Joshua Gold Coaching

Mantras are awesome. They are motivating and repeated consistently can significantly affect your attitude, behavior, and perspective on life. I can go on but that is not the point of the game. You can have a mantra for every part of your life. My Morning Mantra is all-encompassing. It pretty much covers every part of who I am and how I want to approach each and every day.

Mantras are unique to each and every one of us. Though for some reason people get stuck when it comes to writing one. I thought starting a My Morning Mantra game would alleviate any pressure about it being perfect and just let it be fun to write.

So here are the rules. Of course, you can make your own rules up since after all it is YOUR Morning Mantra.

1. Pick three words, any three, and write a mantra using them. That’s it. Pretty simple!

For example, I picked harmonious, align, and determined. What came from that was…

“ I have harmonious relationships that ...

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think” Marcus Aurelius.

How significant is transformation in your life? Or maybe you think that it isn't transformation that you need at all. 

Sometimes we use different words that mean the same thing, such as growth or, as I sometimes refer to changes in my life, as my metamorphosis. Either way, if none of these terms resonate with you, then no need to read any further. 

There is a saying, " if you're not growing, you're dying." I think it's safe to say that it is the last thing any of us want!

You see, growing up in Brooklyn, NY, in the '60s and '70s, I was never given the tools to look at my life as I do now. My parents weren't growth-oriented. Or at least they weren't verbal or consciously aware of it. More than likely, they didn't know how to talk about it either. It wasn't a thing then.

As I grew up and started working, I never thought much about the future or my growth as an individual. I didn't know what I was doing was anything other than what I was doing.

During those earlier...

Live in the moment and do the best you can in each and every one

Love in the moment and love with all your heart for each and every person

Laugh in the moment when the alternative is to cry and be thankful for what you have, not what you've lost. 

and 

Rejoice in each moment as if it’s your last.

Priorities

"Never let things that matter the least get in the way of things that matter the most," Jim Rohn.

Benjamin Hardy refers to this saying, "don't let lesser goals get in the way of the important ones." Brian Tracy speaks about Eating that Frog. They are all talking about the same thing. Do what matters the most first, even though it is the most difficult. The most challenging task is the thing that is going to contribute to 80-90% of your revenue or your production or whatever metric you are measured by. 

I have been working on a concept of E3cubed. We have Essential Functions - The things that only we can do, Essential Goals - The three most important goals you have, and Essential Priorities. What are the three items or Frogs that you need to be eating now that will move your EG3 closer to completion? That's it. It's as simple as that. If you can get clear on those and act on those and only those, you will succeed.   

Do I need to say more on the subject?...