SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

Again and again, you’ve seen that some things raise your energy level and other things deplete your energy. So here’s a reminder to get yourself as often as possible into those energy boosting situations and stay away from whatever drains you. Sure, that is easier said than done. Even so, it bears repeating and is important to always keep in mind. When you have a choice, as you very often do, put yourself in places, with people, doing activities that increase your positive energy. Even a small and temporary jump in your energy level can have far reaching effects. If there’s something that gets you down, stop complaining about it. Stop complaining, and get yourself cleanly away from it. If there’s something that makes you enthusiastic, creative and energetic, stop merely wishing for it. Go beyond the wishing and figure out how to make it a part of your life more often. You can live an energetic and fulfilled life every day. Just make the choices, based on what you already know and feel,...

Don’t get mad; get creative. Don’t get frustrated; get resourceful. There is a workable way past whatever is threatening to make you angry. There is opportunity in those situations that pull you toward frustration. Life is a creative experience, and the universe is an abundant place. Combine those realities together and what you get is value. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself, feel the energy of your own capability. When the breaks don’t go your way, remind yourself that there’s much you can do to set things straight. Whatever challenges you, can also motivate you. Whatever pushes against you, can make you stronger and more determined. Be the creative, resourceful, positive and effective person you know you can be. And know the confidence of seeing yourself move forward no matter what.

You can choose, so choose to live in harmony with what you value and appreciate. You can choose, so choose to be purposeful, persistent and effective. You can choose, so choose a life of goodness and fulfillment. You can choose, so choose happiness. Others will attempt to convince you that you’re unable to choose what’s best for you. Yet you know better. You know that you have a choice in every moment. Life proceeds according to the way you choose to live it, so choose to live it with purpose, integrity and joy. You can choose your attitude, your perspective, your response, your actions and your outlook. Feel your purpose and in every matter, in every situation, make the choices that express that purpose.  Whatever happens, you have a choice. Use that power of choice now, and again and again, to make life rich and truly fulfilling. 

What you continually focus on affects the way you feel. The way you feel has a major influence on the direction and effectiveness of your actions.  Keep your focus on the positive possibilities and opportunities, and you will feel great. Feel great, and you will achieve great things.  In your mind, make the disappointments so small that they eventually fade away. In your mind, enlarge the positive possibilities to the point where you cannot help but bring them into being.  The way you see life sets the stage for the way you interact with life. So choose, in each moment, to see life in the best possible light.  That doesn’t mean you must be oblivious to reality. Be fully in tune with reality while directing your focus toward its most promising aspects.  Use your positive focus to produce positive action. And use your positive action to create the life you truly wish to live.

Imagine that life is what you think of it. What would you think? Imagine that anything is possible to achieve. What would you achieve? Imagine that there are no limitations. How would you find fulfillment? Imagine that you can see the immense value hidden in every challenge. How diligently would you work to bring that value to life? Imagine that the future is yours to create in whatever way you wish. What way do you wish? Imagine all the possibilities that are here right now. What will you do with them?

Time is passing, but you don’t have to let it pass you by. Time is passing, and that’s an opportunity. With each minute that comes, there comes the chance to make life more valuable and rewarding. As time goes by, you can cleverly use it to go forward. An hour from now, you can be more knowledgeable, more highly skilled, better connected with others, more experienced, motivated, and purposeful. A year from now, you can be so far ahead of where you are today that it’s truly amazing. Time is an immensely valuable resource, and it is flowing into your life right now. When you make full and resolute use of it, anything is possible. Do you realize how fortunate you are to have the time you have right now? Celebrate your good fortune by making it even better, by using this moment to increase the value of all the future moments. Here is your time. Use it well

Sometimes what you’re about to do just feels right, in a way you are sure of but cannot explain. Pay attention to that feeling, for in it is wisdom accumulated through all your experience. Other times, what you’re doing feels wrong, not for any particular reason but just because. That is an almost certain indication it is not right for you. Reason and logic provide valuable guidance and reliably lead to magnificent achievements. Sometimes, though, it is best to step back from the purely reasonable and go with what you feel. The best person to know when that is appropriate is you. At some level, you know how authentic, how honest, and how well advised your feelings are. Though you may not even realize it, you are highly skilled at recognizing patterns. And many times you can feel those patterns much more clearly than you can articulate them. Go forward based on objective reality, on reason and logic, on the facts available to you, but don’t go against your feelings. Go with what feels r...