This is the final episode of the Daily Motivations Podcast. 

Your job isn't to be right, it's to get it right.

How are you spending your downtime? Do you feel the need to escape or zone out? What if you used that time to create a reality you don't need to escape from?

The value of your plan doesn't come from it's accuracy. The value of your plan exists only in it's ability to encourage you to ACT. We learn from doing. Planning can prevent progress.

What if instead of seeing a choice or situation as “hard” you started calling it “helpful’? What if instead of focusing on the difficulty of a choice or situation, you decided to see it as a chance to build confidence or make progress? What if you completely reframed the idea of hard and only referred to difficulties as opportunities to grow?

"Most geniuses – especially those who lead others – prosper not by deconstructing intricate complexities but by exploiting unrecognized simplicities"

"no matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment"

Hit your fears harder than they hit you.

I have suffered enough. I have created a backlog of excuses, exceptions & justifications that confined me to a life of fear, hiding, depression and negativity. I’ve left that behind. There are no more excuses, exceptions & justifications. I refuse everything that doesn’t actively support my happiest, fullest and most joyful life.

Focus on the magic in your life and you'll immediately find more of it!

You might understand, but you do not know. Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in your muscle. 

There's pleasure of your senses and there's pleasure of your ego. How can you begin to seek out more things that make you feel that pleasure of your ego - proud, confident, joyful, motivated?

When you look at what you don't like about your life, career, finances, relationships, health, physique or anything in between, ask yourself, "Who is forcing you to live this way?"

"Before the truth can set you free you need to recognize the lie that is holding you hostage"

Of course you're overwhelmed. You're focused on way more than you need to be & you're distracting yourself from what you can do today. 

Make this positivity pledge to create more happiness & success. Find ways to apply it today with your thoughts & choices. 

Are you happy with the way things are? Is comfortable & easy better than happy & amazing? If not: change. Stop focusing on the obstacles and do the work. 

How you treat me is your path. How I respond is mine. 

You cannot expect to win while you fight harder for the validity of your problems than you do for the validity of your solutions. You must fight harder for your goals & solutions than you do for your problems & obstacles.

This episode is explicit.

The dream isn't enough. It's about the work you put in with your hands & your feet.

In this choice you're making, are you pushing or pacing? With your effort, are you pushing or pacing?

When was the last time an excuse got you what you really want?

Why are you resisting and resenting what is hard when that is the very path to what you want?

If it's all invented, invent a new narrative that serves your goals and use your choices to make it your reality. 

How could I choose to see this differently?

Easing off does not make your path easier. You might sell yourself that story, but it doesn't make it true. 

A client told me she had made great strides in her happiness. I suggested that she write down, for herself, how she did that. She shared her answers with me & I'm sharing them with you. 

"Expecting perfection only leaves you with two options: do everything right on the very first try, or don’t even bother. Which is actually only one option, since 9 times out of 10, human beings don't do things right on the first try." So, what imperfect improvement can you make today?

Do not turn away from the challenges of your present. And don't see them as a burden. They are an opportunity. When you battle with the challenges of your present you win the prizes of your future. (Traveler's Gift)

"The word water will not get you wet"

If you see it as a loss, you'll probably miss the lesson. My greatest mentor is my own mistakes. 

Where are you choosing to cling to comfort? Where are you refusing to let go of your comfort zone so you can truly make progress?

Success is actually a short sprint of consistency, powered by discipline, until habit kicks in & takes over. 

"Changemaking isn’t about clearly outlining the rational benefit of your point of view. Changemaking happens when people fall in love with a different version of the future." ~ Seth Godin

When we struggle to reach our goals, it's often because we're choosing a perspective that suggests that making progress towards the goal requires carrying a burden. 

If it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't right. Fortunately, we always have the power to choose our way out of those feelings and towards something different. 

Where have you allowed allowed waiting to become a habit?

