Tag: personal growth

Bodacious Bridge Building

I attended (via Zoom) an amazing conference this past weekend.

There were a LOT of great speakers, but one of my favorites had these two gems:

“You need to be willing to give up what you want now, for what you truly want forever” and “discipline is the bridge between our goals and achievements.” – Dr Jennifer Knobbe

It was a great reminder and impetus for me to start re-building bridges to where I truly want to go.

It’s easy to get comfortable in the moment. It’s easy to do things that make us a tiny bit happier than putting in a tiny bit more work would.

It is imperative to refresh and to re-energize in order to succeed, but there are times and places for that.

I realized I was taking breaks when I should have been working on my dreams, AND taking breaks when I was supposed to be taking breaks.

Coasting never creates momentum (unless it is downhill).

We don’t need to push ourselves so hard that we give up. But, we all know when we could use a bit more push in order to succeed, and I am truly grateful for those reminders.

Thank you Dr Knobbe (and all the other amazing speakers, many of which I will probably quote in the coming weeks 🙂

Get building those bridges!

Happy Tuesday!

-Dr Lindeman

BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER

THIS. IS. AWESOME!

The poem alone is worth the 2 minutes, but the message is POWER-FULL!

Life is beautiful.

And it is up to us to keep it that way…

TOGETHER!

Have a beautiful Thursday my friends! A

And share this beauty as well, forward to a friend or 6 🙂

-Dr. Lindeman

 

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Always Learning

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Every experience provides us with an opportunity to learn.

Happy, sad, traumatic, exhilarating… they all allow us to gain knowledge, on what to do if/when we are presented with a similar situation in the future.

Take some time to understand and revel in each experience, knowing no matter what, we will emerge better and more wise 🙂

Happy Wednesday!

-Dr. Lindeman

Uncertainty

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Jessica contributed this wonderful piece from the Daily OM newsletter today.

“Challenge and experience are what life is truly about, and if we allow ourselves to live tentatively, we will be missing out on a wealth of encounters. So today allow yourself to live fully, teach yourself to appreciate the uncertainty as a time of unlimited possibilities, indulge yourself in the suspense of life and let the surprises of your own story unfurl before you.”

I love this!

uncertainty = unlimited possibilities!

Have an amazing Tuesday!

-Dr. Lindeman

 

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Serenity + Great Aims = AwesomeSauce

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I LOVE this quote.

It is so easy to do one of the two things.

We can be serene… and lazy, and complacent.

We can have great visions/aims… and become demanding because we haven’t hit them yet. We can push too hard, we can give up.

It is when we can combine the two, when we can work toward big goals, but do so serenely, loving each step along the way, that is when the magic happens.

Go make some big dream/serene awesome sauce today!

Happy Thursday!

Dr. Joel Lindeman

 

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Trust the wait

“Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.” -Mandy Hale

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Thank you for today’s inspiration, Jessica.

It is sooooo very true!

We are anxious creatures, we humans.

We set goals and we want to hit them ASAP (and we substitute the “P” (Possible) for N as in “As Soon As Now”)!

The process IS the goal.

Winning a medal in the Olympics is probably amazing, but the process is what brings those amazing athletes to the podium.

Landing the ideal job is a goal, but becoming the ideal candidate for the ideal job is the true victory.

BECOMING is beautiful.

Enjoy the change.

Love the fact that you can become who you want to become 😉

Have an amazing “transitional Tuesday!”

-Dr. Joel Lindeman

 

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