Sunday Thinking

We must define our own standards of greatness while discovering and re-discovering what in life makes us feel authentically human.

August 02, 2020

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“The early twenty-first century—cries out for effective, decent leaders. People of purpose and commitment who want to make a positive difference and who choose to rise: first within themselves, by claiming their better selves, and then on the larger stage, by staking out the higher ground.”

— Nancy Koehn

I. Still, I Rise

  • Take more risks.

  • Meet new people.

  • Learn new things.

  • Seek new opportunities.

  • Read as much as possible.

  • Constantly challenge yourself.

  • Get into “good trouble, necessary trouble.”

II. Kobe's 10 Rules

The Philadelphia Eagles have paid tribute to the late great Kobe Bryant with a memorial wall mural at their practice facility.

  1. Get better every single day

  2. Prove them wrong

  3. Work on your weaknesses

  4. Execute what you practiced

  5. Learn from greatness

  6. Learn from wins and losses

  7. Practice mindfulness

  8. Be ambitious

  9. Believe in your team

  10. Learn storytelling

III. The Power of Inner Silence

  • Clear your mind of limits.

  • Organize your life around love.

  • Develop an attitude of sharing.

  • Enjoy every moment, every step.

  • Don’t allow anyone to trample your dreams.

  • Practice self-reliance, compassion and forgiveness.

  • Never allow others to immobilize you with their thoughts and actions.

IV. Question

Are you doing this work to facilitate growth or to become famous? Which is more important ― getting or letting go?

V. This Week I Will

  1. Declutter.

  2. Be humble.

  3. Practice self-love.

  4. Get out of my own way.

  5. Strive for excellence, not perfection.

The Last Words…

“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”

― Alan Watts

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