Be the cause of the effects you want.
You do this, you get that. You are not responsible for your childhood, but you are responsible for your adulthood. You are the cause of the results you get in your life. What do you want? Be the cause of it. Learn the things, think the thoughts, and take the…
If you want to be average do what everyone else does.
If you want to be better than average, you can't do what everyone else does. You have to pay attention to different things. You have to spend your time differently. You have to learn different things, and more things. Others won't understand you. You may lose some friends, but you…
Forging true strength
There is something about people who have gone through adversity - they have a sense of strength, calm, and confidence that people who have not been tested just don't have. Strength and faith are built in the dark - when no one is watching. When you are by yourself and…
Move on your dream
Move toward your dream and your dream moves toward you. Be patient, but keep moving. Understand the steps to making it come true. Control the inputs and what happens next. Favor actions that move you toward your dream, and never the things that take you away from it. Keep it…
Breakthrough you.
You created what you don't like about you and your life. It may have been from doing things you like in the now, at the expense of longer-term results. A breakthrough requires a radical departure from your habits. How difficult it will be to change is up to you -…
Failure should be reinterpreted as this –
Failure is "Feedback". When you try in a given way you get given results. The world is giving you feedback. It's advice. It's telling you what to do next. It's part of a prescription. Take the feedback, and try again - smarter and better this time.
You want change, but do you want to change?
You did this. You are responsible for your situation. If you don't like it, you can change it. But YOU have to change. Ready, or not?
Overfilling your time
Not enough time? It's because you said yes too much. Whatever you say "yes" to, you say "no" to something else. Some "yeses" get you into long-term commitments with hundreds or thousands of meetings, emails, decisions, and other things to do. You have the time, just don't overfill it.
More of what matters, less of what doesn’t.
Make your life better by substitution. Amplify what matters. Silence, ignore, or leave behind what doesn't. What matters to you now? What doesn't anymore? Behave that way.
Don’t be afraid to get bored
Nothingness and silence is a great place for new thoughts and new beginnings.
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Good Morning & Happy Monday! Working toward writing my Masterpiece.. reading about writing, writing about writing, and sometimes – writing! Must think like a writer, and act like a writer… and not forget to write!!
Right on! Accountability to yourself is so important to the growth you want to achieve.
Currently studying for my CMA certification, which is a pretty tough accounting accreditation.
I couldn’t agree more! We are the creators of our own reality. Be careful what you think and how you speak to yourself and others.
Go, Big D!
This one is really powerful! The world would be such a better place if more people would take personal responsibility!
Good morning. I’m working on a big goal. I always have some in the works. Do my best to achieve them and then set new ones. I love the process.