Dependence on crowdsourced confidence leaves you on shaky ground.
Your intention is what you want. Your attention is what you focus on. To make progress consistently, your intention & attention must be aligned!
Keep going. You will want to quit. You won't want to do the work. You will be tired. There will be excuses and exceptions. You've taken those detours before and you know how it feels. Don't quit - stay the course - keep going!
We listen to our internal dialogue all day long. As Ben Bergeron says, "No one will coach you more than that voice" and it will either be your best coach or your worst coach.
Desire without discipline is depression. Desire without discipline is feeling lost, stuck & frustrated.
Invest in yourself.
Now is the best time to start.
Small is big over time.
Be patient.
Don't prioritize self-care only on days you can fit it in. Self-care doesn't have to be the same list of habits each day. Every day holds a unique capacity for self-care. Choose it daily.
Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life. Fear doesn't prevent failure, it guarantees it. Too many people focus on their fear of loss rather than on what they stand to gain.
Indecision is a thief of opportunity. It prevents or postpones your potential & capabilities.
"You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings"
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly”
Is "good enough" keeping you from great?
"We are drowning in information while starving for motivation"
Save yourself.
Former United States Supreme Court Justice William Douglas shared a very candid truth about how decisions are made in the high court:
90% of the decision is made based on feelings and the other 10% by thoughts used to justify the feelings we just decided on.
Your fears are merely paper tigers - don't let them stop you!
We focus too much on changing our behavior. Our behavior is driven by thought. If you want to change what you do, change how you think.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill
Are you confusing productivity with progress and staying busy simply maintaining the status quo of your life?
Do you allow yourself to be pacified by your dreams or goals?
Sometimes it feels so good to think about & dream about our potential that we fail to take action.