You can’t get it wrong and you’ll never get it done

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Mike

Work in progress
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You are a work in progress. And there is no end to the progress you can make.

No matter what level you attain, you can aim even higher. However much you already know, you can learn more.

Today is part of that work in progress. You won’t get it perfect, you won’t get it all done, yet you can make good and productive use of your time.

The grand epiphanies and eureka moments are few and far between. What is always accessible to you, however, is the opportunity for incremental progress.

Small moments spent on worthwhile and meaningful pursuits do add up. And today is provisioned with hundreds of such small moments for you to wisely use.

You are a work in progress. Do the work and make the progress, one steady, purposeful step at a time.

— Ralph Marston

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Confident humility

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Mike

Confident humility
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Whatever you’re doing, a sense of superiority will make you worse at it. Humility, on the other hand, will make you better.

The moment you think you’ve got it all figured out, your progress stops. Instead, continue to advance and improve by reminding yourself how much more there will always be to discover.

Confidence is positive and empowering, but arrogance is deadly. Be confident, but not at the expense of your respect for others.

Don’t burn up all your energy proving how great you are. Invest your time and energy being thoughtful and helpful.

See the victories not as proof of your supremacy, but as opportunities to offer more value to life. See the defeats not as personal affronts, but as chances to learn and grow stronger.

Take care not to waste your time in delusions of grandeur. Embrace the power of confident humility, and live well.

— Ralph Marston

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Leap into the Unknown!

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Mike

Live the fortune
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If you wait until you’re ready, you’ve waited too long. Start now and get it done.

If you’re certain you’ll succeed, you’re not reaching high enough. Step beyond what’s comfortable, expected, familiar, and stretch yourself to new levels of achievement.

You have the great fortune of being here today. Live the fortune, actualize your potential.

Make something of the massive abundance in which you’re immersed. Do something worthy of all the beauty that lives within you.

If you’re tripping over excuses, limitations, distractions, raise your awareness higher. Lock your focus on being of service to all you love and care about.

Don’t get ready, don’t get set, just get going. The great fortune of this day is here now and you are too, so do not hesitate to make it yours.

— Ralph Marston

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Thoughts Become Things

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Mike

 

Quality thoughts
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Thoughts can be poisonous, or they can be nourishing. What kind of thoughts have you been thinking?

What if every time you had a thought, that thought became reality? Would you be careful about choosing your thoughts?

Although your thoughts on their own do not magically become real, everything you create does begin with a thought. The quality of your life mirrors the quality of your thoughts.

Your thoughts can enable you, empower you, encourage and energize you, or they can hold you back and keep you stuck. Fortunately, you choose the thoughts that fill your mind.

Though thoughts can seem to be fleeting and inconsequential, your thoughts are always leading you in one direction or another. Choose those thoughts that lead toward the kind of life you wish to live.

Reality is what it is, yet what you make of reality is based on how you think about it. Think positive, substantive, meaningful thoughts and follow where they lead.

— Ralph Marston

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