More often than not, we make choices based on what we want most in a moment. As we consider our options, we’re evaluating what is right in front of us and how we're feeling in that moment. There is a way to improve choices, reduce frustration & increase consistency.

Strive to be "an athlete in the greatest of all contests - the struggle to not be overwhelmed by anything that happens" ~ Marcus Aurelius

Continuous improvement always trumps delayed perfection. 

The impossible is usually just the untried. What would happen if you brought a new, unwavering consistency to your goals?

Discipline doesn't mean you don't get what you want when you want it. I means you've chosen something you want even more. 

We are creatures of urgency. If we want something, we have to react or decide now. If we feel something, we have to speak or act right away. The discipline of patience reminds us that sometimes the best choice is no choice at all. 

Is this the right thing to quit? Is this the right time to quit? Is this the right reason to quit?

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. Stop letting your insecurities make decisions for you. Each time you do, you fuel that insecurity and limit your own freedom & happiness. 

Nothing beats a failure like a try. You don't have to quit, you just want to. Whatever your favorite piece of advice is, what are you DOING with it, and with what consistency?

We are usually distracted. While we work on one thing, we're thinking about other things & other situations, at the expense of efficiency & quality. AMRAP mentality can be a powerful way to feel less overwhelmed & more productive. 

No matter what happened last, I keep coming back. No matter what, I keep coming back. 

Success depends, to a large degree, on how well you communicate with yourself and with others. Results & achievement will benefit from honest, effective & constant communication. Excuses & procrastination often stem from dishonest or incomplete communication with yourself. You might not think you are lying to yourself, but often times, you are. At best, you’re not telling the whole truth and you’re accepting a story that isn’t the real truth.

The missing link is consistency. Stop talking yourself out of what you can do now on the grounds of what you can't do yet.

You cannot avoid the reality of your problems. You have to face whatever it is you don't want to face and face it consistently. Whether that's a number on the scale, the balance of your bank account or a picture of your body - never turn away again. 

“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of it’s strength and burden” ~ Seneca

"If you own the story, you get to write the ending" ~ Brene Brown

You will make hundreds of choices every single day. They won't all be ideal. Instead of letting a bad choice justify other bad choices and instead of getting emotional about it, simply tell yourself: choose again. 

"Those who don't move don't notice their chains"

Every time you redirect your attention from the past or the future into the present moment, you strengthen that pathway. The reverse is just as true. 

Those easy choices seem easy in the moment, but they aren't making your life easier. Easy choices create a hard life while those hard choices create an easier life. 

The hardest part is at the start, before you've mentally committed & established momentum. 

I choose to be happy. I choose to stop complaining, right now, right here, today. 

Just because you feel lost doesn't mean you are. 

The exact moment which proves the most difficult to persevere is the same moment you’re given the opportunity to manifest a miracle.

You do not need to let your reaction to a situation blend with your response. 

You must commit to the deliberate practice of becoming.

If you find yourself getting overwhelmed or frustrated, it's likely because you are mentally taking on more than can be done right now. Focus exclusively on the next step. 

It's not just your choices that create habit, it's also your thoughts. When you fixate on what you've done wrong and what's hard, you're actually practicing the problem or rehearsing failure - getting better at what you DON'T want each time! 

Excellence is born of preparation, dedication, focus and tenacity. Compromise on any of these and you become average. ~ John Chatterton

It happened. It's behind you. It's over. Why are you still thinking about it, complaining about it, talking about it & carrying it with you? Let it go. 

Stop counting yourself out because of what you can't do. Toughen up and choose what you can do, then go do it!

