Opportunity = Danger

If we want safety and security, we have to forego opportunity.  We have to take risks.  We have to let go of our old status and comfort and security to become a different person.  We have to risk looking foolish, losing what we have, feeling awkward in a foreign world, and pursue another self.

You?

Input – Output

What are your inputs?  

Fix them and the outputs will change.

Winners and loser both have goals

What’s the difference?

Focus, delaying gratification, willingness to get uncomfortable, self-discipline, consistency and ability to rebound from setbacks.

You?

Only action leads to outcomes

We want long term goals – health, to be able to run 10 miles, to be an expert at ____________ , to finish ______________ , etc.

Now that we set goals we are willing to pay the price to achieve, we have to focus on the daily actions that will get us there.  Step by step, we inch closer when nobody is watching or noticing.  We develop a habit of doing the things that will get us what we want.

Action.  Daily, repeated; action.

There are no mistakes

Only opportunities to learn and grow, understand and get better.

If everything went perfect, we wouldn’t be very good or very strong at all.

How to change your life

I teach a class called “How to change your life”.  

First, we have to know what we want, and what we don’t want (anymore).  Clarity.  It’s a big important word.

Now, what people around you represent what you do not want?  Who has the habits you want to break and beliefs that do not support what you want?  Don’t spend much or any time with them.

Now join a group of people whose beliefs and normal behavior is the behavior you want.  Spend a lot of time with them.

This will turn a personal quest into a shared one.

"Just taking it easy"

Recently a childhood friend I had not heard from in 40 years contacted me on Messenger.  “How are you doing?” he asked.  “Really great!” I replied.  “How are you doing? I asked.  

He replied, “Just taking it easy for the next 8 years until I retire”.

People have different outcomes because they approach life differently – maybe very differently.  It’s a choice we are free to make – and we live with the consequences.

Bottoms up!

Get up off the couch and move that body!

Get your internal chemistry lab going to make you healthier and feel better!

Suffering is optional

Suffering happens between the ears.

The rest is just what happened.

How are you processing what happened?

The "i" in illness

The I in illness is isolation.

Don’t isolate yourself.  Stay connected with other people. 

Your health and happiness depend on it.