What if instead of focusing on the difficulty of a choice or situation, you decided to see it as a chance to build confidence or make progress?
What if you completely reframed the idea of hard and only referred to difficulties as opportunities to grow?
]]>What if instead of focusing on the difficulty of a choice or situation, you decided to see it as a chance to build confidence or make progress?
What if you completely reframed the idea of hard and only referred to difficulties as opportunities to grow?
]]>So, what imperfect improvement can you make today?
]]>So, what imperfect improvement can you make today?
]]>There is a way to improve choices, reduce frustration & increase consistency.
]]>There is a way to improve choices, reduce frustration & increase consistency.
]]>You might not think you are lying to yourself, but often times, you are. At best, you're not telling the whole truth and you're accepting a story that isn't the real truth.
]]>You might not think you are lying to yourself, but often times, you are. At best, you're not telling the whole truth and you're accepting a story that isn't the real truth.
]]>Perhaps the problem isn't what you're carrying but the way you're carrying it!
]]>Perhaps the problem isn't what you're carrying but the way you're carrying it!
]]>Save yourself.
]]>Save yourself.
]]>90% of the decision is made based on feelings and the other 10% by thoughts used to justify the feelings we just decided on.
]]>90% of the decision is made based on feelings and the other 10% by thoughts used to justify the feelings we just decided on.
]]>Sometimes it feels so good to think about & dream about our potential that we fail to take action.
]]>Sometimes it feels so good to think about & dream about our potential that we fail to take action.
]]>But what if instead of wishing for something different, you focus on taking better care of what you already have?
]]>But what if instead of wishing for something different, you focus on taking better care of what you already have?
]]>It's not that life is short, it's that we waste much of it.
What if we focus on presence instead of productivity?
]]>It's not that life is short, it's that we waste much of it.
What if we focus on presence instead of productivity?
]]>There's nothing wrong with future thinking as long as you're being practical and not strictly emotional.
]]>There's nothing wrong with future thinking as long as you're being practical and not strictly emotional.
]]>Your past behavior doesn't dictate your future behavior: you do.
]]>Your past behavior doesn't dictate your future behavior: you do.
]]>Now think about the things that most regularly stress or upset you. Are they on that list of what is truly important?
When you get clear on what is truly important (and what isn't), you'll realize that happiness, fulfillment and the life you want are much closer than you act like they are.
]]>Now think about the things that most regularly stress or upset you. Are they on that list of what is truly important?
When you get clear on what is truly important (and what isn't), you'll realize that happiness, fulfillment and the life you want are much closer than you act like they are.
]]>Too many of us put off enjoyment, put off appreciation for where we are and what we have because we tell ourselves there is some future moment that can give us something that this moment can't.
]]>Too many of us put off enjoyment, put off appreciation for where we are and what we have because we tell ourselves there is some future moment that can give us something that this moment can't.
]]>In fact, you have to be willing to be imperfect – you have to be willing to fall down, to fail, in order to learn and grow.
Perfectionism is a form of procrastination.
Both keep you from doing what you CAN do NOW to make progress TODAY.
One of my clients recently shared a mantra that I think would all benefit from keeping in mind: We train on Sunday while you wait for Monday.
Stop waiting. Stop waiting until it can be perfect because it doesn't need to be.
]]>In fact, you have to be willing to be imperfect – you have to be willing to fall down, to fail, in order to learn and grow.
Perfectionism is a form of procrastination.
Both keep you from doing what you CAN do NOW to make progress TODAY.
One of my clients recently shared a mantra that I think would all benefit from keeping in mind: We train on Sunday while you wait for Monday.
Stop waiting. Stop waiting until it can be perfect because it doesn't need to be.
]]>"We're not on this stage just because of talent or ability, We're up here because of 4 a.m. We're up here because of two-a-days or five-a-days. We're up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger."
]]>"We're not on this stage just because of talent or ability, We're up here because of 4 a.m. We're up here because of two-a-days or five-a-days. We're up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger."
]]>Train yourself to pause, to slow down, to not immediately react.
Most of the decisions we regret, most of the choices that take us away from our goals are decisions we rushed into or situations to which we reacted impulsively. Slow down. Calm down.
Pause.
]]>Train yourself to pause, to slow down, to not immediately react.
Most of the decisions we regret, most of the choices that take us away from our goals are decisions we rushed into or situations to which we reacted impulsively. Slow down. Calm down.
Pause.
]]>Advice & motivation don't act unless you do.
]]>Advice & motivation don't act unless you do.
]]>You are the gatekeeper.
You are in control of your own experience.
]]>You are the gatekeeper.
You are in control of your own experience.
