Love Always - Coach J
Fear of something brings it to fruition. Fear makes it happen. How sets the fear? You! Your continued thoughts or apprehensions on what you do not want to happen are feeding the fear into a reality. Fear passes through all of us, simply let it pass. Don't park there. Park where you want to stay. Park in the view that you want to grow in. Let fear pass, don't trap yourself with your own fears. Live fearless, which means taking action in the face of fear. Action kills fear every time.
Love Always - Coach J
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After the a successful game you still need to review the game film. You are looking for what brought you success and what areas still did not go as according to plan. This applies to any endeavor in our life. A great vacation, a strong business meeting, a fulfilling workout. Take a moment and capture notes on the specific strategies and execution that led to success and note any areas of discomfort or inconsistency. Always striving to build on top of the foundation you have already laid will take you to new heights. Continue to build and grow. Love Always - Coach J A respectful, and thoughtful opinion can help us gain deeper understanding of our position. When someone is in opposition to us and we voice our perspective one of two things happen, one - we have a expressed our belief out loud and given it more power and meaning to us, two - we see where our thinking may have blind spots and we can consider the new information received. A respectful, and thoughtful opinion is never a negative thing. Look past your feelings of needing to be "right" and recognize the gift of feedback and interaction. Love Always - Coach J A crucible is a melting pot where metals are forged. It is also used as a term for an extreme test. In the test we find our strength that we work for in training. Without the test we never really know how strong we really are. In being tested and demonstrating our strength or knowledge the lesson is internalized into a deeper understanding than we had prior to the test. It becomes part of us and not just a philosophical point of view. We can study and train all we want, but if we never get out into the world and test our studies we will be weak in the face of adversity. Take your lumps, test your theory and use the power of the crucible to your advantage. Love Always - Coach J Many times I have used the phrase "transformation" when speaking to personal development but a recent insight has me considering the definition I will choose to represent. The transform is to change a shape from what it was to something new - at least that is the definition on a cellular level. Commonly it is used to state a dramatic change. I will use the change to something new definition to express my counter of discovery as being preferable. Of the things I have learned that have enlightened me most I had to consider that the lessons returned me to my essence - or Dis Covered (uncovered) something that was already within. I simply became aware of it and empowered it. I may have acted, or shown a dramatic change that others can casually call transformation, but the reality for me was I discovered information that was always present and chose to act on it. Consider this, but no matter what we call it, keep growing and aligning with Love. Love Always - Coach J A treadmill is a piece of exercise equipment that allows you to run in place. It takes away the elements and scenery that you would experience if you ran outdoors on a path or trail. It also takes away the bumps and dips, the rocks and the edges that you have to be aware of when you run outdoors. You work up a sweat you track distance and you can feel accomplished. I ask you to consider if your daily work habits reflect that of a treadmill or a trail run. Do you sweat and make a lot of movement without changing your scenery? Do you have a "safe" path without detours and rough edges? To achieve the full experience of life I suggest you get out on the edge a little and be willing to risk defeat so you have a chance to play for the victory. Are you doing what you love in your career? If so are you pushing it to the next level of experience? Stop running in place. Make the miles you have tracked count. Get in the game. Love Always - Coach J It is possible to give and still increase, as is it is possible to withhold too much an be in poverty. What are you holding back that you can give? Time, Money, Love, Attention? You get what you give. Are you giving happiness or pain? Don't hold back the gift you were given to share. Love Always - Coach J On the path of attaining knowledge of self and personal development the word wisdom comes up often. In a recent read E2 by Pam Grout she mentioned "You cannot know wisdom. You can only be wisdom." That is interesting and topic worthy in itself. Then my follow up reading has spoken to come from a place of understanding to gain wisdom. If first we seek to understand then we may utilize our knowledge and display wisdom. First we must seek to understand. This means taking away the fixed perspectives we have and look objectively to understand. Love Always - Coach J Take a quick moment and reflect on your average day. Break your time into a mental pie chart. How much of it goes to work, or career? How much to family? How much to study or education? How much to recreation? How much to rest/relaxation/sleep? Within each slice make sure you are taking care of yourself first. You must be healthy and strong before you can assist another. We should do all we can to assist others, after we've taken care of ourselves first. Find some way to invest in yourself a little each day. What will you do toady - right now to invest in yourself? Love Always - Coach J |
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