ARE YOU JUST HOT WATER, OR WILL YOU POWER A LOCOMOTIVE?
Do you have what it takes to give that extra degree? We talked about choosing to commit, working hard, focusing, and being resilient in our crossing the line blog. But now you need to determine if you are willing to give that extra degree. That one simple degree that will take you from hot water, to powering a locomotive. Every day we go through life accepting the average. Accepting the bare minimum that just gets us by. If you do this then you will simply reap the average benefits. You have a choice to make, and you can make it right here, right now. Promise yourself that from this point on you will never settle. Promise yourself that you will give just that one extra degree, that one extra degree that will take you from being nothing more than hot water, and make you boil, produce steam, and yes, power a locomotive!
Now that you have watched the video, read this post, and even if you decide to read the short book, "212 The Extra Degree", you are now aware, and with awareness comes responsibility to act. Act on the notion that if you give that extra degree in all areas of your life, you will set your own bar and live a better life. Only you know if you are giving that extra degree, don't let yourself down.
Be 212 degrees:
AS A FRIEND- Choose to visit or talk with two extra friends each week and create more than 100 additional discussions among friends for the year.
AS A PARENT- Wake and act each day with the understanding that your actions will be absorbed by your children....and your children will grow to be contributing adults to the level of your influence. Add an extra 15 minutes each day to the time you invest with your children - an equivalent of more than two weeks each year at work.
AS A SPOUSE- Allow your partner to have the last word in two "discussions" each week where you'd normally dig in your heels and add not only 100 events of kindness to your year, but probably an additional 10 years to both of your lives. If your spouse normally has charge of the children on a daily basis, take over the role one extra day each month and add almost two weeks each year to his/her personal time to recharge.
AT WORK- Make the extra contact each day, a sales call, a customer, an encouraging talk with a member of your team. With contact comes opportunity. At the end of the year you'll have opened more than 200 additional doors of possibility.
IN GENERAL- Eliminate 30 minutes of television or web (facebook) each day and get back more than 180 hours each year for something more important and something more fun.
Add 10 minutes to your day. When your alarm goes off and you press that snooze button thinking "just 10 more minutes". The night prior set your alarm 10 minutes earlier than normal. The next morning when the alarm goes off you now have 10 more minutes to your life. Push it to 20 minutes a day and you've just bought more time than most people get each year for vacation.
Give just 2 compliments a day and you have now just added over 700 positive vibes in a year.
Step out of your comfort zone just 1 time each week and create over 50 additional opportunities for excitement, challenge and possibility each year. Isn't this what life is all about?
Take what you have just watched and read. Apply to everything in your life. Be a better you to make a better everything. If you do this than we promise you will not regret it. Start right now. Don't make anymore excuses for yourself and give just that one extra degree.
Now that you have watched the video, read this post, and even if you decide to read the short book, "212 The Extra Degree", you are now aware, and with awareness comes responsibility to act. Act on the notion that if you give that extra degree in all areas of your life, you will set your own bar and live a better life. Only you know if you are giving that extra degree, don't let yourself down.
Be 212 degrees:
AS A FRIEND- Choose to visit or talk with two extra friends each week and create more than 100 additional discussions among friends for the year.
AS A PARENT- Wake and act each day with the understanding that your actions will be absorbed by your children....and your children will grow to be contributing adults to the level of your influence. Add an extra 15 minutes each day to the time you invest with your children - an equivalent of more than two weeks each year at work.
AS A SPOUSE- Allow your partner to have the last word in two "discussions" each week where you'd normally dig in your heels and add not only 100 events of kindness to your year, but probably an additional 10 years to both of your lives. If your spouse normally has charge of the children on a daily basis, take over the role one extra day each month and add almost two weeks each year to his/her personal time to recharge.
AT WORK- Make the extra contact each day, a sales call, a customer, an encouraging talk with a member of your team. With contact comes opportunity. At the end of the year you'll have opened more than 200 additional doors of possibility.
IN GENERAL- Eliminate 30 minutes of television or web (facebook) each day and get back more than 180 hours each year for something more important and something more fun.
Add 10 minutes to your day. When your alarm goes off and you press that snooze button thinking "just 10 more minutes". The night prior set your alarm 10 minutes earlier than normal. The next morning when the alarm goes off you now have 10 more minutes to your life. Push it to 20 minutes a day and you've just bought more time than most people get each year for vacation.
Give just 2 compliments a day and you have now just added over 700 positive vibes in a year.
Step out of your comfort zone just 1 time each week and create over 50 additional opportunities for excitement, challenge and possibility each year. Isn't this what life is all about?
Take what you have just watched and read. Apply to everything in your life. Be a better you to make a better everything. If you do this than we promise you will not regret it. Start right now. Don't make anymore excuses for yourself and give just that one extra degree.
BE 212 DEGREES!
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