Honor your word

There is something about a person who has found their center.

Character is not born in public – it is built in private.

Your aura is a living declaration of who you really are.

Not who you say you are, who you really are.

Honor your word, even when no one is watching.

Effort is your responsibility

“Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result.  Tears will get you sympathy: sweat will get you change.”

People say they want this or that.  They may even start in that direction in some small way.

How much effort have you put into your goals?

When you feel like it, and when you don’t –

Effort is your responsibility.

Be nice to your friends (and spouse) – if you want to keep them.

“Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates.  On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

See it first

All improvement in your life begins with improved mental pictures, especially mental pictures about yourself.

What you do see yourself doing or being?

Can you see it clearly?

Can you believe in your pictures?

Spread true good rumors.

Nothing hurts your reputation in someone’s eyes like them hearing you talk bad about them or spread gossip.

But getting caught talking well of a person is acceptable to anyone.

Talk well of people behind their back.

You vs You

You are your worst enemy.  You’re lazy, lack discipline, make excuses, and want to stay in your comfort zone, where you will live and die small.

You are your own best friend.  You are capable, talented and heroic.

Who wins today?

This year?

Reality is not fixed

You can change things.

You can change the way you interpret things very quickly.

Build your own world.

How good do you feel?

Feeling good is the best indicator of your health.

Do you feel good?

“They can because they think they can.”

“They can because they think they can.” – Virgil

The first step in achieving anything is believing you can do it.  

If you didn’t believe you could do it, you would not start.

Therefore, your disbelief that you can do or be something is the reason you cannot.

Ambition and belief – the starting point of all achievement.

If you have given up and do not believe, hang around others who believe it and can convince you of it.

Do great things

“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.

Seize everyday opportunities and make them great.” – Napoleon

We all can all do small things in a great way.

How we greet others.  Our common tasks.  How we arrange or clean our space. 

How we dress.  How we speak.  How helpful we are.

By doing small things in a great way, we feel pride – we feel good.

Others will take notice, and we will get opportunities.

Start where you are.  

Be great now.