Daily Mind Medicine

There's no way a tree can flourish without being exposed to the elements. You have to be exposed to all of it before you can capitalize on the good parts of life: opinions, hardships, trials, approval, setbacks, etc. You cannot grow without exposing your weaknesses. Just maybe you are being exposed for your own growth, which equals power.

You wouldn't be able to appreciate the good things in your life if you never experience things not working. The great moments are measured comparatively with the dark moments. When you avoid pain, risk, and problems, you are ridding yourself of the greatest achievement of all - the ability to think despite bullets flying at you.

There is no blessing that comes from fear. Too many people are more worried about losing or being taken advantage of than they are giving. It's simple - life is all math. Give more than you get and you will find the success you are looking for.

What is the status of your life as an individual? Are you the type of person who adds or takes away? Remember that there is someone that is worse off than you are. They are struggling and you can be an advocate for that person. Add to those around you each and every day.

If you constantly try to figure out every little move of your life, you will rob yourself the chance to sit in the greatest space of all - absolute certainty, and resolute confidence in the direction of where you're going. The direction of your life deserves far more attention than the individual moves.

The most important moments in your life are not the highlights, rather they are the down moments. The moments that challenge you mentally, physically, or emotionally demand that you rise to the occasion. If you don't, you will fall and lose the ground that you've worked so hard to gain. It's easier to stay at the top of the mountain than it is to climb it, but how you handle the hardest moments in...

The ability to enjoy every season is the most important lesson that you can learn. Not predicated on anything around you - the non-circumstantial ability to play the game well in every season. Disconnect from the scoreboard and just go to work.

Wherever you place the blame for a situation, you also place the control over that outcome. It is not empowering for you to deflect blame and responsibility on the things around you. It strips you of control and will cause you to repeat bad situations over and over again.

Building the proper foundation takes time. It's not pretty, it's not sexy, it's not something that you want to live in for the rest of your life. How many times in your life do you covet the end result of someone else, but you do not want to deal with the mess that they had to endure? Stop doing yourself a disservice by comparing yourself to others.

When you have clarity on where you're headed and what you want, it's amazing what happens. You don't have to question opportunities when you create results in your mind first. The power of visualization is unrivaled - otherwise you will just be running in circles.

If you put too much food in your mouth without chewing and swallowing, you will lose your ability to breathe and you will die. A baby does this and, if they don't learn the right lesson, they can become nervous or scared of the thing that will actually nourish them - shying away from something that is good because they are scared of what might happen. It is imperative that you learn the right less...

Do feel people feel like they can do anything around you? Or do they feel small and weak. As you grow, you'll find out that you should have started living your life for others a long time ago. The good news? It's not too late to start.

Never focus on what it looks like. Focus on what is. The most important factor is not what it looks like, the most important factor is what it is. People judge by outward appearance. Don't lose sleep over these comments - press on.

Most people give in to fear every day. It's an evolutionary part of our biology, but when it takes over and becomes irrational, it can paralyze you and take you out of the game. Rather than being fearful of fear... learn how to use it for your good.

There is no such thing as holding ground. You either going to advance or go backwards. Don't believe the lie that you can maintain - it's a fallacy. Press on

Every regret you will have in the future can be prevented by changing the way you think and behave today. You have the ability to fix the way you live now so that you never have to regret in the future. It starts with today.

So many are just hitting targets - they are completely achievement oriented. Your success should be found in who you are - your identity demands your full focus. The wrong identity doing the wrong thing is still the wrong thing. Stop focusing on what you're accomplishing and start looking at who you're becoming.

My drug of choice hasn't been alcohol, narcotics, or the like - it has been approval. All throughout my life, I have had a craving for the approval and acceptance of others. Maybe you can relate? If you look back over your life, there are probably things that you have been chasing in order to gain the approval of others. The truth is, you don't need the approval of anyone to do what you're called...

You are who you believe yourself to be. Everyone wants to know the secrets - the truth is, they don't exist. Your belief in yourself is the number one thing you should be concerned with. How you think about yourself determines who you become.

There is a way to view your life from an empowering perspective, no matter the circumstances. You do not need good circumstances to win the game if you know why you're playing. All you need is control over your perspective, and you will always have the choice to have that.

How many entrepreneurs do you know who are good at business, but they suck at life? Probably too many. You get what you put in, you reap what you sow, and you can't expect to yield a return that is greater than the investment without understanding the timeline of success.

What's the why behind your goals? When you fall into the trap of comparison, you will 100% lose sight of the reason you even started playing the game. Learn to love the process and you will win every time.

Crisis will reveal what you do not deal with yourself. The people who have built a measure of success but they didn't earn and never dealt with the issues that lie deep within. Those things ALWAYS come out in crisis. Don't be these people - invest today and reap a harvest in due time.

Instead of viewing the things that you do not like in your life as problems, begin to view them as refineries. How is this going to refine me? A diamond is refined by the pressure - look at your life as a collection of refining moments and it will change the way you think.

Ego is one of the most destructive ingredients of the human psychology - the antithesis to growth. How many times have you done the right thing for the wrong reason? When you do, you won't reap the full benefit that you will from doing the right thing for the right reason. As a leader, you're responsible for your reasons.