The Daily Do

You can find the diamond in the dust of your day, the gold in them there hills, by channeling your thoughts towards the things that inspire and sparkle. Choosing to think is an action and a trust that this stuff works! It really is that simple but it’s not easy to begin as it feels false and superficial. But change comes and your positive thoughts will start to flow, and slowly what at first is awkward and very conscious will become the only way you know.

Confidence is earned, learnt from repeated actions rewarded with results. Confidence is the sculpture formed from the chisel blows of challenge, overcoming fears and finding that you’re fine, pushing past resistance just one more time. Confidence is real, not wished for on a star, confidence is you knowing and doing exactly who you are.

Let's talk of the brighter side of life; this doesn’t deny the struggles we sometimes bare, it just reminds that through bad times, joy is still there. Beauty still radiates around every corner, winter can’t halt the days getting warmer, the world keeps evolving in eruptions of life, no matter how dark it is there will always be light!

Use fear to signal the way ahead, the resistance to lean into, to grow, to rise above yourself. You can use what you fear because often what you are resisting is what you have to do! Get one up on fear by using it to guide, lean into it, grow, evolve, it’s the map you have inside!

What is the silent crescendo of fear that alters our destiny? Not doing, backing off, distraction and procrastination, avoidance at any cost. It’s what we don’t do that tells the sorry tale of baffling fears, quietly enrobing us, robbing us of years of life lived fully. If only we said YES, YES in the moment of decision, 10 seconds of courageousness. 10 seconds is so often all it takes to conquer fear, 10 seconds of I can handle this, I’ve got this, 10 Seconds of YES I CAN!

Zoom in on the parts of life that really float your boat, simplify because big things happen when you do what you love the most. Simplify your life, nurture and grow what really counts, let the branches of distraction fall on forgotten ground. Simplify doesn’t mean think small, it means focus, clarity and purpose, and with this clearness we can zone in and amplify what’s right for us!

You can have and be anything you want but not everything you want, the possibilities are infinite so you must choose and do. When you realise that fulfilment comes as much from committing as from what you’re committing to, you can loosen up, get stuck in and excel in what’s in front of you. The excellence is in who you are, how you turn your hand, this skill of decided intention isn’t what you’re doing it’s in "who I am!".

Success is always seen but it's roots are rarely shown! Bamboo grows underground for four years before it shoots, breaks through the surface and in five weeks, rockets to 90 foot. But if we only focus on the success we see, we’d never tend the root. Our roots to success are in our daily actions, the core of what we do, and it’s this here on The Daily Do that I'm giving to you.

Do you want a positive outlook? Train your brain. Science has proven that to your minds neurones focused imagined thoughts and reality are the same. All that dopamine and serotonin stuff can be increased and the balance tipped towards the happy, healthy heart of harmony and peace. This 'feel good factor' thought pharmacy is incredible in it’s effect. When you think good you do good, you act in your best interest, accepting that good things will happen if you choose and do; you can write the headlines that are shaping you!

Do what your best wants for you, then do it on repeat! Accept that transformations happen everyday and yours is at your command, YES, if you really want something you just decide, act and reach out your hand! And when this simple truth sinks in it might sting a bit or thrill you, but it’s true that only you is the part you can control.