But What If You Could?

But what if you could?

Those are magical words…no matter what the obstacle, constraint, or impediment, those five magic words just sweep all that aside and give your mind the room and freedom it craves to imagine the possibilities!

Want to start your own business…but what if you could?

Want to create a non-profit to help communities in need…but what if you could?

Want to quit your job and live on a sandy beach somewhere…but what if you could?

What’s your “impossible dream”? Share it in the comments! I’d love to hear what you’re dreaming about doing…if you could!

Why Is This So Hard?

Have you ever caught yourself asking why things are so hard? Why can’t just one thing in your life be easy? What if it’s just perspective?

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.”

Jim Rohn

Whether your thing is baseball, video games, or cooking, there’s been a time when you really wanted to accomplish something big but the obstacles were just too great. Like learning to ride your bike. You master the tricycle then all of a sudden this “big kid” bike only has two wheels. When you look at it like that, it’s a hard thing to master…but bicycle racers have done it.

See, the reality is that you can learn to do just about anything and that learning is made easier by your perspective, your mindset! If you think it will be difficult bordering on the impossible, then it will be. If you think it will be easy after a little practice, again, it will be. It’s all in how you look at it.

So when you face a challenge, something that makes you think about quitting, before you declare the task impossible, check yourself. Ask what you can learn or practice more to become good enough to achieve the impossible!

Change Your Thinking – Change Your Results

Do you feel that the outcome for your day is outside your control? Maybe it starts under your control but eventually, it succumbs to the demands of others. This is the thinking that got you here. If you want to stay where you are, keep thinking that way. But if you want more, if you want to find and do work that matters…read on.

The reality is that YOU control the outcome of your day. Every decision point is an opportunity to choose between a positive interpretation and a negative interpretation. How you choose will dictate how you feel. And how you feel now will impact how you feel going into the next decision.

So, each morning set an intention of what you will be and how you will feel today. Write it down, say it out loud, write it on your mirror. Then attack the day knowing that nothing will knock you off course from a GREAT day!

The Rat Race

Every day we have the chance to make hundreds, maybe thousands, of decisions. And the cumulative result of all our decisions creates our life, lifestyle, and lifetime!

Face each opportunity as just that, an opportunity. Even if your work requires you to deal with angry people, you can choose to be happy, entertained even, in the face of their frustration. Who knows, maybe the happy smile or understanding tone in your voice is just what THEY need to hear so they can have a happy day as well.

And how to do make that kind of choice? Well, for that you’ll have to listen to or watch the full installment of 7 Minutes In the Morning!

Choose to Win – 7 Minutes in the Morning – 22 Apr 2019

The problem with the rat race is, even if you win, you’re still a rat.

Lilly Tomlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d49fA6vgs