Daily Motivator - October

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October 1

Let resistance fall away

Much of what makes anything difficult is your resistance to it. That’s a difficulty you can quickly eliminate whenever you choose.

There’s nothing inherently difficult about getting up at five in the morning to work out. Once you drop the resistance to it, once you’re fully committed, it becomes a pleasure rather than a difficulty.

The resistance is real, powerful. Yet you have control over it.

If you know you must, if you know it’s best, then drop your resistance and get it done. When you are fearful, frustrated, annoyed, apathetic, those are things you can change.

Rather than permitting your resistance to make excuses, engage your chosen, focused efforts to make progress. Give your intentions precedence over your resistance.

Choose not to fight against your own possibilities, capabilities, and ambitions. Let your resistance fall away, and let your own dynamic life take its place.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

That was a awesome read to start the new month with.

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October 2

Improving your outcome

When your efforts are not producing desired results, that’s not a reason to stop. It’s a reason to adjust, and to keep going.

Quitting doesn’t improve your outcome. Perseverance is what will create the outcome you desire.

When you’re disappointed with the way things have unfolded, that’s no reason to run away and hide. It’s a reason to get more involved in making the future brighter than the past.

Don’t become immobilized by regrettable results. Instead, make good use of what you learn from them and the way you feel about them.

Based on the new experience you’ve gained, re-orient your efforts to be more effective. Tap into the energy of your disappointment and point it in a positive direction.

See the undesirable outcome for what it is, the first step toward your desired outcome. Then move forward and do the rest of the work to take you exactly where you want to be.

— Ralph Marston

[willbe275]

Happy October!
New month new opportunities! Be grateful for all that you have and committed to keep working and growing! Remember... change is uncomfortable... however, worth it! Have a phenomenal start to this new month!

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October 3

Limits

If you had all the time in the world, you wouldn’t ever get anything done. Because you could always, always, do it later.

If you had all the money in the world, whatever you bought would mean nothing to you. Because you could always buy more.

The reason you’re able to value your time is because it is limited. The reason money has value is because there is not an unlimited supply of it.

Limits can feel oppressive and burdensome. Yet those same limits are what make things precious and valuable.

Limits provide a structure within which you can work to flourish. It is by making your way through a world with limits that you create and experience fulfillment.

See life’s limits for the opportunities they are. Seize those opportunities with joy, with enthusiasm, and make them into real life value.

— Ralph Marston

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October 4

All along the way

You don’t really win by causing others to lose. You win by doing something of value.

Your ability to truly win is independent of what other people do. Winning exists in the process more than the result.

Yes, you want the result to be positive and valuable. That’s how you determine the nature and extent of your effort.

Yet the winning does not come only in the reward. The winning comes also in everything you do to reach the reward.

You are living life in every moment, and you wouldn’t want the reward to only be at the end. For the reward to be maximized, it must be present throughout the whole process.

Choose the priorities and actions that enable you to win not just at the end of the undertaking, but all along the way. Every day, every moment, take the opportunity to truly win.

— Ralph Marston

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October 5

Allow joy to live

Sometimes, missing out on what you enjoy gives you the opportunity to discover something else you’ll enjoy more. Rather than being resentful about the way life unfolds, be enthusiastic about the unfolding possibilities.

When you so choose, you can make every moment a new adventure. Dare to go beyond what’s comfortable and familiar, and uncover new pathways to express your purpose.

You’ve learned that you love and enjoy many people, places, activities. Give yourself the chance to learn how much more you can love.

This day, this place, this situation might be much more fulfilling than you’re allowing it to be. Instead of wishing for the enjoyment of doing something else, create a new kind of joy out of right now.

Let the moment be. Let yourself live the goodness of it.

Don’t make your joy dependent on some narrow, specific configuration of reality. Allow joy to live and thrive, wherever you are, whatever you’re doing.

— Ralph Marston

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October 6

New starting point

If you’re not careful, complacency can make everything you’ve gained crumble to the ground. Don’t let your success be victim of that same success.

Avoid complacency by responding to each success with gratitude, humility, and continuing effort. Treat success as an opportunity to create even more success.

If all you do with your good fortune is consume it, you’ll soon be left with nothing but regret. Instead, seize the opportunity to build upon your success.

The joy of accomplishment is in the doing. The way to continue that joy is to continue the doing.

Realize that the biggest reward of any success is the opportunity to aim for even more success. Feel the extent of that opportunity, and go to work on it.

Make every success into a new starting point. Delight in continuing to fill your world with new achievement and value.

— Ralph Marston

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October 7

Pay attention to your wishes

Do you wish to have all your work for the day finished? Then devote your time to doing it, now and until it is done.

