🤔 Morning thoughts (October 7 - 13)
Every Sunday I share a quote and a reflection on it for each day of the week.
Themes of the week: Inner transformation, consistency, self-worth, imagination, negotiation, non-judgment, leadership.
Sunday - October 13, 2024
"To attempt to change the world before we change our concept of ourselves is to struggle against the nature of things. There can be no outer change until there is first an inner change. As within, so without."
Neville Goddard
The world is just a reflection of yourself. First learn to pay attention to what happens inside, then learn to control it, then learn to change it at will.
Saturday - October 12, 2024
"It is your job to comport yourself humbly and to consistently hew to your moral ideals. Cling to what you know in your heart is best. Then, if you are steadfast, the very people who ridiculed you will come to admire you"
Epictetus, The Art of Living
Consistency is the hallmark of good character. You can’t win over your very nature unless you show yourself you can withstand adversity over and over again, unmoved.
Friday - October 11, 2024
"To liberate yourself from craving, you have to try something different: resist the impulse to escape and simply look, calmly, into the void."
Phil Stutz, Coming Alive
In the storm of your thoughts and reactions, if you can find a center, you’ll inevitably see that beyond that there’s just emptiness. A calm, peaceful, positive and productive emptiness you can come back to, over and over.
Thursday - October 10, 2024
"It is a marvelous thing to find that you can imagine yourself into the state of your fulfilled desire and escape from the jails which ignorance built."
Neville Goddard, Neville Goddard
Be productive and creative in your imagination to be a producer and a creator in your reality. Imagination dictates your state and your state dictates your life moment by moment.
Wednesday - October 9, 2024
"The world is as negotiable as a flea market in Marrakesh. Only a fool doesn’t haggle. Whenever presented with rules, think of it as a game that can be changed."
Derek Sivers, Useful Not True
First know the rules, then change them. You can’t change the game unless you study it. But recognizing you could, is the first step.
Tuesday - October 8, 2024
"“Today I shall judge nothing that occurs.” Non-judgment creates silence in your mind."
Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
The way you see others is the way you see yourself and the way you see yourself is the way you see others. Find alignment and everything will fall into place.
Monday - October 7, 2024
"Consistency is one of the most important and underrated aspects of being a leader. A person can’t feel safe at work if they’re apprehensive about what version of their manager they’re going to encounter on any given day. So if you’re the boss, you need to be steady, controlling your moods so you don’t end up taking out that morning’s squabble with your spouse on a server with a wrinkled shirt."
Will Guidara, Unreasonable Hospitality
Before you even think about getting better, think about getting consistent. Resisting reaction before action.