I think I'm on to something. Has anyone else tried these magic words?
“I'm going to be excellent today.”
I've been saying this to myself pretty much all day, every day for the past week. I've come to the conclusion that they are truly magic words. I say it before bed, and right when I wake up, and on the way to the rink, and in between drills, and any time the Doubt Demon makes an appearance. That's when I say it with the most authority. Any time the Doubt Demon breaks through that dimensional barrier and shows his fangs and claws, I now stand firm, and announce my excellence. I won't let that wretched worm influence me anymore. I'm stronger now. My words are stronger now. My words have magic. So do yours. There is excellence brewing, and no room for negativity or second-guessing.
“I'm going to be excellent today.”
I've been saying this to myself pretty much all day, every day for the past week. I've come to the conclusion that they are truly magic words. I say it before bed, and right when I wake up, and on the way to the rink, and in between drills, and any time the Doubt Demon makes an appearance. That's when I say it with the most authority. Any time the Doubt Demon breaks through that dimensional barrier and shows his fangs and claws, I now stand firm, and announce my excellence. I won't let that wretched worm influence me anymore. I'm stronger now. My words are stronger now. My words have magic. So do yours. There is excellence brewing, and no room for negativity or second-guessing.
Now is the time for growth. Now is the time to rise up and conquer all fear and smash all barriers. What's holding you back? What's your piano on your back? Take a real close look, and be honest with yourself. You will know if you take the time to listen in silence. Now is the time to smash it. Smash it to pieces. There isn't time for regret or self-loathing anymore. This is metamorphosis. This is magic. This is a call to action. It's your time. It's your time to be heroic, passionate, and true.
I've been so inspired lately from the stories I have heard of the brave readers who have taken control of their own destinies and quit chewing tobacco cold turkey. I'm so honored to have played any part in that decision, any part in that action, any part in that redemption. I feel the pain and despair in your voices, and I can hear the uncertainty. But know that above all of that, I hear the freedom cry. I hear it bellowing up from your guts and ribboning out into the horizon, over mountains and valleys. I hear you healing, growing, and getting free. It is a beautiful thing to inspire someone to quit the most addictive substance known to man, and to feel mutual inspiration from it.
It makes me feel excellent. Excellent about deciding to start writing this blog, and excellent about finding the courage to put it out there into the public domain, and excellent about the insanely positive feedback I have received. And so now the ball is rolling. And I'm following that ball and chasing it down. I'm seeing where it leads. And every step I take toward that destination, I feel strength building, layer upon layer of excellence.
Last week I had the notion that if you continue to pile up excellent days, one after the next, at some point you become that person. You become excellent. I speculated that it might take some time, maybe weeks, months, or years, or even a lifetime. But lately I am thinking that it doesn't take that long at all. Lately I'm thinking that it only takes a few days to become that person. If you are excellent today, and you were excellent yesterday, and you know you are going to be excellent tomorrow, doesn't that make you excellent?
It makes you excellent for the time being, but the secret is this:
If you make the commitment to being excellent every day from now on, until the end of time, and you really mean it, and your life depends on it (because it does), then you are already excellent. If you repeat it over and over, and truly believe it, and know it, then of course, you are already that person, you are already that version of excellence that exists in all of us.
But it takes dedication. Pursuit of excellence must transcend everything else. It must be your most sacred promise. Three days to completely shift your life's trajectory. Is it a coincidence that three days is all it takes to quit tobacco. Three days without tobacco, and you are free of the physical addiction. To you quitters out there, embrace these three days. You will know yourself and you will know your addiction. Get clean and get on the frequency of excellence.
If you are one of the lucky ones who is not dealing with addiction or any heavy pianos, then you are already three steps ahead. Now your only resistance is you. Make yourself change into that version of yourself that you daydream about. Make yourself do and say the things that version of you would do and say. Repeat your mantra. Be excellent. Start now. Start today, and in three days time, after you have made this promise, you will already be that excellent version of you. And every day you become stronger and more dynamic. Enjoy the ride. Enjoy excellence. Be thankful. Be positive. Love.
I've been so inspired lately from the stories I have heard of the brave readers who have taken control of their own destinies and quit chewing tobacco cold turkey. I'm so honored to have played any part in that decision, any part in that action, any part in that redemption. I feel the pain and despair in your voices, and I can hear the uncertainty. But know that above all of that, I hear the freedom cry. I hear it bellowing up from your guts and ribboning out into the horizon, over mountains and valleys. I hear you healing, growing, and getting free. It is a beautiful thing to inspire someone to quit the most addictive substance known to man, and to feel mutual inspiration from it.
It makes me feel excellent. Excellent about deciding to start writing this blog, and excellent about finding the courage to put it out there into the public domain, and excellent about the insanely positive feedback I have received. And so now the ball is rolling. And I'm following that ball and chasing it down. I'm seeing where it leads. And every step I take toward that destination, I feel strength building, layer upon layer of excellence.
Last week I had the notion that if you continue to pile up excellent days, one after the next, at some point you become that person. You become excellent. I speculated that it might take some time, maybe weeks, months, or years, or even a lifetime. But lately I am thinking that it doesn't take that long at all. Lately I'm thinking that it only takes a few days to become that person. If you are excellent today, and you were excellent yesterday, and you know you are going to be excellent tomorrow, doesn't that make you excellent?
It makes you excellent for the time being, but the secret is this:
If you make the commitment to being excellent every day from now on, until the end of time, and you really mean it, and your life depends on it (because it does), then you are already excellent. If you repeat it over and over, and truly believe it, and know it, then of course, you are already that person, you are already that version of excellence that exists in all of us.
But it takes dedication. Pursuit of excellence must transcend everything else. It must be your most sacred promise. Three days to completely shift your life's trajectory. Is it a coincidence that three days is all it takes to quit tobacco. Three days without tobacco, and you are free of the physical addiction. To you quitters out there, embrace these three days. You will know yourself and you will know your addiction. Get clean and get on the frequency of excellence.
If you are one of the lucky ones who is not dealing with addiction or any heavy pianos, then you are already three steps ahead. Now your only resistance is you. Make yourself change into that version of yourself that you daydream about. Make yourself do and say the things that version of you would do and say. Repeat your mantra. Be excellent. Start now. Start today, and in three days time, after you have made this promise, you will already be that excellent version of you. And every day you become stronger and more dynamic. Enjoy the ride. Enjoy excellence. Be thankful. Be positive. Love.
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