When you make a choice, do you stick with that decision? Or do you waffle? If you change your mind repeatedly, then you haven’t really decided. Or you’ve chosen to not choose. So, how do you make a choice and stick to it? Good question, and one I grappled with recently. But I found a …
For the last few years, I’ve focused on my personal freedom. I wasn’t in jail, but I felt as if I was. And here’s the irony: I was keeping myself captive. That meant I also held the key to my cell. The world’s most successful people value personal freedom. Therefore, they place a lot of …
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For years, I felt like I was wearing a muzzle. No one had tried to silence me. I chose to wear it, so I couldn’t speak up. But these days, there’s no muzzle to be found. I tossed it in the fire and burned it. And now I speak up for myself…always. What about you? …
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You know what it’s like when you are preoccupied. You have time to do what needs to be done, but your busy mind keeps you too occupied to accomplish much of anything. As a result, your productivity plummets. You can interchange the word “distracted,” but the reason distraction keeps you from taking action is better …
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No one really likes to struggle. That’s why we are told to reframe struggle as something positive. I prefer, however, to stop using the term altogether. I suggest we simply replace it with the word challenge. I can accept a challenge or take a challenge. A challenge stretches and pushes me to become a better …
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Challenge. It’s a human drive—one some people don’t bother to activate except under duress. But without challenge, you don’t live fully. You don’t feel the sense of commitment to growth, the excitement of taking on something new, or the gratification and confidence that comes from doing something outside your comfort zone. Without challenge, you don’t …
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You are the average of the ten people with whom you spend the most time. That’s right. So do an accounting right now… What friends, family members, and co-workers do you hang out with every day or week? Do you want to be more like them…or less? If, for example, you aspire to become an …
Remember the old song, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold”? I want to debunk the idea that old friends are better than new friends. Don’t get me wrong… I’ve got a lot of old friends that I love, and I don’t plan on ditching anytime soon. But …
Do you live in a bubble? Most of us do. We surround and protect ourselves by never moving outside what we know—our bubbles. Nothing enters. We don’t go out. And we avoid experiencing anything that might make us feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Inside your protected space, you can’t become your best self. Click To Tweet …
If you don’t continually grow, you wither and, eventually, die. Growth seems like a natural part of life. As a child, for example, you grow whether you try or not. You go to school, and even if you don’t pay attention, you learn, develop, and grow. As adults, however, growth becomes a choice. Some people …
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