Daily Spark

The ability to say 'no' is one of the most powerful yet underrated ways we can affirm our values, protect our energy, and ensure that we focus only on the things that truly matter in life.

 

 

The sooner you are able to embrace asking all questions that matter to you, the sooner you can begin to freely, confidently, and shamelessly explore all facets of life in a way that you perhaps never knew was possible.

 

 

 

Part of being an effective solver is knowing what a duct tape solution looks like, and whether it truly meets the needs or not for the problem at hand.

 

 

We dance to dance!

The work is never stuck. Achieving better work happens when you create enough reasons over time for the work to actually be better. 

No matter where you have been in life, no matter how you slice it, close examination will reveal that you in a very practical sense are the gate keeper to your own happiness.

We need to normalize bad days-- not because we particularly enjoy or desire them but because everyone has them from time to time. It’s part of being a human. It's okay to not be okay. 

We rarely understand the full impact of words, actions, and experiences isn’t obvious until after the fact. Therefore, it is a generally good policy to assume that all of the words, actions, and experiences you share can have an effect and therefore the intention to imbue kindness and to empower others should be a constant one.

Choosing to reinvent in a moment's notice  — to go a different way that you will not regret — is a powerful recourse that is available to you.

Your ruckus - the conflict that sometimes gets created when you share ideas that you believe in - is nothing to be ashamed about. Instead, it's what you bring to the table to achieve the best ideas, work, and culture possible. See your ruckus for the asset that it is, own it, be proud of it, and defend it always when others seek to subdue it.

One day you really will have lived your final 24 hours and the only way to  avoid the tragedy of having wasted that day or any other part of your life is make it a habit of acting in a way that you do not regret.

It's important to protect our energy and to say no so that we may focus our energy on the things that matter the most to us.  Today's Daily Spark is based on notes taken from a talk Dr. Jenny Wang (https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/united-states/houston/therapy/jenny-wang) gave on Instagram. 

Speak to empower, not to cut. Act to help, not to harm. It’s not a way -- it’s the way.

Your kindness to others today matters just as much as your kindness to others tomorrow matters. The compassionate and kind world we seek doesn't happen in a day, it happens we show up for it every day.

The way you change the culture is the way you treat any other long game: you see each act for the essential building block of the future that it is.

Part of getting to a place worth being is choosing to act in its direction

Like any worthwhile endeavor, cultivating compassion takes time and patience but it’s well worth it because there is a more kind, gentle, and loving world waiting for us at the other end of it.

Your voice and actions breed awareness. Awareness breeds compassion. Compassion breeds acceptance, tolerance, and healing.