Build Your Confidence
There are a lot of qualities you will need to be someone who crushes goals routinely. Confidence will determine a lot. When you are confident you will try things, and others will gravitate to you in any situation. You will get opportunities less confident people don't. And hey - confidence…
Reduce the Options
The options are limitless these days. Your job is to reduce them down to ONE - and NOT the easiest thing either. Choosing the easiest, most pleasurable thing is how we get in trouble - and how we get heart disease, diabetes, and overweight and how we wind up broke. …
Who is responsible for your life?
Who is responsible for your life? Who will do what it takes to make you live a great, healthy, fulfilling life full of wonderful experiences - A) Your parents B) Your friends C) Someone else D) You and you only. So what does that mean for you today?
You can only be good playing it safe
You can be good playing it safe. But you can't be great. Safe makes you good. Chances make you great. Are you taking chances? What chances?
Not all cool ideas work out
I try lots of things. Lots of cool things - well I think they'd be cool. Trips, events, products, purchases...all kinds of stuff that may be a bit out of the ordinary (or a lot). My observation - some things are way cooler than I thought! Some things are pretty…
Is that a bad thing? We'll see….
The only survivor of a shipwreck woke up on a deserted island. He walked the perimeter looking for ships to save him, but saw none. Each day he scavenged for food and materials to build a shelter. After several weeks he managed to put together a shelter from the sun…
Change your narrative
Your life as you remember it is a narrative you keep telling yourself. At any time you can reinterpret what happened in a more positive way and start running a new narrative of your life - a new story that has less victim and more positivity that you can feel…
Fear of Death
Think about this quote from Mark Twain - "The fear of death comes from the fear of life. A man who has lived fully is prepared to die at any time. - Mark Twain Do you think this is true? I think that if a person has gone all out…
Nature heals and restores you
I love the woods. I love being outside long enough without distraction to take in the natural rhythms and peace of the wild outdoors. It clears my head and refreshes my soul. In some crowded places like Singapore they call a walk or sitting in a little patch of trees…
Top regrets in the end
I wish I let myself be happier. I wish I stayed in touch with my friends. I wish I had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself and followed my dreams. Our inactions trouble us with regret more…
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“Preparation will build confidence.” I love this!
The feeling of preparedness comes from getting up early or staying up late and doing your homework, studying the room and the people in it before speaking, comfort and agility in addressing the topic due to fluency in the subject matter, kindness to and acceptance of others because you know you’ve prepared to be in the moment…
There’s just so much to – and so many advantages to – being prepared; whether it be in business, personal relationships, competition, whatever. The ease in your demeanor that comes with being prepared is what I think a lot of people see as confidence. You have ‘presence’ – you ‘own the room’ so to speak.
I’m sure sure that the confidence wrought from being prepared has opened more doors for folks than raw knowledge ever has… It’s once you’re in that door that your knowledge and expertise take over and others become confident in YOU.
I also believe that your ‘imperative why’ drives your preparedness, but that’s a topic for another day…
GREAT post, Larry! You’re the BEST!!