Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

Eyes Wide Opened

It's easy to become dulled to danger when everything is working.   #personaldevelopment

Win or Learn

There is no losing in Jiu-jitsu. You either win or learn. You can apply this same attitude to any challenge you take on. You either win or learn.  The choice is yours!   #personaldevelopment  #selfimprovement

Keeping a Journal

Instead of carrying that baggage around in our heads or hearts, put it down on paper.  Instead of letting racing thoughts run unchecked or leaving half-baked assumptions unquestioned, force yourself to write and examine them.  Putting your thinking down on paper lets you see it from a distance.  It gives you objectivity that is so often missing when anxiety and fears and frustrations flood you mind.    #personaldevelopment 

Opportunities vs Obstacles

Visionary business leaders including Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos, all have one thing in common - they think about possibilities not limitation.  They're not concerned with obstacles.  They're focused on opportunities.  What are the opportunities in your life?    #personaldevelopment

Productivity

Is your day run by your inbox?    #productivity

Beliefs

Don't believe everything that you think.   #personaldevelopment 

One Step at a Time

You rarely see Step 2 until you've completed Step 1.  You need to take the first step forward.  There's no other way.  You need to take action in the direction of your goals, and then trust that the next steps will revel themselves along the way.   #goals   #personaldevelopment 

Mental Focus

Thoughts become things.  Choose the good ones!

Goals

What BS excuses do you tell yourself for not going after whatever it is you want?   #goals   #personaldevelopment 

Influence Group

Sociology studies over the years have proven that we are, in terms of our: education level, income, success level, knowledge, behavior patterns, health, and world view, the sum total of the 5 people we spend the most time with.  It's a subtle thing that on a conscious level we're probably unaware of the influence others have on us.  The question is, the 5 people that you spend the most time with, are they building you up or tearing you down to their level?  Are they encouraging you or holding you back?  Are they happy for your success or jealous?  If you can't eliminate those people in your life holding you back and tearing you down (e.g. family), then at the very least, start to minimize the time you spend with them.  This is your life, not their's, and you only have this life.  Take control  of your life and soar.  Don't allow anyone to tell you what you can or can't do.  The only person truly holding you back is you!    #personaldevelopment 

PS: after close to 2,200 blog posts, this is by far the longest one I've written :)