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Setting the argument completely aside around the fact that you make time, you don’t just have it… The realization or commentary you offer about having not time is a real occurrence.

When catching yourself with it, however, it’s worth a follow up question: does the feeling of having no time stress you out or as it actually because you’re doing things that are fulfilling.

Too often I see people (myself included) jump to the conclusion that “have no time” = stress.

When in reality it’s quickly stomped out when there’s a moment taken to reflect on what is all filling that time.

Unless, of course, you’ve been asked to do something you don’t want to. Then it’s totally fine to say you don’t have time. 😛

Stay Positive & Take Inventory Of The Time, You May Be Surprised At What You Find

There’s a lot of ways to evaluate if something is worth it.

You can write down all the reasons, look them over, and decide if they add up to more than the cost associated with the idea.

You can get someone else’s input on it and take it as final word.

You can ask yourself, if I only had one hour to spend today on something, would this be it?

There’s a thousand ways to evaluate the worth of a task.

The only wrong answer is to not.

Stay Positive & Go Ahead, Pick One And Move Forward

Here’s a good swap: instead of making things more difficult when they don’t need to be, make things more difficult where it benefits you.

Basically, take the premise of out-of-sight, out-of-mind and apply it to other areas of life.

Turning your phone all the way off so that you can read more of your book at night is a great way to make it more difficult to get pulled into the social media vortex.

That item on your to-do list…the one you keep putting off because it’s the hardest one on it? Put something harder down that you’ll want to avoid.

Make it harder to skip a workout by scheduling it with a friend.

Automate savings transfers from every payback.

Join a class on a topic you know little about in order to make it difficult to fall in a rut.

Ironically, it’s quite easy to make things harder. It’s on us to do it in a way that is to our advantage.

Stay Positive & What Can You Make Difficult Today?

The more connections between people that you can make, the more fulfilled you feel, the more sticky the product, and the more remarkable the endeavor you’re focused on becomes.

An interesting exercise: place the # of connections you think the idea you have, a competitor product has, or your favorite app creates on a daily basis.

You’ll notice three things:

1. It’s easier to make more connections (i.e. opportunities for people to connect) than you think – especially when you make it a daily focus
2. You’ll see a strong correlation between reaching success and the # of connections you create – and sooner than you think
3. More unique opportunities will take place – meaningful ones outside your scope

Stay Positive & Go Connect

Let’s set the record straight together that impulses don’t inherently need to be a bad thing.

If your impulse is to hold the door open for the person exiting it behind you, that’s great.

And that impulse buy? Well, I’ll admit I bought fancy swedish fish candy while waiting for the deli to make the sandwich I ordered. I’m enjoying a few pieces of that right now as I type.

Impulses foster creativity and innovation because they can break the mold of conventional thinking.

The experience created from the impulse creates a learning opportunity that drives personal growth.

Perhaps the next time you notice an impulse, maybe it’s not as bad of a thing as you’re reacting as if it is.

Stay Positive & Highly Recommend

Businesses can get away with closing randomly.

Software companies can get away with their products breaking and locking customers out of their databases.

Apple Orchards can get away with picking the best for themselves and leaving the rest for visiting families.

There’s no shortage of what one can get away with.

What matters is where you draw the line for yourself.

The average bar is raised when we raise it for ourselves.

Stay Positive & The Pen Is In Your Hand (Always Has Been)

Let’s not confuse your role as an ideator. Not exclusively, anyway.

You don’t get paid to have ideas.

You get paid to have opinions.

Opinions are ideas, but they’re based on data and they have an action basis and expected result.

It’s also easy to hide behind an idea… “it’s just an idea” is safe.

There’s no hiding behind “that’s my opinion right now.”

Stay Positive & Are You Earning Your Pay?