Meaningful Mondays

Three questions as you plan for a year from now: How will I be different? What will say "no" that I said "yes" to in 2020? What will I possess in 2021 that I didn't have, or wish I would have had in 2020?

Don't catch yourself saying, "I can't believe this year is almost over!" Do this instead.

Will I be better or worse for having gone through this experience?" By going, I learn where to go. By doing, I learn what to do. By BE'ing, I learn what I am capable of BEcoming. "To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know." - Stephen R. Covey

How might I....... so that I can.....? 1. What are the possible reasons I am noticing this symptom? 2. What isn't happening that, if it didn't happen, would cause the perceived symptom to either narrow or disappear? 3. What is happening, that if it stopped happening, would cause the perceived symptom to either narrow or disappear?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." - Marianne Williamson Can I manage my perceptions so that I can develop the characteristics of even greater leadership?

The most common way you surrender your power is by thinking you don’t have any. "The way to make a difference is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

"Step back into those things you value most before you step into the day." "It's the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen." - John Wooden "Can I begin this day with the intentionality, confidence, and courage to say "no" to even the very important, so that I can accomplish the essential "yesses" that move me closer to my most meaningful future?"

"Communication is the Response you Get." Before you speak, let your words pass through the 3... no, 4 gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? AND, Can I begin in gratitude?

"Every person I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "God uses our trials (struggles) to shape us into the kind of people we have to be in order to fully enjoy the future opportunities He has prepared for us." - Hank Smith

Only our internal moral compass in each individual that can effectively deal with the cause and the symptoms of societal incivility. "What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall

“The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.” - Russell M. Nelson

"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality." - Dalai Lama "Experience teaches only the teachable." - Aldous Huxley "Lessons learned from experiential moments captured, named, and shared... will be the legacy that outlives us." - Lee Brower

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore I stopped looking for the light. Decided to become it instead,

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And, I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." - Edward Everett

“As we lose ourselves in the service of others we discover our own lives and our own happiness.” - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." - Aristotle Then seek understanding-- Tell Me More...

Imagine a teammate with Alzheimer's in the World's Toughest Race Eco-Challenge Fiji (Amazon Prime) Being Connected, Feeling Safe, and having a Shared Vision with Gratitude as the Keystone - equals a winning culture.

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."  - Carl Jung "If you want results, begin with what is on the inside instead of pushing to control what's on the outside."

"To change ourselves effectively, we must change our perceptions." - Steven Covey   "There are things known and there are things unknown. And, in between are the doors of perception." - Aldous Huxley   "Ignorance leads to fear. Fear leads to hatred. Hatred leads to destruction. Honest education eliminates fear." - Daryl Davis.

"If you are not doing, you are not learning. Everybody makes mistakes. It's what you do with them that counts." - Coach John Wooden   "Mistakes are events on the timeline of your life. But they don't define your life..." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf