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That’s where the good stuff is; behind it all.

An outlet is incredible when you plug something in, but the magic happens behind it all.

An organization can make a decision to support their team members through turmoil, but the remarkable element is behind the brand (as in, the people behind the brand).

Those three words we share with so few people can mean a lot, but it’s all that’s behind them that give it the weight.

Perhaps the solution to a problem on your to-fix list isn’t to give something a face-lift; it may mean that you have to change things behind it all.

Stay Positive & Rightfully So

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Imagine if we let others know we appreciate them as much as we (now) wash our hands.

Imagine if we put as much energy to giving as many have hoarding.

Imagine if we shared stories of people caring for one another more than the media shares stories of people harming one another.

Like any ritual; it’s a choice.

Stay Positive & We Don’t Have To Imagine

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Experience isn’t experience without it being different.

Which means to have more experience we need to:

Break status quo

Start a ruckus

Try something new

Learn from others, but create our own path.

Using someone’s recipe gets you the same results–for some that might be enough, but for others (you?), better results is the goal.

Stay Positive & Shake & Bake

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On your pursuit of becoming a pro in your area of passion, you’ll feel incompetent.

You’ll also feel afraid and alone at times.

You’ll feel uncertain and frustrated and let down and like you failed.

You’ll feel all of those things.

Surprises are what pause us in our place.

Now you know what’s coming so you can keep going forward.

Stay Positive & Cheers

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A refreshed status doesn’t require a new birth.

New knowledge doesn’t mean you need to start from scratch.

A different hobby doesn’t require you to forgo all other hobbies to date.

Take a new step from where you are with the knowledge you have and the passion for something fresh.

Stay Positive & On And On

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You can give gifts.

You can offer compliments.

You can help another out.

But nothing strengthens a connection more than caring enough to ask questions and then listening.

It’s the back and forth that builds a bond; not just what you can offer.

Stay Positive & What’s Challenging You Today?

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The things you worried about yesterday – you probably don’t remember them.

Worrying doesn’t help us. Worrying doesn’t connect us. Worrying doesn’t give us energy or action or effective output.

All that worrying is is a distraction from the work we ought to be doing.

Stay Positive & Set Worry Aside

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