Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
The important decision to make is which game it is you’re playing?
Is it a numbers game – and are the macro trends really important?
Is it an empathy game?
Is it a competitive game?
Is it a game of life balance?
The game you decide to play will define your brand, define your audience and define your friends.
Stay Positive & Choose Wisely
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I firmly believe those who make the biggest impacts in the world, climb occupational ladders the fastest, and build the strongest of brand loyalty are those who do things without being asked.
That is, they have such heartfelt empathy and foresight that they can anticipate the needs and wants of others and they act on it quickly.
The cool part? It’s not about DNA or background or education or anything other than simply giving a damn about others.
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar
Stay Positive & Help A Few Today
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Work that is cared about gets accolades and compliments and catches on like an ideavirus.
There are a lot of good indicators of someone who cares about the thing you created.
There are, however, a lot of negative indicators, too.
Someone who wishes what you made was different. Someone who what you made is rubbing them the wrong way. Someone who simply wants you to know it sucks without any context.
All are signs that it’s something worth caring about, for better or worse.
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There’s plenty to work on regarding the negative comments; taking the candor to heart and disregarding the naysayers, but none of that changes the fact that you made something that sparked someone to pay attention. Most have to pay advertisers to do that; you did it simply by saying “here, I made this.”
Stay Positive & Your Goal Is To Get People To Care (You’ll Get Yin AND Yang As A Result)
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Ripping the band-aid off saves you time that would have otherwise gone wasted waiting.
Ripping the band-aid off is good for the soul; it implies that you are in control and have agency over your life.
Ripping the band-aid off enables your mind to rationalize a way forward rather than sulking within the current circumstances.
Also, if you rip the band-aid off and it still seems wounded, no one says you can’t put a fresh one on. If anything, you’ll heal faster the more frequently you do.
In case it doesn’t go without saying, we’re not just talking about a scratch on the knee.
Stay Positive & Kiss It And Carry On
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The room often takes on the energy you bring into it – you’re energy is contagious to those in the room with you.
The good thing is that it’s fairly easy to improve your energy. Here are a few tips and tricks.
Stay Positive & You Control Your Energy
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Everything we’ve come to enjoy using was inched ahead by hundreds of people before the one who has their name attached to the current version.
The acknowledgment section of books used to contain just a handful of names, now chances are likely there’s a good 50+ at the end of the book you’re reading.
Which is a great reminder that you don’t need to wait for perfection or originality. You just need to inch the work a bit further and closer to the current target.
Do it enough times and you’ll see your world change.
Stay Positive & Drip By Drip
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Aside from a haunted house or a bar that looks like its roof is going to cave in any moment, it’s in our best interest to go to places we’d rather avoid.
This could be physical locations; ones of different culture or that have different offerings than we’re used to.
It could mean emotional states; ones that put us accountable or vulnerable or outside our comfort zone.
The magic doesn’t just happen once you’re there, it flows well beyond.
Stay Positive & But You Do Need To Go There First
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