Avoids PainSeeks Pleasure This is how you and everyone else operates. If you are willing to sacrifice short term pain for long term pleasure then you will be successful.
Category Archives: Mindset
Blog #247 – Be in the driver seat of your emotions.
We often hear that emotions are like a roller coaster and we are just along for the ride. I would say that emotions are more like driving a car. You do not have control of the road but you have control over the car. You are able to steer and avoid potholes or you areContinueContinue reading “Blog #247 – Be in the driver seat of your emotions.”
Blog #246 – Are you giving yourself opportunities to win?
Determine your standards for what is acceptable. I am harder on myself than anyone else. This lets me handle criticism well but is not good for self acceptance. Sometimes the standards we set for ourselves our unachievable. We can have huge enormous goals but we also have to have micro goals. These micro goals giveContinueContinue reading “Blog #246 – Are you giving yourself opportunities to win?”
Blog #245 – Know your why
The actions you take always have a motivation behind them. It is your job to know yourself well enough to know why you do the things that you do. Every little thing that you do has a reason behind it and too many times the reason is, “That’s the way it’s always been done.” orContinueContinue reading “Blog #245 – Know your why”
Blog #244 – Finding Meaning and Purpose in what you do.
The beauty of life is that meaning and purpose are not given to you. You have to find them. It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.Epictetus We can not always control the results of what happens but we can control our actions and our reactions to the results.ContinueContinue reading “Blog #244 – Finding Meaning and Purpose in what you do.”
Blog #243 – Dopamine Kicks
Your brain is designed to be easily distracted. The first humans needed to be aware of a rustle in the bushes because it might be a tiger jumping out to eat them. This means when we are focused on our work any text, email, call can distract us from the task at hand. With smartphonesContinueContinue reading “Blog #243 – Dopamine Kicks”
Blog #242 – Are you on Autopilot
Most of what you do on a daily basis you are on autopilot. When you wake up, snooze (or not) your alarm, drink coffee, drive to work, park in the same spot, go to your desk, the way you say hello, the way you respond when someone asks, “How are you?” , driving home, gettingContinueContinue reading “Blog #242 – Are you on Autopilot”
Blog #241 – Questions for a crisis
When you are in a challenging situation ask yourself these question to get over it. What is good about this problem? What can I learn from this problem? What is great about this problem? What is not perfect yet? What am I willing to do to make it the way I want? What am IContinueContinue reading “Blog #241 – Questions for a crisis”
Blog #240 – Born in the USA
This is the land of opportunity. If you have a dream then this is the place you want to be. In no other place do you have a chance to control your own destiny as much as you do here in America. You have all of these rights and privileges because there were tons ofContinueContinue reading “Blog #240 – Born in the USA”
Blog #239 -Stop Looking At Your Competition
When we are lost we look around at people to see what they are doing. We will see what they are doing and then either be motivated to step up our game or demoralized. Either way you need to stop looking at what others are doing and focus on what you are doing. Stop lookingContinueContinue reading “Blog #239 -Stop Looking At Your Competition”
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