Momentum
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When you've gone a little ways, keep going a little ways more. When you've made some progress, use that progress to make some more.
Multiply the power of your actions with momentum. Once you get yourself going, follow through on the commitment and keep yourself going.
Often, the most difficult part of a task is the act of getting started. The fewer times you have to go through that process of starting yourself back up, the more you can get accomplished.
When you've enjoyed one success, that's the best time to start working on another success. Once you have momentum on your side, take full advantage of it.
One of the biggest benefits of achievement is that it opens up the door for greater achievement. Even a small success is a big deal, because of where it can lead.
Get yourself going and then keep yourself going. And from there, you can go anywhere.
Align your habits
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You are making decisions all the time and those decisions directly affect the way your life unfolds. Your level of success and fulfillment depends on how often and how well those decisions line up with your dreams.
Certainly when you're contemplating the big, noticeable decisions, you make sure they align with your values and purposes. But what about all the little momentary decisions you're constantly making?
Those seemingly small decisions have great power because there are so many more of them. And they're decisions you can often make without even thinking about them.
Those unthinking decisions are known as habits. A habit is a decision you make once that is carried out again and again.
Though each action done by habit may be small, the cumulative effect on your life can be enormous. The way to move your life in the direction you choose, is to make sure that all your many habits are working with you rather than against you.
Take the time and make the effort to align your habits with your goals and dreams. Improving those little habits can truly be the biggest decision you make.
Actually do
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The results you achieve are not based on what you plan to do or what you say you'll do. Your results come from what you actually do.
The rationalizations and excuses you make will not add any value or quality to your life. Your actions are what truly make a difference.
To get where you wish to go requires more than just talking about it. To get where you wish to go requires focused, sustained effort.
And the great thing is, you're perfectly capable of making whatever effort is necessary. You must simply choose to actually do it.
No one can reach real fulfillment on your behalf. The life you experience is the life you create for yourself.
There are so many possibilities to choose from, and so many opportunities to make life great through the actions you take. Now is the moment to actually do it.
A different angle
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You can learn many things from those who agree with you. You can often learn even more from those with whom you disagree.
Your own perspective is important, for it enables you to make sense of the world. Always keep in mind, though, that yours is not the only perspective.
You can listen to others, learn from them, and successfully work with them even though you may not agree with them on all issues. If everyone held the exact same opinion on every subject, then knowledge and wisdom would become stagnant and outdated.
Your own perspective will grow stronger and more useful when you regularly allow it to be challenged. When people respectfully agree to disagree, everyone benefits from the diversity of opinion.
Living a life of success and fulfillment does not depend on always proving that you're right and that others are wrong.
To make real progress you must let go of the assumption that you already have all the answers.
Stay true to the values you treasure, while thoughtfully considering the different perspectives of others. Look at life from a different angle, and you'll always find new richness.
A higher perspective+++++++++++++++++++
What troubles you is mostly trivial when viewed from the
great perspective of all that is. Yet those troubles can
feel much bigger when you look at them from the viewpoint of
your self-imposed limitations.
Your ego will seek to convince you that nothing beyond you
matters. Such thinking will keep you trapped in a prison of
your own making.
Let go of the need to prove what you're worth. And you'll
realize how uniquely valuable you already and always are.
As long as you remain on the same level as the obstacles in
your life, those obstacles will prevent you from making
progress. Yet from a higher perspective you'll discover many
ways to get beyond them.
If you're confounded by some particular situation, step back
and remind yourself, in your own way, of how truly beautiful
and magnificent life can be. Feel yourself rising above the
limitations that your ego has constructed.
Instead of being troubled by your troubles, let them be a
catalyst for your own growth and for truly meaningful
inspiration. Climb up to a higher perspective and find a
path to the greatness that is within you.
A little bit
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Making a little bit of progress is much better than making no progress at all. Even though the going may be slow, keep going.
Moving slowly toward your goal is much better than not moving at all. Do what you can, when you can, with what you have.
Time will work in your favor when you use that time for positive purpose. Over time, even the small efforts bring big results.
If you waste your time wishing you could do more, you end up doing less. Cheerfully use your time as it comes to do the best you can.
Even when you're not able to take a major step forward, you can always take a small step forward. Keep taking those small steps, and the opportunity to take that big step will surely come.
A little bit here and a little bit there will soon add up to a lot of progress. Even when you can't do much, you can always keep yourself actively headed in a positive direction.
A little success+++++++++++++++++++
If you can't bring yourself to be positive about the big
things, then be positive about the little things. That's
easy enough to do, and it can make a surprisingly
significant difference.
You're not going to solve the world's major problems before
bedtime. And yet, you can surely make a little positive
progress in your own way, and that can be a big help.
The little annoyances, distractions, challenges and
difficulties in your world may seem minor when viewed
separately. However, they can all add up to create a major
negative drag on your life.
You can easily choose to rid yourself of those little
negative influences, one by one. Before long, the positive
effect will be dramatic.
If you spend the next few minutes doing nothing except
worrying about your problems, you'll just end up even more
anxious and worried. If, instead, you spend that same five
minutes to overcome a relatively minor problem, you'll end
up feeling a little more empowered and in control of your
own destiny.
A little bit of success will motivate and inspire you, like
nothing else can, to create a little more success, again and
again. Soon, you'll discover that those little successes are
adding up to a life of big and meaningful achievement.
