“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. This good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.”-Anne Frank
You have NO IDEA how powerful you truly are :). Have a wonderful day!
I love this from Brendon Burchard’s book “The Motivation Manifesto.” It is such a powerful reminder that we tend to make large intentions for big fixes. However, it is the little things we repeat, day after day that truly create who we are.
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Thank you for this inspirational message, Ashley!
So true, the ONLY limitations we have are the ones we accept!
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In our office, we share the morning meeting floor. Meaning: I run the meeting Monday and Thursday, Jessica runs Tuesday, Ashley runs Wednesday. We go over yearly goals, daily goals, (root and fruit… root goals are our purpose, passions, focus, intent. Fruit goals are things we can measure to see how well we are tending to our root goals) Miracle Moments (things patients say about how well we have impacted their lives, for instance Ed C stated yesterday that this past weekend was the first weekend he was able to sit through church without excruciating pain in months), and whomever is running the meeting brings an inspirational quote, song, poem, etc as well.
This week has been different. We still have one meeting leader, but each of us have been bringing inspirational things (we haven’t set 2nd quarter goals yet, we have our 2nd quarter meeting Monday after the seminar we are attending this weekend).
So, without further ado, here are the three motivational things we shared today:
Ashley:
Me:
Paraphrased from the book “Atomic Habits” by James Clear:
A University of Florida photography professor divided his groups into 2 groups. Group 1 would be graded on the quantity of pictures they took (100) and group 2 would be graded on the quality of pictures they took (1 each). Conventional wisdom would say group 2 would take the best picture because they could focus on it more, while group 1 would probably spend time taking pictures of their friends’ feet or etc. At the end of the semester, the professor found group 1 had much better pictures than group 2. Why? They were able to experiment, enjoy taking multiple pictures and learn from their mistakes.
Takeaway: Have fun attempting new things, there aren’t any failures, just learning experiences toward your best YOU!
Jessica:
To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
We are always learning.
We live in a world where so much knowledge is at our fingertips (quite literally).
It isn’t hard to do an internet search and find the answer to almost any question we can come up with.
Access to information is not a problem.
They key to true learning and growth is wisdom.
We need to unlearn what isn’t serving us.
We need to take the knowledge we have and apply it so it becomes part of who we are.
We also need to do a brain-dump every now and then. Figure out what you no longer need in your life and cut it out.
Work on learning, definitely.
But also focus on turning knowledge into wisdom in order to create a brighter future.
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“Comparison is the thief of joy.”-Theodore Roosevelt
I have read in a few different places lately about the perils of comparison. In fact, I wrote about it in my book as well.
We all tend to compare ourselves to others, and most of the time, the aim of that comparison isn’t to lift our spirits higher. We compare ourselves to those we perceive to be better, smarter, more together, etc than we are.
There is absolutely no benefit to this sabotage.
The only person we should compare ourselves to is who we were yesterday, or who we want to become.
So today, when you notice comparison, stop. Breathe. Take some time to compare you to you :-).
Because let’s face it, we will never be 4 collars cool and should just stop trying to compare with dat dude 😉
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“You don’t have to know how it will come into your life, just lay the groundwork, follow leads, and prepare for its arrival.”-Madison Taylor
“If we find ways to experience our dreams right now, we make creating joy a treasure hunt in which the seeking is just as much fun as the finding.”
Thank you for the inspiration today, Jessica!
Thank you for your inspirational contribution this morning, Jessica! Our team is always striving to get better! In fact, that is our focus word for the first quarter this year: STRIVE 🙂
From Jon Gordon’s book: The Power of a Positive Team
In a short meditation this morning, the speaker discussed the act of receiving.
It got me thinking a bit.
We are all pretty good at receiving things everyday.
We receive the breaths our body takes. We receive the sunlight on our face, the coffee into our mouths.
However, many of us are not adept at receiving others’ praise and thanks.
We push it off “No problem.” “It was nothing.”
Instead of actually receiving their “Thank you” and saying “You are very welcome.”
When we push it off, we may think we are being humble, but in fact we are denying them the ability to give their gift of thanks to us.
We are taking that gift and throwing it into the fire.
Be cognizant of accepting (graciously) the gratitude of others. Give them the gift of acceptance.
Thank you!
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