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Amazing article, I really loved it. Thanks for all this wisdom Chris: I am quite certain that you don’t ever realize what an impact you make on other people’s life sometimes… So keep going!!
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Chris, this hits home for me. I have a problem focusing or enjoying now. Especially of late I’m consumed with what my future will bring and what direction I’m going in from a business point of view. This is the first time in my life where I don’t have everything figured out and it’s frustrating the shit out of me.
I’m accustomed to having a master plan and going out there and getting it. But I’m in a transitional point in my life where I’m not really clear as to what to do yet and it’s just a weird place to be. But the few times I’ve finally relented, prayed on it and just let things be, God has a funny way of showing me little glimpses of what is to come and what I should do. But it’s almost like he’s testing me on calming the f down and letting things flow.
It’s hard for a type a personality to do that because we’re not wired that way. But sometimes that exactly what we need to come back with a fresh perspective. And even aside from that to enjoy the moment of today. So thanks for writing this. It was like a reminder that I needed this week!
Eddy
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hey right on Eddy
Eckhart’s Power of Now book helped me with this a TON
I still listen to the audios all the time
easy to forget
even though it’s so fucking simple
ReplyLove this Chris! Being present to the moment has done more for my happiness and productivity than anything else I’ve tried. The older I get the more time I spend in the NOW. In a way it feels like I’m slowing down the hands of time and enjoying the journey.
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right on AJ
you’re on one hell of an amazing journey my friend – and you’re helping a ton of people
ReplyI swear dude sometimes it’s like you’re looking into my head, finding what’s frustrating me in my life and then writing something that points me in the right direction. Thanks again.
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Awesome. I seriously need to tell the inner clipboard lady with the to-do list to shut the hell up. Spent the evening trying hard to be “here” instead of “there.”
PS hope you’re recovered, I am too! Kicked butt at the gym this week, surgery tape and all!
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hey thanks Dani
inner clipboard – classic
I know how it goes for sure
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You have done it again, my friend. Another amazing post. I wouldn’t expect anything less. Don’t stop inspiring, the world could use more people like you.
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I find myself worrying about the future or what I should have done in the past this is a timely blog to stop wasting time and energy on those things I can’t possibly control or change .. Thank you for reminding me that all we have is right now and that’s what important
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right on Steven
if you haven’t, check out the book “The Power of Now”
its better at laying this stuff out than anything ive found
ReplyThe 1st half of the blog describes me to a T. Question. Does this happen to you. When I do something I enjoy, I give it a 110%, I do it excessively or I don’t do it at all. At one time it was partying and riding motorcycles, another it was fishing, then it was running till I fucked up my knees. Last 4 years it’s been working out (crossfit). Problem is works picking up (I’m a small business owner) and I’m taking my kid to football practice 2-4 nights a week and I’m missing the gym more and more. The more I miss it the more I don’t want to go. It feels like I’m turning a corner that I don’t want to turn. I’m unable to train 4-5 times a week so I don’t want to do it at all, but yet I really want to train 4-5 times a week. Please advise.
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hey mark, yeah that happens to me man – especially being an OCD addictive extreme type personality
Just remember man, life is best is lived with balance, and 2 days at the gyms are 1,000,000 times better than none, and 4 or 4 days is really only about 50% better than 2
Perspective is big, re-framing how you look at things can help a lot
and meditation has helped me a TON in this area, a TON
Reply“Life is meant to be a quality thing. Not a quantity thing.”
Amen, I hate hearing entrepreneurs brag about how many hours a week they work. I’d hate to hear how many of them have rough marriages/family life. I have too many other things I’m also passionate about aside from my business. Overall quality of life is way more important than just always doing. If you ask me, having work work more than 40 hours a week on a regular basis just means you are not efficient.

I came to this realization a few months back. I found myself keeping a mental list of things that needed to be done (mow the lawn, fix the sink, etc) and would become stressed when I wasn’t doing those things. I found myself snapping at my kids, because in my mind they were keeping me from getting shit done. Now, when I feel that way I tell myself to knock that shit off. Sink works. Lawn is fine. I enjoy being with my kids much more now.
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Sounds like you’re becoming a yogi 😉 yoga is not just about poses, it’s a way of living. I love The Power of Now, what an awesome book.
I agree about the to-do list. sometimes I feel like it runs my life. Just being in the moment and doing the tasks without being attached is the key. I think that putting time limits on tasks and email and making it secondary to living life fully helps me.
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hey right on Stephanie, hope you’re doing good
and yeah, non-attachment is the key
BIG KEY (=
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Another excellent post Chris.
I seem to have this weird Type “B” personality that can switch to “A” in an instant.
I used to be a paramedic, day to day shit, like fixing something around the house, eh, it can wait.
But put me in an emergency situation and I become an absolute dictator focused on getting shit done now and if I’m in command of the scene, you are in deep shit if you don’t do what I tell you to.
After the emergency is done, back to my “bloodhound snoozing on the porch” personality.
Weird.
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that’s cool man
Yeah I got some of that too
I bet that paramedic stuff fucking brings it outta ya!
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