Hello lovely readers and welcome back to Mindset Mondays!
Following a 3-2-1 approach, it contains 3 thoughts from me (that you should ignore), 2 quotes from others (that you should read), and 1 thing I’ve been reading, watching or listening to this week that has helped me grow.
Let’s begin!
3 x Thoughts:
1) Growth for growth’s sake isn’t enough. Why do you want more money? Why do you want to lose weight? Why do you want more followers on Twitter? You need to define your values first and foremost.
2) The truth hurts initially but makes you stronger in the long run. A lie feels good to begin with but ultimately hurts much more.
3) Prioritising the things you value the most means learning to let go of everything else. That means understanding that everything you don’t pay attention to will get messy. It means embracing chaos in certain areas of your life. A happy, loving, laughter-filled day with my children means a chaotic household – I can tell you that right now! The point here is about perfection. Perfection and balance don’t work together. Attempts at having a perfect life will ruin your chances at having a balanced one.
2 x Quotes:
““The things you run from are inside you.”
– Seneca
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”
– Mark Twain
1 x Question:
This BBC work-life article: How workers are re-defining professional ambition. As someone who has been reevaluating his own career ambitions, I found this article to be particularly interesting. Quote, “We’re not necessarily becoming less professionally ambitious, experts say, but our collective understanding of ambition – as a concept in the context of work – is evolving into something less standardised, more subtle, increasingly personal and often quite complex for employers wedded to tradition to understand.”
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Clear Air Turbulence 
2 thoughts are spot on
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Some sage observations this Monday, AP2. Thanks!
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Thank you Jane. I hope you’re doing well. 🙏🙂
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I like the idea of going over the reasons you want to change or improve. Many times, we only do it because we think that we should or because someone else wants us to.
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Exactly. I think being clear about our why actually helps with motivation. If your goals are coming from the wrong place they are doomed to fail. Thank you Ang. Wishing you well 🙏
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Love your quotes especially the third one.
Better enjoy the moments with our kids when they are still kids rather than when they are grown up adults!
Over all enjoyed reading.
Thank you my friend
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Cheers buddy. Got to enjoy the now! Wishing you well 🙏
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Yes my friend.
Don’t miss the God given opportunity!
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Thank you for this useful reminder AP2 on how balance and perfection don’t work together (something I’m constantly working hard on)…Love the quotes too ❤🙏
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Thanks Bernie. I’m working on it too! Hope you’re well 🙏
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All designed to have us thinking. I love your comment on perfect life as opposed to balanced.
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Thanks Barb. You see right through me. I’m glad you liked it. 🙏
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“Perfection and balance don’t work together. Attempts at having a perfect life will ruin your chances at having a balanced one.” Beautifully stated!!
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Thank you ashjones! 🙂🙏
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the truth always does make us stronger and so did your post and quotes.. Glad to see you .. i’ve missed some posts.. life!🤣🙏
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