Sunday Thinking

"Life does not begin when everything is perfect. It does not start when you think you're worthy. It's happening right now."

April 14, 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.

“Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

― Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

I. Perspective is Everything

discomfort → growth
problems → opportunities
rejection → redirection
triggers → reveal wounds
darkness → reveals light
failures → lessons
fears → teachers
pain → power

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." ― Wayne Dyer

Source: Karina Glennon

II. The Standard is the Standard

9 keys for coaches and leaders to remember:

Simple wins.
Less is more.
Failure is growth.
Culture is every day.
Relationships matter.
Player-led teams win.
The process is the prize.
It is a marathon, not a sprint.
You are what you emphasize.

Source: Greg Berge, Great Teams - Better Leaders

III. Grounded Amidst the Storm

A valuable skill in life is to be larger than the situation.

When you're feeling stressed or rattled, the situation is consuming you. It feels bigger and more important than it needs to be.
This is when your emotions are likely to get the best of you.

But when you are larger than the situation, you can mentally "step outside and above it."

Yes, there are problems to be solved. Yes, you need to take action.
But the chaos is happening externally and you are still in the driver's seat internally.

You're in control of the moment, the moment is not in control of you.

Source: James Clear, 3-2-1 Newsletter

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V. Question

Which responsibilities, relationships, or projects have been weighing heavily on me and can I give myself permission to let one of them go right now?

VI. This Week, I Will

Take care of myself.
Make someone feel like somebody.
Push through the resistance of starting.
Practice more flowing and less forcing.
Celebrate the gift of the here and now.

The Last Words…

"You're going to realize it one day—that happiness was never about your job or your degree or being in a relationship. Happiness was never about following in the footsteps of all of those who came before you; it was never about being like the others. One day, you're going to see it—that happiness was always about the discovery, the hope, the listening to your heart and following it wherever it chose to go. Happiness was always about being kinder to yourself; it was always about embracing the person you were becoming. One day, you will understand that happiness was always about learning how to live with yourself, that your happiness was never in the hands of others. It was always about you. It was always about you."

― Bianca Sparacino, A Gentle Reminder