The Source Of Your Strong Feelings For Lebron James

Making It To The Top Versus Starting From The Top

Legendary wrestler and coach Dan Gable once said; " The Only Place You Start At The Top Is Digging A Hole."   What he meant by this is that in order to get good at anything one has to pay their dues and learn through action.  

Since today's blog is starting out pretty sport themed I invite you to think about all the athletes that competed in either today's US Open Golf Tournament, World Cup Soccer Match or Game Four of the NBA Finals and think about the work that each one of them had to have put in to perform on that stage at that level.

Sure the respective sport may come easier to some of these athletes than their counterparts but there was not one athlete that showed up today fresh off the street and say something along the lines of "Hey my name is  Spectaculator, I am a master _____ player."   Before suiting up for the game and putting up record figures.    I could go on and on about all the time they've spent practicing throughout their lives and the number of teams they've been on throughout the same time ect ect but I am sure you get the picture.

Another thought that the previous example brought up is that these respective athletes are playing their respective sports doing what they are most good at and passionate about.    Now, I don't know enough about Lebron James to know whether or not he is a good golfer or soccer (futbol, for my readers not in the states) player but we may not have any media coverage about good ol' King James if he did not decide to play basketball for the Miami Heat.

The third and final thought today is about the vast amounts of money that these athletes are making, and for what.    FOR PLAYING A GAME!!!!!!!!!!   Yes, and not just any game but a game that they LOVE!!!!! So in summary these mega millionaire athletes are entertaining the masses, playing a meaningless game that they love.

So the moral of today's story is work hard learning about and improving on what you love and do it so well that the market can't help but pay you what you are worth.

Until we read again,

Jaxon

p.s.   When you arrive to your chosen level of success you can say something along the lines of you started from rock bottom and now you are here where 'here' is the top

Why Your Life Sucks.........

.............And What You Could Do About It????

A wise person once wrote...... "always appreciate what you have because it can always get worse."  This reminds me that there is always someone who has it better than you and there is always someone that has it worse off than you do.

This reminds me of two principles:  appreciation and comparison.  Namely appreciate everything that you have and if you are going to compare yourself to someone or some situation always compare yourself to someone or something that is worse off than where you currently are because regardless of where you are in life there is always going to be a better situation to aspire towards and on the other side of the coin there will always be a worse situation that will always make you feel better.

So the moral of the story is that if your life currently sucks and you want it to automatically get better than just create a mental or physical list of what you are grateful for right now and if you feel compelled to compare yourself don't compare yourself with something better and you will automatically feel better about your lot in life.    Try it and COMMENT about your results.

Until we read again,

Jaxon

p.s.  Still waiting for my first follower.    I invite you to be the first one.  =)

HASHTAG firstworldjoys

Over the course of the last few years the phenomena of the First World Problem / First World Pain, hereby FWP,  has been introduced into our culture.  A FWP is a petty annoyance that wouldn't be if we were living in a less developed county.

Now, FWPs are funny and a roundabout way of expressing gratitude, check out my earlier blog post on the topic, but are discussing FWPs really the best way to a happier life?

For approximately a week after my FWP post my days were riddled with an unusual amount of petty annoyances that I probably wouldn't rather have dealt with.  Did this have anything to do with my mini-obsession with FWPs or was it just a coincidence?  No one will ever no for sure.

One thing that's for certain is that when I began focusing on First World Joys, hereby FWJ, my life took an immediate step for the better. A FWJ is similar to a FWP in the sense that you are sharing something that happened to you however instead of attracting future problems you are attracting future happiness because of your evolved focus.

Some examples of FWJs could be:

°I found perfect parking at the shopping center today
°My kids said something super-duper funny today that had us laughing for hours
°Everyone was really nice to me today
°I found an awesome new blog today and I can't wait to read more

etc., I'm sure you get the picture.

Your mission if you choose to accept your own adventure this week is to start sharing and thinking about your FWJs versus your FWPs.

Until we read again,

Jaxon

p.s. WARNING: We are all familar with the "Misery Loves Company" types out there.  Be cautious when interacting with these folks because they despise hearing about good things happening to you or anyone else because in their paradigm of reality is that life sucks and happiness is fleeting.

p.p.s. Leave a comment because I am excited to see what you think.

p.p.p.s. #firstworldjoys