THE DAILY SPARK

LOVING YOU!

In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.

Quote by Andrea Dykstra

About Andrea: https://andreadykstra.wixsite.com/andreadykstra/bio

REFLECTION:

  • Are there experiences from your past you would prefer to deny happened … wish never happened?
  • Can you take a fresh look at them to see how they helped shape who you are today?
  • What were the “gifts” or “learnings” from those experiences?
  • How can you reframe the experiences you view as negative to ones that helped you grow and be who you are today?

CHANGE IT!

If you don’t like something, change it.  If you can’t change it, change your attitude.  Don’t complain.

Quote by Maya Angelou

REFLECTION:

  • What are you complaining about?
  • Can you change it?  If yes, take an action.
  • Can’t change it?… change your attitude!!

CONSPICUOUS (non) CONSUMPTION

One way to show status is by demonstrating how many resources you have.  A bespoke suit, a huge graduation party, a fancy building… A bully who physically intimidates or an angry driver who cuts you off in traffic are each working to show their status and strength. 

But it’s also possible to demonstrate security and confidence by doing precisely the opposite.  The billionaire in a t-shirt.  The person who holds the door open and lets you go first in line… these are also demonstrations of status. 

The interesting question isn’t whether someone has status.  It’s whether they’re gutsy enough to demonstrate it by making things better for others.

Seth Godin’s Daily Blog

REFLECTION:

  • Examine how you demonstrate status.
  • Are you “gutsy enough to make things better for another today?”
  • Try demonstrating security and confidence in an understated way today.
  • How does that make you feel?