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Sunday Thinking
“Not reacting from the past, not reacting out of fear of the future, we learn to respond to life just as it is. We learn the power of being in the new moment filled with self-trust.”
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.
"Sometimes the lesson only repeats itself because you keep choosing comfort over growth, sometimes the cycle finally breaks when you meet yourself where you deserve to be met. Trust the direction that you’re heading in currently. Trust the moments of unpredictability and all the sudden shifts, trust all the unexpected turns, stops and detours; your spirit guides are leading you to where you need to be, even if it feels uncomfortable or unfamiliar."
I. Reconnecting with the Now
Focusing on the past is dangerous.
Focusing on the future is paralyzing.
Focusing on the present is beautiful.
So the next time you find yourself struggling with the intimidation of the future, change the narrative: Just focus on executing one-in-a-row. Do one thing well, then another, then another. Then do it again.
Source: Sahil Bloom, The Curiosity Chronicle
II. Press the Play Button
“Do you press the “pause” button – the “until” button in life by saying “I can’t be happy until…”?
I want you to wake up today! If you believe that you will be complete after you find:
the better job
the bigger house
the right relationship
that hotter investment
the accomplishment of a particular goal
You are asleep in the human dream of delusion. Any such fulfillment is only temporary. The quest of looking for wholeness outside of ourselves is not the way it works. The inner work is key to being a better leader, and it’s an inside job.
...Press the “play” button and rejoice in the now-ness of the moment.” – Michael Bernard Beckwith
III. Inspire Someone Daily
Great leaders inspire everyone to take action.
Good leaders have the ability to inspire us in their lifetime. Great leaders have the ability to inspire us beyond their lifetime.
Listening is not simply hearing the words that are spoken. Listening is understanding why the words were spoken.
There is a difference between losing and failing. Losing reflects the score. Failing reflects our attitude.
We can't be everything to everyone, but we can be something to someone. We become leaders the day we decide to help people grow, not numbers.
Source: Simon Sinek, Start with Why
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V. Question
Are you free enough to allow the new into your consciousness, or are you living from past conditioning that tells you what you must do in order to live in safety and security?
VI. This Week, I Will
Listen to my emotions.
Be patient with my growth.
Focus on practicing presence.
Stop letting fear keep me stagnant.
Let what flows, flow and let what wants to go, go.
The Last Words…
"There are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on the bus, or in the car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul. People don’t talk about the soul very much anymore. It’s so much easier to write a résumé than to craft a spirit. But a résumé is cold comfort on a winter night, or when you’re sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you’ve gotten back the chest X ray and it doesn’t look so good, or when the doctor writes “prognosis, poor.” You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are."
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