Category: motivational quotes

Your mind matters

This is a snapshot from: It Takes What it Takes by Trevor Moawad

I really like the book and I thought this was powerful.

Your thoughts exert incredible influence in your daily life.

Sometimes you can’t control your thoughts, negative things, judgmental thoughts, etc will pop up. However, you can decide how much emphasis to place in those thoughts and you can always re-frame the next thought as a rebuttal to the negative.

You can always decide to focus on the positives in your current reality instead of false negatives.

You are the captain of your ship and you can choose to steer wisely, toward a more positive future.

Happy sailing!

Have a fantastic day!

-Dr Lindeman

Not in spite of… BECAUSE of

I love this quote. My uncle posted it on Facebook, actually.

So thank you, Uncle Al.

This quote is sooo true. I recently read a great book “The Obstacle is The Way” by Ryan Holiday.

The whole premise is that, contrary to popular opinion, our challenges don’t hold us back, in fact they are exactly what propel us forward.

Now, I don’t think we should go looking for tragedy.

Life is hard enough.

But I do think we need to take a good look at our challenges and think about how, when we overcome our obstacles, our lives will be improved.

It is impossible to grow without obstacles.

In fact, in a human embryo, if the cells are not stressed, they don’t divide and grow.

How many instances can you think of that felt horrible at the time, (a lost job, a break-up, a “no”, a door closing) that actually allowed a much brighter future to manifest?

It’s ok to get upset about challenges.

However, realize that these challenges he’s are what will actually create the future you desire. Or even more, they will allow a much brighter future than you imagined take shape.

So smile in the face of adversity, and know the challenges are your building blocks to your dream life.

Happy Monday!

-Dr Lindeman

How are you defined?

If you aren’t on Simon Sinek’s daily notes to inspire list, you should really consider it!

This tidbit today was great!

I believe too often, we define ourselves by what we do. “I’m a chiropractor.” “I’m a teacher.” “I’m a potato chip critic.”

Those are all the jobs we chose, and we should be proud.

However, the bigger thing is WHY we do them.

If we are happy with our careers, it is more than likely because we get to express what we truly care about in life through our field.

We are defined by what we care about, and how we choose to make a (happy) living is our way to express what we care about.

So if you are feeling burned out, a bit sluggish or etc, tap into what you care about, connect that to what you are doing today and I promise you, your day will be immensely brighter (for yourself and for everyone you come in contact with).

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

-Dr. Lindeman

Don’t forget your why

I loved this from Jon Gordon this morning.

When we are feeling burned out (happens to the best of us), it is almost ALWAYS not because of what we are doing, but WHY we are doing it.

So if you are feeling a bit burned out, run down, etc, take some time to reconnect with your purpose.

Why did you decide to do what you do?

Why did you even get out of bed this morning?

Whatever the answer. GRAB IT firm today.

That energy will propel you to a much brighter future!

Happy Monday!

-Dr. Lindeman

Don’t search, create!

I read a quote today that I loved. I am going to paraphrase:

You will never find a happy life, you must create it.

You can substitute “happy” for a bunch of other words like: successful, inspired, loving, amazing, impactful, etc.

The key point is that in order to have the life you want to have, you are RESPONSIBLE for creating it.

Situations happen all the time, positive or negative, I’m not denying that, but we still have the option to respond how we want.

In order to live the life we want to live, we are the ONLY people that have the power to make that happen.

Get busy creating today!

-Happy Tuesday!

Dr. Lindeman

Fuel your fire

It is all fuel.

The wonderfully amazing times.

The crippling negative ones.

Your current life up to know is fuel for your future.

Who you are now is a conglomeration of your entire past, and who you are now is fuel that will help you become who you want to be.

So remember, you can use whatever you are going though, positive or negative, as propulsion to get you to where you want to go.

Fuel your fire today!

-Dr Lindeman

Profit < Trust

I love this tidbit from Simon Sinek.

The awesome thing is (for the most part) if we focus on why we do what we do, we gain the trust of the people we serve.

When we gain trust, profit will become a de facto result.

The key is to focus on why, and do what we do out of service mentality.

The money is always secondary and will come when we focus on the truly important things.

Happy Tuesday!

-Dr Lindeman

What stands in the way becomes the way

This picture was taken from:

I like the book so far. The premise is that the most successful people, realize that obstacles are actually opportunities in disguise.

We have big dreams, but the road from where we are now to where we want to go is littered with obstacles.

We need to realize that these obstacles don’t block our path; in fact they are important parts of the path.

We cannot grow unless we climb.

The trials and tribulations between here and there are in fact NECESSARY for us to achieve our dreams.

When we are faced with a problem, we need to change our thinking from “why me?” Or “why this?” To “How can I grow from this?” Or “how can this challenge help me?”

Don’t run from problems, don’t turn around the moment you have something blocking your path. In fact the path you must travel is directly over that obstacle.

Have a growth-filled, amazing Monday!

-Dr. Lindeman

Evaluate yourself/not others

I love this!

The key is to evaluate and improve oneself, not criticize and demean.

When we have a vision of who we want to become and can evaluate what it will take to grow into that person (constructive criticism not be-littling or self-depreciating) it will actually make us happier in the pursuit.

Again, there is a HUGE difference between evaluating and improving versus criticizing and condemning. The goal is to grow into our vision and that starts with acceptance of who/where we are and then finding and implementing the “tweaks” we need in order for that vision to come to fruition.

One other option, as the quote above implies, is to sit on our haunches and be so self-satisfied that we find flaws and judge others harshly.

That option helps noone and absolutely hurts our own souls.

So I choose option 1 ;).

I love who I am and where I am at in life, and I also know I (and the world) will love and benefit from who I am becoming even more!

Happy Thursday!

-Dr. Lindeman