45 Lessons in Life by Regina Brett (age 90)!!!

I was guided to these 45 lessons in life  that celebrate growing older and the knowledge that lifes experience provides. Regina Brett wrote the 45 lessons life taught her.

Lessons in

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone..
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ”In five years, will this matter?”.
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything.. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life.. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

Three Ways to redefine YOUR compass!!!

Your best friend is yourself. If you can see the best in yourself, you will find the best in others.

Inside yourself, you always have a choice. Do you stand in the light? or do you stand in the dark?

Your compass in life are your values. Define TODAY, NOW!!! What your top three values are!!!

The Art and Science of Success

“The 4000 Times Rule”

Large organisations are very good at doing 4000 things once!!

The trick is to do one thing 4000 times

Success is borne out of repetition, repetition is borne from determination.

1% of the people on the planet own 36% of all the wealth. 1% of the people on the planet create all the opportunity for the rest.... Why? 

It is simple.... they are not superhuman, they do not possess magical abilities, they are not bestowed with luck beyond belief, it is just that they have learnt and master the art of success, by developing their own unique version, by identifying a small number of key and core tasks that for them build success...and then being pigheaded and determined enough to hone and craft these key skill areas through constant repetition until they get it right and the pieces of the jigsaw start to fall into place... ie doing a relatively small number of critical actions 4000 times!!!

We fall down in life, so that we can learn to get back up!!  Those that do not get back up, are destined for mediocrity and failure, whilst those that keep getting up are charting their course for success.

Remember successful people are successful for one reason and one reason only...  they have failed more times than everyone else, BUT every single time they have got back up, dusted themselves off, learnt the reasons for failure and then got right back on with the task at hand.

Remember this quote

“A ship is safest in harbours, but that’s not what they were built to do..”

As human beings we were not designed to live in boxes and drive sofas whilst watching TV!!   The world is an amazing place and it is filled with amazing people and many of these people are working in your organisation right now!!!  Go and find them and bring them into your teams.. and build your success!!

Aim to be in the top 20% of your team. Then aim to be in the top 20% of that top 20%...that will put you in the top 4%!!!  Then the hardest step of all...aim to be in the top 1%!!!

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."

Winston Churchill