Daily Gratitude: This takes a bit of practice, thinking of things how you want them to be. We’re so used to accepting and focusing on the bad (we’re not that good at doing it with the good though) that we get stuck there.

How about stopping yourself when you see or think of something you don’t like and reshaping it in your mind. Become a design artist. Redesign your life that way.

Not happy in your job? Create the job you want in your mind. Some people will say this is like creating a vision board and that is true but you can create the whole thing in your mind.

Remember the details. And when and where. Let’s say you come up with the job that’s your dream job. If you’re not completely specific you might end up in Kalamazoo (no offense to anyone who lives there).

Try this with simple things to start. So you can practice AND you can have fun. Having fun raises your vibrations and that is the best way to create the changes you want.

Sounds simple? It is simple. It’s just not easy because you have to guard against falling back into old habits. But once it becomes a habit you won’t want to revert.

Daily Gratitude: Letting go in any shape or form is extremely difficult for humans. And this type of letting go may be one of the worst, ranking right up there with letting go of a relationship.

It’s important though. When I was 4 I decided i was going to be a doctor (God told me I was and who was i to argue). Within the next few years I professed to the world that I was going to be a neurosurgeon just like Ben Casey (a TV show starring a neurosurgeon for those of you too young to know this)! That was it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Fast forward to the age of 21 where I was diagnosed with epilepsy. It wasn’t the diagnosis that bothered me although that was bad enough. It was that i knew I couldn’t become a neurosurgeon- or any kind of surgeon for that matter.

I had to let go. Did I want to let go? Heck no but I didn’t have any choice. Facts were facts.

You’ve heard me say this many times before – my ultimate career choice was so much better and I ended up doing more good in the military disability system than I ever would have as a neurosurgeon. My life and that of many others was positively impacted by that one diagnosis and my letting go.

What is really bothering you right now? Can you let it go and trust the universe? How will that look for you? Not your future but the actual letting go? It’s nebulous but can you embrace this

Daily Gratitude: This is the one most important lesson anyone can tatoo on their forehead.

Persistence is what it takes. You can read or see (via YouTube) stories about the “greats” in any field and how they often sucked at what they were trying to do but just kept at it. And eventually after lots and lots of practice, they succeeded and then after even more practice they became great.

You know I’m a Yankees fan so of course one example has to be of a Yankee (and actually it’s two examples)

When Derek Jeter first came up to the big leagues he made a lot of errors and wasn’t “the star” his scout predicted ….yet….but take a look at the progression of his career and you’ll see how persistent effort on his part helped him improve season after season. Now No one thinks about his rookie year.

Yogi Berra was definitely nothing to write home about in his first year. In fact, he was pretty bad. But he wanted to be the best and he wanted to be a Yankee so he worked his butt off in the off-season and came back in year 2 so much better. And now he’s often a household name and not just because of his famous sayings.

Don’t give up. Every time you do something, you get better at it. So just keep doing it and you’ll keep getting better and better. You don’t have to be brilliant or Mensa level intelligent. You just have to keep working. Can you do that?