Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Here are a few optimism-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full message.
“The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist sees the wound underneath the scar.”
“Optimism is essential to achievement, and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.”
Where are you currently wrestling with a life decision? How long has this issue been on your mind, and perhaps a cause of sleepless nights?
For most of us, making the right or best decision is of significant importance and can have considerable payoffs or consequences.
What if you used today’s quote as a way of assisting you by simply limiting or cutting off some, most, or the majority of the options you may be considering?
Consider looking up the book or the term The Paradox of Choice. See how this concept can assist you in making even better decisions in the future.
If you are reading this post in the morning, I hope it inspires you to take a particular action or two to improve yourself and your world.
Select a single area of focus in which the effort and hopeful outcome will bring a big smile to your face when you rest your head on your pillow tonight.
Inching closer to your personal and professional goals reminds me of what some people call the “One Percent Rule.” This rule encourages us to strive for a one percent improvement on some worthy task or objective.
In what area can and will you provide that extra one percent to inch you closer to a better tomorrow?
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The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages: Egg, Caterpillar, Pupa, and Adult.
Surprisingly, most adult butterflies live only one or two weeks, but some species hibernate during the winter and may live several months.
Whether their lives are weeks or months long, time to fulfill their purpose is short for these remarkable and beautiful creatures. They must somehow be conscious to this fact and see the importance and urgency of not wasting a single moment.
How can and will you cherish every moment of your life, and take coaching from the butterfly to transform your world?
Image from NASA.gov
NASA has been engaged for many years in the search for exoplanets, with a wide variety of highly sophisticated and expensive instruments. If you care to do a bit of reading, check out these links:
The Spitzer Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope
TESS: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
The James Webb Space Telescope
Exoplanets orbit stars outside our solar system. Scientists have discovered thousands of them to date, and the numbers continue to grow. Perhaps the biggest question is how many are actually out there, and more importantly, how many have life, or could sustain life?
Although it is guesstimated that there are trillions of exoplanets, and that the sheer number of them adds to the potential that they could harbor life, they are all too far away to visit – even in multiple lifetimes.
How and in what ways can and will you honor and cherish our beautiful planet? What can you do to leave it far better than you found it, for the sake of the earthlings and space travelers of the future?
What are your priorities in life? How do you prioritize your priorities? Here are a few priority-related posts you may have missed. Click the link to read the full message.
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.”
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
“Dig the well before you are thirsty.”
Last year was my Big “60.” I read Daniel Pink’s new book, WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing recently. Pink points to certain dates, times, and even years in which people tend to embark on the more tectonic shifts in their lives.
My journey and exploration includes books, blogs, podcasts, and a year-long practice of daily meditation. With over 100 hours of quiet reflection, I am seeing more and more opportunities for growth in the hopeful years ahead.
What activities and efforts can and will you engage in today and in the years ahead to better “know yourself to grow yourself”?
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Someone once told me that worry is like running on a treadmill. You get all worked up but don’t actually get anywhere.
With that in mind, consider the thought, “Action eliminates fear.”
Unfortunately, in these challenging days, all too many people are turning to the “whiskeys” of our times for temporary relief or escape from their difficulties, often with considerable consequences.
Using the treadmill metaphor, we can still improve our mood and lighten our loads by shedding a few pounds to lead a happier and healthier life.
What other forms of work, professionally or personally, could be just the tonic you need to reduce or eliminate your current worries?
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How active are you on social media? How many hours do you spend observing and interacting with the folks in your personal and professional communities?
What percent of your time is spent on content consumption, where you sit up and log into other people’s efforts?
What percent of the time are you getting up and taking action to create content and move the needles in your worlds?
Where would shifting the percentages from consumption to production cause others to sit up and notice, perhaps even taking greater action in their own lives?
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If time is the “coin of life,” then what we do and who we do it with in our careers has a huge cost.
How satisfied and fulfilled are you in your career?
To what degree do you think and feel it is time well spent?
Unfortunately, 60-70% of the workforce doesn’t leap out of bed every morning. That fire, or even a hint of a spark, is missing.
What if we could rekindle the flames of enthusiasm and passion we had when our careers were just starting, or when we transitioned into a new venture?
Examine your current job through a fresh set of eyes. Look for what is working, what can be improved, and what’s possible, to fire up your engagement and fulfillment.
Consider picking up Adam Grant’s book, Originals, to explore many new and innovative approaches to making this important part of life more “toasty.”