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Happy Thanksgiving - It is the simple things that we must remember to be thankful for. Like the last few tomatoes on the vine after I pulled the plants indoors before the first freeze. Have a great day everybody!! . . . . #MT2Leadership #MarshallTownsendII #MarshallTownsendQuotes #OwningLeadershipPodcast #GrowingLeadershp #CoachMarshall #MaxwellLeadership #Maxwellleadershipcertifiedteam #JohnMaxwell #VeteranOwned #Veteran #USArmy #Military #Solopreneur #Speakerlife #PublicSpeaker #Motivationalspeakers #Speakergig #Businesscoach #workoutmotivation #Bodybuilding (at Meridian, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWu9Z7PXle/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 73 – I am afraid of my next step…   You have to look closely at this picture. When I took it, I was scared to death and trying not to drop my phone. We are on top of the beast, as we called it, at Sojourn Adventures near Atlanta, GA (See Day 70). Our mission was to walk across the uneven boards to get to the next platform.   Gang…, I have rock-climbed, rappelled, and even jumped out of airplanes at the US Army Airborne school, but this challenge buckled my knees. My conscious mind was clear, telling me to go forward. My subconscious mind, on the other hand, was frozen. I was afraid to take that step.   It did not matter that I was in a harness and could not fall; my subconscious mind owned my body, and my feet would not move. There are times in our lives when we know we must move forward, yet the solid platform we stand on is safe and stable. The safety of the here-and-now allows fear to out weights the unknown, so we don’t move forward.   What I have learned is fear is the thief of opportunity. To overcome fear, we need two things: curiosity and faith. First, you must be curious about stepping into the unknown and faithful that the unknown holds our future. Our challenges were put before us by a greater power not to make us afraid, but to grow us.   It is time to ‘entrepreneur-up’ and take the next step.   Day 73 – I am overcoming the fear of the next step… #MT2Leadership #Premierexecutivecoaching #certifiedcoach #MarshallTownsendII #MarshallTownsendQuotes #quotes #worldfamous #bridgebuilding #marketing #sales #opportunities #Alighnment #OwningLeadershipPodcast #GrowingLeadershp #CoachMarshall #Leadership #MaxwellLeadership #JohnMaxwell #VeteranOwned #Veteran #Military #Solopreneur #Speakerlife #PublicSpeaker #Motivationalspeakers #Speakergig #Businesscoach #workoutmotivation #workoutrime #dailyworkout (at Meridian, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CitrAjVrtBx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 72 – I am changing my thinking environment to the top of the tower…   The Law of the Environment states that growth will not occur if you are not challenged in your environment.   When we think of changing our environment, we think of where we work, where we live, where we play, and where we pray. The most important environment we need to change is where we think.  I am not talking about where we sit to think or where we study. I am talking about the space between our ears that needs to change. We must create a thinking environment in our heads where success is accepted and welcome.   Many of us have a thinking space for great ideas; that space is packed full. What we don’t have, however, is a thinking space for solving ideas. Our ideas become frozen because we never challenge our thinking environment. We are thinking from the bottom of the tower and not from the top. Changing our thinking environment changes our results. You need to think from the top before you get to the top…   Day 72 – I am changing my thinking environment to the top of the tower… https://www.instagram.com/p/CillsOwp34p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 71 – I am climbing rung by rung…   It’s a long, difficult climb, and we must take it rung by rung. I wish all of us could just jump to the top and be done with it, but it doesn't work like that. Each rung is a journey, a fight, and a victory.   The higher we climb, the more unstable the net becomes, and our fears compound. Sometimes we get overwhelmed by the next rung and forget about all the other victories we had along the way.   We mastered our fears and set our intentions to take the first rung. That same mastery and intentions give us the power to take the 100th rung.   Sometimes, we need to reach back and take the energy of all those other victories and use it to overcome the next rung. Let your successes drive you forward and drive the fear away.   Day 71 – I am climbing rung by rung…   . #MT2Leadership #Premierexecutivecoaching #certifiedcoach #MarshallTownsendII #MarshallTownsendQuotes #quotes #worldfamous #bridgebuilding #marketing #sales #opportunities #Alighnment #OwningLeadershipPodcast #GrowingLeadershp #CoachMarshall #Leadership #MaxwellLeadership #JohnMaxwell #VeteranOwned #Veteran #Military #Solopreneur #Speakerlife #PublicSpeaker #Motivationalspeakers #Speakergig #Businesscoach #workoutmotivation #workoutrime #dailyworkout (at Meridian, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CijjKNUuYQd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 70 – I am finding it’s not where the bridge takes you, it’s what the bridge makes of you…
 “Marshall, that’s not a bridge, it doesn’t go anywhere….???” 
