"I don't know" is always an acceptable answer in the moment, but never over time. We fall into a trap if we stop at "I don't know." Imagine a musician who stops at every unknown note, never seeking the right pitch. Progress

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @COACHPRIME (@deionsanders) Be where your feet are. Too often we're shifting our focus mentally when we should be present in the moment. Focus on the task at hand, while it's at hand. As the good book says,

🧮"Feel your feelings." - Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Conscious Leadership Group The 4 Pillars of Integrity are: (1) Radical Responsibility (2) Feeling our Feelings (3) Candor (4) Impeccable Agreements Among these, the most challenging for me to embrace is feeling my feelings. Before Ryan Holiday, I was influenced by

🧮"If you're going to succeed, you need a vision, one that's affordable, practical, and fills a customer need. Then, go for it. Don't worry too much about the details. Don't second-guess your creativity. Avoid overanalyzing the new project's potential.

"Simplify. Not much is needed for happiness." - Kobi Yamada Happiness isn't complex. It's just hard. It's challenging because, to be happy, we must often say no to things that would bring us short-term joy. We find ourselves constantly denying immediate wants

I did it. I was finally sucked in and attended (virtually) a Tony Robbins seminar. Am I just a sucker for positivity? Did I drink the cool-aid? Did Oprah mind-trick me into attending? Who knows... but I decided now was a good time to attend to see what the guy

“ You don’t have to accept how you feel.” — Tony Robbins Feelings are information, not decisions. There's power in realizing that your response to your feelings is nothing more a choice. You, and only you, have the power to choose how you respond to your feelings when they

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“So, instead of looking for hope, try this: Don't hope. Don't despair, either. In fact, don't deign to believe you know anything. It's that assumption of knowing with such blind, fervent, emotional certainty that gets us into these kinds of pickles in

In my 2023 Mega Recap post - this section was mistakenly left out. It was the most important one for me to share so dropping it here. Sorry for the double email, but hope you get something out of it! Lessons Learned * Optimism is a moral obligation. - David Deutsch.