Everyone wants to be appreciated. So if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. – Mary Kay Ash
Is it a wonderful, great, generous idea and practice to acknowledge and appreciate others?
Absolutely.
But you can’t give what you don’t see in yourself.
What can you appreciate about you today?
Take a minute and, sincerely, appreciate you.
Then, take that feeling, that deep understanding of how you’re worthy and talented, and project it outward.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little ‘extra’. – Jimmy Johnson Just as no achievement is created with one act, neither is there a tremendous gulf between decent and great. At least not in each act along the way. Sure, the difference between doing nothing and something is great, but it’s generally not…
Default. Habitual. Less-than-fully-Conscious. Routine. Comfortable. The Usual. So much of what we do is out of habit. It’s routine. It’s just the way we do it. There’s good reason for how this happens and why. We’re built to create and use routines and habits. It’s efficient. It leaves room to focus on threats and survival. It’s primitive….
“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness” – Richard Carlson This is one of those quotes that I could on and on about, or let it speak for itself.
Did that headline get your attention? I hope so. Beliefs are so very important to our lives. They shape what we do, don’t do and won’t do. But where do beliefs come from? One way of understanding this very complex question is they come from those who raised us and our peer groups. Being part…
I don’t normally “quote” such lengthy bits, but I wanted to share the following (from an e-mail I received from Dave Booda) to 1) get you thinking and 2) ask you some questions. ***** I’d like to share some good news. You are not loved. You are not safe. You are not whole. You are not…
Today’s post is simple. It’s a supposition really. Putting aside the fact that mastery is an on-going, never-ending process, a practice (for life), what are the keys that fuel a practice of life mastery? Can we distill such a practice to a few elements? I believe we can. First, there’s the fundamental challenge – and opportunity – of…