What happens when a snake grows?
They shed their skin. We must use this metaphor for our own lives. For us to grow to the next level of our lives, we must learn all the lessons from our current level. Many people stay in their own skin because it is comfortable. They don’t want to grow because they don’t want the pain of change. I don’t want the pain of staying in the same place. I want the pain of growth.
How confident are you?
Are you willing to put your money where your mouth is?
If you believe something then how much do you believe in it?
We must be willing to risk it all to gain it all. If you give everything you have then you will gain everything you want.
Many times I am only focused on myself. How do I feel? What people are thinking of me? What am I doing? What are they doing for me? This world is to big to only think of myself. If I want to do anything significant I need to think about other people. I must think about other people’s feelings? I must think about what they are doing? What are they thinking? What do they need? I must be able to understand where people are coming from. I must care about them as much as I care about myself.
For the last few years, I’ve been trying to instill routines and habits into my life. I have studied and looked up what it takes to easily install a habit. I have not done the opposite. What about all the terrible habits in my life? I have been getting the same results in my life because I have been doing the same things. I have not uninstalled bad habits and made room for the good ones. I cannot simply keep adding onto my life. I must make room for what I truly desire.
The best part of the internet is that it easily lets everyone connect with each other. We can find other people just like us. People who have struggled with the same problems we have and can help us overcome it. The only thing we need to do is ask the right questions. Depending on the question you ask you will connect with much different people. People who will tear you down. People who will understand. People who will lift you up. The latter is who I want to be and who I want in my life.
I have fun and exciting things that I want to do with my life. I dream big dreams that give me so much excitement but they also give me fear. The fear of failure. The fear of not being good enough. The fear of lack. The fear of being judged. The fear of missing out. I have all these fears but the biggest fear I have is not living up to my full potential. This is what drives me and motivates me to be the best I can and to take risks. I know these fears have paralyzed me before but now they motivate me.
Do you notice all the transitions in your life?
How about waking up from being asleep, coming home from work, transitioning from exhale to inhale. There are many transitions in life and often we carry over things that should not be carried over.
When you come home from work, leave work at the door. Let it all go and start over with the new activity. Check in with yourself and notice what you are carrying around.
There is no excuses. You have a super computer in the palm of your hands. Whatever it is you want to do, Do It!
Sometimes I need to get out of my mind.
I love listening to inspirational speakers and interview. I like to hear their struggles and how they managed to get past them. I want to apply what they have done in their lives to my own life.
The problem is that listening to them does not change my life. I have different problems. I am a different person with different circumstances. I have to find the parallels and intersections between their lives and my own.
I have the power to change anything in my life. I have the power to change my world. In changing my world I will change others as well.
When you are uncomfortable with yourself everything you do is uncomfortable. When I am uncomfortable I begin to question everything. I criticize how much money I make. I criticize the relationships I have with friends and family. I criticize how happy I am everyday. I criticize my body and how healthy I am, my diet, my musical talent, my life, my relaxation, my cooking, my attire, and everything else I can think of.
I can cause undue amounts of stress in my life because I am not confident in who I am and what I am doing. I become ungrateful for what I have in my life. I begin to go inward and not take risks. I get in my head. I become my own worst enemy.
