As adults, how many times have we encouraged others to follow their dreams?
We dole this encouragement out unashamedly.
Ok, now what about our dreams?
What are we telling ourselves?
Excuses win, don’t they?
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Are we really this clueless?
Tag: Excuses
The genius and risk of human shortcuts
Heuristics, defined here, may be getting in our way.
Or, they may be what leads to our breakthrough.
Alas, life is tough.
Much of our life is based on fairy tale imprinting.
Our brain compensates by accepting prevailing thoughts or concepts that may no longer be true – and may have never been true.
Heuristics are human shortcuts that allow busy, distracted humans to quickly process things and reach conclusions.
Or maybe we just make it tough because we aren’t willing to buck the heuristics.
Buck the heuristics. Double entendre intended.
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Biggest mental attitude April Fool ever?
It comes down to a super simple concept doesn’t it?
We are in charge of our attitude and it’s 100% our responsibility to manage and fix anything that gets in the way of being positive, hopeful, optimistic and grateful.
Accept no substitutes excuses.
We are fool’s not to believe everything is our fault.
With each passing year, i shed more excuses. The bag that was once full of them is nearly empty now.
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Maybe our immunity is a liability
Do we become immune to the possibilities of a simple question like this:
What’s it gonna be today?
Life is about the choices we make. It is not about choices someone else makes or doesn’t make.
This is easy to forget. It’s also easy to remember. Our choice, no?
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A double dose of you are the CEO of You, Inc
Today’s five Mid Life Celebration posts revolve around:
- excuses
- regret
- second chances
- opportunity
- permission
There’s a second helping that includes being:
- gentle
- generous
- direct
- compelling hopeful
Here’s the main insight today:
Overcoming your struggles is your real objective. You are in charge. We need to be amazing at overcoming temptations to be less than we are capable of.
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