You don't have to stop, you just want to. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

There's a difference between having good intentions & being intentional. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

There is ONE paradigm shift you can make that will accelerate your progress and pave the path to success. It is simple but it isn’t easy. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

The two components of happiness are completely independent of people & circumstances. The two components are expectations & perspective. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Doubt comes from fear & it will surrender to experience. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Is this a choice that pays you back or sets you back? Use things that inspire you as a black & white filter to help you make progress towards your goals. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

What is behind your desire to change? Change powered by criticism isn't as likely to stick. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

You are headed for trouble when your self-improvement stems from self-loathing instead of self-love. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Where does this choice take me? Will it take me where I want to go? Where is it that I want to go? Does this help me get there? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

The problem is not the problem. The probably is more likely your perspective on the problem. Perhaps the problem isn't what you're carrying but the way you're carrying it! http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Circumstances are the ruler of the weak. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Sometimes the only thing holding you back is the belief that something is holding you back. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Do not make yourself a victim of your blessings. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"Never view yourself through the lens of a moment" http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

On average, you will sleep for about 1/3 of your life. Will you be fully awake for the rest of it? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

No feeling is final! Avoid compounding the problem with your reaction. Often, no action is the best reaction.  http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Give your past no power. Your past does not determine your future. The choices you make today have all the power. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Successful people don't wait. They initiate. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

It takes much less energy to be for something than it does to be against something. Do you see the opportunity or the opposition? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Do your actions & choices align with what they would be if you had already achieved your goals? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

There is a way to use great days as a tool. To create them, schedule them, leverage them and use them to help you move to the next level. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

In each of us, there is a self we do not yet know. You don't need to create it, it's already there. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Dependence on crowdsourced confidence leaves you on shaky ground. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Your intention is what you want. Your attention is what you focus on. To make progress consistently, your intention & attention must be aligned! http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Keep going. You will want to quit. You won't want to do the work. You will be tired. There will be excuses and exceptions. You've taken those detours before and you know how it feels. Don't quit - stay the course - keep going! http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

We listen to our internal dialogue all day long. As Ben Bergeron says, "No one will coach you more than that voice" and it will either be your best coach or your worst coach. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Desire without discipline is depression. Desire without discipline is feeling lost, stuck & frustrated. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Invest in yourself. Now is the best time to start. Small is big over time. Be patient. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Don't prioritize self-care only on days you can fit it in. Self-care doesn't have to be the same list of habits each day. Every day holds a unique capacity for self-care. Choose it daily. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Fear doesn't stop death, it stops life. Fear doesn't prevent failure, it guarantees it. Too many people focus on their fear of loss rather than on what they stand to gain. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Indecision is a thief of opportunity. It prevents or postpones your potential & capabilities. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings" http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Take a simple idea and take it seriously. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. It is the first lesson that ought to be learned and however early a man’s training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly” http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Is "good enough" keeping you from great? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"We are drowning in information while starving for motivation" Save yourself. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Former United States Supreme Court Justice William Douglas shared a very candid truth about how decisions are made in the high court: 90% of the decision is made based on feelings and the other 10% by thoughts used to justify the feelings we just decided on. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Your fears are merely paper tigers - don't let them stop you! http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

We focus too much on changing our behavior. Our behavior is driven by thought. If you want to change what you do, change how you think. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Are you confusing productivity with progress and staying busy simply maintaining the status quo of your life? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Do you allow yourself to be pacified by your dreams or goals? Sometimes it feels so good to think about & dream about our potential that we fail to take action. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"Let the initial impulse pass & wait for the second" http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in your muscle" http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

We're so quick to want something different than what we already have. But what if instead of wishing for something different, you focus on taking better care of what you already have? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

We’re so busy creating a living that we fail to create a life. It’s not that life is short, it’s that we waste much of it. What if we focus on presence instead of productivity? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

"Can't pick up no crown holding what's holding you down" http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

"The one thing you can control is how you treat yourself and that makes all the difference."  http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Bring a heartfelt spirit to everything you do today. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Spend your time doing, not dwelling. There's nothing wrong with future thinking as long as you're being practical and not strictly emotional. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

If you set yourself in motion, you'll heal yourself. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

