Think Daily by Larry Janesky

Join the over 25,000 people who receive Larry's daily inspiring messages.

African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 9

I wake up a bit early.  I get up and assess my condition.  I feel better!  I take a shower.  I feel good.  The aches and pains are gone!  The demon has left my body!  I can race today!  Wow!  I get suited up.  Hold on there big fella –…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 8

Day 8 of the trip.  Stage three today.  But at 3am before my day started I woke up sweating.  Something was wrong.  Soon I was on the toilet.  Then I was yawning into it in technicolor.  I’d hope it was over and done and went back to bed.  Nope.  This…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 7

I can endure tired.  I can endure hurt.  But dizzy and nauseous?  That’s not about being tough.  I wake up sick still.  I go to breakfast.  Andrew slaps down a box of Dramamine he got from Bradley Cox – a up and coming contender and points leader.  I went on…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 6

Day 6.  We got the green flag at 10:40 am.  We started 26th of 38 based on our Prologue finish. I felt good in the car for the first hour or two – I don’t recall how long it was.  Then they appeared.  Dunes.  Big sand dunes.  As we got in…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 5

It was day 6 of our trip.  Today the race started with the “Prologue”.  I was a bit nervous.  It was about to get real and I didn’t want to make any mistakes.  I didn’t quite understand the prologue.  It was flowed by 5 long stages, but the prologue itself…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 4

It was Saturday.  The race starts tomorrow.  Today we shaved my helmet foam down so it didn’t cause me stress fractures in my skull, practiced changing a flat tire, and sat down for a barbeque for the whole South Racing team – all 55 people in the South Racing pit.…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 3

Day 4 of this trip and the race still hadn’t started yet.  The waiting...ughh.  Ted and I tried to get acclimated to the time zone.  We slept until 8:30 am, ate breakfast at the lavish resort breakfast buffet, and went back to bed and slept another three hours.  I did…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 2

This year I had raced three big races by September.  I was tired and beat up after soloing the Baja 400 on a motorcycle.  Just two weeks after I got back we had our annual convention – CN Live!  For that I needed energy.  I decided to rest for those…


African Dust – Rally du Moroc – part 1

Note - I have made it a custom to tell stories about my racing on Think Daily.  I think there are lessons there.  Many people say they like my accounts.  If you find you aren't interested in my race stories, please don't unsubscribe.  We'll be back to our regular format…


Retire the Old You

"A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment." - Maxwell Maltz You'll never outperform your own self-image or your own beliefs about yourself. To level up you have to retire your old concept of who…


Direction vs Destination

Many people are walking around in a place they wish was better. You can't change your destination overnight.   But you can change your direction. Direction over time = destination. Time will pass no matter what. What direction are you heading?


What is amazing in your life right now?

The ideal life with the perfect situation in all areas is something we strive for that we will never have.   But that's ok. It's not sad or disappointing to the realist. It's good to have better situations to strive for. Think about it, if everything was perfect - what then?…


"I can't" kills

You believe you. The moment you say "I can't", all possibilities for you are destroyed. What have you been saying "I can't" to, that you need to reevaluate?  


Thoughts on Maturity

"There is no 'trick' to being young: it happens to you.  But the process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained." - Marya Mannes "Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong."…


Gratitude, not complaints

No matter what your standard of living, people will always complain about some inconvenience or something they think is "not right". Whether you are at the bottom, or driving a Maserati, it's the nature of most people to find the exceptions to their good luck and focus on it. It's…


Living with Uncertainty

For many, uncertainty means risk and causes fear.  "What if," we ask.  That fear holds many back. We can't expect a life without uncertainty.  Nothing is promised.  All we can do is work to craft the life we want.  If 'surprises' happen, we deal with it and keep going. If…


Negative Reciprocity – Don't get involved

"Positive reciprocity, the exchange of good deeds, never escalates out of control; negative reciprocity easily does." - Adam Smith Who are you going insult for insult, and blow for blow with right now?  It's too primal and there won't be a winner. Better just let it go before it gets…


We're all in an echo chamber

Don't forget - the YouTube and Facebook is an echo chamber.  When you look something up or watch something, the algorithm thinks that's what you like and will keep feeding you more like that.   This does not make the world more and more like that.  Only what you see.  It's…


Constantly on your phone?

For most, that is an addiction.  People are looking for the next hit of dopamine. Yes, a phone is a useful tool and communication device. When you have something you are engaged in....when you are making something happen in the real world...you are on your phone a lot less than…


Pretend your critics are right

If you're trying to get better and do better, people will see that and give you all sorts of advice. While other people can't understand your motivations and intentions exactly, they see what you are projecting.  When they comment or try to give advice, there's something to it - especially…