Effort to Encourage I had a discussion with some friends this morning about how often people are starving for a word of encouragement. This made me think of my favorite proverb: An encouraging word is like a honeycomb. It strengthens the body and sweetens the soul. It also made me think about – how willing […]
Life Trajectory
Life Trajectory If we want to change the trajectory of our lives, we are going to have to get uncomfortable. We get to choose between the comfortableness and familiarity of the status quo or the discomfort and unfamiliarity of better. Which do you choose – in theory and in reality? Do theory and reality match? […]
The Illusion of the Balanced Life
The Illusion of the Balanced Life People cause themselves all kinds of stress because they compare themselves to an illusionary standard – the illusion that there is such a thing as a perfectly balanced life. There’s no such thing! Life is a dynamic thing with many moving parts. And at any given time, many of […]
A moment of grace
A moment of grace During some quiet time today, a picture of someone I don’t like popped into my head. Immediately after that a little voice said, “You know, God loves that person too.” Pow! I don’t have to now become best friends forever with this person. However, I also don’t have a valid excuse […]
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Cure for Ego
Cure for Ego The more we love, accept, and approve of ourselves ~ the less we have to engage in crappy ego games like worrying about looking good, being important, being right, seeking approval, false modesty etc. Much Love, Jonathan I write these Daily Doses because I know that my content does make a difference […]
The Discipline Group
The Discipline Group As long as words like: discipline, structure, routine, tracking, rules, time-blocking, accountability, etc. give you the heebie jeebies. You will be forced to underperform because you will be avoiding the things that will help you to do better. Greatness stands on the shoulders of those words. So then, the thing to do […]
Just Get Started
Just Get Started Just do something – no matter how small. Just get started. We often experience resistance to doing something which means that we have some sort of lousy, uninspiring, or limiting story about it. We can decrease that resistance by lowering the energy of activation (the amount of energy we need to spend […]