Are you mediocre, average, or extraordinary? People are leaving their own stamp in the world, and you are leaving your stamp too. Any standard, or lack thereof, consistently held, becomes culture. What do you expect for yourself, your team, the people you work with? Raising the bar isn’t about perfection, it’s about seeing greater possibilities. The lower your bar, the lower your own potential. Your systems run your life, make sure it's in your favor. Choose success, choose to be great, choose to make it happen today. Are you living fully or just existing?
Julie GurnerHave little interest in changing other people's mind, especially not with words, and respond to contradiction with stillness. Let your heart paint the picture by bringing an energy that boosts the confidence of those around you, more is possible with grounded optimism. Define yourself by what you love and stand for, not by what you hate and in opposition. If you believed that miracles were possible, what outcome would thrill you? Know which burdens are yours and which are others' to help them carry theirs instead of carrying them at their place. Offer your support but let them grow through their struggles, tell them they have what's required. Commit to clear seeing, view the world and others as they really are, don't outsource your understanding.
Charlie HoupertPick one goal and figure out how to keep going when everything inevitably goes sideways. Write a plan that will act as a commitment. Lower the bar, start so small it's embarrassing. Swap bad habits for less destructive ones. Make the bad stuff harder and the good stuff easier at environment level. Outsource your willpower, give money to your friends for every failure.
Eric BarkerThe key isn't avoiding hard work but finding meaning in it. If you end up doing things you do not believe in, it will get to you. Practice makes perfect, but more so it's about progress rather than perfection. It's not about how many hours you put in, but about the enjoyment and quality of the work you're doing. Life isn't about sampling everything, it’s about making deliberate choices and committing to the ones that matter. Just as mastering a skill pays dividends, so does committing on your personal or professional journey. When you commit to your partner fully, you get a lot in the process. Only in situations of stress and challenge will you truly find out how the other person works and if that works for you. Seeing children grow up is such a moving experience, your horizon opens up and it really makes you think more about the totality of your family rather than yourself.
Armin Ronacher