“Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it’s even more than that – Comparison makes you a thug who beats down somebody – or your own soul.” Ann Voskamp

I started going to a gym. Yes, a gym where massive amounts of people go to get better physically. They’re there for rehab, personal goals, cardio, meet people, Zumba, working out on lots of really expensive equipment none of us could afford. As soon as you walk into a place like that, you automatically begin to compare. It’s hard not

“Habits are a conscious, daily activity you’ve chosen not to live without.”   Bill McConnell

Do self-driving cars scare you, even just a little bit?  They scare me.  I want to have some control.  The same goes for my mornings.  I don’t want the morning to happen to me.  I want the morning to be what I decide it will be. You plan not to miss a morning flight. Why not plan every morning?

Nobody succeeds alone.  Sadly, too many people never succeed because of the very people who say they’re your friends just don’t want you to succeed. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you feel like you just don’t fit in?  All of us have. It’s kind of like getting your party dates mixed up and show up in a weird cosplay costume when it should have been a team shirt for a ball game. Kinda like the “Wanna Get Away” commercials for Southwest. It may be the friends you’re hanging

Have you ever felt like you didn’t have control of your own life?  That’s gotta change.

I'm Bill McConnell, an author, speaker, and blogger. Add podcaster to that list. I was desperate to get beyond my own circumstances. Curled up on the floor in a corner of the living room, crying uncontrollably and unable to see any future.

This was me, not that long ago. What got me past that moment was a simple phrase, “One More Day.” 

I kept going. One more day became daily habits that shaped my life.