🤔 Morning thoughts (November 11 - 17)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: Accountability, Reflection, Energy, Alignment, Flow, Perspective, Consequences
Sunday - November 17, 2024
"Eventually the excessive time we spend maximizing comfort in the moment leads to inevitable delayed costs and unrealized achievements. As Robert Louis Stevenson once said, “Eventually everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”"
Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington, The 12 Week Year
The energy you avoid expending today because of fear will inevitably be taken away. The universe will see it as you not needing it. Unused energy compounds.
Saturday November 16, 2024
"The world is a mirror that reflects your relationship to it. When you are discontent with the world, it turns away from you. When you fight the world it fights you back. When you end the battle the world meets you halfway."
Vadim Zeland, Reality Transerfing. Steps I-V
Whatever you feel you need to the world you’re already giving it. Whatever you’re giving the world you’ll be receiving back. Don’t force things to go your way, find what your true way is and you’ll get it.
Friday - November 15, 2024
"There’s emotional calm with Acceptance, and perception is widened as denial is transcended"
David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., Power vs. Force
Accepting that only some very fundamental things are under your control and that nothing really matters except your power to influence those, is the first step to creating your reality. You have to see clearly before you can make a dent in your world.
Thursday - November 14, 2024
"Imagine a comfort zone that is so expanded that it can easily fit the entire day, no matter what happens. The day unfolds and the mind doesn’t say anything. You simply interact with the day with a peaceful, fully inspired heart."
Michael A. Singer, The Untethered Soul
To get in flow state you need energy and to create energy you need alignment between mind and heart. Your comfort zone can only expand as much as your energy allows. Feeling at ease, is a natural consequence of how many moments in flow you can string together.
Wednesday - November 13, 2024
"Whether you’re at school, a start-up, or a corporation, everyone wants the same things: success, validation, skills, and economic security. And the universe doesn’t care. Desire is necessary, not sufficient."
Scott Galloway, The Algebra of Wealth
Wanting a better life is just the entry ticket. What matters is the work you put in and how valuable that work is to others. Care about the work and the work will take care of you.
Tuesday - November 12, 2024
"'But it isn't just a piece of paper that makes a man. And it isn't just prison that breaks one, either."
Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Only you can allow external circumstances to influence your perception of yourself. Your values and beliefs shape your reality and how you see yourself way before anything else. You are in charge, for better or for worse.
Monday - November 11, 2024
“The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart—this you will build your life by, this you will become.”
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
Only when your mind and heart are aligned you can start working towards a life by design. Alignment is the ticket to more, better work.