MORE SLEEP
MORE MUSIC
MORE TEA
MORE BOOKS
MORE SUNSETS
MORE CREATING
MORE LONG WALKS
MORE HUGS
MORE DREAMING
MORE ROAD TRIPS
MORE FUN
MORE LOVE
Enjoy your weekend!
/phil
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You decide who you are
This is a big one. In today’s article I want to talk about how to stay focused on goals and how to efficiently make use of your mind. Let’s start with a story.
When I was taking classes for my driver’s license, our instructor told us about the following situation: You drive on a long highway-like alley through the night, everything is dark and there is nothing besides your car, the road and trees beside it every now and then.
Suddenly the road makes a sharp turn and your car starts spinning. Following the glow of your front lights you search for something to hold on, for something to focus on and certainly you will find a positive lock-on on a beautiful tree. What happens then? Right, you will go right-on into the tree, although you wanted to go back on the road.
We have to ask ourselves: Why does our brain work like that? In this case we should have looked on the empty street or even in the vast nothingness in order to prevent a crash so how does this relate to our everyday life? It is simple: Your mind is extremely powerful and controls a lot of what you do. Therefore you have to understand how it works.
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Be prepared
Something I found in my notebook, must be quite old since I don’t really remember when I wrote it. Well, here goes nothing:
People forget to think in good times. They do not take the time to evaluate, appreciate and enjoy.
When it gets tough and time seems to slow down they do not have a clear mind, they are unprepared.
Use the good times to prepare yourself menatlly for tougher parts of life. Never stop thinking about self-development and general concepts of motivation and inspiration.
Take good care of your thoughts and you can harvest the crops when the drought comes.
Prepare yourself.
Meditate, read, think.
Always.
/phil
Form habits
Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going.
Your thoughts form your mind and therefore your habits. These habits form your character and who you are.
Excellence is a habit. Excell in every small task, take everything as a good challenge. Be the best person you can possibly be!
/phil
Your excuses…
…stop them!
Nobody is impressed with how good your excuses are.
Excuses are contraproductive in every way!
Why?
Because even if they work, they still don’t work out. A good excuse will keep you from doing something and then what? Having a reason not to do something is the easiest thing. Everybody can do that.
Not giving a damn about those excuses or reasons and instead kicking as is what makes an awesome person.
Go out there and do it! The moment you feel an excuse crawling up your throat, tickling your tounge (it comes automatically), realise it and stop the process right in the tracks.
/phil
The calm before the storm
When the storm rises, winners tend to build windmills.
Use every situation for your own good. Great day with the sun out? Explore the world. Rainy, cold day? Stay in and read some good books.
Don’t let circumstances define your mood, enjoy everything!
/phil
Take risks every day!
A risk a day keeps the shrink away
It is important to step out of your comfort zone constantly. Risk something every single day. Do something you fear or feel uncomfortable doing every day. Do this consciously and grow through it.
/phil
Don’t like waiting in line?
Go the extra mile – It’s never crowded.
Push harder than the average person and you will find yourself in an environment that is free of lazy, sbobing human beings. Avoid the lazy and unambitioned ones, surround yourself with creative and enthusiastic people and go the extra mile!
/phil
Get active!
You may theorize and memorize and postulate all you want… but until you finally do, you will never truly know.
As I wrote in a post about the difference between theoretical and practical learning roughly a year ago there is a huge difference between theory and reality.
In order to master skills you have to get active! Reading and educating yourself is good but not enough at all. You have to get on your feet and start active practise!
phil
Take what you need
The truth about every piece of advice ever: it’ll work for some people, it won’t work for others.
Advice is never omnipotent. It does not work for everyone and it sure does not work for everyone in the same extend. You have to chose what is good for you and consume it.
/phil
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