development
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To find what is worth doing and do it well. To do it alongside people you trust and respect. You can’t make a good deal with a bad person. To persist in adversity when it inevitably arrives. To share your experience, which will encourage and inform others. Even if you don’t think it’s incredible or…
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Not making myself look or feel good. Serving others by following the natural path to sharing the best I have to offer. I benefit too, but it’s the side effect, not the point.
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Ed Mylett talks about having an identity thermostat. You set the temperature. The external conditions (weather) do not dictate your temperature. They might impact how hard you have to work to stay at your temperature, but you are in control. He says long-term you will never exceed what you believe you’re worth, and if you’re…
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A while ago, I committed to posting on my blog every day. I’m now on a streak of over 55 days in a row. I don’t want to break the streak, I want to keep it alive. I typically try to post in the morning before I get my day started, which I believe is…
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Tim Ferriss has a podcast on this topic with Tony Robbins. He also has one with Brene Brown on striving vs self acceptance, a similar concept. What’s the right balance to strike between these two – fulfillment and achievement, or said another way striving and self-acceptance. It’s an important question to ask and craft a…
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This incredible life we’re blessed to live is full of possibilities. Don’t fall into the trap of endlessly weighing possibilities, thinking and hoping things will change or you’ll find the perfect possibility. While others are talking about what they want or what they hope, you can be on a path. Not the perfect path. A…
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When given a choice, chase what is valuable. Not what’s hard. Not what’s easy. What’s valuable. Often times the best path is one of minimal friction leading towards value. Sometimes you have to take the hard road. Either way the key is that you’re doing what matters. This means not giving yourself too much credit…
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This week’s focus is accepting yourself, your circumstances, and reality as they are, then improving from there. Embracing reality (credit to Principles by Ray Dalio) in order to build from it, not to settle that the future reality must be the same as the current reality. Growth comes from accepting where you’re at and being…
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It’s not my problem opportunity to learn and grow I can feel at peace today if I earn it choose to Setting plans matters only if you achieve them for having direction I will do my best today to prove my worth to myself and others serve my loved ones and appreciate the gift of…
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I often feel overwhelmed if I feel behind on my to-dos. I have to remind myself, the goal of life isn’t to finish your to do list and have nothing left to do. We have a word for having nothing to do – boredom. Most people wouldn’t say boredom is their ultimate goal. What is…
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