Jim’s (near) daily blog articles centred around mindset and performance.
Its aim?
To make you think about your own life and have you create a positive, lasting change that comes from within.
To procrastinate.To delay or put off action. The remedy is simple.Take action. This deals with the consequence.The symptom.Not the cause. So it’s only a matter of time.Before it comes back.Rearing its head. The real remedy? Awareness.Understanding.Reframing.Redirection. Does this help me?Does this make my life better?Is this what I want to do?Is this what I want […]
“I am not creative.” Oh boy. If only she understood.It’s a belief.Which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Oh well.Maybe the next person gets it. And for the soul who doesn’t. “I am not creative.”“I am not analytical.”“I am not…” You are.Just not at the level you want to be. Yet.Or lacking the skill to use it.
“I hope I can make my dream come true.” My ears perk up. “I hope I can make my dreams come true.” Why does this feel….so wrong? “I hope I can make my dreams come true.” My stomach churns as the sentence echoes in my mind. “I hope I can make my dreams come true.”
I hope vs I believe Read More »
1 year old.I can’t talk.I can’t walk.I can’t feed myself. 6 years old.I can’t read.I can’t write.I can’t multiply. 13 years old.I can’t speak a second language.I can’t read a 200-page book in a day.I can’t explain anything about physics or chemistry. 19 years old.I can’t read 4 500-page books in a week. In my
Feeling stressed and unable to focus.Overwhelmed and not knowing where to start.A gazillion things to do. Or need to be done.So little time. No time. This is your subjective reality. The objective reality is often different.Your mind is overestimating the difficulties.And underestimating your capabilities.Add to that some strong – likely negative – emotions to exacerbate
Overcoming stress in 4 easy steps Read More »
Frustrated.Depressed.Insecure.Bored. Sounds familiar?You’re not alone.We all struggle with these.Some more than others. How to deal with them? Good question. This has worked for me. 0. Have a vision of a better future in your mind.This can be something you want to do, achieve or accomplish. For yourself. For your family. For others.Or simply an improved
Overcoming negative emotions Read More »
A young man 10 years my junior asked me: “How do you deal with failure? Do you ever feel like you’re close to failing?”My mind started racing. How do I deal with failure…When was the last time I failed?What did I do?Wait…when was the last time I failed?Actually…have I ever failed?What is failure? Mentally it
How do you deal with failure? Read More »
Life is surprisingly simple.We just make it more complicated than need be. I don’t know how to do this.I don’t have the time for this.I don’t have the money for this. We come up with reasons why we can’t do something. I’m not good enough.I’m not confident in this.I’ve never done this before. We start
Know where you are. Know where you want to go. Read More »
For a long time it was nothing more than intuition.I didn’t even think about it.I was simply living life…and one way or another everything worked out the way I wanted.Sometimes it took a few days, sometimes it took a few months.But it always turned out well. With some more years of life under my belt
Thought + action + belief = achieve whatever you desire Read More »