INPowering Thoughts

This intentional exploration of valleys and peaks, of streams and oceans, will help us find diverse limits and boundaries as well as possibilities and opportunities.

“Follow me” is an invitation, not a demand or a threat. Followers are volunteers and true believers, not conscripts.

We demonstrate behaviors either because we are practicing the behaviors that we want to become second nature to us, or because we are acting from our true character formed from our values.

We all are imbued with a sense that no matter how good we are, we can do and be better. It carries the energy of motivation.

We set boundaries for what we will do, and we set boundaries for what we will allow others to do to us. I believe in red lines, and I’m willing to take a stand against those who threaten to cross mine.

I learned to savor moments regardless of what I was doing — even mundane chores and hard work. I attended to each activity, being more mindful of the experience and my surroundings.

Each of us is here now because of all that preceded us. We live in our time and place because of those who lived in theirs and made us possible.

Some changes seem like sudden changes, but they have been quietly in the making for a long time. We can thrive by learning to adapt.

We live in partnerships, families, work teams, communities, cultures, and countries — one mankind populating the earth, children of common origin and parents of infinite human potential. Out of many, one.

As Mark Twain observed, “It’s easier to to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”

This is the way lies go. The innocent suffer for the ego of the liar and the lies he tells for his self-interest. It’s an eternal problem as long as there are those who want to believe the lie.

Influences are not always obvious. It takes a trained eye to recognize them before they can do irreversible damage.

Our character contributes to the character of the world around us, whether the family, the workplace, the neighborhood, whatever your sphere of influence might be.

We have all been stuck in place with indecision, wondering which path to choose. We have evidence to inform us if only we will take time to consider it honestly.

We say we want to matter. Our anxiety comes from trying so hard to be noticed. We insist on looking in all the wrong places.

How do we determine what character traits make up a person? Listen to their speech.

We pause from our busy lives to esteem those worthy of honor. To be credible, we establish standards for honor and protect them from being corrupted.

The INPowered demonstrate the INLIghtened mind by applying knowledge to a task to develop a skill that can be used to create a intentional result.

Stopping to admit a change is necessary and committing to a different tactic can be the difference between success or failure, or between a great project and a mediocre one.

We all know we have an internal voice either encouraging us or tormenting us as it informs us regarding our decisions and actions.

The INPowered athlete’s heart welcomes the competitor who tests them, the critic who objectively judges them, and the coach who molds them.

The scoffer ridicules, belittles, and bullies his adversaries, trash-talking their ideals and values out of his own arrogance and pride.

Continual practice results in habitual behavior. Behavior that becomes so second nature to us that we might not be self-aware of who we have become, or when.

When we are interested in others, we want to know how anyone different from us is perceiving their world according to their life experiences.

When I thought I was treated unfairly, I simply did not think I deserved it, and the consequences could never be adequately remedied.