You are not stuck. Every choice is a chance to advance. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Slow is smooth & smooth is fast. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Your past does not deserve to keep you. Your past behavior doesn't dictate your future behavior: you do. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Confusion precedes clarity. There is no confusion in your comfort zone. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

What is truly important in your life? Now think about the things that most regularly stress or upset you. Are they on that list of what is truly important? When you get clear on what is truly important (and what isn't), you'll realize that happiness, fulfillment and the life you want are much closer than you act like they are. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Marie Curie wrote, "one never notices what has been done, one can only see what remains to be done" Too many of us put off enjoyment, put off appreciation for where we are and what we have because we tell ourselves there is some future moment that can give us something that this moment can’t. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Perfectionism and procrastination will keep you from progress. You do not need to be perfect to make progress. In fact, you have to be willing to be imperfect – you have to be willing to fall down, to fail, in order to learn and grow. Perfectionism is a form of procrastination. Both keep you from doing what you CAN do NOW to make progress TODAY. One of my clients recently shared a mantra that I think would all benefit from keeping in mind: We train on Sunday while you wait for Monday. Stop waiting. Stop waiting until it can be perfect because it doesn’t need to be. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Do you let your inner critic run the show? Do you let your thoughts dictate your actions? Thoughts are powerless ideas. The only power they have is the power you give them with the actions you take. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Regret comes up when we think about opportunities we missed, choices we didn’t make, efforts we didn’t put forth or talents we didn’t develop. There are some regrets we can’t influence – maybe words we never said to someone before they died. But three are so many regrets we accept as final even though they aren’t. We close the book instead of writing another chapter. We consider the situation over instead of taking action to adjust the path. Use regret as a tool - use it to do something different right now. Break out. Take action. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

To become unlimited, you must explore the outer edges of your comfort zone. You must seek & embrace discomfort. You must seek out your own limits. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

When accepting a sports performance award, basketball superstar Koby Brant said: "We’re not on this stage just because of talent or ability, We’re up here because of 4 a.m. We’re up here because of two-a-days or five-a-days. We’re up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger.” http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Being calm today is a predictor of success tomorrow. Train yourself to pause, to slow down, to not immediately react. Most of the decisions we regret, most of the choices that take us away from our goals are decisions we rushed into or situations to which we reacted impulsively. Slow down. Calm down. Pause. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

What do you do when you hear great advice? What are your action steps after being inspired by something you see or hear? Advice & motivation don't act unless you do. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Ships don't sink because of the water around them but because of the water within them. You are the gatekeeper. You are in control of your own experience. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

How much time do you devote each day or week to what you say matters to you? Think about that goal you want to achieve - how much time & effort do you devote to it weekly? If you want to maximize your life, maximize how you spend your time. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

When I challenge people to identify WHY they self-sabotage and WHY there is a gap between what they want and what they do, one thing that continuously arises is fear of missing out. The crazy thing about FOMO is that it’s a thought process, not a real thing. It’s merely perception or anticipation of loss, not real loss. If you say yes to that thing, what are you saying no to? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

The way you react to temptation gives the temptation power or takes it away. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Luck favors the prepared and the persistent. Achievement requires preparation and persistence. Are you prepared? Are you persistent? Which needs more work? Do you need to prioritize daily preparation? Or do you need to focus on daily persistence? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

There is no goal so big that you can't take the next step. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

You’ve probably heard about the domino effect. You can start with a small domino, smaller than a Tic Tac and that tiny little domino can trigger a reaction that takes down a domino the size of the empire state building after just 29 dominos of increasing size. I tell you this to remind you that very small actions have far reaching effects. Do not dismiss any change as too small to make an impact. Create your own domino effect. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Have you ever eaten something you regret and used that choice to justify overeating for the rest of the day, figuring you’ll start fresh tomorrow? Or maybe you didn’t have a productive morning so you loaf around on the couch all day while telling yourself that you’ll get serious tomorrow? Or maybe you have a short exchange with someone, your feelings are hurt and you carry it with you all day – in a bad mood and feeling down. "Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in your bank account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw the remaining $86,390 away to spite them or because you might as well lose it all and start fresh tomorrow? Of course not. See, we have 86,400 seconds in each day. Don't let someone's negative 10 seconds ruin the remaining 86,390 seconds of your precious day." No matter how the day started, there is power & potential in the remainder of the day. Don't give it away or throw it away. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Kill the quit. That's what CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence tells herself when she feelings like giving up. She craves the moments when she wants to quit but chooses to endure. That's how she wins every day. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

