#thoughtfortune

Now that I've put together a few days, weeks, months, and years of recovery, it has become apparent that I still have things to worry about.⠀ ⠀ At the top of the list is complacency - that feeling that I can relax on my meeting attendance, personal development, spiritual connection, and relationships.⠀ ⠀ Wait... I think that is my whole life...⠀ ⠀ That's the thing, though...⠀ ⠀ I'm looking at what I have and I don't want to lose it...⠀ ⠀ I then look at what's possible and I want to go after that...⠀ ⠀ That's the model now. I remember when...⠀ ⠀ ...I took my girlfriend - hell, she was my Queen - for granted. I'd asked God for a wife. He gave her to me and I got complacent. I only did enough to keep her around until... she left. (I mean she moved to another state entirely! Dayum! Dayum! Dayum!)⠀ ⠀ ...I let go of raising my son. I figured that doing a little something was better than nothing. I was wrong. My son paid for that arrogance. #babydaddydrama⠀ ⠀ ...I stopped exercising regularly. Yeah, this was around the time that I started partying heavily. In my mind, I was a pro athlete and it would be nothing to get my physique back. Then, one day I passed by the mirror and I was disgusted. #skinnyfat is real⠀ ⠀ ...I thought I had this drug thing under control. I'm not going to insult your intelligence with the buffoonery that was my feeble attempts at controlling something that was uncontrollable. ⠀ ⠀ Complacency destroyed my life at every turn. And, I knew better...⠀ ⠀ Jim Rohn made it clear that "it's the simple disciplines" and "personal philosophies" that make your life or break your life. ⠀ ⠀ Two questions: ⠀ 1. Have you defined your personal values and created some rules to help you live by those philosophies?⠀ 2. Have you been rigorous in their application?⠀ ⠀ Mentors and coaches have been my crutches at times and pedestals at others. I've leaned on them for support and been elevated by them in my victories.⠀ ⠀ There's not much more to say on this. Without values and rules, life becomes chaos. If you want out of that chaos, type FREEDOM below.⠀ ⠀ #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYY6LknqkC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qqrbtoyp1fg4

What characteristics do you want embody? ⠀ What about yourself do you want to accentuate and make stronger?⠀ Here are the five steps to creating your own alter ego that embodies those things:⠀ Attributes⠀ Look-Alike⠀ Title & Tale⠀ Elicit⠀ Repeat⠀ Create your own when you download the "Alter Ego" worksheet. Link in the bio...⠀ ⠀ #alterego #thoughtfortune #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpM77vXhCJc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15sij17vqwv18

What the "The Rock" had command of your mind?⠀ What would he say to your negative self-talk...⠀ @the_dwayne_rock⠀ #thoughtfortune #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKw5z8BHOm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18afd0hy5ea7h

I'm just trying to be me...⠀ And, it's hard.⠀ Russell Simmons told me to "Do You"...⠀ And, it's hard.⠀ My parents told me to "Do what you want to do"...⠀ And, it's hard.⠀ Most things around me, advise me to conform, to not rock the boat, to fit in.⠀ News Flash: I have always been the dot in the classroom.⠀ (For those of you who don't know... My mom called me "Dot" after looking at a pic of my baseball team where I was the only black kid in the center of a white kids.)⠀ I was the dot through most of my childhood.⠀ I was different.⠀ I talked when I was supposed to be quiet.⠀ I succeed when others scraped by.⠀ I excelled when I was undersized or under-qualified.⠀ I didn't know that I was expected to fail.⠀ I was taught to be courageous because I am a Fortune.⠀ It is in my blood to be great.⠀ Scratch that...⠀ It's not just my blood... It's in your blood, too!⠀ Society taught me to conform to mediocrity because it is easier and less painful.⠀ My spirit rebuked and I constantly battled internal turmoil... Never settle. Never give up. If you know what I mean, then you're the type of person I'm looking for and want some help getting over the biggest challenge of your life... If you're ready to take the next step towards your personal greatness, give me a yes in the comments...⠀ ⠀ #bedifferent #doyou #thoughtfortune #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpH2otWBHrY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3q3shv36w9tc

I have to remind myself that I am the victim or the victor of my own thinking...⠀ I create lies that I begin living out.⠀ Or maybe I'm the only one that does that...⠀ I doubt that I am...⠀ These five steps helped change that all for me just two years ago...⠀ Download link in bio⠀ #alterego #thoughtfortune #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpCo-oEhXs1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qbjlhfc01bm1

Do you know some good pretenders?⠀ I know a bunch...⠀ I have worked with them for years...⠀ They act as if life is good when I ask them how they are doing...⠀ I get canned responses:⠀ "I'm good."⠀ "I'm fine."⠀ "I'll be alright."⠀ (I don't let that slide. I'm too nosy. I have learned to get to the truth.)⠀ I get that you don't want to show weakness or let people in on your personal business...⠀ That's now what this is about. ⠀ This is just an example of how you are already faking it until you make it.⠀ Yet, when you hear someone say, "Fake it until you make it." You give that fake smile (where only your lips moves into that weird banana-shaped-smile but there's nothing behind it) and say, "Yeah, sure. I will."⠀ Then, you do nothing different.⠀ What I know for a fact is that it is extremely difficult to win without a belief that you can.⠀ That's one reason (and a strong one at that) for creating an alter ego that can do all of the things that you want to do but don't believe that YOU can...⠀ My alter ego can do all of the things that I'm afraid to do. I designed him to be that way...⠀ I step into his shoes when it's time to fake it until I make it... ⠀ And, it's why I am still writing and speaking...⠀ Want to know more? Link's in the bio⠀ ⠀ #alterego #thoughtfortune #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAFSVMBYoi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zpnwzurze2cf

The Goldilocks theory: Goals should be juuust right. If it's not, cut it an half or give yourself more time. It works with your motivation. Thanks go out to @jonacuff for that idea.⠀ #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BomywJbARa9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pe6alh8dq4xo

Without a coach, I'd still be thinking about writing a book or starting my own coaching biz.⠀ There are several people in this world who would have lost out because I didn't do something that I was called to do.⠀ I have been tasked with serving a certain number of people in this world. It's my job and my duty as a servant leader to provide that service or those people suffer. ⠀ It's a form of neglect in a way. I'm neglecting them. Yuk! (Just saying the word ne-glect puts a foul taste in my mouth.)⠀ All of the things that I neglect in my life suffer. ⠀ Who are you neglecting because you are not stepping into the work you were called to do?⠀ How much longer will you let them suffer?⠀ Full article in bio⠀ #goalsetting #highperformance #gamechanger #thoughtfortune #makeithappen #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #motivation #entrepreneurs #smallbusines #solopreneurs #highachievers #procrastination #faithinaction #spiritdriven #purposedriven #purposedrivenentrepreneurs #getyourblessing #thoughtfortune #ifeelgood #trustinGod #business #entrepreneurship #inspiredaction #courage #selfconfidence #lovemesomeme https://www.instagram.com/p/BojvMTEBun0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rf7nvbec1jky