Zero Dean's Blog, page 24

These are facts

We’ve polluted water sources so badly that you can’t swim in, let alone drink from them. We’ve caused or initiated the mass extinction of many species in exchange for strip malls and parking lots. We’ve made the air toxic to breathe in many places. And cases of cancer and disease are ever-increasing. These are facts.

And now, after over a century of doing things to destroy the environment for profit, there’s finally a growing movement to slow its destruction and...

When it comes to pursuing your passion

When it comes to pursuing your passion, your task is not to find people to pay you for it – your task is to provide so much value with what you offer that people seek you out to pay you for it.

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When little things upset you

When little things upset you, it’s likely that the real issue has more to do with something else than it does with the things you’re letting get to you.

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If you know you need to change your life for the better…

Unless you’ve specifically hired someone in your life to do it, it’s not someone else’s job to look out for you. It’s not someone else’s job to protect you from things that may do you harm. It’s not someone else’s job to keep you healthy. It’s not someone else’s job to make sure you do everything you want to do in life. These things are your responsibility.

If you’ve veered off course in life or you’re doing things you know ar...

It isn’t criticism that holds you back — it’s you.

Many times, how you think about the things holding you back hold you back more than the things themselves. For example: criticism.

It isn’t criticism that holds you back, it’s how you choose to think & react to it that does. Always remember that how you choose to respond to criticism and negativity is a choice.

Ignoring criticism is an option that too few people take advantage of. The more that you consciously disconnect yourself from modes of thinking that hold you back, the...

Get started. Keep going.

There’s nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about putting in the effort to get better at something. No one starts at the top – everyone has to make the climb to reach the heights they are capable of achieving.

Don’t let your fear of being bad at something stop you from making progress towards getting better at it. Putting in the effort to improve yourself is far more admirable than anyone who may criticize you for it.

Don’t let your fears keep you from making progress towa...

You don’t have to be the best

Reminder: You don’t have to be the best at anything to make a positive difference in the world, let alone a person’s life.

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You can get through this

Always keep in mind that no matter what you’re dealing with now, now is not forever. Repeat that. Now is not forever. Your life will change. Your feelings will change. Your attitude will change. And your circumstances will change.

Whatever you are dealing with now, hang in there and do whatever is necessary to manage this minute, this hour, or this day in as healthy & productive a way as possible and you will see that things will change.

Now is not forever – now is just a passing m...

When it works for others, but not for you…

Just because something works for someone else doesn’t mean that it will work for you – but if it doesn’t, it doesn’t mean that you should stop seeking something that will.

Don’t let your lack of results be an excuse for a lack of effort. Your life is your responsibility.

When something that works for others doesn’t work for you, it’s your responsibility to keep trying new things until you find something that will.

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Get out of your head

When it comes to productivity & accomplishment, too many people spend too much time thinking and not enough time doing. Your thoughts produce far fewer results than your actions ever do.

The world doesn’t see what you think, it only sees what you do. If you want to make a significant difference in your own life or someone else’s, you must transform your thoughts into actions that get results.

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