Everywhere I look, there are more and more excuses for why it's okay to live a mediocre life. The world is full of them. Why? When did it become okay? There are excuses for me, for you, for parents, for leaders, for politicians, for teachers, for the youth, for the system and business practices, you... Continue Reading →
Don’t hide your greatness
Pursue your potential. This is one of my favourite calls to action. It's a gentle but firm reminder to not settle for my average, but to reach for my peak. There are thousands of quotes similar to this one, all conveying the same message, but I believe that this message doesn't always get heard right.... 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 →
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 →
A slight adjustment
"The slightest adjustment is all that is needed sometimes." Yesterday I finished work late. Nothing crazy but too late to participate in my usual afternoon activities at home. This usually gets to me as I take my health and family time very seriously. Yesterday, it started to get to me, but as I began my... 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 →
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 →
My young self
"If I could go back in time and give my 20 year old self the three best bits of advice I've learned, would I even listen?" The question was posed in a podcast I listened to today about what we would tell our younger selves if we had the chance. I started thinking about what... 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 →
Resistance
"How quick do our good habits face resistance after the initial motivation wears off." I had, and still do have, every intention of writing every single day. It's bloody hard. It's so easily the first thing that gets dropped when I am tired/ busy/ distracted/ insert any descriptor here. This is resistance. We will face... Continue Reading →
Inspired Lion 