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Category: Thinking Clearly

Life With Hands Empty

Published on May 18, 2022

We are born with hands empty.

As we grow, we pick things up.

The more we hold on to, the slower we go.

Hold on to too much, and we drag to a halt.

We become lighter by letting go.

Letting go of what’s weighing us down.

Letting go of what’s eating us up.

Letting go of what was never ours to carry.

Reclaim access to your complete energy store.

Reinvest in a life where your inner child gets to explore.

A life where you are free.

A life where you are light.

A life where you are empty-handed, quick to move, and open to the possibilities of an abundant world.

This is why we let go.

Not because what we’ve picked up isn’t important.

But because life with hands empty might be more.

Stuck? Or Weighed Down?

Published on May 16, 2022

The more you hold on to, the heavier life feels.

When you get in the habit of clenching tightly on to:

  • People
  • Places
  • Pains
  • Things
  • Thoughts

Your life eventually becomes so heavy that it drags to a halt.

How could this not be the case if day-after-day you continue to hold on to more than you let go of?

The knapsack that’s full of everything you’re trying to control will eventually surpass your ability to carry it forward. And you’ll be presented with a choice:

Either (1) let go of more so you can start moving forward again or (2) stay where you are and keep a tight grasp on all that you have.

And here’s the question you have to ask yourself: is what I’m holding on to serving me or is it just familiar (and comfortable)? Because if what you’re holding on to isn’t serving you…

Maybe it’s time to start letting it go.

Being Yourself Comes First

Published on May 10, 2022

If you’re having a hard time being yourself, rather than question yourself (what’s wrong with me?!), question everything else.

Being yourself shouldn’t require effort. It should never beget self-consciousness.

Being yourself should be effortless. It’s what comes from an absence of self-consciousness.

Being yourself is you in your raw, pure, and untainted state.

If what’s coming from you isn’t that—then it’s because of a factor that’s foreign to you.

That foreign element is making you (or has made you feel) reserved, fearful, and doubtful.

Question who or what that source might be (or has been):

  • Are you interacting with people who are hyper critical and demeaning?
  • Is the work you’re doing demanding that you act a certain kind of way?
  • Are you being influenced too heavily (brainwashed) by media and TV?

Once you’ve identified what foreign elements are causing you internal conflict—remove as many of those influences from your life as you can.

Anything that moves you away from yourself should be removed (or at least mitigated) from your life without hesitation.

And anything that makes you feel more yourself should be more included in your life without hesitation.

Nothing in life goes well when you’re not able to be yourself.

Being yourself comes first.

Confidence Formula

Published on May 5, 2022

Confidence is success remembered.

If you define success as getting a standing ovation after a TED Talk, then you’re going to have confidence issues.

If you define success as doing something that’s a little more than what you did before, then growing confidence will hardly be an issue.

With that in mind, here’s your formula: own your definition of success + make collecting “successes” a regular priority = watch your confidence grow.

Can You Hear Your Heart?

Published on May 3, 2022

The heart speaks in whispers.

The world YELLS IN ALL CAPS!!

If we don’t find ways to separate ourselves from the YELLS—we’ll never hear the whispers.

Shhhh—Do You See That?

Published on April 25, 2022

Bad news SHOUTS.

Good news grows quietly.

Remember this when all of the news feels overwhelmingly bad.

It’s not that it’s all bad, it’s that your good is humbly growing while your bad is temper tantruming.

Don’t let the SHOUTING deter you from seeing the good in your life.

Fueled By Fear

Published on April 24, 2022

…of being average, unworthy, and boring.

Fear, channeled, has kept my tank off “E” and engine running STRONG for years.

Don’t suppress fear; use it.