Your wishes will show you what to do, but they won’t do it. That’s your job, your responsibility, your privilege.

Do you wish you had done things differently in the past? That’s a wish you can’t fulfill, yet it’s one you can use to improve your life as you move forward.

Although you can no longer prevent the mistakes of your past, you can stop yourself from repeating them. That will make a real and positive difference in your life.

On their own, your wishes won’t make anything happen. However, informed and inspired by those wishes, you can make a lot of great things happen.

Pay attention to your wishes, and then get to work. Today, and every day, you have the opportunity to make your best wishes come true.

— Ralph Marston

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October 8

Love the moment

Love the moment. Love the day.

Love the circumstance and those you share it with. Love the challenges and the opportunity they provide to make a difference.

Love the way daylight fades into dusk. Love each new season and the change it brings.

Love the mystery that will always remain beyond your ability to know. Love the time-tested values that provide a foundation for lasting richness.

Love what you remember and all you can look forward to. Love the joy, the effort, the tears, the laughter, the tumult, the stillness.

Love life, in its grand expanse and its minuscule details. Love that you can give your best, always, to all you love.

— Ralph Marston

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October 9

Surprises

You can influence the future but you cannot control it. Keep that distinction in mind.

If everything were to happen according to plan, life would be terribly monotonous. Much of what you treasure in life, you didn’t know about in advance.

People, activities, knowledge, concepts will surprise you, and that’s a good thing. Life is open-ended, no matter how diligently you prepare for it.

Accept that open-endedness. Be okay with not knowing, with being surprised every now and then.

True, some of the surprises won’t be pleasant. Yet all of them give you the chance to add some new aspect to the richness of life.

Do your best to create a good future, but don’t reject life if it’s not precisely the way you imagined it. Welcome the surprises, and take each one as an opportunity to feel more fully alive.

— Ralph Marston

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October 10

Renewed determination

Are you disappointed that you haven’t gotten more done by now? Feel the disappointment, and then transform it into inspiration.

You can’t travel backwards in time, so there’s no use wishing you could change what’s already happened. What you can do now is travel forward with renewed determination.

Remind yourself that it’s never too late to make a positive difference. Each dawning day delivers new opportunities to act, to achieve, to set things right, to move forward.

If you know you could have done more, now is your time to do it. Allow fresh, new energy to well up within you, and put that energy to immediate use.

Some time has already passed, yet more time is now becoming available. Make the choice to use that time wisely, productively, purposefully.

Let your past disappointment push you to act and to persist so that you won’t be disappointed again. You can get it done, and now is when.

— Ralph Marston

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October 11

Purposeful activities

Your success is not determined by how busy you are. It is determined by how well your accomplishments satisfy your purpose.

Living a meaningful life is not necessarily about racking up a profusion of impressive feats. Having much to boast about is not the same as having much to live for.

Yes, be ambitious. And make sure it means something, to you, to your world, your values, your purpose.

What good things would you do even if no one would ever know you had done them? What places would you visit just for the experience, not for the selfie photos or bragging rights?

Do those things, go to those places. When deciding what to do, make sure it means something.

Merely being busy for the sake of being busy rewards you with anxiety and not much else. It’s being purposeful in the activities you choose, that brings you true fulfillment.

— Ralph Marston

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October 12

Rein in your brain

Rein in your brain. Think about what you do before you do it, but don’t overthink.

Think it through, then quickly act on what you think. Keep your thoughts going, but don’t let them stop you from making progress.

Are there things you’ve thought of doing, things you’ve wanted to do, that you’re not doing? Stop thinking about them so much and start acting on them.

Honor and value your thoughts by committing them to action. Go ahead, take the first step, and then keep going.

Your thoughts are powerful, and it’s easy to let them become a substitute for action. It’s much better, though, to let your thoughts push you into action.

Doing what you intend to do is not really that difficult. Just stop thinking so much about it, and start acting on it.

— Ralph Marston

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October 13

Play in active role

When you come upon an opportunity, take it. When you discover a problem, solve it.

Play an active role in life each day. Get up, get out there, get busy, and get things done.

Make use of your energy and you’ll have much more of it. Put forth a little enthusiasm, and you will quickly feel that enthusiasm began to grow.

Join in without waiting to be invited or persuaded. Offer your action, your advice, your understanding, your kindness.

Keep yourself interested, informed, involved, and positive about making a difference. Always there is something good and worthwhile that you can do.

Life moves fast and is filled with richness. Move along with it, and add your own unique efforts and expressions to the richness.

— Ralph Marston