Set boundaries - This one can be tough especially if you have an open door policy. You’re either getting nothing done and griping about it or you’re getting nothing done and calling it your job to be available to others. There have got to be boundaries no matter what the case is. I’m not just talking about leadership either. Sometimes we sign up for something and once the deal has been made additions to the contract begin to appear. Stand up for yourself and stick to the deal. Sometimes it shows up in our relationships too. Have the courage to say no to things that don’t align with who you are becoming. As an entrepreneur it can be tough to put the work away and let the distractions lie while I give my full attention to the here and now. One boundary I often set is that when I go into a family gathering or a night out with friends I’ll leave my phone in the car or at home. That boundary I’ve set with myself helps facilitate a more present experience at the event. I’m not really missing anything anyway. Set boundaries.
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Believe in people - This sounds like a great idea and I think it actually is. I’m guessing most of you would probably agree. Believing in people, to me, means genuinely cheering for and being excited for other people’s success. When it’s truly all about them, that to me is what it means to believe in people. Believe in people.
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Define success - You may have heard that success can be whatever you want it to be. I agree but I also feel like it’s important for us to create our own definition of success then. We should write it down. We should keep reevaluating if the definition we came up with is still the one we choose to live by or if we can move our definition of success toward our happiness or more money or whatever it is. I feel like success can be a way of being. It doesn’t always need to be a number or even measurable. Success for me is keeping the pressure on growth and trying to get better in some way every single day. I hope those who know me are inspired to keep growing themselves and stay away from the bay of indifference. It can be tough, at least for me. There are days when comfort and rest make it really difficult to grow. One thing I’ve learned is that pressure on success to me can be one page out of a book, creating one image for my social marketing, having one meaningful conversation with one of my kids, encouraging my wife or anything else that adds to the conversation I’m having with myself. Success to me means personally growing every single day. It has to. It’s either that or shrinking and I’ve already spent too much of my time going that way. Define success.
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Start that thing - To start something doesn’t always mean giving something up. Maybe you have the space in your time or energy to add something you’ve been wanting to start. It could be a hobby or a business or anything in between. I recently heard from one of my mentors from afar that the next right thing you should be doing is the next thing. I’ve made it a habit of starting new things and getting lost in new things. Many of us, I think, wish we could do things when there is nothing holding us back to actually doing them. The only way anything happens is by doing something and we’ll never be good at something we want to be good at if we don’t first have the courage to start it. Nobody cares except you. Take the step and start that thing.
I help business executives turn healthy habits into daily rhythms using organization, insight and accountability. Visit Executive Fitness at relentlesscourage.co and contact me from there if you are interested in learning more. 
Help someone - I get in the trap of thinking this needs to be something really big every time. It doesn’t. We all appreciate the viral video of someone taking the time to help the vulnerable person cross the street or the stranger buying someone’s groceries because they sense it would make a big difference. It probably does and these are the types of things I’m talking about. Maybe it’s taking the time to make an introduction that could change lives. It could even be a simple compliment in passing on the street or holding the door open for the next person in line. There are opportunities everywhere. I’m not talking about the kind of helping where we shout from the rooftops. I’m talking about the kind of helping that we do because we see a need that we can fill and we have the courage to fill it. Help someone.
I help business executives turn healthy habits into daily rhythms using organization, insight and accountability. Visit Executive Fitness at relentlesscourage.co and contact me from there if you are interested in learning more. 
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