Daily Mind Medicine

Are you more concerned with your optics than you are with the truth? Who are you in public, with family, friends, when your back is up against the wall, etc? The game is not just saying what you feel like you must say for fear of losing ground, the game is for you to consolidate yourself. Be the same in private as you are in public.

There are patterns that develop in our life and business. It seems like the "fun" thing is to achieve new levels, but growth requires great sacrifice. The moments that are the hardest are the moments when you grow the most (just before breakthrough). If more of us knew the cost, how many of us would still be willing to grow?

You know that you're doing something right when you look at your life and have to ask yourself, "How did this happen?" If you're not winning the big contracts in life, you're not honoring your own small contracts - your ability to do the little things like they are big things. You begin to build a force of momentum.

Are you pushing forward in your God-given lane or are you trying to be something that you're not? Find the thing that lights you up and pursue those things. When you invest into the thing that you are born to do, you extract a return in every area of your life.

A lot of people get some sort of success and forget where they came from. People that are going through hard times often forget the hard times that they've gone through in the past to get to where they are. Remembering is a necessary ingredient to staying healthy. Don't forget where you came from. Onward.

Can you be the same person after the achievement as you were before or are you swayed by the approval of others? Most people get a little taste of success and lose all control and focus. The crowd is a construct of your imagination - they will raise you up when you win, and kill you when you fail. What are you allowing to control your focus? Don't let it go to your head.

Most of us don't graduate to the next level soon enough. If you are driven by getting, having, and accumulating, you will never be able to become who you are supposed to be. Graduate into the next level of focus and identity rather than focusing on all of the peripherals.

Things that have not been bothersome for a long time begin to become a problem the moment you start moving in the direction that you are supposed to go. Judge the cost of what you decide that you want to be. You get what you pay for. If you can get to the end, it will be worth it.

You're not going to get anywhere if you focus on fixing the wrong things. If you look at yourself honestly, you're start finding that you are spending your time solving problems that are short-term focused and long-term deficient. You need 2 or 3 of the right things and to stop fixing the wrong things.

Don't get lost in the machine where everything that you do has to be tied to production or income. Embed safe zones in your week where you can focus on activities that have no strings attached - things that you do purely for enjoyment. If you are burning the candle at both ends and constantly trying to be "on" every single minute of every day, you will likely limit your growth potential.

How do you turn a lifetime of victim mentality into becoming a victor? Victory follows vigilance and it's the secret to overcoming the way you've always been.

People chase power, but the people that are ahead have developed purpose first and power follows purpose. Unhealthy people chase purpose in pursuit of power. It is impossible to have true power without first identifying your purpose.

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.