspire fear, conspiracy, conflict and inadequacy.
The television, radio, newspapers, magazines and now your smart phone are their tools of manipulation.
Don’t let them steal your most valuable resource – your attention.
Shut them down, and take control.
This is spot on Larry! Lately I heard in an interesting presentation that social media reactions to your personals posts make your brain emits the same hormones that an addict’s brain emits when facing preferred intoxicating substances. The presenter said that uncontrolled social media consumption is equal to sitting in front of an open bar all day. Indeed, it takes willpower to regain control.
I respect the effort it takes to post these messages each day. That effort recognized is inspiration enough. Today’s message, simple as it may be, is spot on! Many thanks for today and all days.
Steve thank you for messages they are so spot on. Started taking a peak at your Baja experience and it’s awesome. It’s really nice to see your relationship with your son.
Thanks for sharing. Chris
Unfortunately sometimes the damage we create to ourselves before we realize what exactly is going on is irreversible. It is done. We can get past it and move on with a fresh attitude determined to make the most of every single event and lesson. I strive to appreciate the people around me, their hard work and contribution, and to learn to do the best I can to contribute in a meaningful manner. My contribution may be singular but that is the beauty of life. We all have unique gifts and talents to apply. Lets learn to appreciate individuality and each others presence and hard work. Life is sad when you are misunderstood or feel alone. In those moments allow the feelings and rest in order to wake up to realize how truly wonderful life is. The simple gestures make the biggest difference. Be kind to each other.
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"Into the Dust" Debut on You Tube!
The day has finally come. Our full-length movie 16 months in the making is finally on You Tube. It’s a great movie to watch with the family. It’s called “Into the Dust”, and it’s about our first attempt at the longest non-stop cross country race in the world – the Baja 1000. My son Tanner and I entered the race, as many of you know. The move documents the adventure.
Click here to watch the full movie.
(If for some reason it doesn’t work, search Into the Dust baja 1000 janesky” on You Tube and it will come up.)
Marie and I really enjoyed the Movie!
Looking forward to watching this with my 2 boys. Thanks Larry & Tanner!
Finally had time to watch this whole movie! What an awesome experience for you and Tanner to experience together. The movie was really well made and very intense at times! Great job and congrats again to you guys on your accomplishment!
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Years that ask questions
There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.
What will come to us from the outer world? Will it be wet, or dry? Will the economy be better or worse? Who will come into our life, and who will leave it?
We must expect undulations in the fabric, and control our inner world, come what may.
Amen
Bring it on!
Always enjoy your Think Daily. Found this one on the internet (Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast) and thought it would apply to many of the things you talk about…
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This Week’s Broadcast
March 5, 2017 | Broadcast Number 4564
Grit
Why is it that the most successful people are not always the most gifted or talented? So often, exceptional students, accomplished writers, and championship athletes acknowledge that it isn’t natural ability that sets them apart from their peers—it’s their grit. And what is grit? One researcher defines it as “a combination of passion and perseverance in the pursuit of a long-term goal.”1 She offers a few examples: a cartoonist who submitted some 2,000 drawings to the New Yorker magazine before one was finally accepted; a below-average high school English student who became a best-selling novelist; a Super-Bowl quarterback who, after a disappointing first semester in college, wanted to quit and come home, but his strong but loving father told him, “You can quit…But you can’t come home because I’m not going to live with a quitter.”2
According to this research, grit is a better predictor of success than innate ability—and ability does not make a person more likely to have grit. In fact, the research found that the higher a student’s test scores, the less gritty the student tended to be.3 As any teacher or parent can tell you, the child who has to work harder usually gets further ahead in the long run.
And that’s good news for all of us, because while innate ability can’t generally be taught or acquired, grit can. No matter what we have achieved or have not achieved in the past, we can start where we are right now and do something that makes us stretch. Whether it’s learning a new language, developing a hobby, eating a little healthier, or reaching out in friendliness to others—whatever it is, if we keep at it, then it can help us develop grit. In time, what at first seemed so challenging becomes easier. That’s the blessing of doing hard things.
So ask yourself, “What am I passionate about?” Then pursue it with perseverance. Stay with it and keep trying. Don’t worry if you aren’t the best or brightest, because it’s your grit, more than your talent, that will carry you through to success.
1. Angela Duckworth, in Emily Esfahani Smith, “The Virtue of Hard Things,” Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2016, wsj.com/articles/the-virtue-of-hard-things-1462313591.
2. In Smith, “Hard Things.”
3. See Smith, “Hard Things.”
Sometimes the inevitable is hard to swallow. Even though we are born alone parting from or loosing loved ones, family, friends is a sucker that offers no joy just a choice of acceptance and sometimes sorrow. As much as I need alone time to recharge as much it feels good to be accepted, understood and to be part of a team. Pleasure can be substituted but friendship can not.
