Life Advice

Dreams Are Made Of Days Like Today

March 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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It’s critically important to see the connection between things you do today and the big picture of where you’re going. You can’t let today just to feel like 24 hours. A few meals and a few things you do out of routine.

That isn’t what today is. The most grand things you will ever accomplish in your life happen one day at a time, in small pieces. The biggest things you’ve done so far in your life were not single heroic acts. Walking across a stage at graduation is not earning a degree, it’s all the hours of study and tests over years that came before. Cutting the ribbon on a bridge is not building a bridge, it’s all the months or years of dreaming and planning and work and construction and all the things that didn’t go as planned.

How to Be Kind to Yourself

March 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Many of us are hard on ourselves. We feel guilty when we spend time on the “wrong” things, we berate ourselves when we don’t reach our goals, and we forget to be gentle with ourselves when we’re struggling.

But what we often fail to realize is that being kind to ourselves will lead to more long-term success and happiness than trying to be our own drill sergeant. Every day, you are learning and growing, just like a child. And, like a child, patience and encouragement will lead to a more successful and enjoyable experience than screaming.

4 Priceless Lessons Paralympic Athletes Teach the Rest of Us

March 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Paralympic athletes are extraordinary for a number of reasons. Just watching them train and compete at the highest level is one of the most motivating things you can experience. These exceptional human begins prove, without a doubt, that nothing is impossible if your truly believe it can be done.

5 Mistakes People Make In Their 20s That Guarantee They Will Have A Hard Life

March 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Most people will say things like…

Partying
Hard drugs
Marrying the wrong person
Not working hard enough
Getting in trouble with the law

And the list goes on.

But the simple truth is that none of these things necessarily “guarantee” they will have a hard life.

How to Actually Change Your Life—Instead of Just Reading About It All of the Time

February 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

I’m talking about the problem of knowing endless information about how to change your life, but not knowing how to implement that information, meaning you never get to actually live that changed life.

Self-Integrity is the Link between your Word and your Action

February 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Every time you say you’re going to do something, and you do it, you strengthen your relationship with yourself. You learn to trust yourself more. You sense your power, your ablity to accomplish things.

Everytime you say you’ll do something and then don’t, the opposite happens. You feel out of control, disappointed in yourself, hopeless.

Life Isn’t About What Happens To You, It’s About How You React To It

February 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

Think about this one for a second…. @nicksanto534 was born with one arm and no legs. In his mind, there’s nothing he can’t do… and he’s right. He’s right because he does everything he sets his mind to. Competed as an amateur wrestler, motivational speaker, trains like a beast and today he competes in his first bodybuilding contest. We chatted after my workout about the power of choice. He said, I could’ve been pissed at the world for being born like this, but instead I choose to live life to the fullest, be happy and crush everything I put my mind to and hopefully, I can inspire people to do the same. Yes sir. Life deals us cards on a daily basis, but we always get to decide how we’re gonna play ’em. Keep crushing life my man and inspiring all those around you. And thank you for helping frame my perspective on life just a little bit more.

– The Rock

Some Great Life Advice To Start Monday Off

February 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

Here is some unsolicited advice that took time for me to understand.

Embrace the feeling of uncertainty and doubt. Learn to make the best decisions you know how to, and accept that you will probably be wrong about something in some way, a lot of the time. Your life is shifting from having the path laid out before you to follow, to a constant cross roads of you needing to define the way forward for yourself.

You Are Not Your Thoughts. You Are Your Actions.

January 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

you are not your thoughts you are your action

Self critical thoughts. Guilty thoughts. Thoughts about what I should have done. Fearful thoughts about what others think.

How dark are the thoughts that follow you around each day? Mine get pretty dark.

This is haunting if we let ourselves identify with them. We listen to the fears of inadequacy just because they won’t shut up. We believe we really are failures because it’s all we can think about – no matter how much self improvement we read. If it was possible for us to be fixed then why do we still feel so broken?

Either You Challenge Yourself Or Life Will Do It For You

January 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Life is hard. I don’t think anyone’s going to argue against that. There will always be challenges.

You have two options:

You choose you challenges. You push yourself. You go after what you want. You make it happen. It will be hard work, but you get to chose where you go and become the active driver of your life.
You do nothing and wait until life throws something at you. Then you’re on defense. You’re unprepared and just doing your best to stay afloat. You’re unprepared and unpracticed because you’ve spent all of your time dicking around.

The choice is yours.