It is highly unlikely that your boss calls you every morning to ask you if you feel like going to work. Your feelings have very little to do with it. You go to work because it is your job to do so. Why, then, do we think that we have to wait until our feelings…
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Wasted Inspiration
It is important to look outside of ourselves for inspiration. It is equally important to look inside of ourselves for effort. We need to see others being creative, innovative, and successful so that we know that it is possible. But, this alone will not move us forward. We have to do something with the inspiration…
Working Toward Happiness
We can either wait to be happy or we can take action toward that result. Neither choice guarantees us success. We may fail either way. The difference is that waiting is almost certain to result in failure. While action, on the other hand, at least gives us a fighting chance. Happiness, as it turns out,…
The Difficult Thing Is For Something
Do the difficult thing first, but do not stop there. As children, we want to have fun. We want to play. We want to do what is easy, what feels good, and what makes us feel free. We want what we want immediately, with no compromise, and we want to be able to change our…
Attention To Distraction Is Attention Wasted
Trying to solve the world’s problems is a great distraction from doing the work that actually matters. Every moment spent trying to fix the world outside of our reach is time, energy, and attention not given to our personal lives, our relationships, and our community. Every moment spent focused on perceived problems beyond our control…