A pair of trusted physical therapist hands have the power to bring the peace of heaven down to earth and make one feel reborn. It is the most relaxing way of pleasure I can think of born at a cellular level. I wish schools would require kids to learn massage techniques because every person and couple on this earth can only benefit from it.
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Create less friction
People are different. And when these unique personalities rub against each other out there, there can be lots of friction. Some of us cause more friction than is necessary. And some respond to the friction initiated by others, with more friction. It can be exhausting.
Can we move about our day through the sea of population without a lot of energy spent on being shocked, appalled, angered, and disappointed by others’ behavior and transgressions perceived only by us?
Our days could be a lot silkier if we did.
If we choose not to be insulted by what people say Thanks Larry great post Have a wonderful day
Great point! There would be a lot more Peace in the world!
As an empath I can tell you that keeping the shield on is one of the biggest challenges along with having the strength to distinguish between your own and other peoples feelings that were absorbed. Even reading is hard sometimes because feelings and emotions come through mixing with our own emotions creating havoc or heaven based on the mix of the potion. But I like to learn and I like to help others so I carry the burden to my best capabilities. And I think this is the perfect place to thank those who are encouraging me and are providing techniques and examples of how to channel the burdening energy. Thank you, I much appreciate it even if at times my feelings get the best of me and I react contrary to my better self.
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Curing Cancer
We all know someone we’ve lost to cancer. It may seem hard to believe, but the end of cancer and other diseases is near.
Scientists and researchers have been working hard to find new approaches to fighting these diseases and they are making extraordinary progress lately.
For example, immunotherapy involves using a patient’s own immune system (in this case T cells) to fight cancer. Doctors remove immune cells from patients, tag them with “receptor” molecules that target specific cancer, and then infuse them back into the body. During the study, 94% of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) saw symptoms vanish completely. Patients with other blood cancers had response rates greater than 80%, and more than half experienced complete remission.
We all do our part to make the world better. I help people who can fix the medical researcher’s home, she finds a cure for a disease for my neighbor, who runs a deli down the street so I can get a sandwich for lunch.
What do you do for all of us?
Larry – Because of your Gift, The Highest Calling – Im helping people with a concept called iDoGREAT.
It works like this. You are Great when you say you are. You can be Great just for the day, and hopefully and God willing, you get to do it again tomorrow. And you Define What Great is to You – Just like John Woodens Def of Success.
iDoGREAT Lifts People Up. Its Tagline is “Im Doing It!” It is “My Positivity Company.” We are creating “Certifications” what iDoGREAT means – so that people associate their level of Greatness to a Skill Set, Passion Etc.
iDoGREAT creates awareness virally. It mentors people to Do Great – for themselves families and friends and co-workers.
iDoGREAT is ROCKY. I created it to LIFT People, Causes, Events, Companies.
Page 108 in the Highest Calling HIT exactly on my Day 90 of Sobriety. It Hit exactly on Day 109 of a Friends Sobriety in 2011, a person struggling with Heroin – and Prostitution. What Im saying is in 2011, I copied her FB page, and didn’t look at until I hit your Page 108 – because the Internet at Ikea Store in Vegas was so slow, I just started going thru my Notes on My Computer. The Only Date she recorded was Day 109. It states: I cant believe Ive Been Sober for 109 Days. It is a Miracle.
Imagine how I felt, when I turned from your page 107 onto 108. You know what is at the top, When the Man is Altogether, His World is Altogether. I Wrote Holy Sh#T! I then have no internet connectivity at IKEA (which I have every day prior for months) open up NOTES, look through page after page killing time, see What Icopied absscurly in 2011, and read the FIRST acknowledgement of Sobriety when it hits on her Day 109!
Larry – Do I have Your Attention?
Im TradeMarking the Whole Concept. Cant share it right now.
How Casey sent that Package to me, without me asking for it – is a Miracle.
Its a Miracle Ive tried to get Sober for 25 years, in and out. In and Out.
Its a Miracle I Even Listened to your CD – All of Them – Highest Calling.
Its a Miracle – I Started My Journey to Get Sober (AGAIN) I own Step1Again.com for a reason – so that it coincided with my 90 days hitting on your Page 108.
iDoGREAT is so PowerFul – So UnBelievably Powerful to Help Others – I cant wait to share it with you – as Ive Created it Through God, Through You, Through Gods Kids.
I kinda need a Mentor. wink wink.
I want to Attract Tony Robins – and Get Him Involved as My Partner – where I license This Idea with Him as part of the OnLine Mentoring Arm. There is the Entertainment Arm, The Motivational Speaking Platform Arm, The Merchandising Arm, The Philanthropy Arm. It serves to Fuel AccountabilityPros.com – Empowering People in Business to Do GREAT.
Have a Great Day Larry! You Have Given Me One. Again. Thank You.