 You are correct, it is a ‘bridge-to-nowhere.’ But that does not mean that it's not taking you somewhere.   If you understand that it is not the destination but the journey, then you understand that learning happens along the way and not at the end of the bridge. This bridge takes you from where you are now… to a whole new place. 
 That place is up to you, but to get there, you must learn what the bridge teaches you. A ‘bridge-to-nowhere’ does not teach you about the destination, it teaches you about… you. 
 Day 70 – I am finding it’s not where the bridge takes you, it’s what the bridge makes of you … https://www.instagram.com/p/Cig5Q2yu8k4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 69 – I am building this bridge for them…   The Bridge Builder - By Will Allen Dromgoole An old man going a lone highway, Came, at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide. Through which was flowing a sullen tide The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fear for him; But he turned when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide.   “Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim near, “You are wasting your strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day, You never again will pass this way; You’ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide, Why build this bridge at evening tide?”   The builder lifted his old gray head; “Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said, “There followed after me to-day A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm that has been as naught to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building this bridge for him!”   Day 69 – I am building this bridge for them…  . . . . #MT2Leadership #Premierexecutivecoaching #certifiedcoach #MarshallTownsendII #MarshallTownsendQuotes #quotes #worldfamous #bridgebuilding #marketing #sales #opportunities #Alighnment #OwningLeadershipPodcast #GrowingLeadershp #CoachMarshall #Leadership #MaxwellLeadership #JohnMaxwell #VeteranOwned #Veteran #Military #Solopreneur #Speakerlife #PublicSpeaker #Motivationalspeakers #Speakergig #Businesscoach #workoutmotivation #workoutrime #dailyworkout (at Meridian, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiedzUyuTK1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 81 - I am intentional about alignment…   When your path and your mission are in alignment, your purpose is true. You must be intentional in creating the alignment. Each step must be measured, marked, and drilled.   The alignment must be consistent no matter the number of repetitions. The intentional repetition builds a bond that adds strength to your purpose.   Day 81 - I am intentional about alignment… . . . #MT2Leadership #Premierexecutivecoaching #MarshallTownsendII #MarshallTownsendQuotes #quotes #worldfamous #bridgebuilding #marketing #sales #opportunities #Alighnment #OwningLeadershipPodcast #GrowingLeadershp #CoachMarshall #Leadership #MaxwellLeadership #JohnMaxwell #VeteranOwned #Veteran #Military #Solopreneur #Speakerlife #PublicSpeaker #Motivationalspeakers #Speakergig #Businesscoach #workoutmotivation #workoutrime #dailyworkout (at Meridian, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiJpUT0vC8z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day 67 – I am finding old bolts, like old ways, do not give up easily…
 You go to that life-changing seminar, and they say, “to change your life, all you need to do is…” Yea, stop right there. There is no such thing as “all you need to do…” Get your money back. Like the bridge project, all you need to do is unbolt the old boards and replace them with new boards – right?
 Well, old bolts, like old habits, old beliefs, and old ways, do not give up easily. You can’t pull the bolts from above, so you need to climb under the bridge and clean the spider webs out to find the bolts. Then get a socket on the bold, and pray it gives way before breaking.
 To make it work, you need leverage. Look at yesterday's pictures, and you can see that getting the socket on the bolts was not easy. You must hang in the abyss and try not to drop your tools in the river. Leverage is hard to get and apply… 
 When someone says this is going to be easy, don’t believe them. To change your old ways, you will need lots of work and leverage.   What is leverage? Leverage is when your dreams of the future are stronger than the memories of the past. Dream your leverage now; the bolts don’t undo themselves. Day 67 – I am finding old bolts, like old ways, do not give up easily…