Daily Motivations

Don't take your thoughts so seriously

Almost all our unhappiness comes from thoughts about what has happened and not what actually happened.

Focus on the simple, good things.

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars" ~ Latin Proverb

When the circumstances of your life aren't in your favor, that's not a time to wait until things settle down or turn around. It's time to work. It's time to steer the ship. It's time to roll up your sleeves and, through your own actions, through your own determination, through your own effort, take your life in the direction you want to move.

One of the reasons change feels so hard is because we go about it the wrong way. We think that desire or motivation merits trying to move from being a beginner to being an expert. There is a framework that makes change easier and more sustainable.

What if, instead of thinking about what you're working towards over the next month or year, you just focus on doing your best right now?

What if your sole focus was the effort you bring to each moment of today?

The one who acts with the most courage wins.

Courage is not fearlessness. Courage is not confidence.

Courage is the decision to take action despite feeling fear, nervousness, hesitation or lack of confidence.

What can you do today that requires courage? Identify it and do it.

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and try to ignore the rest"

There is a story about everything that is against you. Everything that is your way. Everything you are up against. There is a story about why it's hard and how you doubt yourself. There's also a story about what's on your side. There's a story about your capability. Your potential. Your opportunity. Your chances. Your choices. Your focus & determination. You can write either story. Both stories are true.

Do not write or participate in the story of what is against you. Yes, it's there, yes it's true and you do not have to participate or follow the plot line.

Keep going until hard becomes easy! Easy is earned through consistent practice.

Your brain is a suggestion engine, not a control center.

Whatever pattern you feel you are stuck in was created by you and that's great news because you can change it.

We often get stuck in these patterns because we focus on what we want NOW instead of what we want MOST.

Sometimes when we have a goal, we identify everything we could do to reach it and start trying to do all of those things at once.

While that's ambitious, it's often not effective.

Do less but have the things you focus on be meaningful.

Winners focus on winning, losers focus on winners.

We have a finite amount of time, of energy and of attention. Any time, energy or attention given to comparing yourself to others is time, energy and attention you failed to give to your own journey.

Keep your eyes on your own work.