Thanks Larry And if they need any cool furniture I know a place that has some Have a great day Tim
Larry
Conventional science has failed and continues to fail at finding a cure for cancer despite the billions of dollars spent on treatments which in the long term actually end up killing most cancer patients.
The cancer industry continually looks only for a cure but not the cause. If the focus was to find and prevent the cause, the cure would be found.
Many scientists and health practitioners have vast amounts of evidence for causes and proven healing methods, but they don’t seem to get the same attention as the traditional medical model.
These other methods may require one to make changes to their lifestyle, way of thinking and take responsibility for one’s own health. All change is difficult and for some it may just be easier to take a pill or let someone else take control of your healing but just, “Beware”
I hope I am wrong however once the new T cells are infused the cancer cells may temporarily disappear, but if the environment is not changed they will be back.
I am personally grateful to have met many who have explored alternative ways of healing that have survived and are thriving today, yet their story rarely gets attention.
As someone who has recently walked the cancer journey, I believe I am well qualified to speak to this.
On Sept 11, 2015 I was diagnosed early stage 1 invasive breast cancer triple positive. I would start over a year’s journey through lumpectomy, chemotherapy and Herceptin and radiation. I continue with occupational therapy and rebuilding my immune system. Chemo is designed not just to kill cancer cells. It unfortunately wipes out even the good cells.
I realized that my gift from cancer was to walk each day in gratitude and to be of service to others.
In conjunction with Her Haven, I am looking for women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and who want a space in their home for healing. Mine was my home office which also has room for a yoga mat for meditation. I felt peace each time I entered the room. It was and still is my safe space.
If you know anyone, Larry or others, who might fit this description, I would so appreciate your getting in touch with me.
I have also added a health and wellness coaching element to my business. I want to share with others the benefit of eating clean and living a healthy lifestyle. It has made all of the difference for me.
Cancer is tough but we are tougher.
Catherine,
Thank you for sharing your journey. I to have traveled a similar path. Walking in gratitude, yoga and most powerful, meditation, especially shamanic, hermetic or occult forms, have helped me tremendous. It is wonderful that you work with others, I do too. However remember the words of the flight attendant before take off..”make sure your oxygen mask is secured tightly first, then help the person next to you. Peace
This is a very inspirational post Larry – Thank you for sharing.
What I am doing for all of us is working to find a way to eliminate the internal combustion engine (in the long term) by providing the technology today that substantially reduces emissions from vehicles with ICEs. The best way to describe it is how Chris O’Hara stated above “If the focus was to find and prevent the cause, the cure would be found”. I have focused on improving the “combustion” efficiency of an ICE, addressing the source where pollution and GHGs are actually created – not focusing on fuel efficiency. I am doing what I can to help climate change and global warming to have a cleaner world in the future.
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Courage – Life Expansion Agent
If you don’t have any courage, you’ll live a small life, and experience little.
When you have courage, life expands to its proportion.
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Use your talents!
If you have talent and don’t use it, you have failed.
If you have talent and only use it partly, you have partly failed.
If you use all you have been given, you are a glorious suceess, because you have lived out why you were put here, and used what was put in you.
Use your talent!
…and don’t ever give up on your talent…everybody have a great day!!!
Good morning and good week from Chicago!
Make your life a masterpiece !
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Trajectory
Each day we identify with our environment. We do the same things in the same way, and these things trigger the same emotions we have had every day. We take our past and live it over again – projecting the past into our future.
But does the past equal the future? That’s up to you. You have a choice for what to think, what to feel, what to experience no matter what happens, and for how to live.
You are creating your own experience.
How’s that going?
Good morning Larry – Thanks again for calling out the Godbout Brothers on yesterday’s board. My brother Steve is pumped up and he made another sale yesterday. I told him that if this doesn’t inspire having your name shouted out by Larry, what does.
Yes the past doesn’t equal the future. Success is a journey not a destination. Your life a is a continious series of nows. I love that saying. You have to change the way you think to be the person you want to be. You can’t be the old person and new person at the same time, so you have to let go of the old you. I only wish that I heard Masterpiece when I was my daughter Emily’s age. She listens to it and always says “Dad take a shower. However, past doesn’t equal the future, so I’m working on getting better “now” and every day. By the way I’m now reading self help and nuitrional books everyday. I was never a reader in the past, but I am now. Thanks agin for all you do! The New Don!!!
I must change who I’ve been. It’s a hard thing to do, but I’ve been keeping it top of mind and working on it. I have 3 people I’m sending “Think Daily” to right away 🙂
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I wholeheardly agree. Looking for happiness in money or things is a fools earned. Happiness is all around us we just need to look and recognize it. For prospective the US as a nation is 5% of the worlds population and we use 25% of the worlds resources even our poorest are kings when looked at in a world view.
Good visual lesson exercise!
Amen!!