MONDAY MOTIVATION MINUTE – Be Uncomfortable
Growth and development happen when you set a goal difficult enough where you have to work to accomplish it. If the goal is easy and you do not have to try to achieve it, it isn’t a goal. It’s a task. This goes for work-related goals, personal development goals, financial goals, weight loss goals, or any goal really. Setting goals that are outside of your comfort zone can be a bit scary or intimidating and you might have feelings of doubt or uncertainty. “What if I fail?” “What if I make a fool of myself?” “What if I find out I can’t?” But what if you succeed? The spoils of success are so much sweeter when you have had to scrape and scratch and claw your way through and over obstacles to reach your goal. In addition to the reward of achieving the goal, you will also have become a…
MONDAY MOTIVATION MINUTE – Navigating the perils of the black hole of grief.
The grief of losing someone can be like a black hole. You may find yourself circling it, coping with it during the waking hours. But as day fades into night, you will find yourself being pulled closer and closer to confronting the grief just as light is drawn to a black hole. Sometimes, the loss and grief it left are too great and you cannot keep it at bay; that is OK. Grieving is a process that takes time to work through and you cannot expect, nor do you want to, forgo that grief because that will minimize who that person was to you. But, as time helps you work through the process, you will find yourself coming out the other side and just as Sci-Fi has taught us, there is a whole new world on the other side of a black hole. What this new world is like without…
MONDAY MOTIVATION MINUTE – The equanimity of accepting the good and bad of life
Monday Motivational Minute is about understanding and accepting life and the peace that comes with that acceptance.