Monday Morning Wake Up Call!!!!

Monday Morning Wake Up Call: Your Motivation, Inspiration, & Direction for the Week Ahead

Time Here’s a great thought to start your day. Imagine you had a bank account that deposited $86,400 into your account each morning. The only catch is that at the end of the day, if there is money left in the account, you lose whatever part of the amount you failed to spend that day. What would you do? Draw out every dollar each day-right? We all have such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Each night, it destroys whatever is left unused. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, it’s a loss you can’t get it back. The time you have is the time you have and that is that. Time management is yours to decide how you spend the tim. Just as with money, you decide how you spend your time. We are all given the same amount each day. How we use it, determines not only how our day flows – but also how our future is molded.  Use it wisely.   Something to Think About:  If you had to keep a journal of how you spent each minute of each day, and explain it to your coach for life, would you be making a lot of excuses or feeling good about the way you spent your time? Weekly Activity  This week, live your life as though you were being held accountable for each moment.  At the end of the day, ask yourself: Did you make a difference? Do you feel good about how you spent your day? Are you closer to your goals? Did you positively touch the lives of others? Did you make an impact on your own life? Words of Wisdom Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Earl Nightingale Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Steve Jobs Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. Bil Keane “How did it get so late so soon?” Dr. Seuss

Monday Morning Wake Up Call!!!

Monday Morning Wake Up Call: Your Motivation, Inspiration, & Direction for the Week Ahead

When Adversity Knocks Was there something that happened this past week that got you a little down?  We can’t stop the stuff from happening but we can control how it affects us. One of my favorite stories is about a daughter who complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes, he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied. “Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face. “Father, what does this mean?” she asked. He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new. “Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?” Something to Think About In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us. Will you let things soften you, toughen you – or transform you?  The choice is YOURS. Weekly Activity This week, be a coffee bean! To honor that transformation, extend invitations for coffee to five of your best customers, or drop a Starbucks gift card in the mail to them just as a way to say thank you! Words of Wisdom Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique. Kevin Conroy Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Charles R. Swindoll How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Epictetus

Your Motivation, Inspiration, & Direction for the Week Ahead!

Your Motivation, Inspiration, & Direction for the Week Ahead

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone How was your weekend? Did you experience something new or did you stay in the comfort zone of life?  This week, I was reminded of the story of the elephant and the rope, which is a great lesson for life. As a young man was passing the elephants at the zoo, he suddenly stopped. He noticed that those huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.  He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.” The young man was amazed. These animals could, at any time, break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they stayed stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief which is holding us in one place, simply because we failed at it once before? It’s a great time of year to identify what’s holding you back, and what ideas or beliefs you’ve tied yourself to that could be keeping you from the success you desire! Something to Think About I often meet people who tell me why they can’t do something. More often than not, there is something in their internal belief system that is holding them back. I love the quote from Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!”  The next time you think you can’t do something, stop and ask yourself why you have that belief. Then trade that old idea in for a new, abundant mindset that will help propel you towards your goals this year. Weekly Activity Challenge one of your beliefs this week. Take something that you don’t think you can do, but would like to do, and see if you can find a way to make it happen! Words of Wisdom Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Winston Churchill Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert Kennedy You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. Johnny Cash In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost