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What is the loudest voice in your head? Is it someone else or is it your own thoughts? If it is someone else, do they deserve to be the dominant influence on your life? If it is your own thoughts, what is informing those thoughts? Are your thoughts positive, productive, motivating, encouraging, loving and helpful? Are your thoughts negative, debilitating, demotivating, discouraging, disrespectful and hurtful? STOP RIGHT NOW! Listen to the correct voice and not the loudest voice. Find the voice that will make your day better. Give permission to the wise voice to be the dominant voice in your head.
"It always seems impossible until it's done." Nelson Mandela
A fully soaked sponge, when squeezed as hard as possible and as long a possible, will never lose all of its water. Sponges are created to withhold approximately 20% of maximum capacity. Squeeze and squeeze and squeeze and only 80% of the water comes out. That is why sponges are always moist until they sit out long enough for the moisture to evaporate. We are like a sponge. No matter how hard we think we may work, and no matter when we think that we have reached our full capacity, there is still 20% remaining in us. Our purpose should not be to work harder than others or to achieve some arbitrary goal, but to do our best to tap into that 20% that most won't.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison, 1847 - 1931 ... everyone would do it. Success can be defined in various ways. But success is special because it isn't easy. "To be successful you must accept all the challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like." - Mike Gafka
We should never say, "I can't". A more accurate response is "I choose not to". If I asked you to clean out my septic tank, I am sure you would reply, "I can't" or "I won't" or "go to ...". However, the accurate response would be, "I choose not to". If I offered a reasonable amount of money ($10 million), you may respond, "Now, I choose to". Our response (word choices) matter. How we talk to ourselves and the words we use will impact our attitude and behavior. Try this activity today ...
Instead of saying, "I can't do this", think to yourself "How can I find a way to accomplish this?" Instead of saying, "I am stupid", change your mindset to "I can learn." Instead of saying, "I made a mistake", change your thoughts to "I can learn from this mistakes." Instead of saying, "Someone will always be better than me", say "How can I become the best me that I can be?" Instead of saying, "This is too hard", tell yourself "If I put in more time and effort, I can do it." Instead of saying, "I quit", try to say "I can definitely find a way around this." Instead of saying, "My day is ruined", say out-loud "Is my day actually ruined or did I make that small thing a much bigger deal than it should be?" "Cutting your losses" is a business/financial concept that refers to getting out of a business venture that is losing money, with the intent to stop losing more money. The phrase has been adopted to a more general use to refer to the choice of stopping something that is destructive so that the losses already incurred do not take an even larger toll on us. For example, if you are in a bad/destructive relationship, there is a natural human inclination to hold on because of all of the time and emotions and energy that has been invested in that relationship. However, if the relationship is indeed a destructive relationship and causing you harm, more time will only incur more damage. The same is true for many behaviors that others may inflict on us. The initial behavior is destructive. It sucks when people treat us poorly or when they take advantage of us. However, it is often our choice to the extent that we allow the initial behavior to impact our present and more importantly, our future. The Dalai Lama once said, "Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace." Another way of say, "Don't let someone's crappy behavior towards you take away more than it already has. " Toby Schwarz. "Be a victor and not a victim!" Jesus.
of doing is starting. The hardest part of running is putting your shoes on. The most difficult part of reading is grabbing a book off the shelf. The easiest way to defeat procrastination is stop what you are doing right now and do something else RIGHT NOW.
"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try." Gail Devers,Three-Time Olympic Champion in Track and Field "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou (1928-2014) Poet, Dancer, Producer, Playwright, Director, Author |
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