Your Mindless Habits

A Duke University study found that 40% of what we do is mindless habit.  That’s both useful (saves energy) and dangerous (that comfortable rut). 
What’s the habit that serves you most at the moment?

Which one serves you least?

Think about that, 40% of what we do is mindless habit!  What could you do with that 40% if you were present?  Now some habits are useful, they save our energy, they let us do two things at once.  Think about your useful habits.  How could you increase those useful habits?  

Now, think about those dangerous habits, the ones that keep us in a rut.  I once heard the best description of a rut and that is "A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out!"  Are those dangerous habits serving you or are they holding you back or even killing you?  They can't be doing all three so you need to decide if they are worth keeping or should they be tossed in the garbage bin?

Too often we allow our lives to become a mindless habit.  We get up, shower, brush our teeth, fix our hair, shave all without thinking.  Then we go to work, take the same roads we always take and again, no thinking.  Then we get to work, we do the same thing we have always done again without thinking.  We drive home, eat dinner and turn on the tv and any thinking we would have done devolves into mush...

Remember, "The secret to our future is hidden in our daily routine."  If the above is your daily routine, I don't see much of a future there.  WAKE UP TO YOUR FUTURE!  Start getting out of those mindless habits and start living!

Know.  Be Known.  Make A Difference!

A Duke University study found that 40% of what we do is mindless habit.  That’s both useful (saves energy) and dangerous (that comfortable rut). 
What’s the habit that serves you most at the moment?

Which one serves you least?

Are You Enthusiastic?

"What is the difference between enthusiasm and motivation? Enthusiasm is the outward representation of motivation."~David Hepburn Jr

Are you enthusiastic? Daily? Why or why not?

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. Are you mediocre or are you accomplishing the goals you set for yourself? If you're not getting what you want, you might want to check your enthusiasm.

“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.”
Feel stuck? Get the drive to help you out of that rut by adding enthusiasm to your life. Remember, a rut is just a coffin with the ends kicked out. Without motivation, you can't have enthusiasm. What are you motivated to do?

“Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.” Want to get noticed? Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will flock to you.

"What is the difference between enthusiasm and motivation? Enthusiasm is the outward representation of motivation."

Are You in a Grave?

"A rut is only a grave with the ends kicked out."~Earl Nightingale

Are you living in a grave (you might call it a rut)? Why? You get to choose how to live and if you want to stay in that grave or create a new place to be. If you chosen the comfortable, the easy way, you might be in a grave now.

You are in charge of every choice you make. No one else has that power. If you feel that you don't have this power, then you have given away your power to someone else. If that's the case, take it back now! Choose to break out of your grave and start living again.

Ralph Waldo Emerson asks a great question, "Why should my happiness depend on thoughts going on in someone else's head?" Think about that for a while...

"A rut is only a grave with the ends kicked out."

What are You Prepared to See?

"People only see what they are prepared to see."~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What are you prepared to see? It is good or bad? Why?

Are you open to new things, things that may not be your usual fare? If you only see what you are prepared to see, how can you open up your vision? Not you sight, but your vision.

Don't stay in the rut that you are in. Open up your vision to new things. Stretch your mind, out of it's comfort zone and see what happens. Be prepared to see anything!

Being prepared to see anything will allow you to see everything. Don't stay closed to new things just because you aren't prepared to see them. Allow yourself the freedom to see new things.

"People only see what they are prepared to see."