Steps To Your Better You - RETIRE

A Les Brown motivational quote that some Facebookers take offense made me think about what exactly I am doing with my own motivational messages.

Simple wisdom that my kid reminds me of constantly. Even if she tends to believe she should not be held to the same standard.

Whether you are a creator or just a person feeling the blues, the best way to find inspiration is to get up and go find it. Somewhere where you currently are not.

Bad decisions have cumulative effects that take a lifetime of toll over your lifetime. Do not expect to snap your fingers and watch it instantly get all better?

When you set that alarm the night before, you’re promising yourself you’re going to get up at that time. Get up at that time.

Survivor guilt occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumatic or tragic event when others did not. Do not succumb to this feeling.

Every performance is not an audition. You don’t have to wow the crowds with every order served. You do have to serve the crowds with the orders that they asked for.

The last lesson was about finding a way to clear your personal clutter. Make sure you are not enabling other's personal clutter additions when you give physical gifts to friends and family.

You don't have to call up Marie Kondo to get your literal house in order. You can establish your own rules for when to throw out old junk. Once your personal rules are established, the junk will cease to be a problem as you have a buffer for the impulses and emotions attached to stuff.

Accessories that help you get things done are worth the trouble of setting up and expense.

Think of two banks, one that charges you for your account, and one that does not. To justify the extra expense, there must be some real explanation for it.

If you’re looking for your good version of a thing, and all you have are bad ones, throw those out. This is a message worth repeating since it is one of the hardest to live up to.

The reality of life is the space you take up in the world is not yours by design. You must claim it, and sometimes forcefully take it from someone who feels the same attachment to that spot as you do.

Yes, we reached another milestone. We’re going to use this point to offer up another reminder to celebrate your milestones. And to remember that every day you are given is an opportunity to celebrate.

Accessories that help you get things done are worth the trouble of set up and expense.

Pipelines (real pipes or series of processed) are the lifeblood of production. But a pipeline cannot be laid without work and planning. They need time to connect Point A to Point B, and then make the shipments work.

Never put your full faith in any man or woman. All humans are fallible, and anyone can fail you in a time of need.

I describe myself as ‘boring on purpose,’ to deter people with drama who think they are overly exciting from attaching me to their personal drama. But truly bored people, people with no direction, are truly boring.

When you ask people, “What’s your favorite…?” they then to stumble to come up with the right answer. Instead, ask them what they are currently enjoying most. They will almost always have one and be able to talk about it.

Distance can make the heart grow fonder. But it is always a major stressor in maintaining a basic relationship. Know which of your relationships can withstand not staying in proximity and which cannot.

Meditation is harder than it should be. Taking easier steps to motivation, like just taking a moment to pause your life, helps.

A new statistic states that for a regular person, about a third of the people they know would show up for their funeral, and you can cut that number in half if it’s raining that day. If you find yourself giving too much to a person you would bet money would not show up for your funeral on a sunny day, step back.  

Lights, camera, wait, what comes next? If there is nothing going on then there is nothing to worry or care about. Action is the key to life.

Life doesn’t work out well for people who try to live their lives sitting on the fence.

Every piece of wisdom you acquire may not seem apply to you in the moment. It’s not about the moment. It’s about having the a few extra messages in your back pocket for those times when you do need it.