Act your way there+++++++++++++++++++
How do you want to feel today? You can create whatever
feeling you choose, with your actions.
Your feelings are not imposed on you from the outside. They
occur because you exercise strategies to make them occur.
Yes, some of those strategies may include the way you choose
to respond to events beyond your control. Yet it is the
response, the chosen response within you, that creates the
feeling, not the outside situation.
So how exactly do you wish to feel today? Then act like it.
The actions you take will create the feelings you seek. If
you want to feel happy, and empowered, and fulfilled, then
go through the physical motions of being happy, empowered
and fulfilled.
It really is as simple as that. When you act like it, you
are.
Align your habits
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You are making decisions all the time and those decisions directly affect the way your life unfolds. Your level of success and fulfillment depends on how often and how well those decisions line up with your dreams.
Certainly when you're contemplating the big, noticeable decisions, you make sure they align with your values and purposes. But what about all the little momentary decisions you're constantly making?
Those seemingly small decisions have great power because there are so many more of them. And they're decisions you can often make without even thinking about them.
Those unthinking decisions are known as habits. A habit is a decision you make once that is carried out again and again.
Though each action done by habit may be small, the cumulative effect on your life can be enormous. The way to move your life in the direction you choose, is to make sure that all your many habits are working with you rather than against you.
Take the time and make the effort to align your habits with your goals and dreams. Improving those little habits can truly be the biggest decision you make.
All the way in+++++++++++++++++++
When you must, you will. When there is nothing to fall back
on, you can only move forward.
It's frightening when everything is on the line. It's also
exhilarating and motivating and compelling and empowering.
Commitment is not a halfway thing. Either you're all the way
in or you're simply not going to be very effective.
Choose your priorities thoughtfully, carefully, and
sincerely. Then commit yourself fully to them.
Real, solid, unwavering commitment brings the power of
purpose to what you're doing. Be truly committed, and it
happens.
You can achieve whatever you imagine. Do it by jumping all
the way in.
Already fulfilled+++++++++++++++++++
When you don't need anything, then you truly have everything.
When you know that you already have enough, that you already
are enough, that everything is as it should be, then your
life will be rich indeed.
Get past the need to possess and you'll discover that the
whole world is yours. Abandon the need to be right and
you'll find real truth.
Let go of the need to impress others and you'll have their
sincere respect. Move beyond the need to control every
detail, and your influence will grow stronger.
As long as you feel you need something, it cannot possibly
be yours. The more you focus on the need for anything, the
more you deny it to yourself.
Why would you want to do that? Instead, realize that
whatever you desire is already available to you, and enjoy
the process of expressing it more fully as you move through
each moment.
Appreciate, understand and focus your energy on the good and
valuable things in your life. And you'll know that your most
authentic desires are already fulfilled.
Always enough+++++++++++++++++++
Instead of striving to get where you wish to go, simply allow
yourself to be there. All that is, is available to you in
the moment you're in.
As long as you're trying to understand something, you will
fall short. Let go of the desperate need to understand, and
you'll find that the understanding is part of you already.
When you think you lack something, that blocks it from your
awareness, your experience and your life. Instead of filling
your thoughts with what is missing, focus on what is
possible.
Relax into the limitless abundance of now. There is always
enough, and it is all here for you to allow.
Life's overwhelming richness is mirrored in every little
detail. The only thing separating you from that richness is
the wall you imagine to be around yourself.
Allow the goodness, the possibilities, the value and joy to
fill your life in this moment that is now.
Always something+++++++++++++++++++
Do what you can do, with what you have, every chance you get.
Moving just one step forward will give you a positive
foothold upon which to build.
Often it is easy to choose to see yourself and treat
yourself as a victim. Yet by making such a choice, you
quickly surrender control over your own life.
Instead of giving up and becoming a victim, know that there
is always something positive you can do. There is always
some action with which you can move yourself forward.
Life's greatest triumphs often have their origins in times
of great difficulty. In each challenge there is fertile
ground for building great value.
Do you feel overwhelmed by your circumstances? The best way
to get away from that feeling is to step forward and do
something positive and productive.
With every positive action, your power increases. Step by
step, moment by moment, move your life exactly where you
choose to go.
Always something
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There is always something positive that you can do. On the best of days, or in the most challenging of circumstances, you can choose to move forward.
Conditions are not as bad as they seem, nor are conditions as good as they appear. Conditions are whatever you choose to make of them.
It's up to you to take the energy of this day and give it a specific direction. Though circumstances are constantly changing, you can always choose to move in the direction of your dreams.
Of course there are complications, challenges and obstacles.
And you can use them all to create your own path forward.
You are in control of your thoughts and actions. That's a powerful place from which to operate, no matter what the outside circumstances may be.
There is always something positive, productive, enriching and fulfilling that you can do. Get up, get going, and make a difference in your own special way.
Attempt more
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If you wish to achieve more, then attempt more. Push yourself beyond what you already know you can do.
Get out of the rut of going through the same motions and ending up with the same results. Put some additional time, energy, thought and creativity into your actions.
Take on challenges that make you a little bit uncomfortable.
Stretch your abilities and watch them grow.
Decide to reach higher and you'll find many new ways to move higher. Raise your expectations and you'll improve your performance.
Keep on learning, keep on growing, and keep on venturing beyond what you already know. Give yourself the gift of increasingly ambitious goals.
Enjoy and appreciate how far you've already come. Then jump back in and make it even better.
