Category: Motivation Monday
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What Dies Inside Us While We Live
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” — Attributed to Norman Cousins Here’s the thing about our dreams. They don’t usually die all at once, they just kind of slowly fade. We finish school, get the job, get married, have a kid or…
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Character Is Simply Habit Long Continued
“Character is simply habit long continued.” — Plutarch Look back at who first showed up, then at who’s here now. The difference wasn’t motivation. It was the habits we’ve repeated long enough that they’ve now become part of who we are. Let’s not break the chain. #MotivationMonday
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The Danger of Aiming Too Low
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” — Author unknown, often attributed to Michelangelo The biggest danger isn’t aiming too high and missing. It’s aiming too low and succeeding. Sometimes the goals we…
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The Hardest Victory Is Over Self
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.” — Attributed to Aristotle Most of the battles that actually matter aren’t against anybody out there, they’re against us. The alarm going off when the bed feels too good. The workout we could talk…
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Changing the People Around You
“You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.” — Author unknown We spend a lot of time and energy trying to change people who don’t want to change. We see the potential in someone, we want better for them, and so we keep pushing. But we can’t force…
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The Space Between Stimulus and Response
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose.” — Viktor Frankl Most people react without thinking. Emotion takes over, habits take over, and before they realize it, the moment already made the decision for them. Growth begins when we slow down enough to recognize that space between…
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Growth Lives on the Other Side of Discomfort
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca Most fear lives in the mind long before it ever reaches reality. The longer we avoid something, the bigger it becomes. We don’t let fear make our decisions because growth lives on the other side of discomfort. Here in the UG, we embrace discomfort. This…
