Making It Happen on Day 2

It’s 12 degrees outside and dropping quickly. Into the single digits we go.

The day has been long and tired but well accomplished. My dailies are now complete.

• I’ve just finished my 15 minutes of personal growth reading (revisiting How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Part 4 Chapters 6 & 7).
• A minimum of two leadership/business audios is very easy to consume when the commute to the office is an hour long in both directions…and when it takes as long as it does for me to cook a decent dinner (by decent dinner, we’re talking baked garlic and herb chicken breast, roasted Brussels sprouts, and a buttery garlicky saute of zucchini and spinach).
• 40 minutes of walking was the movement for the day. I guess I did get out for about 15 minutes of walking during lunch as well, so almost an hour of movement without an official “workout”. I’ll take it today.
• 15 minutes invested in stretching the mental motivators – the dream. I found some new videos to feed the imagination tonight…
  • Sony Dream Home Tour – Sony
  • Tour the 2012 HGTV Dream Home in Midway, Utah
  • HGTV 2012 Dream Home Interior Tour

A few phone conversations with friends tonight were brief but good. I enjoy bringing hope and excitement to people. I love to hear them smiling on the other side of the phone because they are happy to hear from me, even if it’s only once in a long while (I’m trying to be better about it, believe me).

There’s excitement in the air for the near future. There is business to conduct tomorrow. Not simply work, for there will always be simple work, but rather business – a pipeline to secure a future not owned by anyone but me.

Before I spend another work day fighting off the sleepies that should only attack so strongly when I’m home on the recliner in my summer sunbeam…until next time…

2013 Day 1

2013 is off to a decently productive start!

• A sunny wake, a (rather grueling) morning workout among friends, and a little downtime in an early afternoon sunbeam.
• Lunch and productive discussion about daily disciplines that will produce the results we want to achieve this year.
• A precious hour with dear friends discussing how together we can help the people around us grow in living the lives they’ve always wanted.
• Multi-tasking: a couple of hours of essential dream-building – clarifying the “why’s” that drive the “what’s” to come…while the laundry rolls.

The game is ON!