🤔 Morning thoughts (April 14 - 20)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: growth, self-awareness, responsibility, discipline, courage, transformation, integrity
Sunday - April 20, 2025
"Every human mind is fertile, but only for those kinds of seeds it is prepared for."
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
You can’t grow in your mind what you don’t cultivate in body and spirit. Preparation also means looking at yourself big picture and understanding how you can integrate progression in everything you do. Potential doesn’t equal success.
Saturday - April 19, 2025
"The true test of a man, the beginning of his redemption, actually starts when he can no longer rely on what he’s used all his life. The real journey begins when the false self fails."
John Eldredge, Wild at Heart
We all have our journey to take but first we have to realize we need to take it. Value the awareness of your limitations at this stage as much as overcoming them.
Friday - April 18, 2025
"When you look for the problem, you often create it, which weirdly reinforces your belief"
Dan Martell, Buy Back Your Time
Luck is a series of directionally correct, deliberate beliefs, actions and avoided reactions, that when realized feel like magic. Luck is constant work, that’s why so few people have in on their side.
Thursday - April 17, 2025
"You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you. When you truly understand this, and refuse to take things personally, you can hardly be hurt by the careless comments or actions of others."
Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
Most people are afraid of taking responsibility for their own reactions so they take things personally as proof that they’re being hurt. Confidence requires courage.
Wednesday - April 16, 2025
"Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these rules as if they were laws, as if it were indeed sinful to compromise them"
Epictetus, The Art of Living
Your values and principles are all you have when the world around you doesn’t seem to conform to your wants. And it shouldn’t. But you can shape your internal reality and make it so vivid that it will feel like the only reality.
Tuesday - April 15, 2025
"integrity means being honest with yourself, then courage means having the strength of mind to follow where your heart leads you."
Brian Tracy, The Power of Self-Confidence
Having integrity is just the start. It’s following up on it in the real world that takes guts and energy. It’s also what takes you to a whole new level when you do it right. Trust your heart to take you where you need to be.
Monday - April 14, 2025
"You’re the one who has to show you really mean it. The more you’ve done, the higher the standard you must hold yourself to. The more you have, the more selfless you must be."
Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny
True success in life is proving to yourself that there’s no real destination, only process.