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Today is my incredible wife and my 2-year wedding anniversary and I feel like the luckiest person in the world. It hasn’t started off as planned, however. Our nine month old daughter woke up throughout the night last night crying, and was fussy this morning. It turned out she had a stiff neck and couldn’t…
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The blog is often about intentions, thoughts and mindset. These are all important but without the key ingredient of action, they fall short of driving true change. To ensure the blog is having the impact I want it to (primarily on myself) I’m starting to post a weekly focus, which will be something to be…
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The shortcut to success is embracing the natural path, building brick by brick with the end in mind. Sometimes great accomplishments take a long time. If you start building now you might be amazed what you’ve accomplished when you look back in 5 years. The temptation is to seek shortcuts, ways to cut corners. You…
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What if today was your last day? Who would you spend it with? How would you want to make them feel? What would be important to you? What would you say yes to? What would you make space for and dedicate your precious time to? What wouldn’t make the cut? We don’t know how much…
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Taking action often leads to learning, even if it doesn’t always lead to the desired outcome. This is in contrast to wishing alone, which doesn’t move you forward. We may not always see the benefits of our actions immediately, but when we reflect on them we can often find something we gained from them. An…
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I heard Tony Robbins say the phrase “stay in your head you’re dead” and it stuck with me. With negative thought processes and mental loops (something I’m no stranger with) you can poison your own mind, inflicting propaganda against your psyche repeatedly. One step to get out of this is to write, which helps to…
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Changing your default behaviors will change your life. Eat junk food or drink when you get stressed? Do some pushups or squats instead. Toss and turn frustratedly or binge tv when you can’t sleep? Try reading or journaling. Lash out or seethe internally when you feel criticized? Take a few deep breaths instead and consider…
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So that we can learn to pick ourselves up again. This is one of my favorite quotes. Not just because Batman is awesome (which he is). The message is such a powerful one. Life is not about avoiding falling down. To enjoy life to it’s fullest you need to be willing to take risks in…
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