]]>Think about that goal you want to achieve - how much time & effort do you devote to it weekly?
If you want to maximize your life, maximize how you spend your time.
]]>Think about that goal you want to achieve - how much time & effort do you devote to it weekly?
If you want to maximize your life, maximize how you spend your time.
]]>The crazy thing about FOMO is that it's a thought process, not a real thing. It's merely perception or anticipation of loss, not real loss.
If you say yes to that thing, what are you saying no to?
]]>The crazy thing about FOMO is that it's a thought process, not a real thing. It's merely perception or anticipation of loss, not real loss.
If you say yes to that thing, what are you saying no to?
]]>Achievement requires preparation and persistence.
Are you prepared? Are you persistent? Which needs more work?
Do you need to prioritize daily preparation?
Or do you need to focus on daily persistence?
]]>Achievement requires preparation and persistence.
Are you prepared? Are you persistent? Which needs more work?
Do you need to prioritize daily preparation?
Or do you need to focus on daily persistence?
]]>I tell you this to remind you that very small actions have far reaching effects. Do not dismiss any change as too small to make an impact.
Create your own domino effect.
]]>I tell you this to remind you that very small actions have far reaching effects. Do not dismiss any change as too small to make an impact.
Create your own domino effect.
]]>"Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in your bank account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw the remaining $86,390 away to spite them or because you might as well lose it all and start fresh tomorrow? Of course not. See, we have 86,400 seconds in each day. Don't let someone's negative 10 seconds ruin the remaining 86,390 seconds of your precious day."
No matter how the day started, there is power & potential in the remainder of the day. Don't give it away or throw it away.
]]>"Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in your bank account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw the remaining $86,390 away to spite them or because you might as well lose it all and start fresh tomorrow? Of course not. See, we have 86,400 seconds in each day. Don't let someone's negative 10 seconds ruin the remaining 86,390 seconds of your precious day."
No matter how the day started, there is power & potential in the remainder of the day. Don't give it away or throw it away.
]]>That's what CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence tells herself when she feelings like giving up.
She craves the moments when she wants to quit but chooses to endure. That's how she wins every day.
http://dailymotivationspodcast.com
]]>That's what CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence tells herself when she feelings like giving up.
She craves the moments when she wants to quit but chooses to endure. That's how she wins every day.
http://dailymotivationspodcast.com
]]>You do for a second, but it won't last unless you do more. It won't less unless you tend to it and actively participate in making it grow.
The same is true of motivation. The spark will not last unless you act upon it.
]]>You do for a second, but it won't last unless you do more. It won't less unless you tend to it and actively participate in making it grow.
The same is true of motivation. The spark will not last unless you act upon it.
]]>The longer you wait, the more it will cost you – in every way.
]]>The longer you wait, the more it will cost you – in every way.
]]>In the documentary he posed a hypothetical scenario to a group of young students:
Imagine I'm going to buy each of you a car. Any car you want. But there's a catch: it's the only car you will ever own.
You'd make the decision carefully, right? And then you'd take impeccable care of that car.
He didn't buy the students cars but he did remind them that the scenario is true of their bodies and their minds.
It's the only one you'll ever have.
Do your choices reflect impeccable care?
]]>In the documentary he posed a hypothetical scenario to a group of young students:
Imagine I'm going to buy each of you a car. Any car you want. But there's a catch: it's the only car you will ever own.
You'd make the decision carefully, right? And then you'd take impeccable care of that car.
He didn't buy the students cars but he did remind them that the scenario is true of their bodies and their minds.
It's the only one you'll ever have.
Do your choices reflect impeccable care?
]]>That is your superpower.
]]>That is your superpower.
]]>There are many legitimate roadblocks & obstacles on our path to progress but your past shouldn't be one of them.
Your past can only hold you back if you stay with it.
http://dailymotivationspodcast.com
]]>There are many legitimate roadblocks & obstacles on our path to progress but your past shouldn't be one of them.
Your past can only hold you back if you stay with it.
http://dailymotivationspodcast.com
]]>I want to challenge you to say less about what you want. To say less about what's in your way. To say less about what is hard or why you're frustrated I want to challenge you to say less about what other people are doing Say less about your confusion. Say less about your disappointments and how you've let yourself down. I want to challenge you to do more.
]]>I want to challenge you to say less about what you want. To say less about what's in your way. To say less about what is hard or why you're frustrated I want to challenge you to say less about what other people are doing Say less about your confusion. Say less about your disappointments and how you've let yourself down. I want to challenge you to do more.
]]>How often does our effort decrease over time? Sometimes it's because our attention wanes, other times because we're tired or we're bored or because in our mind, we've already moved on to the next item on our to-do list.
