How trusting are you? How trust-worthy are you? Here are a few trust-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full message.
“To trust yourself, to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
“Trust that when the answer is ‘no,’ there’s a better ‘yes’ down the road.”
“Actions speak louder than words, but not nearly as often.”
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Do you exercise on a regular basis? If so, you are probably very familiar with push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, and other activities that help maintain and develop greater fitness and vitality.
Consider the concept of a “soul-up,” in which you engage in daily mental, emotional, and spiritual activities. To do so would bring out even more of your inner brilliance, letting it shine throughout your personal and professional communities.
Imagine entering a “soul-lustering” boot camp over the next 12 weeks. What drills, exercises, and other activities would your inner drill sergeant take you through to be more soulful, healthy and fit, fully ready to take on each and every new day?
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Our five sense give us amazing capacities to experience the world around us. Take a moment to grasp the miracles of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
In many ways, we live in an over-stimulated society. The potential and actual input overloads our senses to the point of considerable stress and a loss of well-being.
Recently, I have begun removing some stimuli from my world in order to explore added stillness and peacefulness.
Where would taking a “Less is More” approach to life help you discover more moments of stillness and inner sanctuary?
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The human body has the miraculous ability to renew almost all of its various cell types.
Did you know that we have 30 trillion red blood cells, and approximately 100 million are being formed each minute? If you do the math, it gives each red blood cell the life expectancy of about four months.
Here are the renewal rates of some other cell types:
| Small Intestine | 2-4 days |
| White Blood Cells | 2-5 days |
| Bone Osteoclasts | 2 weeks |
| Bone Osteoblasts | 3 months |
| Fat Cells | 8 years |
| Skin Cells | 10-30 days |
| Liver Cells | 6 months-1 year |
In what ways beyond mother nature can you support the restoration and renewal of yourself and those around you to live a longer more fulfilling and happier life?
One of my favorite Netflix Original Series is called Tales by Light.
Each episode highlights a specific masterful photographer, examining their world in great detail. The techniques they use to capture our world include a wide variety of lenses, and viewing their subjects from multiple levels.
From ground level to the top of a ladder, or a bird’s eye view from a hot air balloon or drone, their images reveal more of their canvas, and a far more interesting and beautiful perspective on their subject.
Where in either your personal or professional world are you simply too close to a particular subject? Where would stepping back to gain greater objectivity and perspective shed more and better light on your view of your world?
What makes you laugh? Here are a few humor-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full message.
“I learned that when I made people laugh, they liked me. This is a lesson I’ll never forget.”
“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
“Your worst humiliation is only someone else’s momentary entertainment.”
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Pain and pleasure are two of the greatest motivators to mobilize us all to take action. Whether it involves jerking our hand away from a hot stove or pursing our dreams, we get going pretty quickly.
For some reason, pain or negative life situations often win the battle over our desires, making less of an undesirable situation preferable to more of a good one.
Whatever your own experience may be on this issue, please look around at your personal and professional worlds to examine where staying where you are is completely unacceptable.
Decide today what first step you promise yourself to take to move away from the pain of being stuck where you are, to a better and perhaps more pleasurable future. Consider doing this exercise on a weekly basis and feel free to get back with me regarding your results.
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The TV show, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, comes to mind when I think about today’s quote.
In this show, famed adventurist and survivalist Bear Grylls takes top stars from the entertainment and sports worlds into the most remote and pristine locations in the world for a 48-hour journey of a lifetime.
Cast members face their deepest fears and tackle everything from wild animals to rock rappelling through some of the world’s most unforgiving wilderness.
We all face a wide variety of daily external obstacles that fall short of these life-threatening challenges. We also create many internal challenges that stop us in our tracks, as abruptly as if our lives were on the line.
Where are you currently your own worst enemy, or putting up your own internal barriers? What one courageous action can you take today to create a breakthrough in this area?
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I recently finished reading Factfulness by Hans Rosling. The book’s subtitle really grabbed my interest: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World – and Why Things are Better than You Think.
Through the latest socioeconomic data he challenges the reader to find themselves along the continuum of low, middle, and high income countries. What Lovato’s quote suggests is a day walking in the shoes of others when our lives seem so difficult.
The wonderful news is that compared to 20 or 50 years ago, we are phenomenally better off today.
Where could putting yourself in other people’s shoes help you be far more satisfied and appreciative of your life?
To learn more, consider checking out Hans Rosling’s TED Talk.
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Did you know that in 2016 cell phone usage around the world was estimated at 62.9%? This number is expected to grow to almost 70% by 2019, when more than five billion people will be using them.
The numerous companies fighting for their share of this market all claim the best signals, widest coverage, and fastest speeds to attract more customers.
How often have you found yourself in a dead zone, with dropped calls and few or no bars on your screen? When that happens, most of us simply change our position, driving a bit further until we get back into signal range.
Instead of trying to connect with others by changing yourself, how could you boost your own authentic and powerful signal to attract the people who will love you?