Life sure is.
Category: Think About It
Keep Plugging Away
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!!
Trust
Trust is a delicate thing. You can’t force people to trust you. How you act, what you say and the vibe you give off would determine the level of trust granted to you.
Animals and strangers quickly decide what level of trust to confer on you. Your smell, stance, face, interaction, body language, voice and tone all combine to give a sense of who you are.
Positive Focus
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.
There Will Be Speed bumps
Not everything will go to plan. There will be speed bumps. Prepare for them in advance as best you can. Prepare mentally for the challenge. There will be tough times in your life but you can overcome them on your road to success.
Never Give Up
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.
Keep Smiling
Even if your whole world is falling apart, keep smiling. You’ll feel better.
Tradeoffs
Life is a series of tradeoffs. There is no perfect. There are pros and cons and weighting of those.
Get comfortable with this highly important concept.
Will You Pay The Price?
Everything has a price. It’s usually in money terms, or in time, emotion, mental, physical or spiritual means. Sometimes it is several of these at the same time.
Regardless, if there is something you want, it probably lies on the other side of that price that you’ll need to pay.
Be careful you don’t pay too big of a price to achieve your goal. Though equally, do not think you can pay too little and still reach your dream.
Assess your goal and then consider what sacrifices and price you’ll end up paying. Consider this well. Then, if acceptable, start paying the price and making the sacrifices so that you can reach your ultimate goal.
Celebrate
Put a marker down that is memorable. Do something unique to you to celebrate a milestone or victory.
It is important to mark occasions and make that day distinct from others so your special moments don’t run together with your regular days.