Rate yourself – 5 Essentials Elements of Wellbeing
On a scale of 1-5, how would you rate yourself on these five essential elements of well-being? 1) Professional - liking what you do every day. 2) Social - Having positive relationships and love. 3) Finances - comfort, safety, and security. 4) Physical - Fitness, health, energy, and vitality. 5)…
How do YOU size people up?
Yesterday we talked about how we determine if we like someone quickly. How do we do that? #1 - We look at them. Everything about them sends a message. We can tell a lot about someone by how they dress and groom. We can tell what kind of background they…
How long does it take for you to determine if you like someone?
When you neet someone how long does it take for you to size them up? Studies show it takes about 7 seconds for you to determine - 1) Education level 2) Economic Level 3) Perceived credibility, believability, competence and honesty. 4) Level of sophistication. 5) Trustworthiness 6) Level of Success…
The Paradox of Choice
When we have no choices we feel we have no control, no autonomy, we may feel the one giving us the sole choice is a tyrant, and we are demotivated. When we have too many choices we get decision fatigue, overload, and find it hard to make a choice. Do…
A brave question to ask
Go to someone who has had lots of life experience, has their stuff together, is successful and knows you well. Ask "I want you to tell me honestly what I can do better with my thoughts, actions, and character so I can be a better more able and productive person…
Learning from the past
Making mistakes is ok - good even. That's how you learn. But making the same mistakes over and over is not ok. Look back at your past mistakes - not to beat yourself up over them, but to learn from them and get better. Use your mistakes to get better.
Learning is uncomfortable
We are comfortable with things we already (think we) know. When we learn something new, we don't know it yet. We aren't good at it yet. It's foreign. We struggle and it's uncomfortable. Many adults give up. Kids would too if we didn't make them go to school. But growth…
Learn hard
Working hard is great, but hard work alone will not move you ahead much. Working hard doing something in a sub-optimal way, doing low-value work, or doing something that should not be done at all, is not very productive or valuable. Growth is about how hard you work - at…
Don't confuse politeness with kindness.
Being polite is withholding criticism today. Being kind is being candid about how people can get better. Being polite is not telling me I have spinach in my teeth. Being kind is telling me. Being polite is saying my talk was great. Being kind is telling me where I can…
We know how this is going to end.
You are going to die. We don't know how and we don't know when. But that is what is going to happen. But take a deep breath - it hasn't happened yet. This is not a dress rehearsal. This is your chance.
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1) 5
2) 5
3) 4 comfortable but I can do better
4) 2 I have got to do better and I’m working on it
5)4 this is a tough one but I try
Total score of 20. Have to get better at focusing on me.
BTW, sure and Thankful for Jeff Russell too.
Thanks for the inspiration Larry!
I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of such a great team and incredible work environment.
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I got 11.
Yep 11, I’m in california, need I say more.
21 and proud of it. Especially the 5 for question 5.
1) 5
2) 5
3) 2, hoping to get to 15,000 to 20,000 in cash flow income. I have a lot of work to do.
4) 4, I’m going to be hitting the gym a little bit more often.
5) 3, this is a big reason why I need more cash flow. Time is money and I’m barely buying my own time right now! I want to install water wells in places where people have to haul water over large distances every day or their water is currently contaminated.