Sunday Thinking

"Be obsessed with your opportunity."

August 11, 2024

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The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.

"You cannot miss what is meant for you. You cannot lose what is yours. Any road you take in an effort to avoid your destiny will inevitably turn into a preparation period - a growth concourse - through which you are forced to face what led you astray in the first place. In the same way that you cannot hide from what is yours to have, you can also not run from what is yours to heal, to grow from, to grow into. The things that are meant for us make us the people we are meant to be."

― Brianna Wiest, The Mountain Is You

I. The Courage to Lead

As a leader it is my job to...

Learn from my mistakes.
Heal and educate myself.
Say yes and no mindfully.
Be honest and tell the truth.
Be a positive difference maker.
Bring people with me as I grow.
Respect and enforce my boundaries.
Design my life and prioritize my well-being.
Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

“Most people want to change the world to improve their lives, but the world they need to change first is the one inside themselves.” ― John C. Maxwell

II. 9 Hidden Signs of Personal Growth

Your growth often happens under the surface, but if you pay attention to these signs, you'll recognize it in all its forms:

You start embracing the embarrassment of being a beginner.
You stop concerning yourself with how your growth makes others feel.
You start setting (and enforcing) healthy boundaries.
You start feeling scared of the things you're working on.
You stop focusing on sounding impressive to others.
You stop complaining about things outside of your control.
You start embracing the changes in your identity.
You start embracing being wrong.
You start cringing at yourself from six months ago.

Source: Sahil Bloom, Curiosity Chronicle

III. The Courage To Be Disliked

Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself, and you are the one who decides how you live.
One needs to think not "What will this person give me?" but, rather, "What can I give to this person?" That is commitment to the community.
Admitting mistakes, conveying words of apology, and stepping down from power struggle - none of these things is defeat. The pursuit of superiority is not something that is carried out through competition with other people.
Life is a series of moments: It is a series of moments called "now." We can live only in the here and now. Our lives exist only in moments. The world is simple, and life is too. One just needs to live each moment earnestly.

Source: The Courage to Be Disliked, Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

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V. Question

Is the situation actually complicated or is it really quite straightforward, but you’re making it complicated because it requires a lot of courage to make the straightforward decision?

VI. This Week, I Will

Focus on healthy sleep habits.
Focus on healthy relationships.
Focus on healthy financial habits.
Focus on a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
Focus on healthy self-talk and communication.

The Last Words…

“Mastery is not only about getting better at your craft, but also about finding ways to eliminate the obstacles, distractions, and other annoyances that prevent you from working on your craft. Top performers find ways to spend as much time as possible on what matters and as little time as possible on what doesn’t. It is not someone else’s responsibility to create the conditions for success. You have to actively work to eliminate the things that don’t matter from your workload. If you haven’t figured out how to do that, you haven’t mastered your craft.”

― James Clear, The 3-2-1 Newsletter