We are what we repeatedly do

Daily Gratitude: Understanding this should keep us from making up excuses such as us not having enough talent or “luck” or anything like that. As Dr Gilbert of Success Hotline says “it’s not that you have a bad memory. It’s just an untrained memory” and you can substitute any activity for “memory” in that sentence.

Big sports heroes are usually not born fantastic. They practice over and over. Masters of music can practice their trade for thousands of hours (some say that 10,000 hours is needed to master anything).

Michael Jordan didn’t make the varsity basketball team in high school. So how did he become so great. Through repetition.

What is it that you would love to e better at? Don’t blow off this question thinking it’s impossible. Tell yourself that you just haven’t practiced enough. And then get with it and start making a habit.

For instance, I became pretty adept at using my non-dominant left hand during just 6 weeks that my right arm and hand was in a sling. It happened because I had to use it for everything. I had no choice. Repetition improved this talent. I was actually pretty surprised at the results. It certainly proved this point to me.

How can you come up with a plan that includes repetition/habit to improve something you really want?

Daily Gratitude: Many of us probably need to read this quote several times and then several times each day.

How do you love yourself? Or do you even know you love yourself? I bet it’s a foreign concept to a lot of you. Use how you take compliments as an example. When someone says something nice to you about you do you say thank you or do you dismiss it and say things like “thats not true” or “I’m not as nice as you say” or “it wasn’t that good” and on and on. Do you realize you’re demeaning the other person and saying their opinion sucks and “couldn’t possibly be correct?” How do you feel when someone does that to you?

How are you taking care of your health? Are you taking care of it? Isn’t that a form of loving yourself?

What other things do you think go into loving yourself? How do you want to be seen?

Write all this stuff down and then look at it. Can you see where you can improve so that others see how you want to be loved? If not, what can you change ?

Daily Gratitude: Have you ever taken stock of your life and what you are doing with it? Are you building souls or are you working on the “monuments”? That’s figurative of course but it’s an important concept.

Material things are important but helping to grow someone’s values is an even greater responsibility. It’s a responsibility not just to that person but to society too.

Whatever core beliefs and values you instill or foster in someone will be with that person forever. Therefore, those values and beliefs will affect so many other people – way beyond your reach.

Take some time to look at how you are running your life. What is important to you? How important are the people who work for and with you? How are you interacting with them? What are you offering them? What are your goals for them? In What direction do you want to see them grow?

Ask these and many more questions to determine where your focus is. Fix what needs to be fixed and grow as you want your colleagues and employees to grow.