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How Do You 'Go for the GOLD' 🏆🏅 in Your LIFE 🙌?

-Set and Achieve SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant/realistic, timely) Goals

-Work Hard and Play Smart. This way you know you've done everything you can by using all your resources, both mental and physical, as well as enjoy the process along the way. By playing smart, you are then taking the physical and combining it with the mental in order to be the most efficient in getting things done in the quickest time frame. This benefits everyone!

-Help Your Team. No one does everything by themselves. We need to rely on other people to pick up their cross, so to speak, take on responsibility, and finish what they set out to start (which inevitably impacts us and the whole team). This can also be sacrificing and putting others first through acts of service. Also, you are NEVER above or better than any task or person. Be humble, and do what is necessary in the moment to make the team (work team, family, sports team) better. This could mean staying up late when a child is sick, skating 100 feet back after a teammate gives the puck away in a bad spot on the ice. These things aren't glamorous, but they are the intangible things that make a big difference and make EVERYONE better, including yourself.

-Try new things and see new places. By doing this, you open yourself up to a whole new world of possibilities that may never have been there before. You also make yourself a more dynamic, interesting, and dangerous (in the positive sense of the word) player/person (AKA active participant) in your life. This will also increase your chances of discovering hidden talents/gifts you possess that can help you become a better version of yourself, and in turn, making the world a better place. In addition to this, travel and experience new places! It's important to have roots, but it's also equally important to see other people's roots and where they are from. New food. New sights. New places to explore. This gives you a better sense of why people are the way they are. We are products of our environments, so to put yourself in a different environment opens new pathways up in your brain, helps you realize that even though we're all unique, we are all the same in the fact that we are all living on planet Earth at the same time trying to do our best in this shared thing we all have in common called 'life'.

-Find joy in the simple things to keep the inner child alive. "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy". It's important to tap into that inner child as an adult. Find something that lights you up. It can be something simple like a great cup of coffee, a fun workout routine, a book club. We can easily forget to do this because of being bogged down by responsibilities/stressors, and forget to have fun with a simple hobby, passion, or fun activity you used to enjoy. Or, you can jump on your children's hobbies/passions/activities, and make it a family affair. This way, you are not just vicariously living through your children, but doing it with them, making great memories together!!! This shows you care about others. Basically, don't forget to have fun. It's good for kids to see their parents enjoying themselves, as it gives permission for them to do the same when they grow up. Without knowing you are doing so, you are giving them hope for the future. This leads into the next bullet point below.

-Establish and maintain long-lasting relationships (both personal and professional). This is beneficial for obvious reasons--you make your case for being someone other people can rely on. You will be invited to more events/activities/games/meetings/conferences/vacations, etc...You will most likely be in the running for promotion or bonuses/raises more often. You will be asked to be a God-parent, mentor, or teacher/coach, which then impacts the next generation in a positive way. The ripple effect of this is immeasurable.

-Encourage others and lift people's spirits. This goes hand in hand with the above one. By doing so, you feel good about it while making someone else feel good about themselves. It's not a false sense of hope or trying to manipulate anyone either. It's just the right thing to do. You can always focus on something positive that can come from any situation. You'll be happier over the course of your life if you can do this. Others around you will be happier as a result. It's a win-win all around. Never underestimate the power of a kind word, healing touch, or friendly encounter. You never know what someone else is going through, so your simple gesture can go a long way! Positivity is contagious. There's power in numbers, too.

-Practice some sort of daily spiritual discipline. This could be prayer or meditation. It's important to pay respect and honor to something higher than yourself. You are not the center of the world. The act of doing this is not belittling yourself or making yourself feel insignificant, but rather connecting you to something higher, intangible, divine at work behind the scenes and directly impacting your life and the lives of others around you. At the very least, it should make you feel at peace. At the very best, you will become a better version of yourself every day, making your way through the world happier, more peaceful, loving, compassionate, empathetic, understanding, and someone others want to be around.

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