Where do you want to be in 5 and 10 years? Who do you want to be around? What will you be doing?
Start thinking about, and writing down, these great and wonderful future thoughts today. Get a notebook dedicated to your future you.
Note down things on a daily basis, as many as you can, of what you want, or don’t want, in your life.
Review these daily or at least weekly. Focus on the want, not the how, and the when, not the cost.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Start today!
Aiming for ’on time’ is ok but you will often end up a little later than hoped or a little frazzled. It’s not worth the frazzle!
Be early rather than on time. You’ll feel better getting there, when you get there and later on because you did so well.
While you spend your time trying to change circumstances or other people, the world is whirring by.
If you want things to change, try changing how you look at things or people. If you use a negative filter to assess everything, guess what you’ll discover! It will be all the negative aspects of the situation or person.
If you use a positive filter to assess things, expect to find positive aspects of the person or circumstance.
Don’t let a negative mindset drag your life down. Change your perceptions before it’s too late!
You can make yourself happier simply by changing how you perceive things!
Get your head down and do the grinding work. You don’t want to do it but a few disciplined hours each day to move key projects forward will pay off. Within days or weeks you will be over the 50% point and feel the forward momentum.
The whole project will feel lighter as you get past 50% and soon progress past 60%. Rather than feeling drained and restrained, like at the start of the project, you begin to focus on completing and celebrating your successful completion.
Project milestones can impact your mindset and this is especially true once you pass the tipping point.
Stay focused and keep plugging away. Use your discipline and you will gather momentum towards your success!!
Think of your favourite people. They may be your spouse, a superhero, child, parent or cousin. Name their top five characteristics (from your perspective).
Focus on these five characteristics several times per day for the next seven days. See what you notice.
Sometimes life hits hard and it would be easy to get lost down a negative rabbit hole. You need to resist that. Take a moment and refocus.
Train all your energy on being a positive force with a positive mindset. Be grateful for all that you have. It is far more than you think. Appreciate where you are and what you have. The grass is greener where you water it. So pour some water on your side of the street.
Maintain, or re-establish, a positive focus. Do not let the negative thoughts gain a foothold in your mind. You can beat this and lead people to a better place if you stay positive focused.
When the inevitable happens and you need to renew yourself, do it. Regenerate and move on with a thousand life forces, to your new destiny.
Don’t dwell on the past and what could have been. Be delighted in your new direction and the adventure that is to come.
We saw it with the Pacers tonight at OKC as they clawed back throughout the game and finally took the lead with 0.3 seconds remaining.
It happened with Panthers at Oilers, also in Game 1 of the finals. Both teams battled down to the wire until there were just 31 seconds left in Overtime, before the winner emerged.
Keep digging deep. Never give up. The win is there for those of you determined to fight till that final moment.
Get out there and play hard, with the focus and intensity of playing in overtime in the finals.
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