Daily SPARK Minute with Simon T. Bailey

“Thrive. That’s the word for today. Repeat after me. I choose to thrive. No matter what is happening in the world, why just survive when you can thrive? So, once again, say with me, I choose to thrive. That means every action, every behavior, every connection is about flourishing and thriving. No longer settling for the status quo, but believing and knowing within your heart of hearts that it’s time for you to thrive, and grow, and go to where you’ve always wanted to be because that is the thriving mindset today.”

“Number 1. You are your number 1 customer. How do you treat yourself? How do you think about yourself? How do you talk to yourself? Sometimes we commit verbal judo on ourselves, beating ourselves up because something happened, something went wrong, and it’s not so much something went wrong. It’s the story that replays in our heads, and sometimes we don’t treat ourselves as a customer. You are your number one customer. How you treat yourself determines sometimes how you treat others. How you talk to others. How you react and respond and reply to others. So today, what can you do to take care of your number one customer? You.”

“Focus. Your word today is to focus on what’s important, that needs to get done, has to be done, focus on it. Years ago I went to a seminar, and the facilitator said ‘You don’t fail because of lack of focus. You fail because of broken focus.’ So, take a deep breath. Decide what you’re going to focus on, and make it happen. You can do it. I believe in you. You’re absolutely, positively brilliant. Why? Because Simon says so.”

How do we come from a place of kindness? Everybody say kindness. ‘Kindness.’ Coming from a place of kindness, oh my goodness, I could spend an hour talking about kindness. But I think kindness is underrated in business, and I believe if we are going to continue to grow as entrepreneurs, how do we begin to realize that kindness is the bottom line? That’s right. Simon says kindness is the bottom line.

What’s the point? When I begin to understand the power of connection, I’m moving from me to we, and when I move from me to we, I’m looking at how do I connect to your head, your heart, and your hands. When you begin to understand as a small business owner, despite all of the noise that’s in the economy, about what’s happening, what’s going on? Dog gunnet, when you begin to offer platinum service, you begin to understand that you are an emotion, a connection, a perception, a moment, and a memory. And when you show up as your brilliant self, people begin to connect with you because you’re coming from a place of not what can I take from you, but how do I create a memory for life?

When you understand, O’ Brilliant One, that you are the spark, you turn and face the lion for who you become in the process because you would never be put in this position unless you already had the capacity, the capability, and the competency to do what you do. Because when you do what you do, nobody can do you like you do you because you are absolutely brilliant.

No matter where you are, remember that encouragement is oxygen for the soul. So, who is just one person, in the spirit of wellness, that you can encourage and how do you find a way to hug them with your words? Because when you hug them with your words, you literally are breathing life into them.

Hello ‘Oh Brilliant One….When in doubt, say to yourself “I can, I shall, I will live life to the fullest extent..until tomorrow, make it a brilliant day!

Hello ‘Oh Brilliant One….Did you know that the word confident stems from the latin word confidentia which means to fully trust and be bold. Choose to be bold today….until tomorrow, make it a brilliant day!

Hello ‘Oh Brilliant One…. Brilliance emerges when you look inside instead of outside..until tomorrow, make it a brilliant day!