Life Lesson

When it comes to being fiscally successful, it’s not how much you save, it’s managing how much you spend.

When it comes to being healthy and fit, it’s not how much you portion, it’s how much you control even after you ration.

When it comes to growing a brand, it’s not how much you talk, it’s how much you listen.

To become a professional at anything, what we thought it took to get there might not be the best path. To be a professional, we have to go deeper.

Stay Positive & We Have To Care Enough To Go Deeper

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The basis of independence is our freedom to act.

To do things that are generous, to leap into the unknown, to connect and create something meaningful.

Sure, there’s time to sit back and enjoy a cold one, but let’s make sure we have done something worth cheersing to.

Unlike the basis of “independence,” we don’t have to go at it alone.

Stay Positive & Cheers To What We’ve Done So Far (And Will Do)

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The only difference between you and a successful author is that someone else wrote a book and another person read it.

What that boils down to is simply action.

Someone did something and someone else did something.

Boiling it down even more is establishing a connection where two stories collide–the one of maker and the one of made for.

There’s no success of any endeavor (not just becoming an author) without actionable generosity for someone who feels like you understand them.

That’s marketing and entrepreneurship and giving a damn in a nut shell.

Stay Positive & What Connection Will You Make?

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Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “rocket to success.”

It’s used because the rocket part is a great analogy. Not only does it incorporate ideas around preparedness and determination and science and art, it also highlights gravity in a unique way.

Gravity, in the context of making the change you seek to make in the world, is all of the failure, doubt and uncertainty we feel. It all works its force to pull us down, to stop us from rising.

But like any solid rocket, we must break through that pull and get on with bigger and better things.

Gravity will always be there.

What we choose to continue doing in lieu of that is what really matters.

Stay Positive & Suit Up

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There’s a lot of work that people consider hard.

They wouldn’t want to do it. It’s uncomfortable. And it’s all just a means to an end.

What’s interesting is that any work can be viewed this way.

The work of a new coffee shop owner can be banal and cookie-cutter.

The work of a customer service rep can be routine and lacking heart.

What’s more interesting is that the opposite can be said for all the work in the world, too.

The work we do can be full of joy when we focus on how to make it meaningful for others.

The work we do can be full of joy if we simply set out to make it so.

Stay Positive & Connect, Give, Listen, Care, Be Curious

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Niceties don’t get taken for granted.

They may not get mentioned in a positive review and you may not get thanked for them.

The little details may not get the spotlight or referenced as game changers.

But niceties do get noticed and appreciated, if only slightly.

Consider the situation that there are two similar options a customer can go with. All is quite the same except for one has more niceties, a little more care from the owner. It’s obvious which one will get selected, right?

In a world with competitors all around us, it’s going to be the little things that make the biggest difference.

Stay Positive & Nice To Know, Isn’t It?

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On the pursuit of something remarkable, you’ll have to put your signature on paper that puts the end goal out of your control

You’ll have to commit to others helping you. You’ll have to sign contracts that put things out of your hands and into others’.

You’ll have to commit to others in order to help them do their job better.

You’re not just signing up for serving an audience. You’re signing up to help others help you help your audience.

It’s a network of signage.

Stay Positive & Sign Here, Please

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