Sunday Thinking

“We've been conditioned to base our self-worth on how others see us, not how we see ourselves. This is our biggest challenge.”

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.

"You're going to realize it one day that happiness was never about your job or your degree or being in a relationship. Happiness was never about following the footsteps of all of those who came before you; it was never about being like the others. One day, you're going to see it that happiness was always about the discovery, the hope, the listening to your heart and following it wherever it chose to go. Happiness was always about being kinder to yourself; it was always about embracing the person you were becoming. One day, you will understand that happiness was always about learning how to live with yourself, that your happiness was never in the hands of others. It was always about you. It was always about you."

― Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

I. Growth Requires Action

  • Growth requires vulnerability. 

  • Growth requires accountability. 

  • Growth requires willingness. 

  • Growth requires exploration. 

  • Growth requires removal. 

  • Growth requires space. 

  • Growth requires discipline.

"Every positive change — every jump to a higher level involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of growth, we must go through a period of discomfort or adversity." — Inky Johnson

Source: We The Urban

II.  Crafting a Better Future

There’s a big difference between being a boss and being a leader.

  • Bosses command, assign tasks, discipline, and assert authority.

  • Leaders influence, inspire, mentor, and delegate authority.

  • To lead effectively, we must routinely assess the way we think, act, and affect others.

“I think the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.” — Indra Nooyi 

III. Today I Affirm

Gentle affirmations as we embark on a new day and week:

  • Stop trying to change people — just decide whether or not you want to meet them where they’re at.

  • Resist the urge to obsessively compare your life journey — which you know intimately well, to other people’s highlight reels—which you see in passing.

  • Be kind to yourself — even if you cannot show up as your best self — even if you don’t get everything done.

  • I am ready for everything that I will experience today and this week. I will honor my priorities. I will acknowledge my emotions. I will operate with love, integrity, and good intent.

Source: Michell C. Clark, Author & Strategist

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V. Question

Who are you outside of your roles to others? 

VII. This Week, I Will

  1. Be honest with myself.

  2. Lean into the beauty of self-trust.

  3. Cultivate daily moments to experience joy.

  4. Release all habits that diminish my power.

  5. Let go of limiting beliefs that do not serve me.

The Last Words…

“Forgive yourself. Forgive yourself for who you were last week, last month, or last year. Forgive yourself for when you were exhausted and snapped at the people you love. Forgive yourself for not being able to do it all. Forgive yourself for your fears. Forgive yourself for your mistakes. Forgive yourself for eating one cookie too many. Forgive yourself for not being perfect. We often look at forgiveness as an intellectual act, but forgiveness is very spiritual. It is one of the most spiritual things we can do. When we forgive, we acknowledge that we are far bigger and greater than one individual moment. When we forgive, we are saying to the universe: I will not imprison myself or anyone else with anger, shame, judgment, or resentment. Gift yourself this freedom.” 

― Cleo Wade, Heart Talk

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