Mixing your passion (your fire) with your own individual strengths (your gasoline) will turn your life into a raging inferno. Not only reaching all those goals you set, but never giving up no matter how much water people try to throw on us.
Being creative doesn’t mean being a writer or artist. Creating isn’t only that. It can simply mean expressing who you are as a individual. Creating the person you want to be and the person you were meant to be.
There is not a single soul on Earth who is exactly like you. Instead of running from that knowledge, embrace it. Our time here is short so don’t spend it trying to be someone else. Embrace who you are this week with kindness and love.
Not forgiving yourself is like that annoying fly that won’t leave you alone at the summer BBQ. You swat at it and start to enjoy yourself and then it keeps coming back until you get the fly swatter and take care of it.
This week I want you to WRITE down all the things you beat yourself up about. Writing them down gives them less power over you. Then make the decision to give yourself some grace and forgive. This will not be easy and it won’t happen overnight.
Each time those feelings pop up, tell yourself: I am only human and I did the best I could with what I was going through at the time. I have learned what not to do and will strive each day to be better.
Don’t be a CNI!!
Everybody does it…. Every single on of us.
We vent & complain about the things that bother us. This is HEALTHY. If you keep it in all the time, you will eventually blow up on someone that probably doesn’t deserve it.
Where the UNHEALTHY part comes in is if you become the CNI – chronic negative influence. The person that constantly complains, but never bring me a realistic solution. Has the attitude that it can’t change anyway.
Everything can change! It may not be exactly what you wanted or not as fast as you wanted, but life does not stand still.
My challenge to you is to ge part of the solution. If you see a problem, what can you do about it in a healthy way? How can you improve the situation.
Nothing changes if nothing changes. Start the momentum and you will see others following.
Believe you are a legend in your mind. Believe that you are awesome! At the end of the day, it’s all about what you believe.
How well do you treat yourself in your thoughts & actions?
This week I challenge you to:
1. Start by liking yourself. Look in the mirror and tell yourself what is great about you.
2. Notice your inner critic. This inner critic doesn’t need to be your truth.
3. Remember we all have bad days because we are human. Accept it and move forward.
4. Start over with step 1 and repeat.
People are watching and listening to how you treat yourself. That is how they will treat you also.
You decide how to talk to yourself
You decide how you treat your body
You decide the people you let in your life
You decide what/who influences you
You decide what is important to you
Life is 10% what happens to you & 90% how you react to it
Holding on to resentments is like setting yourself on fire and hoping the person chokes on the smoke.
Letting go of those resentments means you love yourself more. All that bitterness and anger just builds up and does nothing but harm. Plus the person you are holding that grudge against either doesn’t know or doesn’t care. Love yourself enough to move on with your life.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how you react to it. You control your reactions. You can’t control others.
We all have that thing inside our heads of what we want to start doing, but we have at least one excuse why we shouldn’t. And that excuse keeps winning. The challenge this week is to take a small step towards that goal that puts butterflies in your stomach. No excuses, just start. Don’t go overboard, just small incremental steps will keep you moving and keep those excuses at bay.
5 reasons to do this right now:
1. You will gain self confidence
2. You will have fewer regrets on your deathbed
3. You will inspire others!
4. You will have something positive to focus on
5. You will generally just feel good
This week I want you to think about that friend you keep giving advice to and they won’t listen. I challenge you to try this instead: stop and just listen to them. Let them work it out in their own way. You have no idea all the thoughts going on inside their head. You only know what they choose to tell you. So be a sounding board for them. When they actually get out of that bad situation they will be thankful you were there for them and PROUD of themselves because they did it. They made the choice to improve themselves.
We all have that friend or family member who is just drama. Or maybe you are that friend or family member…
This week I want to challenge you to let that drama in your life go. We all have drama in our lives, BUT it’s how you react to it that matters. You can’t control how others act but you can control you. You GET to make that choice of whether to join in on it and become stressed, frustrated, annoyed, etc… or you make the choice to not engage.
You make the choice to take the high road no matter how steep it feels. Charge up that hill and when you get to the top throw your hands up in victory because you did it!
I am a recovering control freak. My mindset was that everything needed to be a certain way & people should act a certain way. By certain way I mean my way (aka the right way 
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As I am continuing this personal growth journey, I realized I can only control myself. I can control how I react to situations. I can control the habits and activities I do in a daily basis. I cannot control what other people do or don’t do. Yes, it’s frustrating when you see someone not trying to reach their potential, but it’s not your job.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Be a control freak with your reactions