Pocket Ninja Strategies

PRO-TIP: Don't let Empowerment Tools Disempower You! Here's my hot take. As someone who's done a ton of learning about personal growth, empowerment, self-development and confidence I've noticed a pattern.... The pattern is that you take something that's suppose to be an empowerment tool for you, and then you use it to disempower yourself. DON'T DO THAT!! For example, if you're in a 30 day challenge (fitness, meditation, walking, reading, etc), don't use that challenge to shame, berate and guilt yourself if you don't do it 100%. Doing 5 days of a challenge and then missing a few days is better than doing no days at all and at least you're trying. The whole point of trying this self-development thing was to make you feel good, so DON'T turn it into something that makes you feel bad. I used to do this to myself all the time. Now I refuse to use something good for me, against me. Check out the video to hear more. Do you do this?? Tell me about your experience with this. https://youtu.be/c6fwf6L3xeU

This is some serious counterintuitive wisdom in not giving a "f*ck". We just finished The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Book Club and damn there was a lot to take in, contemplate and apply to life and work! The main premise of the book is that we're wired to give lots and lots of "f*cks", but we have a limited supply, which results in giving too many "f*cks" about too many things that just don't matter!... So the art of not giving a "f*ck" is NOT being indifferent and uncaring it's about being highly selective about what you give your "f*cks" too. I feel like our book club group is going to be contemplating and apply many of the counterintuitive ideas into our life and work! As we wrapped up our final interactive book club discussion, we highlighted these key takeaways: Ask yourself "Do I really NEED to give a f*ck about this or not?" Only give one f*ck at a time Stop f*cking thinking about your problems and start working on them Ask yourself "Do my commitments align with the f*cks I have to give?" Just give less "f*cks" (about trivial things) What do you think? What takeaway resonates with you? Let me know in the comments! FYI: this is not paid for by Mark Manson, but wouldn't it be "f*cking" cool if it was!

STOP, collaborate and listen... Before you start thinking and acting.... STOP & get QUIET.... Feel the discomfort of the silence. And then hear the shouting of our thoughts. Let the discomfort pass, let the loud thoughts pass, just observe. And when all that noise and discomfort falls away, listen to what the wisdom of your heart has to say. Then, and only then start thinking and acting. This is how we live a life that's aligned to our heart's desires.

Take a breath with me as I celebrate accomplishing my deadlines and hear about how I’m getting more done while also being relaxed and calm.

Be different. Standout. Follow your intuition.... Take the path that feels right to you, but feels unexpected to others. Your job is NOT to align yourself to everyone else's expectations of you and to try to explain yourself to everyone. Your number one job in life is to figure out who you are, what matters to you, what you're good at and what you like. And then go where you are valued, celebrated, happy and gotten!! If only I had know this earlier. But, I know now, and so do you. Right?!?!

Are you soaking up life's lessons? I sure am! Even on vacation I'm learning, getting inspired, reinventing...... I hope these lessons resonate with you and inspire you to live with joy, confidence, ease, grace, laughter, humility and most of all love.