I can.
I’ve done it before, I can do it again.
I’ll never stop trying.
What doesn’t kill me will only make me stronger if I never give up.
Hope.
Trust in self.
Resilience.
When facing a crisis, it helps to repeat words like these that will foster a good outcome.
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If you’ve ever played softball, baseball or other sports, we can’t wait to get in there and take a swing at the ball, can we?
Even if we strike out three times in a row, we’re anxious to jump back in and try again.
This is not how most people live life.
We give up too easily, come up with reasons why we’ve done our best, shy away from trying again after a certain point.
We just accept a swing and a miss.
To change that and harness the power of persistence, think of everything you do like a baseball game.
In baseball, if you drop the ball, you actually want the next batter to hit it to you againso you can make amends. No licking wounds, no excuses.
That’s how to live life and increase the chance of winning because there is always the next opportunity to succeed.
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I was honored to work as an instructor for Wynn Etter, a Dale Carnegie sponsor in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Wynn was a force to be reckoned with – a ball of enthusiasm and positivity. A man who could lift your spirits within the first two sentences out of his mouth.
He often could sense when I had doubts and he would say, “you can do it, tiger”.
Me a tiger? I guess so if this force of nature thinks so.
Wynn came down with cancer later in life.
All through his treatment which went on for many years, Wynn lived an exemplary life of a person who had to deal with adversity while remaining positive.
How?
He always made it about you.
I would say “How are you feeling Wynn?”
“Great, tell me about your book, Jerry” and he’d be off and running to avoid sulking, sorrow and sympathy.
He lived for years, joined a gym for the first time when he was 65 and taught me by his example that helping others lift their spirits had the simultaneous effect of lifting his.
Wynn died a few years back but as you can read today, he’s very much alive in me.
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Not money – money is nice, amazingly people want and need it but don’t crave it.
Not lots of friends – yes, friends are important but the number isn’t compelling.
Good health? – certainly, it is hoped for, expected and appreciated but people only seem to crave good health when they are faced with grave illness.
Power? It’s a drug, wears off quickly and needs to be constantly fed.
The number one thing people crave is compassion.
Sympathy, pity, concern for their problems and sorrows.
And in the end, we do, too.
The perfect gift that makes people crave you is the ability to treat them with compassion.
Listen, relate, feel the pain and connect.
Since we know this is universally true, developing our ability to be compassionate toward others should be our main mission at work, at home and with ourselves.
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Exercise, diet, cosmetics, fashion – these are frequently employed ways to beat getting older.
Many of my college students think their 30’s will be the decade that all things good will happen.
For everyone else, it’s turn back the clock somehow, some way.
But it’s not numbers or workarounds that constitute the fountain of youth.
It’s enthusiasm.
Never outgrow your zest for enthusiasm.
Or as Henry David Thoreau put it “None are so old as those who have outlived their enthusiasm”.
At any age.
We can become more enthusiastic when we are more devoted to be grateful for all that we have not just that which we want.
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Strength isn’t a show of force.
It’s for lifting other people up and for helping sustain you through the challenges of life.
Strong people give power away.
Strong people use their power to help others get along better.
Strength is used to make sure everyone is heard – the number one need of humanity.
It is easy to confuse force for strength but strength is a tool to enable others not celebrate yourself.
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88% of adults stare at a screen while eating with or without children or other adults in their presence.
The average eater will check their screen twice during a meal and only have two meals without staring at a screen each week.
91% watch TV while eating a meal or snack, 49% watch TV and eat on a regular basis.
Why such destructive habits?
The survey conducted by Pretzel Crisps of 2,000 adults blames zombie eating on sending or receiving emails (50%).
48% scroll through social media.
37% watch YouTube videos.
36% focus on work-related activities.
Only 3 meals a week are consumed at the kitchen, 79% on the couch, 64% standing at the kitchen counter, 61% in bed and 48% on the floor.
If this is you, your phone is living your life. Becoming more social and interacting with others in present company, becoming the master of your device is a way to promote good relationships.
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There are two options.
Panic, deny and run.
Or rise to the task.
Most people get uprooted when something goes wrong.
Imagine what happens if you are ready to respond before something goes wrong.
Less fear, no denial and never panic.
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90% of a person’s health is due to their own decisions about lifestyle.
Only 10% is genetics.
That means the lion’s share of our good health is in our hands.
Same for problems.
Stressing out how to deal with problems is unnecessary because the ability to solve what’s ailing us is heavily favored in our hands.
Worry is useless and yet it is the single most significant factor for stress.
99.9% of what we worry about never happens and in the off chance that it does, it rarely happens the way we fear.
The numbers are on our side in improving physical health, stress and worry.
If the first thought these things trigger is “the advantage is on my side” the outcome will be better.
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Yesterday we had trouble with the link to the video in the story. Here’s the story and fixed link. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Mick Jagger’s Health Routine
Yes, I know Keith Richards looked 70 50 years ago and the Rolling Stones are 70+ and still kicking.
After recovering from recent heart surgery, Mick Jagger returned to working out. In his shows he covers 12 miles on stage.
His secret and the secret of others who want to remain vital and vigorous is cardio. Here’s his after-surgery workout.
But it’s the mind that keeps people young and motivated.
When the mind believes it, the body follows in step.
Exercise the mind to exercise the body and reach full potential.
Yes, I know Keith Richards looked 70 50 years ago and the Rolling Stones are 70+ and still kicking.
After recovering from recent heart surgery, Mick Jagger returned to working out. In his shows he covers 12 miles on stage.
His secret and the secret of others who want to remain vital and vigorous is cardio. Here’s his after-surgery workout.
But it’s the mind that keeps people young and motivated.
When the mind believes it, the body follows in step.
Exercise the mind to exercise the body and reach full potential.
If this DayStarters has been forwarded to you by a friend, you can start receiving a new one every day here.