Decisions have power

You will not make a decsion unless you believe it is possible, and you desire it.  When you make a firm decision about what you’re going to be, do or have, you step into a river of energy that is going in the direction you want to go.  People and things and circumstances you need will appear as never before.  

Unlock this power to work in your favor, and make a firm decision.

Who do you want to be?

When we talk about goals, which we certainly should have, we often talk about what we want to have. Sometimes we talk about what we want to do.  But let’s go one more step upstream and ask – “Who do I want to BE?”

If we can get clear about what kind of person we want to be inside, then we can be that person now.  By being that person, the doing and having comes much easier.

Who do you want to be?  Get clear and be that person now.

Sunk cost bias

We have a lot of stuff we don’t need.  We tend to value things we already own more highly because we have already spent the money on them.  We keep this stuff because we don’t want to “lose”.

But ask, “If I did not already own this, would I buy it now?”

If the answer is “no”, then get rid of it.

Simplify and make space.

To get better is to change

Change is the movement from where you are to where you are not.  

Without change, you are hopelessly stuck where you are.

Either you are ok with where you are and what you’ve got, or you are ok with change.

Which is it?

Be Courageous

Courage is being scared and doing it anyway.  Change is scary, because we’d rather stick with the same crappy situation because at least our situation is familiar, and we fear it could be worse.  But if we don’t do what we are a little or a lot afraid of, we can’t make it better or do something worth talking about.

Stand up inside yourself – and be courageous!

Leave the nest

When we get away to another part of the country or world, where people think and live differently than we do, we gain insight and expand our thinking.

Traveling makes the world look new.

Be nice

How do we deal with our enemies in the physical world or online?  Ignore them.

How do we make friends?  Say nice things about them.

What do you do?

Follow people who are smarter than you.

The people we hang around have a huge impact on us.  

Who are you following/getting with/reading that is doing what you want to do?

Keep a gratitude file

When you get an email, note or card from someone who is thankful for what you have done for them, three-hole punch it and put it in a binder.  Writer Austin Kleon calls it a “Praise File”.  I call it my “Gratitude Book”.  

Not only does it make you want to do more of what people appreciate, but it can help you on your dark days to look back and see that you’ve done some good.

Use Your Hands

“In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits!” – Lynda Barry, cartoonist.

Some of us use computers a lot.  Some use computers all the time.  But don’t forget the analog world we were made for.  Do things and create things you can feel, smell, and shape.  

Inspiration for the digital world comes from the physical, tactile world.