Tag: mindset
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“Phones have to eat first”: Or just me trying to get more comfortable taking pictures
This is the response I got to a quick snapshot of my food: “Looks like you tried to sneak up on it lol” I admitted, “You are not wrong.” “It’s hard to take those photos for me too but this is also the culture we are in. “Phones eat first.” I have to admit, I…
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Building a maintenance mindset
There was a hole in the wall of my hotel in Nigeria. A very visible and easily repairable hole, but there it was. He sighed, “It’s because we don’t have a maintenance culture.” I would hear that same phrase in reference to various problems. The hotel, the roads, and the airport were all evidence of…
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Finally admitting the real reason I don’t write to-do lists
I laid on the floor stretching and at ease, which left me vulnerable to the attack from that thought: What am I afraid of? I’ve been holding off on building towards the life that I want. Truthfully, that inaction is most evident in the ways I hold back from building the single days that I…
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Money comes back
I was telling the group that I had been thinking about taking a trip. The problem was that I had already taken that expensive trip, gone to that other place, and then went over there just for fun. But this trip was one I wanted to take this trip to surprise a friend. I had…
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I don’t fail, and that’s a problem.
When my family would play monopoly, I would quit the game when my financial situation became dicey. If I didn’t believe I had enough money to cover the likely rent or payments, I would walk away from the game. This is probably amazing financial insight for a child, but there’s more to it. I didn’t…
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You don’t have to believe in yourself
This idea, that you don’t have to believe in yourself, is not my original idea. I just listened to a podcast by Rob Dial, his Mindset Mentor. The episode was entitled, “How to Believe in Yourself,” in response to a listener question. His answer was essentially that you don’t have to. We often think that…
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Simply changing where I sat today was a big deal
I just switched my seat at Starbucks. I moved from a table in the interior of the store to a long bench. This is a milestone. Thank you for cheering for me. Let me explain. I chose to sit at a table in the middle of the place because someone was already sitting at the…
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Moving from to-do lists to focus items
Yesterday, I wrote on my dry erase board, “Take out the recycling.” At that moment, I was going to take out the recycling. That was it. No, don’t stop and pick up the sock on the floor. That wasn’t on the list. I went back inside and wrote the next thing, “Make the bed.” Don’t…
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Act like a fan
Euro Cup 2008: I was glued to the screen Turkey was behind but making a valiant effort. I left the room, they score. The game is close. I decide to leave the room, this time on purpose, they score again. They win. Next game, another nail biter, Turkey is behind yet , so I cover…
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Because you made it optional
I went to bed racking my brain trying to figure out why it was that I was so unproductive during the day. Why couldn’t I fill all the tasks on my habit tracker? I was so good last year? Why is this year such a struggle. And then the words popped into my head: “Because…
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