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I’m not sold on the idea of simply having stamina.

The difference maker in those who can be in something for the long run is that they are always building stamina.

The runner puts on music, she drinks water, she has a healthy breakfast, she wears a necklace from her grandpa who gave it to her during her first cross-country race in middle school, she has friends waiting to celebrate with her at the finish line–the list of details that help her build stamina goes on.

How are you setting yourself up for a successful long run in your work, in your relationships?

 

Stay Positive & Start Building

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When talking about your idea to someone, there are two types of people.

There are those who desire a next time, to chat again, to treat, to motivate.

And those who tell themselves the story of a spectator rather than a coach.

 

Stay Positive & We Need More Coaches

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When people ask you to do more for them, it might not be about getting more without paying for it. It might not be what they really want. They’re just in search of the edge; that point when they know they’ve taken something to the end. After all, it’s an incredibly exciting space to be at.

Even more incredible is the way those who are told “No, we’re not going to do that” are often ones who find a way to do it themselves, who start their own business muse, who say “Damnit, if you won’t and he won’t and the gal down the street won’t, I will!”

Saying “No” to customer requests can be seen as a benefit, too.

 

Stay Positive & Who Knew A “No” Could Be So Motivating

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You can try to manage Brazil’s influence on your industry’s market in the states. You can write letters to legislatures and city folk with big pockets. You can even beg managing editors of big pubs to write a story about you.

Better, I think, to manage what you can with ease and care. Things like staying positive, treating customers better, over-delivering, showing up consistently, listening and making things better than before.

 

Stay Positive & Start Managing More Of The Right Stuff

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Let’s make one idea clear first: There’s one type of failure you never want to embrace, and it’s the failure of not trying.

The failures that are important are the ones that move you forward, that you learn from, that you get better because.

If you’re not convinced failure is a good thing, then take a look at it compared to success.

A friend wrote this to urge the universe, and I couldn’t be more thankful for it. Enjoy.

 

Stay Positive & Fail Some More

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Before you know it, your day is shot.

Work is backed up. People are waiting on you. You’re feeling overwhelmed.

It’s moments when you feel this way that you have to ask yourself, “how did I get here?”

The answer is probably a complicated one. A lot of things happened that you didn’t expect. Or things took longer than you had planned. Or something popped up. All valid.

But more often than not, it’s because you pivoted and went down a slide.

Call it a tipping point or a bad decision; you did something to disrupt the flow of your day.

Since getting back on track after you have gone downhill is so exhausting, better to acknowledge and mark your pivot points and slides.

What time of day do you usually get thrown off track? How can you prevent a pivot point like receiving a phone call while you’re in the middle of a project?

Focusing on one thing becomes a lot easier when you remove the possibility of focusing on anything else.

 

Stay Positive & Make Your White Space

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It’s terribly difficult to measure how difficult a task will be in the future.

There’s too much uncertainty. Anything could happen. Negative Nancy has low expectations and loves to share them with you.

But the truth is, it’s easy to influence the level of difficulty something will be at kickoff, on the path to completion and even after the project is complete if you put enough effort into setting yourself (or your team) up for success.

Preparation definitely feels like a time suck, especially when a deadline is near; it feels like you ought to be spending that hour performing, not preparing.

I write to say, fight that urge. Your team will be thankful.

 

Stay Positive & Don’t Confuse Patience With Preparation

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