Judging other people is easy, almost too easy at times. Judging ourselves through the same lens however is much harder. If we spend more of our time every day ruthlessly assessing our own actions, we'll grow a lot faster and the world will be a more kind place.
Feed the Cows
As a career agriculture man, I live and breathe the importance of our 'non negotiable' jobs each day. Every day when we wake up we know there is a list of jobs that simply must be completed; rain or hail, breakdowns or flood, sickness or injury, no matter the resistance the job must be done.... Continue Reading →
The Urges
It's always there...the urge to give in to the easy way. The urge to give less than I am capable of. I either get better at fighting them or I don't. I either get stronger or weaker. There isn't really an in-between. There's just the hard way, the easy way, and my choice of action.... Continue Reading →
Responsibility
Thought of the week. We are completely and solely responsible for being ready for our adversities and opportunities. It's our job to build enough strength to face the bad and enough capability to grasp the good.
Complaining
Instead of complaining, ask yourself if there's something you can do to help make the situation better. If there is, do that instead. If there isn't, why waste energy complaining? Spend more time asking yourself what you can do rather than expecting someone else to have already done it.
Embrace the work
The hard work will come. It doesn't care when, where, or how. It doesn't care how you feel or what is happening in your life currently. It will come. Some of the hard work will be of your choosing; parenthood, discipline, career, sports, challenging oneself etc. Most of it will be involuntary. The more voluntary... Continue Reading →
Everything you’ve got
Every so often you need to pick something and give it absolutely everything you've got. Nothing left in the tank type stuff. Lion Mind stuff. Growth comes quickly from these transformational experiences.
Can’t quit now
One of the quickest ways to force growth is to sign up for something that is outside your current skill set. Once you know you can't back out, it compels a singular, almost obsessive, focus to become as good as you can at that skill in the time you have. If you do that, if... Continue Reading →
Humbled
Be humbled often. Put yourself into positions to be humbled and learn who you are and how you act in those moments. These moments will teach you a hell of a lot more than the moments that you coast through and find easy. Don't be afraid of failure. Find it. Thrive in it.
Master the basics
Greatness comes from a mastery of the basics. When the pressure is on, or you're getting flustered, or you feel like you're behind where you should be, the temptation can be quite daunting to do something fancy to get yourself out of the hole. Funnily enough, that's the opposite approach than what you should probably... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 