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Competition

In a global economy, standards of performance are rising more quickly and more broadly than ever before, leaving subpar performers no place to hide. 

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#Complacency

Stretch goals make complacency impossible.  Develop a healthy disregard for the impossible. 

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#Motivation

Feeling motivated gets you to act.  Feeling successful gets you to repeat. 

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We Only Have The Present

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift.  That's why it's called the present."  -Bill Keane, cartoonist.  This  present is in our possession, but it has an expiration date, a quickly approaching one.  If you enjoy all of it, it will be enough.  It can last a whole lifetime. 

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Potential

The most meaningful question is this: are you becoming the type of person you want to become?

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#Habits

Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits.  It's a two-way street.

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Data

In our data-driven world, we tend to overvalue numbers and undervalue anything ephemeral, soft, and difficult to quantify.  Just because you can measure something doesn't mean it's the most important thing.  And just because you can't measure something doesn't mean it's not important at all.

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Action vs Motion

When you're in motion, you're planning and strategizing, and learning.  Those are all good things, but they don't produce a result.  Action on the other hand, is the type of behavior that will deliver an outcome.  If motion doesn't lead to results, why do we do it?  We do it because motion allows us to feel like we're making progress without running the risk of failure. 

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Reframing

I once read a story about a man who uses a wheelchair.  When asked if it was difficult being confined, he responded, "I'm not confined to my wheelchair - I'm liberated by it.  If it wasn't for my wheelchair I would be bed-bound and never able to leave my house."  This shift in perspective completely transformed how he lived each day.  

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Goals vs. Systems

Goals are good for setting direction, but systems are best for making progress.  Problems arise when you spend too much time thinking about your goals and not enough time designing your systems that enable you to achieve your goals.

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