Paradox of busy

setting up ipad
Last night.

Being busy is cheap, focus is expensive.

It’s easy to be busy.

It’s rare to be focused.

Now multiply this out exponentially over your lifetime.

Scary ain’t it?

Unless, of course, you invest wisely.

Over-focus on the things you used to under-focus on or ignore.

•  •  •  •  •

This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.

If you want to stay on this site and read more posts from this Blog, click here.

What if our Facebook updates focused on our opportunities?

American Flag
Yesterday a new American flag replaced a well-worn American Flag.

What if our Facebook updates focused on our opportunities?

If our spotlights and lasers were focused on ourselves, we probably wouldn’t have time to worry about what other people need to change.

Why?

Our time, theoretically, would be consumed with self-improvement.

There wouldn’t be time in our day to worry about other’s (namely politicians on both sides, and in every Country, State, and local government) behavior because we’re (now) so busy transforming ourselves.

Daily writing helps me see this in myself and it’s the primary reason why i continuously write about mind, body, spirit, work, and home.

What we dislike in others is usually a negative blind spot.

What we appreciate in others is usually a positive blind spot.

i work diligently to be more accepting and forgiving of behaviors that tempt me unfavorably.

Also investing in better energy and more consistent and committed acceptance in my “gifts”.

•  •  •  •  •

This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.

If you want to stay on this site and read more posts from this Blog, click here.

Too many options makes us a tyrant to ourselves

Disney Speakers jeff noel
The Holy Grail. Over-focus.

 

Too many options makes us a tyrant to ourselves

Our time.

How we spend it is how we turn out.

Our choices.

Our habits.

Our fear.

Our discontent.

Our restlessness.

Our dreams.

Our goals.

Our purpose.

Our vision.

Letting go of what doesn’t serve us.

Exploiting what does serve us.

Exploit your gratitude to encompass every single thing you do, have, and feel.

You’re welcome.

 

•  •  •  •  •

This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.

If you want to stay on this site and read more posts from this Blog, click here.

 

Speaking of failing to succeed

oak firewood
Yesterday morning the next house over from ours. Motivation is like a fire. You must continuously add fuel or it will go out.

 

Speaking of failing to succeed…

We need to call out the elephant in the room:

i’m direct and very focused.

This can be good.

It can also be bad.

Depends on the audience (and on the audience’s motivation).

Here’s my challenge, i’m also warm and fuzzy.

We (father and son) need to brainstorm ways to minimize the gap between direct and focused, and, warm and fuzzy.

If i (we) can figure this out, the coaching opportunities soar in their effectiveness.

Why?

Any resistance to my messaging inhibits optimal learning.

Becoming defensive sends all creative thought in the wrong direction.

 

•  •  •  •  •

This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.

If you want to stay on this site and read more posts from this Blog, click here.

 

Obsessively focused on balance

Glacier Park Rising Sun
The daily commute begins in seven days. Trip five for Summer 2018.

 

Obsessively focused on balance?

If you are, you are living a far more balanced life than if you aren’t (obsessively) focused on living a balanced life.

High focus and high discipline.

Low focus and low discipline.

Simple math.

Bonus insight: Your vision for the future is what powers discipline. If you want a better future bad enough, you will find a way.

 

•  •  •  •  •

This website is about our MIND. To read today’s post about our BODY, click here.

If you want to stay on this site and read more posts from this Blog, click here.