You are the author, editor, and publisher of the story of your life.
UNLESS you:
Until you take guarding your mind seriously, others will continue writing the story of your life for you—and probably not for the better.
Don’t just visualize.
Do deep visualizations.
They are not the same practice.
Until you can see in 4k clarity who you want to become, you’ll continue acting in standard definition—i.e. in the same standard manner you always have.
But with 4k clarity, you can start acting in ways your most powerful version would… because you can see, feel, and even hear everything that that version of you does—all the way down to how they move their arm from bed to alarm clock first thing in the morning.
It’s just a matter of bringing that version into focus by upgrading the TV of your mind.
Referencing a 1990’s, box and antenna, blurry-at-best definition screen won’t take you to 4k land.
4k land requires 4k vision.
It’s time to upgrade.
The bigger your sense of lack…
The deeper your inner holes will feel.
And the deeper the inner hole, the more that’ll be required to fill it.
But, remember… filling a hole can be done in two very different ways:
1) Buying external hole-filler (which is often costly, hard to come by, and labor-intensive—you know… that luxury brand, media-worshipped, top-shelf style hole-filler).
2) Using internal hole-filler (you know, the stuff you threw next to the hole while you were doing all of that inner hole digging in the first place).
Remember this as you look around today… at the many wonderful things you often don’t notice, the people you often can’t stand, and the blessings you so often take for granted.
Maybe the “holes” inside aren’t holes at all.
Maybe they’re just parts of ourselves that, for one reason or another, became uneven from some unintentional / subconscious digging that we did and then left ignored. And what we need to do isn’t buy some fancy filler… but do some inner-landscaping/ leveling with what’s already there.
Because whole is how we were born. “With-holes” is something that sometimes happens as we go. And filling inner holes is best done with the stuff that’s already next to them—inside.
P.s. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. I’m very thankful to have you with me on this ride.
I used to love legos as a kid.
While I don’t play with them anymore, I still build daily.
And what I’m realizing is that each creation—each tweet; each 1-minute blog; each article; each LIVE Talk I host; each authentic interaction—is a lego block added to my collection.
And as it was when I was a kid: more legos = more possibilities, more creation potential, and ultimately… more remarkable designs.
This is why, in spite of having a LONG list of big projects I want to finish, I continue to spend substantial time on publishing mini-projects daily… because each day I add a new lego to my collection, is an instance when I get to proportionally grow the raw creation potential of ALL my ongoing big projects.
In short, in the case of Legos (literal and metaphorical) more is definitely better.
P.s. If these “legos” are helping you in the building of your own life creations, you can support my future “lego” building efforts here. You the best :)
Just as the universe expands forever outwards…
So, too, does our inner universe expand forever inwards.
There is no limit to the depth we can reach through introspection.
And, just as the universe only seems to get more interesting the more we learn…
So, too, does our inner universe only get more captivating the more we choose to return.
P.s. Looking for a good read? Check out my library of books that I’ve uploaded quotes from. You might even find your next favorite read…? :)
You don’t make your bank accounts easily accessible, do you?
Well, if it’s true that time > money… and how you manage your time is really how you’re choosing to manage your energy… why then would you make your energy easily accessible?
Your bank account would be empty if everybody had access to it… which might be why you feel drained all of the time…
If everybody has access to your “energy account,” it should come as no surprise that it’s frequently empty.
When you limit the accessibility, you increase the amount that’s available to those who do have access.
…Including, probably most notably, yourself.
P.s. I’m making an effort on LinkedIn again. Would love to connect with you :)
Information is an ocean—and most of us are drowning.
Those who get ahead, are the ones who learn to swim.
They take the ocean seriously and never mindlessly wander into its depths.
They learn how to float; how to tread; how to stroke; how to dive; how to navigate.
Similarly, proficient swimmers in today’s information-based world learn how to:
Being in an ocean when you don’t know how to swim is terrifying because the water is in control (and can lead to drowning).
Being in an ocean when you do know how to swim is incredibly refreshing and rewarding—because you are in control (and you get to swim in the ocean).
…And what a beautiful opportunity it truly is to swim confidently in the ocean.
P.s. Here’s an article I wrote on better managing your information diet: How to Upgrade the Quality of Your Life in 1 Hour.