The Monday Morning Memo May 22nd

Welcome to this edition of The Monday Morning Memo.... I trust you had a fabulous weekend.  I certainly did with my daughter Oshyn and helping out with a Leomonad stand.  Today, I am reminded regularly that life is not about how many hours we put in or how much money we may make, but rather the true difference we have on peoples lives.  We must always remember the "Why".  We must always remember every time we choose to do something we are giving up the chance to do something else.  We must always remember that time will pass regardless of what we do or want.  Let us leave the baggage of frustration, anger, sadness, hurt, loneliness, drama, or disappointment in the past.  We must move forward and we must become better each and every day.  We should look at the people around us and ask ourselves are we making a difference in their lives.  Are we making a difference in our own?  I hope you focus on the differences you can make, because the rest will follow if you do.  Practice "Appreciation" and your life will change for the better.  

 

Enjoy your Memorial Day Holiday weekend and continued success for the rest of the year.....

 

When you are about to abandon a task because you’ve had enough or feel you aren’t getting any where or are just bored then try applying the “5 Minute Rule”. Say to yourself I will stick at it for just 5 minutes more and then I can give up or take a break.

At the worst you get 5 minutes work done and at the best you will have found a second wind, got focused and become productive. Of course what you are aiming for is to move into The Zone when suddenly work becomes effortless, the words just flow, the paperwork gets dealt with, you make that call you’ve been dreading, nothing seems a problem. But imagine if you hadn’t applied the five-minute trick you might have never got there you might have gone and switched the television on and watched a replay of the ball-game!

You can use the the 5-minute-more trick in the Gym as well or when doing jobs in the house. I actually hear my lazy inner-self thinking up excellent reasons why I should abandon my endeavour, you’ve had a long day, mustn’t tire myself out for tomorrow, it’s too cold or hot or windy and the most crafty one shouldn’t you be doing another task altogether.

Remember the other 5 minute rule that we often want to give up a task after just 5 minutes, 5 minutes into writing an essay or starting a run that’s the danger time before we’ve warmed to the task before we see any progress, you can use the five-minute rule to help you through this discouraging phase.

Go on do five minutes more…

 

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.  ~Mark Twain

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.  ~Mother Teresa

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.  ~Ivern Ball

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  ~Theodore Roosevelt

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.  ~William Shakespeare

You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.  ~Cecil Baxter

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.  ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

What is easy to do; is easy also not to do. ~Jeff Olson

Send a card a day and by practicing appreciation. ~Jay McHugh