Chasing growth, humor, and grace with Dr. Glenn Doyle |
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WEEKLY RECAP June 30th - July 6th, 2018 |
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Highlights from the Blog and Facebook |
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| | Saturday, June 30th (AM) The truth is, we don’t have to be constrained by anyone else’s vision of what our life “should” look like. The truth is, we can create a life that is fun and interesting and meaningful to us... | | |
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| | Saturday, June 30th (PM) Be on your own side. Even when it’s hard. Even when you’re mad at yourself. Even when you’re sad. Even when you feel unattractive. Even when you feel lonely. Make being on your own side a non-negotiable... | | |
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| | Sunday, July 1st (AM) You’re exactly as motivated as you are. No more, no less. You can beat yourself up for not being more motivated. I wouldn’t recommend it, but you can... | | |
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| | Sunday, July 1st (PM) Setting boundaries starts in little ways. Sometimes it even starts in your head, by imagining yourself setting boundaries. Little steps. Little assertions. Small limits... | | |
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| | Monday, July 2nd (AM) You can throw a temper tantrum because you’re not as inspired or motivated as you “should” be. Feel free. Does any of that feel like a helpful expenditure of energy and focus? | | |
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| | Monday, July 2nd (PM) It's okay to laugh at yourself. Because, c'mon, you're going to do funny stuff sometimes, even when things aren't working out. Sometimes you're going to fall flat on your face. | | |
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| | Tuesday, July 3rd (Blog) "Go out there and win one for the Doc." Take your metaphors seriously. Ask yourself whether your metaphors serve you well, or burden you. Ask yourself if there are metaphors that might realign how you see the world and your place in it... | | |
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| | Tuesday, July 3rd (PM) It seems I see a lot of motivational posts asking "how bad" you want something. Apparently if you want something "badly" enough, you'll be, I guess, extra motivated to go get it? I'm going to offer an alternative view: it doesn't matter how bad you want something...It matters how smart you are in chasing what you want. | | |
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| | Wednesday, July 4th (AM) When you stumble, your brain often goes right for the explanation of, "I must suck." The fact is, there are maybe a dozen more valid and useful hypotheses for why you stumbled that could be on the radar screen before "I suck." | | |
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| | Wednesday, July 4th (PM) The mind responds to conditioning. It's that simple. Sometimes we're lucky and we figure this out early in life. Most often, we're not. That means that the vast majority of the training our minds... | | |
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| | Thursday, July 5th (Blog): “It probably doesn't matter what you deserve.” I don’t think you “deserve” a good life. I don’t think you “deserve” a bad life, either. I don’t think you have a “birthright” to happiness, nor do I think your “birthright” is misery... | | |
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| | Thursday, July 5th (PM) Did you have a goal? Then did you get distracted? Or tired? Or diverted? Hey, it happens. Literally nobody's success story says, "And then I decided on my goal, and it was smooth sailing from then on out!" Maybe it was your fault, maybe it wasn't. Maybe you could have prevented it, maybe not. | | |
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| | Friday, July 6th (AM) You can’t control what or how others contribute to your friendships or relationships. All you can control is what you bring to the table. | | |
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| | Friday, July 6th (PM) Commit to yourself that if you’re going down to defeat, it won’t be for lack of trying. Maybe you’ll get your butt kicked. In fact, you assuredly will. | | |
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Newsletter created by Susan Michelle. |
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