My Riffs

Never quit. Change tactics. But don’t quit. Giving up isn’t right. Refocusing your efforts is fine, but giving up isn’t. 

Do the right thing and eventually the right things will happen for you. The more wrong you do, the deeper a put you dig for yourself. Doing the right thing is like putting away and earning interest. Do good and it will come back to you at some point. Maybe not in the same form you gave, but it will come back.

When you lack clarity you end up making a mess. From chaos can come clarity, but if it remains in chaos, it will forever be a mess. So if it's chaos, it's okay, so long as it moves toward clarity. Chaos can bring new things to life, but not in an indefinite state of clarity. Use chaos to find new ideas, then clarify.

Why make everyone guess? Tell them what they need to know. Assuming people know what you want or expect leads to problems and chaos. 

You'll get more done if you give yourself deadlines. Hold yourself accountable. Otherwise you'll keep excusing yourself till you waste years of your life. Write down when you're gonna do it, set reminders and get it done!

It’s more fulfilling to give but many get stuck being a taker. It seems easier to take but it’s draining taking. You’re always waiting for other peoples generosity. Be a giver and you’ll see the benefits of giving instead of taking. 

Your environment matters. You will take on your environment. We can change things about our environment possibly. But many environments we can’t change at all. So choose an environment that you want to reflect. 

Your reaction sets a precedent. If you're in control of your emotions and response you set the tone. If you lose control you also set a tone. If you want to be in charge of a situation you have to be in control of yourself. So always have a measured reaction. 

You can be swift, but you may run out of gas quicker. The ones who can endure and be steady will make it to the end. There’s times to be swift, but learn to be steady and the endure. Those traits will get you more places than being swift will. 

Life isn’t fair. Bemoaning the fact it’s unfair or the injustices that happen to you won’t change that. Life isn’t fair, but that doesn’t mean we should use those things that are unfair to stop what we should be doing. Unfair things will happen, keep moving and looking forward. You’ll go where you aim. Focus on the injustice and you’ll live in it. Focus on moving forward and you’ll go forward. 

Change begins when you decide. We wait too long for change. We wait until the perfect time to institute change. Well real change begins when we decide we want change to begin. 

Don’t be defined by what you’re against. Be defined what you’re for. 

Celebrate wins. Any win. Celebrate it. We accomplish more by positive reinforcement than criticism. Celebrate, then repeat. 

Spread Hope. Hopelessness does much, much damage. Spread hope, because when we’re hopeful we will see the good and not the bad. 

Do it today! What will waiting till tomorrow do? Another day isn’t going to make you more ready. Life is short and we can’t assume we always have tomorrow. Cause one day we won’t. So do it now. 

Stop always assuming the worst. It’s a fatalistic point of view. Hope for the best, always. 

Be ready for anything and everything. Anything can happen. So don’t get locked into thinking things won’t change. When things change you likely have to change with them. 

True strength is shown in gentleness. It’s shown in patience. It’s shown in kindness. Weakness bullies. Weakness throws its weight around and tries to make other afraid. Strength means using the least amount of force necessary in every situation. 

Immunity means not being effected by things that could damage you. Immunity from certain sickness renders the virus ineffective. Immunity from emotions makes us even keel in the strongest storms. Immunity from jealousy gives us contentment. Build that inner strength to handle whatever life can throw at us. Learn to me immune from the extremities of life. 

It’s only good to know where you’ve been so to inform where you’re going. But to keep looking back is only a waste of the present. Keep your eyes on the future and do in the present what it takes to get to the future. 

If you don’t create boundaries you won’t gain the respect of those around you. Boundaries are necessary to proper balance in relationships. Establishing boundaries may be difficult but the sooner and clearer you establish them the easier it is. 

Strength only comes through pain. The strongest people have survived the biggest pains. It’s not easy to be strong but it’s necessary, cause someone is counting on you. 

Hard work is tough to get started on. But putting off hard work only makes it harder to make. Hard work means bigger rewards. Embrace the difficult work and you will get bigger rewards. 

Too much time in the digital world makes us less attuned to the real world. It makes us less capable in the real world. The digital world is fickle. The real world is what matters. Unplug often.

What’s important is what will outlast you. The shorter something will last, the less important it is. Focus you’re energy and efforts on things that last and will outlast you. 

Be generous. With your love, your skills, your time. Generosity is how we make the world a better place. 

We start the new year with lots of ideas, goals and changes. But somewhere in the year we get off track. And that getting off track only takes one day. So you just need to stay on track the next day. Stay on track!!

Happy New Year! It’s a new year and a fresh start. Let’s all make the best of this year.