Acceptance
Today I am again checking the box and showing up, just not quite in the way I want to. Lately it has been a struggle to create and share in the way I wish to for you. I considered skipping today's article even though it would've
What will you do today (and tonight!) to give yourself the best chance at making tomorrow great? As our CEΦ (CEO & Chief Philosopher) Brian Johnson [https://www.optimize.me/about-brian/] says often, a Masterpiece day starts the night before. The goal here is to do what you can
Today while perusing the fantastic Optimize wisdom [https://www.optimize.me/trial/] I came across the title of a book I had never seen before: Your Life Is Your Message. Reading that instantly reminded me of this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: > What you do speaks so loudly that
It's been an interesting week (sickness, lingering power outage) and thus I'll be sharing one of the first articles I ever wrote from over five years ago. Though my writing has certainly improved, I was and remain proud of this one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Early in elementary school I
Stoicism
Here's to seeing what we're in control of, letting go of the bad we can't control, and creating good days as often as possible.
So often, in work and life, completing even the most simple of tasks absorb more time and energy than they're worth when we stop-and go, pause-and-reset.
Clarity
Optionality is a privilege, entertaining endless options is obstructive.
Decide
What decision, if made, could provide the most positive impact on your life?
Solitude
Being bored all afternoon isn't helpful, but being bored for long enough to be guided by our solitude is helpful.
Experiment
In many ways, guess and check is the prerequisite mindset to effectively run a (life) experiment.
Often we react quickly without hesitation. Something happens — and we're already responding. This can be helpful for fight-or-flight situations, but unhelpful in most situations we experience day-to-day. Yesterday I was triggered by a conversation and was compelled to respond as soon as I could.
Effortless
It's not that everything is or should be easy, but we're doing ourselves a disservice if we make hard what doesn't need to be.