Posts Tagged ‘change’
35,000 decisions
The decision to be healthy is not just one decision. We make roughly 35,000 decisions per day and each of them is an opportunity to influence health for better or worse. There is variability is the number of decisions among people of course. For example, a child’s choice count is perhaps closer to 3,000. Regardless,…
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The effort behind the effortlessness
We all know someone who seems to make healthy decisions without a second thought. Even when inconvenienced they rise to the occasion with composure. They mentally massage menus to coax out meals that match their mission. They fit in the time to stay fit. They set goals, achieve them, and make it look easy. How…
Read MoreThe short and long games
The short game will cause noticeable change before your very eyes. And as soon as your eyes are averted, the change will often snap right back to it’s original state. The long game boils a frog one degree at a time and your life is shaped one action at a time. If you align your…
Read MoreOpen water swimming
When you 1st learn to swim in open water, you have to lift your head up to look for your marker every couple of strokes. If you don’t you will end up swimming in a huge “S” and significantly increasing the distance that you swim. While looking up to find your mark saves on distance,…
Read MoreThe point of the game
If your goal is to get someone to do something that doesn’t serve them for your own personal gain then every time you win, you both lose. You may win a point, but that’s not the point of the game. You lose integrity. They lose trust in humanity. Instead of putting effort into manipulating people…
Read MoreLoss
Amidst the steady nature of life, we all inevitably experience the time-stopping moment of a loss. We lose material items that we thought we needed. We lose jobs that we thought defined us. We lose loved ones who we thought we couldn’t live without. Then here we are… without them. In the first moments, it…
Read MoreThe hierarchy of mastery
Like progressing through Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs toward self- actualization, a professional ascends a hierarchy of skillsets on their way toward creating their works of art, sharing their masterpieces, or delivering their unparalleled service. As it goes with Maslow’s needs, mastery of the lower fundamental levels unlocks and sustains possibility to perform at higher…
Read MoreNobody can make you feel
Nobody can make you feel wrong. Nobody can make you feel stupid. Nobody can make you feel. You’re more powerful than that. 1) You notice someone do something. 2) Your mind gives meaning to what they did and determines if it contributes to your life, or doesn’t. 3) Then you feel. When you take ownership…
Read MoreThe greatest service
Your profession, technique, or application is only one element of your service. Who you are, who you are becoming, and how you move through the process is your greatest service. Just like kids will do as you do and not as you say, the biggest impact you have on the lives of those you serve…
Read MoreCompounding Self-Interest
If you saved a penny today and two pennies tomorrow, then kept doubling your investment every day, you would have saved $1 Million in 21 days. Imagine the equivalent impact of healthy decisions. Move a little better today. Move and eat a little better tomorrow. Continue increasing the quality and modifying the quantity of your…
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