If you light a match, do you have a fire? You do for a second, but it won't last unless you do more. It won't less unless you tend to it and actively participate in making it grow. The same is true of motivation. The spark will not last unless you act upon it. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

"Action now is a bargain compared to what it's going to cost everyone later." The longer you wait, the more it will cost you – in every way. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

This is the definition of hell: on the last day of your life, the person you became meets the person you could have become. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

Questions become answers when words become actions. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

The other day I watched the new HBO documentary Becoming Warren Buffett. In the documentary he posed a hypothetical scenario to a group of young students: Imagine I'm going to buy each of you a car. Any car you want. But there's a catch: it's the only car you will ever own. You'd make the decision carefully, right? And then you'd take impeccable care of that car. He didn't buy the students cars but he did remind them that the scenario is true of their bodies and their minds. It's the only one you'll ever have. Do your choices reflect impeccable care? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

What drives results? Focus on what drives results. What results are you after? What things drive those results? Focus there every day. If you know where you’re going, stay in that lane. You’ll get there so much faster if you continue to ask, “what drives results” instead of turning your head at every distraction or comparison. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com/

How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don’t want? What is it about your life that you aren’t satisfied with? In what areas do you want more? What choices are you making that create what you say you don’t want? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

When you can’t control what’s happening to you, change your response to it. When you can’t control the circumstance, control your attitude. When things happen to you or around you that you can’t control, challenge yourself to improve your response to what is happening. That is your superpower. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Don't stumble over something behind you. There are many legitimate roadblocks & obstacles on our path to progress but your past shouldn't be one of them. Your past can only hold you back if you stay with it. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

I am challenging you to say less and do more. I want to challenge you to say less about what you want. To say less about what’s in your way. To say less about what is hard or why you’re frustrated I want to challenge you to say less about what other people are doing Say less about your confusion. Say less about your disappointments and how you’ve let yourself down. I want to challenge you to do more. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Last set, best set How often does our effort decrease over time? Sometimes it’s because our attention wanes, other times because we’re tired or we’re bored or because in our mind, we’ve already moved on to the next item on our to-do list. But what if we decided to adopt this idea of ‘last set best set’ as an operating system? What if you brought your best attitude and energy to your LAST meeting of the day? What if the last email you send before leaving work is the most thoughtful or productive? What the last hour of your day is the one that makes you the most proud? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

"He who buys what he does not need steals from himself" Swedish proverb He who eats what he does not need steals from himself. We only hurt ourselves when we go beyond of financial needs, our physical needs. We tell ourselves that we’ll feel better or be happier if we buy what we can’t afford, eat what we don’t need or sleep when we need to get up. But we won’t. The thing we choose – that thing we “buy”, literally or figuratively – that we do not need – when we steal from ourselves – we tighten our shackles. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

When pursuing a goal, we often create a standard of perfection for our choices that we hope to achieve. When something disallows that standard to be met (circumstances, choices, emotion), we use it as an excuse to pass up any and all opportunities for progress. We wait for a fresh start. This pattern holds us back. Instead of focusing on what you can’t do, didn’t do or don’t want to do, what if you made the internal dialogue more simple & direct? What CAN I do? What ARE my options? What am I willing to do today? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Discipline is freedom Too often, we look at discipline as a burden, as a restriction. Many of us see discipline as the opposite of freedom. But discipline is not restriction. Discipline creates freedom. It leads to freedom. The more discipline you demonstrate, the more freedom you have.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great. Change is incredibly hard and often extremely uncomfortable. Transitions take courage and mental toughness. But you cannot move to where you want to be if you won’t let go of where you’ve been.

