“A man is hardly blind if his eyes have no sight. Blind is he who does not want to see. To such an ignorant troglodyte, life itself is a grave, if you ask me.”

Vahaspzade Bhatiyar, who’s an Azerbaijan poet.

And the poem is Two Blind Men.

What are your thoughts on that?

I kind of agree with him.

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Originally aired November 2024

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Let’s talk about N of November, and that’s Notice small things.

What that means is if you’re stressed, if you’re going out, notice the little things.

Notice the sunlight hitting on me, right?

Hitting the right side of my head, maybe left if it’s mirrored.

And how great it is to have the sun.

Could be a little thing, could be something in your house, could be that, you know what?

The dishes are done, right?

Or something’s folded, the laundry’s folded.

Just little simple things.

You notice the small things and enjoy the small things.

The beauty in life.

Maybe it’s just the wind sighing through the branches of the trees.

Notice small things and it will help you get out of your head and more into the good stuff.

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“If we did all the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.”

- Thomas A. Edison

I take issue with this. I think we try to do too much and we need to do less but higher quality things.

Instead of focusing on 20 different things, we should focus on one or two or three, no more than three priorities, and really focus on accomplishing those.

And if you have three things that you need to do, you finish one, then you move to the second, you finish the second, you move to the third.

That’s my opinion.

Do you agree with me?

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Overview of the next set of videos.

Each of the following videos will focus on a letter from November and it’s meaning.

N - Notice small things

O - Offer kindness

V - Value quiet time

E - Enjoy each day

M - Make time to rest

B - Breathe deeply

E - Embrace change

R - Relax and let go.

From IG @jasonmensmentalhealth

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”

- D. Elton Trueblood

As I get older and older, my reputation is more important than my financial state. my reputation, because that’s passed down to my children.

What are the seeds that you plant today that you know you probably never see the fruition of, but is really important?

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“Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.”

A quote by Nikolai Velimirovic

This is an interesting one.

The way I think about it is, there are evil people and there are good people.

They’re arrogant people.

They’re humble people.

We’re all made of the same stuff.

The question is, how do you transform the same stuff into being that humble, amazing person you are?

Let me know.

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“The way you spend your time is the result of the way you see your time and the way you see your priorities.”

-Stephen Covey.

Priorities are really important. That’s why Stephen Covey always said at the beginning of the week, you put in your calendar your agenda, the pieces that really get you to where you want to be spiritually, physically, financially, and business related.

Those are your priorities.

They’re sacred time blocks.

What do you do to block out those sacred times to make sure that your priorities are being met?

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“There is no man living who cannot do more than he or she thinks they can.”

-Henry Ford.

We usually overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we

can do in the long term.

What have you done that are the small, consistent actions every day that have yielded amazing results?

Let me know in the comments.

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“Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck leads the flock to fly and follow.”

It’s not just the words; it’s the actions that really help people to move forward.

Do you agree or do you think the words are first and people start following second?

What are your thoughts?

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“Be slow to judge and quick to understand.”

-Stephen Covey.

We don’t know what reality is when we talk to another person. We really don’t know their thoughts because we’re not inside their head.

I 100% agree.

How about you?

What do you do to be slow at a judgment and quick to understand?

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