Daily Motivations

Continuous improvement always trumps delayed perfection. 

The impossible is usually just the untried. What would happen if you brought a new, unwavering consistency to your goals?

Discipline doesn't mean you don't get what you want when you want it. I means you've chosen something you want even more. 

We are creatures of urgency. If we want something, we have to react or decide now. If we feel something, we have to speak or act right away. The discipline of patience reminds us that sometimes the best choice is no choice at all. 

Is this the right thing to quit? Is this the right time to quit? Is this the right reason to quit?

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. Stop letting your insecurities make decisions for you. Each time you do, you fuel that insecurity and limit your own freedom & happiness. 

Nothing beats a failure like a try. You don't have to quit, you just want to. Whatever your favorite piece of advice is, what are you DOING with it, and with what consistency?

We are usually distracted. While we work on one thing, we're thinking about other things & other situations, at the expense of efficiency & quality. AMRAP mentality can be a powerful way to feel less overwhelmed & more productive. 

No matter what happened last, I keep coming back. No matter what, I keep coming back. 

Success depends, to a large degree, on how well you communicate with yourself and with others. Results & achievement will benefit from honest, effective & constant communication. Excuses & procrastination often stem from dishonest or incomplete communication with yourself. You might not think you are lying to yourself, but often times, you are. At best, you’re not telling the whole truth and you’re accepting a story that isn’t the real truth.

The missing link is consistency. Stop talking yourself out of what you can do now on the grounds of what you can't do yet.

You cannot avoid the reality of your problems. You have to face whatever it is you don't want to face and face it consistently. Whether that's a number on the scale, the balance of your bank account or a picture of your body - never turn away again. 

“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of it’s strength and burden” ~ Seneca

"If you own the story, you get to write the ending" ~ Brene Brown

You will make hundreds of choices every single day. They won't all be ideal. Instead of letting a bad choice justify other bad choices and instead of getting emotional about it, simply tell yourself: choose again. 

"Those who don't move don't notice their chains"

Every time you redirect your attention from the past or the future into the present moment, you strengthen that pathway. The reverse is just as true. 

Those easy choices seem easy in the moment, but they aren't making your life easier. Easy choices create a hard life while those hard choices create an easier life. 

The hardest part is at the start, before you've mentally committed & established momentum. 

I choose to be happy. I choose to stop complaining, right now, right here, today.