Confidence has no competition. Do not make the mistake of thinking confidence is a byproduct of achievement. Achievement is a byproduct of confidence.

"After winning the battle, tighten your helmet" ~ Japanese proverb Too often, when we experience a little success, we slack. Maybe after weight loss, we celebrate with food. Use your accomplishments to move you forward, don’t use them to justify excuses.

Don’t take your thoughts so seriously Almost all our unhappiness comes from thoughts about what has happened and not what actually happened. Focus on the simple, good things.

"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars" ~ Latin Proverb When the circumstances of your life aren’t in your favor, that’s not a time to wait until things settle down or turn around. It’s time to work. It’s time to steer the ship. It’s time to roll up your sleeves and, through your own actions, through your own determination, through your own effort, take your life in the direction you want to move.

One of the reasons change feels so hard is because we go about it the wrong way. We think that desire or motivation merits trying to move from being a beginner to being an expert. There is a framework that makes change easier and more sustainable.

What if, instead of thinking about what you’re working towards over the next month or year, you just focus on doing your best right now? What if your sole focus was the effort you bring to each moment of today?

The one who acts with the most courage wins. Courage is not fearlessness. Courage is not confidence. Courage is the decision to take action despite feeling fear, nervousness, hesitation or lack of confidence. What can you do today that requires courage? Identify it and do it. 

I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and try to ignore the rest” There is a story about everything that is against you. Everything that is your way. Everything you are up against. There is a story about why it’s hard and how you doubt yourself. There’s also a story about what’s on your side. There’s a story about your capability. Your potential. Your opportunity. Your chances. Your choices. Your focus & determination. You can write either story. Both stories are true. Do not write or participate in the story of what is against you. Yes, it’s there, yes it’s true and you do not have to participate or follow the plot line.

Keep going until hard becomes easy! Easy is earned through consistent practice. 

Your brain is a suggestion engine, not a control center. Whatever pattern you feel you are stuck in was created by you and that's great news because you can change it. We often get stuck in these patterns because we focus on what we want NOW instead of what we want MOST.

Sometimes when we have a goal, we identify everything we could do to reach it and start trying to do all of those things at once. While that's ambitious, it's often not effective. Do less but have the things you focus on be meaningful.

Winners focus on winning, losers focus on winners. We have a finite amount of time, of energy and of attention. Any time, energy or attention given to comparing yourself to others is time, energy and attention you failed to give to your own journey. Keep your eyes on your own work.

"When your practice is greedy, that's when you experience disappointment" When you are focused on outcomes, on lack and on what you haven't yet achieved, you're likely to experience disappointment. That is optional. You can choose to practice gratitude and presence to reduce the chances that you'll give up, give in and feel frustrated.

Take action. Start doing.  Do more, think less. If you wait until you have everything you need, you'll never start. You have all it takes, right now. Value experience more than learning. Take action! 

You know that life you want? The one you hope for and kinda think might be possible if you worked really hard? You have the power to create it. Now. That full, abundant life you want requires that live fully in the present, to see and take advantage of the opportunities in front of you instead of wrestling with the future or the past. 

"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling" ~ Rumi Too often, we don't take action because we can't do it perfectly. If that's the perspective you continue to choose, you'll likely fail to get where you're trying to go. There's another way.

Instead of focusing on what is hard, what's not going right and what is lacking, focus on what you want. Every time you catch your attention drifting to what is wrong, redirect it to what you want. 

Are you attached to the outcome or are you devoted to the process that will deliver the outcome? http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

The single most high impact change you can make in your life is to become more focused on solutions than on problems. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

Every choice is a chance to create a life you love. http://dailymotivationspodcast.com

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