Thought of the Dave

Good morning and Happy . . .

• Debunking Day (this being a presidential election year – we’ll have our work cut out for us on this one)
• Dream Day
• Worship of Tools Day (Come to Lowe's, we can help you do it right!)
• Johnny Appleseed Day

I hope that today rises up to meet YOUR level of spectacularity! (Yes, I created that word, and yes, I agree, it’s outstanding. I fancy myself a wordepreneur – just as entrepreneurs design products and services to meet needs in new and improved ways after seeing problems that need to be solved, wordepreneurs take note of gaps in our language and design new and improved words to fill the voids. I’m on a roll – two new words created -- spectacularity and wordepreneur – all in one morning)!

This week, I’ve been reading (okay, okay, listening to – it’s my newest guilty pleasure when driving to and from work – listening to books on Audible) Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo (from one wordepreneur to another . . ).

Let’s me share with you a quote from Marie: "What we say to ourselves in the privacy of our own minds matters."

If you are, if you have, if you’re prone to – stop beating yourself up, stop doubting you, stop accepting individual and minor setbacks as life defining and permanent. We are our own worst critics, and we say things to ourselves and accept things about ourselves that simply aren’t true. We often say “I can’t . . . “ when what we really mean is “I won’t . . .” (see the difference?). Don’t buy that deception – in almost every instance you can – for whatever reason, you’ve elected not to. Try dropping “I can’t” – replace it with “I haven’t” or even “I won’t” or some other such iteration that doesn’t allude to you being incapable.

You are remarkable! You can do and will do far more, far bigger, far better things than you already have – and trust me, you’re already a marvel!  Spectacularity lives within you, be certain to let all of your spectacularity live outside of you too! Project it, let it emanate, let all of your great, glow! Pour that stuff out into a world that desperately needs you and all you can give it!