But what if we decided to adopt this idea of 'last set best set' as an operating system? What if you brought your best attitude and energy to your LAST meeting of the day? What if the last email you send before leaving work is the most thoughtful or productive? What the last hour of your day is the one that makes you the most proud?
]]>How often does our effort decrease over time? Sometimes it's because our attention wanes, other times because we're tired or we're bored or because in our mind, we've already moved on to the next item on our to-do list.
But what if we decided to adopt this idea of 'last set best set' as an operating system? What if you brought your best attitude and energy to your LAST meeting of the day? What if the last email you send before leaving work is the most thoughtful or productive? What the last hour of your day is the one that makes you the most proud?
]]>He who eats what he does not need steals from himself.
We only hurt ourselves when we go beyond of financial needs, our physical needs. We tell ourselves that we'll feel better or be happier if we buy what we can't afford, eat what we don't need or sleep when we need to get up. But we won't. The thing we choose – that thing we "buy", literally or figuratively – that we do not need – when we steal from ourselves – we tighten our shackles.
]]>He who eats what he does not need steals from himself.
We only hurt ourselves when we go beyond of financial needs, our physical needs. We tell ourselves that we'll feel better or be happier if we buy what we can't afford, eat what we don't need or sleep when we need to get up. But we won't. The thing we choose – that thing we "buy", literally or figuratively – that we do not need – when we steal from ourselves – we tighten our shackles.
]]>When something disallows that standard to be met (circumstances, choices, emotion), we use it as an excuse to pass up any and all opportunities for progress.
We wait for a fresh start.
This pattern holds us back.
Instead of focusing on what you can't do, didn't do or don't want to do, what if you made the internal dialogue more simple & direct?
What CAN I do? What ARE my options? What am I willing to do today?
]]>When something disallows that standard to be met (circumstances, choices, emotion), we use it as an excuse to pass up any and all opportunities for progress.
We wait for a fresh start.
This pattern holds us back.
Instead of focusing on what you can't do, didn't do or don't want to do, what if you made the internal dialogue more simple & direct?
What CAN I do? What ARE my options? What am I willing to do today?
]]>Change is incredibly hard and often extremely uncomfortable. Transitions take courage and mental toughness. But you cannot move to where you want to be if you won't let go of where you've been.
]]>Change is incredibly hard and often extremely uncomfortable. Transitions take courage and mental toughness. But you cannot move to where you want to be if you won't let go of where you've been.
]]>Do not make the mistake of thinking confidence is a byproduct of achievement. Achievement is a byproduct of confidence.
]]>Do not make the mistake of thinking confidence is a byproduct of achievement. Achievement is a byproduct of confidence.
]]>Too often, when we experience a little success, we slack. Maybe after weight loss, we celebrate with food.
Use your accomplishments to move you forward, don't use them to justify excuses.
]]>Too often, when we experience a little success, we slack. Maybe after weight loss, we celebrate with food.
Use your accomplishments to move you forward, don't use them to justify excuses.
]]>Almost all our unhappiness comes from thoughts about what has happened and not what actually happened.
Focus on the simple, good things.
]]>Almost all our unhappiness comes from thoughts about what has happened and not what actually happened.
Focus on the simple, good things.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>What if your sole focus was the effort you bring to each moment of today?
]]>What if your sole focus was the effort you bring to each moment of today?
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>While that's ambitious, it's often not effective.
Do less but have the things you focus on be meaningful.
]]>While that's ambitious, it's often not effective.
Do less but have the things you focus on be meaningful.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>When you are focused on outcomes, on lack and on what you haven't yet achieved, you're likely to experience disappointment.
That is optional. You can choose to practice gratitude and presence to reduce the chances that you'll give up, give in and feel frustrated.
]]>When you are focused on outcomes, on lack and on what you haven't yet achieved, you're likely to experience disappointment.
That is optional. You can choose to practice gratitude and presence to reduce the chances that you'll give up, give in and feel frustrated.
]]>Do more, think less.
If you wait until you have everything you need, you'll never start. You have all it takes, right now. Value experience more than learning. Take action!
]]>Do more, think less.
If you wait until you have everything you need, you'll never start. You have all it takes, right now. Value experience more than learning. Take action!
]]>Too often, we don't take action because we can't do it perfectly. If that's the perspective you continue to choose, you'll likely fail to get where you're trying to go. There's another way.
]]>Too often, we don't take action because we can't do it perfectly. If that's the perspective you continue to choose, you'll likely fail to get where you're trying to go. There's another way.
]]>For more daily motivations, please visit dailymotivationspodcast.com
]]>For more daily motivations, please visit dailymotivationspodcast.com
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