The body keeps score

Eat, sleep, move – and do these things enough and well.

The body keeps score – and from that, you can not escape.

Do you work for the company you work for?

I walk through workplaces including my own and I see people texting.  While texts may be used for work, let’s not kid ourselves, most of it is personal.

Here’s a story I heard from Zig Ziglar 35 years ago that I still remember – 

A fancy rail car pulls up the tracks and stops alongside a large group of men laboring in the hot sun.  The window of the coach opens and a voice calls out – “Bill!  Bill Stafford!  Is that you?” 

One of the men, dripping with sweat, stands up straight, pick in hand, and looks at the face in the window. 

“Yes it is Ron.  It’s me.”

The man in the coach invited Ron into the beautiful air-conditioned rail car and they chatted for a while over some iced tea.  When the man emerged from the car to grab his pick again, the other men looked at him, astonished.

“Bill do you know who that is?  That’s Ron Davidson, the president of the railroad!”

“Yes, I know” Bill said.

“Well how is it that you know the president of the railroad?”

“We started work on the same day 20 years ago” Bill told them.

A minute passed.  Then one dirty-faced coworker spoke up.

“Well now Bill, if you started work on the same day 20 years ago, why is it that Ron is the president of the railroad and you are still out here working in the hot sun?”

Bill looked at them sheepishly and thought for a moment.  He finally spoke.

“Well you see 20 years ago I went to work for 75 cents an hour, and Ron Davidson went to work for the railroad.”

Accept failure like a student

When we are learning, we expect to mess up before we get it right.  

Some things we can learn in a few minutes.  Some things take months.

Some things come in long wave patterns over lots of years.  

If we come to understand that we are always a student, when failure comes we should not be devastated.  

Instead, we should learn the lesson, adjust, and move forward more intelligently.

We may be 47 years old and have twelve years invested only to find out we were doing it wrong or in the wrong situation.

There is no age when you will have it all figured out.  And if you do have your life figured out, you are probably playing very small and safe, and leaving much of your potential and adventure inside of you.

Mistakes and failures are normal.  Learn and keep going.  That’s how you get better.

A storm is coming.

I can predict the future with 100% certainty.  

If you are alive, a storm is coming.  

You can build a sturdy house; you can prepare for it or not, but it’s coming.

I also predict warm sunny pleasant days coming.  For sure.

Whether it’s health, finances, relationships, career, family, or any one of many other things.

That’s life.  Storm – Calm. 

Day – Night.  

Summer – Winter.

Do not fear the storms.  Make the best of it, but you should not be surprised that they come. 

Experience it.

Sleep Training

Early to bed, early to rise….

Before a big event or a competition or an important day – sleep a lot.

When you are fully rested you will feel and perform so much better.

In fact, if I had a choice to study/practice more into the night or get more sleep = I’ll take the sleep any day.

Not a morning person?

I read this recently – “People who claim not to be a morning person, most certainly have been an irresponsible or undisciplined evening person.”

I understand the point.  If you go to bed late, you surely will not be a morning person.  

That makes sense, right?

Sleep is an act of caring

When you sleep ENOUGH, your body will heal, your energy stores will replenish themselves, and your spirit will rise – and this makes the next day a good day!

Sleep enough.  Start early.

Get Karma on your side!

Having a bad day?  Things keep going against you?

Keep giving to other quality people and helping them.

With this attitude – it will get better!

"Target Practice"

This from Darren Hardy – 

Target Practice –

0) Accept your current reality.

1) What do you want? (be clear)

2) What can you do right now to get more of what you want?

3) Take action.

A calm mind, a fit body and a house full of love.

A calm mind, a fit body and a house full of love.

These things can not be bought, they must be earned.

Are you earning them?