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It’s 4th Quarter of 2022, but it is never too late to make a big transformation this year and set yourself on a whole new course for 2023. Here are some quick thoughts, an essay, a FREE book, questions, and articles to set you on a new path for 2023.

Making New Year’s Resolutions doesn’t cut it anymore for where you are going.

Short Essay: An Invitation For You

Deep down we all know that we can be more, much more.

There is a future picture of ourselves in each of us that is much bigger and more exciting than where we are now. But are we ready to take the courageous path to become that new version of ourselves?

"Wanting what you want" is not only about being free and living life based on great choices and new commitments, it is also about painting a much, much bigger picture for yourself and those you lead, while also getting on the right path that looks scary and full of unknowns.

Most of us are avoiding the courageous pathway to get us to that bigger future. What we are each missing is an invitation to become courageous — to become a new version of ourselves. Sadly, most will never get that invitation. But now I am extending that invitation to you. I’d like to invite you to take the remainder of this year to be much more so that you can swing through to a transformational 2023. I want you to be intellectually excited and emotionally committed to that new big future.

If you are receiving this message (I actually know all of my subscribers), please know that I believe in you, perhaps more than you believe in yourself. As a result, I want you to dream of a bigger future for yourself and remember that in life you don’t get what you deserve. You get what you think you deserve. You need to have courage to want what you want and at the same time eliminate lesser goals that are distracting you. I invite you to dream and take the right kind of risks that play to your distinctive strengths and discovery a bigger present.

Keep dreaming because when your future gets bigger, your present gets better.

Questions We Should All Be Pondering:

• What are the big wins from the past year?

• What are my top three goals for this quarter?

• What changes for myself were overdue, but now necessary?

• What am I running from?

• What should I be running toward?

Quote to Chew on:

“You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.”

- Meredith Willson

Articles of Note:

Solitude and Leadership If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts. https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/ 

Can You Delay Aging by Refusing to Act Your Age? When old age starts depends on where you live in the world. But it may also partly depend on how you view aging. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-can-you-delay-ageing-by-refusing-to-act-your-age

How to Admit You Are Wrong? Admitting wrong doing isn’t failure. https://www.vox.com/even-better/23198698/how-to-admit-youre-wrong

The Sit-Up is Over It used to dominate American fitness practice. Now it’s all but over. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/sit-ups-crunches-lower-back-pain/639437/

Running and the Science of Mental Toughness There is more to running than just training your muscles and improving your stamina. It is also a mental sport, and maybe even more so than previously believed. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/running-and-the-science-of-mental-toughness/

Free Kindle Download of the Book I’m Reading

I’m reading BE YOUR FUTURE SELF NOW by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and have given away several copies of it to friends and family. You can get a Kindle copy for FREE if you're in the US Here. It is a great review of the science and methods of personal transformation.

If you want to chat about any of this, I’ve got my schedule here.

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