Tag: Excuses

A consistently busy schedule is all it takes

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This blog is about our mind, our attitude.

 

A consistently busy schedule is all it takes for our temporary postponement to become a permanent postponement.

Our true priorities never get set in the proper order.

Having the right priorities, but in the wrong order is a ticking time bomb for regret. (Tweet that)

Health, Family time, dreams…

These take a back seat while we work on the urgent stuff.

The past two weeks have been more challenging than normal and i am struggling (more than the normal daily struggle) to get back in control of my in-box.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

The only thing holding you back

Walt Disney World Cast Member signage
i expect a little Magic everytime i run. Photo: Yesterday’s run.

 

Dear everyone (including me),

The only thing holding you back is the long list of bull crap lies you keep telling yourself.

Remaining consistently, and constantly, positive is impossible with negative self-talk.

And while you go searching for some “secret” to compensate for this self-defeating addiction, the secret is in this harsh reality:

You are in charge of your life.

Your recipe for success will include ingredients from others, but it will never be someone else’s recipe.

The scariest part (at least it was for me) is accepting that we have to fail our way to taking charge of our life.

The proliferation of self-help gurus leads desperate people (i was one of them) down a lifetime path searching for an easy plug and play solution.

Bonus insight: You must become resilient to the fact that much of what you do will fail, yet each failure carries you ever closer to taking charge. But only if your attitude positively expects this to happen.

PS. The subconscious reason we want to use someone else’s recipe (and not our own) is so that we can blame the failure on the recipe and avoid blaming ourselves.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

Overcoming the critics is not a theory

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A metaphorically lonely photo and a door that appears to be crying out, “Notice me”.

 

Are you quietly dreaming of 2016 being a breakout year?

Are you fully aware that no one cares what you want?

Overcoming “no one cares” is like time travel into the future…arriving at a dreamy state only to discover it is better than the dream.

Here’s what i mean…

No one cares that i’ve written five daily, differently-themed blog posts for 2,469 consecutive days. And no one cares it started as an impossible goal to do it for 100 days only, in preparation for writing a book. And no one cares that i left a wonderfully comfortable 30-year career at Disney to put a dent in the Universe.

Go, even if frightened, even if no one cares.

You care.

Right?

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

Why did i fail so predictably in the past?

Rainy, cold night in Bethlehem, PA
From the rear driver’s side window, returning to Senior Living Facility from a party. i could see clearly, but the iPhone lens saw it differently.

 

Why did i fail so predictably in the past? And why i no longer do.

  1. Wasn’t willing to fight like hell for it
  2. Denied, unintentionally, that i was more comfortable not changing
  3. Didn’t feel guilty in failing because so many others failed too
  4. Subconsciously was afraid of what i’d have to commit to if i succeeded

The awakening came when i became a teacher and i saw so many teachers who only preached what should be done, but were too weak to practice it themselves.

i became disgusted with living a lie.

And that was the catalyst that changed everything.

It really comes down to overcoming the victim mentality, which proliferates and justifies excuses – it literally is like being a blind man and then, miraculously, having your eyesight restored.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

Does the New Year resolution chatter makes you nauseous?

Seth Godin book
From a few Christmases ago. Seth Godin’s mammoth book.

 

Does the predictable and (mostly) over-hyped New Year resolution chatter make you nauseous?

Promises made.

Promises broken.

Predictable.

Why?

What are we going to do about it?

When?

Is this what happens?

We convince ourselves that hangovers are the price we pay for feeling no pain? (Tweet that)

Magic happens when we convince ourselves otherwise?

Most of us will never know.

Think about it.

And then decide on your next move.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.