What happens when the oar breaks? Imagine you're out on your canoe, in a calm river, enjoying life All of a sudden your oar breaks… (The oar is a pole with a flat blade used to steer boats through water. It's how the people in the boat can make the boat go faster or slow … Continue reading 997. What happens when the oar breaks?
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992. Scraping barnacles
How many times has someone given you an opinion and you didn’t ask for it? Or they give you advice but they never did what you’re trying to do? Opinions usually come in the form of criticism too. In the book Think and Grow Rich, Hill talks about how opinions and criticism should be … Continue reading 992. Scraping barnacles
988. Mystique
Mystique is a small but powerful force that makes things appear to be a lot more attractive than they actually are. See, there’s a difference between liking the idea of something and actually liking the action of something Like the idea of flipping real estate, what about if the market changes? Or does your contractor … Continue reading 988. Mystique
987. How do you deal with the highs and lows?
Feeling grateful to be alive Anxious for the big day Relieved to make it through Highs and lows How do we deal with it? By learning to control how we respond to our emotions vs. reacting to them. See, people try to avoid emotions. That’s a problem because emotions guide us. What separates people isn’t … Continue reading 987. How do you deal with the highs and lows?
985. It’s all we have
There is nothing else I can do but perform We put all our time into our training, job, or our life's work... gave it everything we got And then we live for the moment this moment. Because it is all we have. When we train, we train. just like when we do the dishes, walk … Continue reading 985. It’s all we have
984. Not my problems
How many times did we come across something Something in the store fell on the floor A leaky pipe Trash or a shopping cart not put away What do we do? Leave it? Ignore it? Look the other way? Fix it? Figure it out? Take responsibility? And a million other options Some people go left, … Continue reading 984. Not my problems
983. 10’s & 1’s | Pruis and Ferrari
A 10 doesn’t hang with a 1 Why would they? Maybe to help them out, for the most part though, the 10 is going to do things that it takes to be a 10 That’s working on themselves, to be the best person they can be Their finances, wealth, health, personal life, whatever Being selfish … Continue reading 983. 10’s & 1’s | Pruis and Ferrari
982. What do I think of myself ?
That’s really all that matters Not what they think or said or did What do I think of myself? It could be right in line with what others think It could be the complete opposite. It doesn’t matter, because all that matters is what do I think of myself? Can I go to bed at … Continue reading 982. What do I think of myself ?
981. letting things go
We get caught up on external things Like work, what they said, how they acted But we can’t control any of that So what’s the point in getting worked up? Maybe the ego likes it. Like bitching about it will somehow solve it But what usually happens? It goes on and on and on We … Continue reading 981. letting things go
979. Simplicity
Keeping it simple That’s the hard part We over complicate, procrastinate, react For what? We think it’s for our benefit strategizing, debating, whatever But it handicaps us, holds us back Keeping things as simple as possible
Joe DiAndrea 