Hero – strength for two
Hero - the origins of the word mean "Strength for two". When you walk out that door in the morning and go be your best self in service to others, you can walk in at the end of the day back to the people you love, and they know you…
Imagination – a preview of your future
"Whatever we build in our imaginations will accomplish itself in the circumstances of our lives." - William Butler Yates What can you see that isn't there yet? Who will you be that you aren't yet? "Imagination is a very high sort of seeing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Build capabilities, and opportunities will come
When you have no capabilities, you don't even see opportunities when they orbit you. If you do see them, you don't get chosen because you are unprepared. As you build your knowledge and skills, you see them, and when you are good enough, they land in your lap. You can't…
Use Courage to get to Confidence
Confidence feels good. Courage does not feel good. When you have to muster up courage to do something it means you don't feel confident doing that yet. When we do something for the first time, or do something that doesn't match with our own self-image skillset yet, especially in front…
What will they say about you?
Imagine....you're gone. It's your funeral. What will they say about you? They will say what they thought of you when you were alive. What's that?
Clarity
To bridge the gap between a goal/dream and your current reality, you must be clear on both. How did you get here? What did you think and do or not do to create your current reality? (Most people will blame someone or something else.) What do you want exactly? (Most…
You did this
Look at your life. This is what your thinking, actions, and habits were perfectly set up to produce. Cause and effect. If you want something different or better, you have to change how you are thinking and what you are doing.
Adversity builds strength
The schools around here closed for a few half days because it was "too hot". Our kids are learning that when it gets tough, fold your cards and go home. Of course, there will be challenges to come far, far more difficult than that. "It is in the most difficult…
You gotta do what you gotta do…
You gotta do what you gotta do, until you can do what you want to do. You'll never be able to do what you want to do, unless you do what you gotta do really well.
Be tough on you.
For many years, and even now, each day I made sure I did what I had to to get better, not mess up, and live up to my commitments, and more. I learned how to do this better and better, especially by making mistakes. I made it a habit. Then…
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How much different, and better, would the world be if everyone simply had at least one person that really cared about them? Of if everyone cared about at least one person other than themselves?! I believe the world would have a lot less problems. The more we care the less problems we have! Everyone, go out and be “careful” today!
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