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Sunday Thinking ― 5.11.25
“Without a test, you don’t have a testimony.”
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The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.
What if your awakening is a process of realizing that everything you have is everything you need, and your growth as a human being is about learning how to use it, how to stay with it, how to see its possibility, how to build, how to reclaim your creative capacity, how to consider every day the day that could very well change it all, as long as you dive in, as long as you pay attention, as long as you try your best to turn each of them into a little life, to give it all before it's gone?
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I. Keep It Simple
6 Principles of a High-Performance Mindset:
You're never too good to get better.
Do what you do on purpose, with purpose.
Little by little, a little becomes a lot.
Focus on the process, not the results.
Embrace the boredom of consistency.
Learn from failure.
Justin Su'a, Founder, Performance Advisory Group
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II. Gentle Reminders for a Noisy World
A collection of reminders that we often know but forget when life gets noisy. Use what’s helpful. Let go of the rest.
You get 4,000 weeks if you're lucky ― stop waiting.
Stick to the plan ― not your mood.
Discipline is nothing but self-respect at the highest level.
You'll never fix your future if you keep negotiating with your past.
You've grown into someone who would have protected you as a child. And that is the most powerful move you made.
Source: HME, Curated by Rae
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III. Today, Just Pause…
We really don’t give ourselves enough credit.
We beat ourselves up for what we haven’t done instead of acknowledging everything we’ve survived just to get here.
We downplay the small wins. Getting out of bed. Showing up. Trying again. But those moments they matter. They build strength even when no one sees it.
You’ve been through things that could’ve broken you, but you’re still standing. Still trying. Still becoming.
So today just pause and give yourself some damn credit. You’ve earned it.
Source: Move Your Balance
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IV. Question
If asked to name all the things you love, how long would it take to name yourself?
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V. This Week, I Will
Forgive myself for one thing I’ve been quietly carrying — and choose to move forward with grace instead of guilt.
Listen to my discomfort, not silence it — and let it point me toward where I still need to grow.
Stop waiting to feel ready — and begin, knowing clarity comes through action, not perfection.
Protect my peace like it’s a power source — because it is.
Remember that healing isn’t always visible — and give myself credit for showing up anyway.
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The Last Words…
"The ironic thing about life is that you are a different person to everyone you meet. To some you're quiet. To others you never stop talking. Some remember you for your kindness. Others for the time you walked away. You are a villain in someone's story. A hero in another's. And to most you're just a passing thought. A name they once knew. You don't exist as one person but as countless versions of yourself. Shaped by fleeting moments of personal perception And here's what's unsettling. You never truly know yourself as others do. You never hear your own laughter as someone else does. You will never see the way your absence lingers in a room you once use to fill. To yourself you are just you. But in reality you are 1000 different stories. None which you will ever get to read."
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