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#273: Willpower and Change

“It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t... it’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.”

-James Gordon 

The new year is nearly upon us, and the change in date is a great time for lots of people to think about making changes of their own... but then lots of people immediately give up because they “just lack the willpower”.  Here’s the thing: change isn’t based on some ability that you’re either born with or don’t possess... it’s based on your readiness and willingness to take the next step and make the change happen!

Are you ready for some changes as we head into the new year?  What steps will your ready self take?

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#275: Be Excellent

Be Excellent to each other

Simple but powerful words to carry us into the new year, don’t you think?  That’s why I love this.  Don’t just be “ok” to each other.  Be *excellent*.  You alone can choose to rise above the status quo and the noise in the world today and choose excellence.  What would it look like for you to be excellent to your fellow humans in 2018?

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#274: Press Play

“You can’t stop the future You can’t rewind the past The only way to learn... is to press play.”

--Jay Asher

A fitting thought to consider as 2017 becomes past and 2018 becomes our new present.  The end of a year/start of the next year is a popular time to reflect on what we’ve done and been through, and look ahead to all that we hope to do and go through.  It’s a time to evaluate old goals and set new ones.  While a fresh start can happen any time, right now is a particularly poignant time time when you’re standing on the cliff edge of one year looking into the wild unknown of a brand new start... and it’s a time that can often feel overwhelming.  It’s easy to freeze on that cliff edge.  But 2017 is done.  2018 is coming.  That can’t be changed... but what you do with the time coming your way is up to you!

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#277: Say What

“Say what you’re grateful for”

--Amy Morin

This picture is SO fuzzy.  But you know what?  I’m so thankful for a friend who was willing to come over and take it for me, even though she had never used my camera before.  I am thankful for a warm house to photograph in when it was negative degrees cold outside.  This quote is from a list of ways to overcome feeling sorry for yourself.  Don’t just be thankful - literally speak out loud the things you’re thankful for.  This simple act is one way to start to gradually recondition yourself to think positively and raise yourself by raising your attitude.

With the start of a new year, will you commit to say things your’e thankful for aloud each day?

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#276: Change Myself

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.  Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

--Rumi

It’s important to want to change the world - even just the world around you - but it’s also important to realize that impacting the world starts with changing yourself.  Changing yourself is not a forsaking of the desire to be a world-changer -- it’s actually a huge positive step toward making it come true!  Cleverness dreams of doing, which is important... and then Wisdom steps in and *starts* doing.

What will you do this year to improve yourself and change the world?

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#271: Stronger than Coffee

“Together we are stronger than coffee”

--Randy Langley (and the Tulsa 5Club!)

Today’s thought is a shout-out to all the people out there who are on your team - and you’re on theirs.  Take a moment today to thank someone who makes you stronger.  Take a moment today to bolster someone else.  Be stronger than the blackest coffee! :)

Side note: you can get a print of this doodle at https://www.etsy.com/listing/239076564/launch-out-2015-stronger-than-coffee?ref=related-0

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#270: Choice Gratitude

“Gratitude is a choice in the moment that changes your heart.”

--Matt Ham

In his fantastic talk at Launch Out 2015, Matt Ham describes how we think we’ll be happy when we attain certain states.  But “if we’re not grateful for where we are, we’ll never be grateful for where we’re going...”  Gratitude isn’t a destination that we’ll someday reach, it’s a choice we must make in the now.  Don’t wait until some magical day when you’re suddenly a grateful person - choosing to be grateful now is what changes you.

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#269: The Antidote

“Hope is the antidote to fear”

--Jane Tuttle

In her fabulous talk at Launch Out 2015, “The Two Feet of Hope,” Jane talks about how hope is *active*, how it’s “the belief that the future will be better than the present and you have the power to make it so.”  That mindset opens the door to creativity and happiness and flies directly in the face of fear!