The Photogenic Mind

Have you ever found yourself saying that you were not able to accomplish a task? This task could be running a 5K, cooking, doing stand up comedy, building things out of wood, and much more. I think you get my point. I want to talk to you about the power of words; particular the power of one word. I cannot take credit for creating this (read it in a book), but it has impacted me so much that I feel the need to share with all. Who would have ever thought that the word "YET" could lead to a whole new level of inspiration? Let's take a personal example from my life. About five weeks ago, I said, "There's no way I could run a half marathon. I don't have the legs." Sounds like I made my mind up (and I did at that time). One week later, my mentality took a hard shift.  Let's change that sentence to look like this, "There's no way I could run a half marathon. I don't have the legs YET." Did you just feel that?! That was the light bulb g...

It is certain moments in life that can really test the determination of a person. I recently found myself in a moment of deterrence. From time to time, my gym has physical tests that we are suppose to accomplish. I failed one of these tests due to a lack of preparation on my part. After the failure, I found myself pissed, which then led to deterrence, and myself saying, "This is rubbish, I'll just move on and forget about it."  I then meandered around the gym like a dog who just got in trouble for getting into the garbage. As I was completing the rest of my workout, I asked myself, "What is something positive I can take from this moment?" The answer is pretty obvious, DETERMINATION! Yeah, I may have failed in front of a crowd of people, but that should not stop me from one day accomplishing this task. If anything, it should fire me up to set a goal of success! So I have now mapped out a schedule to devote time each week at working towards accomplishing this ...