Stress – is it bad?

Stress is what arises when something you care about is at stake.  Therefore, it’s impossible to live a meaningful life without it. 

Get excited, use your head, and make something good happen.

You can.

Don't give up

So long as your mission is wise, don’t give up.  Too many people just don’t stick it out long enough and give up when it gets hard or when the excitement of beginning is gone.

“Victory belongs to the most persevering.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

Don’t give up.

Work all the time you work

The best performing, most successful people work all the time they are at work. People who do the least and take advantage of any opportunity for idle chit chat and social media are not likely to be considered for more opportunity and advancement.

That makes sense, right?

How to get depressed

Eat, sleep, watch tv, repeat, repeat, repeat.

Do something.  Anything.  Go outside and live.

Expand your group

Many of us have our fairly limited circle of friends and associates who we are either comfortable or familiar with, and stop there.  

Keep the door open.  It’s amazing what a few new people in your day can bring to your thinking and to your life.

Never take in the welcome mat.

Pick Something

What to do this weekend/ what career path to take/ what to spend your free time or day on/ if you should do this or that…..

If you procrastinate and don’t decide, you will regret it.  If you don’t know what to do, it’s better to pick something and go with it.

Trust your gut, make a decision, and off you go.

Sign Up!

Get involved.  Join a club, take a class, go to a seminar.  Be an active participant.

Be someone who’s been there, done that, knows how that is, and wants to do new things tomorrow.

Conviction

When two people meet, the one who is most convinced of their position will ultimately win over the one who is least convinced.  

Steve Jobs believed everything he said – so other people believed it too and jumped on the bandwagon.

Are you 100% convinced of what you are saying and are you able to persuade others?

Old beliefs die hard

Our beliefs do more to shape our lives than anything else. What we believe to be true…what we expect to happen…what we believe about ourselves.

To change our lives, we must change these beliefs. But the old ones fight to live; they don’t want to surrender and go away – they are “Beliefs” after all and must be true. But they are not true – they are just ideas we accepted long ago as permanent realities – and that was our mistake.  

Nothing is real unless we say it is real. Nothing is true unless we say it is true. Nothing is permanent unless we say it is permanent. We need to go back and question what we think is true – “Why do we believe that?”  “What happened?” “What decision did we make?” “Looking back, was it really a valid decision?”

Let’s soften these old beliefs by questioning them. Then, if we want to make a new decision, create a new belief that overrides the old one, and throw the old one out.  

With new beliefs about how we are and how the world is, we will think new thoughts and take new and different actions – and our world will change for us. 

Control what you can

In a world that has many agendas and throws all kinds of things at you, control what you can. What’s that?

1) What you focus on. You can choose to pay attention or ignore it, or choose to not even see it.

2) What it means to you. You can decide what is more important and what is less important to you.

3) What you do. It’s your time and free will.  

Create your own life – don’t feel it is being created for you.