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I used to have a digital list of all those who rejected an idea I had worked on for two years.

Also on the list were those who I would never trust with my business again (some HR people, manufacturers, etc,.).

I’ve gotta tell you – walking around with all of that was exhausting.

Keeping tabs of all those who have rejected or actively put your ideas down actually helps them ensure your idea never sees the light of day.

After noticing the weight I bared, I tossed the list and started a new one.

All those who have supported my ideas. The ones who have gone an extra mile for me. The ones who have approved and then elevated my work.

Things have been far better since.

 

Stay Positive & See You On Cloud 9

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It’s beneficial to be a follower.

You can learn a lot from traveling down a well-lit path.

But you can’t be a follower and a maker at the same time.

A maker finds their magic in the unknown, the untraveled path, in the act of trailblazing.

Once a maker, it’s hard to want to become a follower again.

But once a follower, it’s easy to get stuck on a comfortable path someone laid out and never become a maker.

 

Stay Positive & Go Where The Magic Is

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It’s so incredibly easy to focus on the easy parts first. But consider your chances…

Chances are that you have a whole new suite of easy parts to handle after you do the hard part.

Chances are that the hard part will take even longer to do because you focused on the easy parts first.

Chances are you’ll have to return to the easy parts you did first and fine tune them based on what you learned from doing the hard part.

Chances are people will ask you about the hard part before they ask you how you’re doing with the easy parts.

 

Stay Positive & Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

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With enough insight and forward thinking, we arrive at an answer to many a problem.

We have the answer to increasing sales or the answer to flipping a house.

We find the answer to a frustrating coding problem and the answer to becoming an IG influencer.

Yet, an answer – for some reason – is only as strong as how you share it.

The tendency for most is to blurt it out. After all, usually a lot of time has been spent on figuring something out, so out of excitement and relief we yell it out.

But yelling out the answer doesn’t get others to move with you. It doesn’t make them part of the solution. It doesn’t get them excited.

(Remember in elementary school when someone would forget to raise their hand, blurt out the answer and the rest of the class would look at that person with serious disapproval? The working environment is much the same.)

Best to consider how you answer, how you share the solution, and, more importantly, how you shape the story of it.

Nothing is quite so motivating as an elegantly shared answer. An answer swaddled with story is something we can all get behind.

 

Stay Positive & Gives New Meaning To Show & Tell, Doesn’t It?

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The chances of you forgetting all the words to your speech is pretty slim.

The potential that the meeting you scheduled will go horribly wrong isn’t much of a potential.

The likelihood of your project completely failing isn’t all that great.

When the lizard brain speaks up and fills your head with all the things that could go wrong, plot them.

Create your likeliness scale and position each of your concerns on there.

You’ll quickly find they’re not as real-life possibilities as your brain is telling you they are.

 

Stay Positive & One In A Million

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Ever ask or been asked “How do you know so much?”

Unlikely the answer is reading all the books or specific years of experience.

Turns out the lessons we learn that get us to a successful space are found where we look for them.

 

Stay Positive & Eyes Open

I’ve been asked how I can write a post every day. The how is that I look for lessons in every moment of every day. No shortage of lessons to learn when you look for them.

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Ol’ Zig had the saying that you can have anything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want in life.

It’s a beautiful strategy, but lacks the tactic to support it.

It’s not about you running around and getting what someone needs, it’s about lending a helping hand in a way that makes it easier for them to get what they want. (The reality is they are the ones who need to get it, not you.)

Consider the phrase “I’ll take care of it.” You can give someone peace of mind on one thing so they can focus on getting what really matters to them.

The quickest way to move up is helping people, and you help people by making it easy for them in whatever way you can imagine.

 

Stay Positive & What Can I Take Care Of For You?

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