What I enjoyed most about the movie, without giving away too many details, was the main ingredient that Brittany Murphey’s character, Abby, learned to infuse into her ramen that made it special: spirit. Because in the end, this was not a movie about ramen, or romance. It was about finding one’s place in the world by focusing on the how more than the what.
When it comes to making change in your life, your health, or the health of your business, the #1 item on every “Law of Attraction”-based, personal growth-oriented list is always gratitude.
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The problem I have with the six-months-to-live question is that it tends to obliterate the more common reality that you’re going to be here a while. You’ve got a chance to make an impact, in whatever way that matters to you. You’ve got a chance to make something of your self, your life, and your contribution to others.
In order to make it through gruesome ordeals, you have to find a place in yourself that wants to overcome. Rising up to meet a challenge, toughing it out when high tide comes your way, and gritting your teeth and not giving up are the price of admission to success.
If you knew of someone who’s sole focus for the past twenty-plus years has been the cultivation of happiness, would you listen to what they had to say? I sure would.
When you started your business, you probably had all kinds of visions of throngs of fans, mobs of people who just can’t get enough of everything you do, say, and sell. After all, you get it, right? You see the uniqueness, the specialness, and all the wonderful things about what you’re doing.
But, the question is: Do they?
One of the biggest takeaways I had from reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch years ago was a saying: “Fear holds close; love holds dear.”
This morning I had a epiphany around that statement, while my wife and I were talking about some of the opportunities opening up around Monk at Work. After sharing a few things with my wife, she said, “that sounds great… I’m just trying not to get attached to it.”
And that was when the Idea Fairy swooped down and bonked the side of my head with its magic wand.
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