"What would you tell me if I was in a funk?" That's the simple advice I got a few weeks ago from a friend when I was having a down day. My first thought was "Yeah, whatever" but after some more pushing it became clear that I knew exactly what I needed to do to... Continue Reading →
Resist the urge
"It's all just about resisting the urges. If I can resist the urge more often than not, I'll continue to succeed." The urges I'm talking about come in many forms and all through out the day. The urge to leave a bit of rubbish we walk past. The urge to not put our shopping trolley... Continue Reading →
Character by repetition
"Our character won't stand strong in the storm if we haven't sat in the rain." Character needs to be developed to be available at the time of need and we get the opportunity to do this hundreds of times per day, every time we pick the right thing over the easy thing. You know it,... Continue Reading →
Thoughts at Thirty
Earlier this week I turned 30 and I wanted to capture my thoughts at this time of life. I started working on this entry two weeks ago with no real plan and this is what I came up with. Character First - This one has become important to me recently as I realised that it... Continue Reading →
What’s your code?
"It feels like a lot of the world is living without a code." What ever happened to everyone having a code? A set of values that they assessed every decision and action from. A code that helped them as they went about their lives. When we don't have a code, we make poor decisions at... Continue Reading →
Ripples
"The chance to affect someone's ripples is always present. Be purposeful with your words and actions." I'm sure it's happened to you plenty of times, someone says or does something that can affect the rest of your day, good or bad. My recent one was good. After having a talk with a friend of mine... Continue Reading →
Character is my currency
“Don’t do favours to receive favours back, do favours to inspire further favours forward. Help for the sake of helping. Give for the sake of giving.” When I do something, I want to do it because it’s the right thing to do versus because I’m gaining something from it. I want to act and serve... Continue Reading →
The habit of grit
"Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?" I replied, "Why do you assume I see two roads?" I believe in the theory that there is only one way we develop mental toughness......Doing hard things. The kind of hard things that force us to embrace discomfort, but purposefully, not stupidly. To keep pushing,... Continue Reading →
Conscious unconsciousness
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." Carl Jung I was going back through my journal tonight for some ideas on what to write and came back across this quote and my thoughts on it. "This is why self-awareness is so important. It has to... Continue Reading →
Look for the lesson
"There's always a lesson, find it, learn from it." For a while, I thought I had to find the positive in every situation but I slowly learnt that this isn't the case, at least for me. What I found is that nearly every situation is completely neutral and it swings depending on the perspective that... Continue Reading →
