Wherever you are, be there. ‘Give yourself permission to feel and connect, as not everything is a joke. There’s a time to tell the truth, to be serious. Connect to the people who surround you, the environment, and the mood.’
It is okay to feel your feelings. When people are feeling their feelings, be there. Do not ignore them. Do not try to change them. They don’t want you to change them. They don’t want you to tell them how to feel their feelings.
All they want from you is your presence. When you are there, be there. When you are there, just listen. ‘Just because someone seems fearless and brave and untouchable doing what they do doesn’t mean they are.’
If you want to know what people are going through, be there for them, not against them.
Further Reading:
Lewis Howes (2017). The Mask of Masculinity: How Men Can Embrace Vulnerability, Create Strong Relationships, And Live Their Fullest Lives
When you wake up in the morning, what do you do first? Do you check your phone? Or do you pray?
Whether you pray or check your phone, remember that you are in charge of your life. Your life is yours to control. Remember that how you live your days is exactly how you live your life.
If you want things to change, you have got to change how you live your days. You have got to shift how you see your world. You have got to change how you see the world around you.
You have to shift your attention to something that is really important to you. Look for things that make you come alive and do them. Look for other people who can help you get what you want.
But you have to be in charge of your learning. Because your success is going to come from what you are learning. Your future is going to come from what you are learning right now.
Do not focus on what is going to make you really sad. Anything that is going to make you unhappy, don’t do it. Because if you do something that you don’t want to deal with, you are not going to be happy with yourself. And your soul is not going to be happy with you.
Learn how to be with yourself, how to learn more about what is going on in your life. To do that, you must take care of your thoughts.
When you control your thoughts, your feelings will follow. So if you want to experience a better life, you have got to do better, think better, and work better.
Because you are more powerful when you are in charge of your day. And you achieve more when you are in charge of your time, when you use your time wisely.
Remember, getting busy is not the same thing as getting things done. If you want to get things done, you must find peace within you.
Because if you are always busy, if you are always doing, you will forget who you are, what you are doing, why you are doing what you are doing, and where you are going.
Do not let that be you. I hope not.
As always, when things get tough, remember, ‘You are more, not less!
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