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BREAKING NEWS!
You do have the choice, the power, and the ability to be the captain of your soul and the driver of your life. That's right.
Here is a fun metaphor for you. Imagine you are a campfire. If you've ever been at a campfire, you know it needs to be stoked. Fires go out on their own eventually, but they can keep going forever if they are fed fuel regularly.
Be the campfire. Bring more wood. Positive attitude and good deeds are the fuel. Shine in the darkness of the night. The fire provides warmth, light, safety, certainty, and peace. Be this provision, not just for yourself, but for others around you.
And you can be that. Or, you can s***f it out. You can abandon it, and slowly let it die.
Don't p**s on your fire, don't throw dirt on it, don't stomp on it. Those are the bad choices of our daily lives.
Take charge. It takes about the same amount of energy to stoke a fire or to put it out. Keep it lit. Be lit.
Shine! The world needs more campfires!

No matter what happens today, I will be successful.

It starts with a decision. We see our circumstances through the prism of our attitude. Choose at the beginning of the day, and everything that transpires will take on the meaning you’ve chosen to have.

Recalibrate daily.

My problem isn’t that I’m not perfect, it’s thinking that I should be.

My issue isn’t that I can’t make everyone happy, it is believing I’m supposed to.

My dissatisfaction isn’t with not reaching my destination, it is with not appreciating the journey.

At some point you don’t need any more advice or clever quotes.

You get it. You know what needs to happen.

The final ingredients are silence and a work ethic.

Motivation gets us going, discipline keeps us going.

My problem isn’t that I’m not perfect, it’s thinking that I should be.

My issue isn’t that I can’t make everyone happy, it is believing I’m supposed to.

My dissatisfaction isn’t with not reaching my destination, it is with not appreciating the journey.

📸: Olga Nudelman

Dear Dancers,

I’m excited to announce something that could benefit you more than even the best pair of shoes: a cleanse for your mind.

Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of helping many people break through their bottlenecks in various areas of life. As I reflected on where I could make an even greater impact, you—the dancers—came to mind.

A few months ago, we launched a pilot program in collaboration with Shawn Huber and Structured Freedom, working with three professional dance couples. The results were nothing short of remarkable. Don’t just take my word for it—ask them, and they’ll be happy to share their experiences.

The program we’re offering is unique because it’s designed to help you amplify the effort and energy you are already putting into your dancing. Your commitment and dedication on the dance floor are clear, but there’s always room to fine-tune your approach by elevating your awareness and perception to the next level.

As top competitors will tell you, small adjustments often lead to exponential improvements in performance. This program is all about refining those details and unlocking your full potential.

If you’d like to learn more, come visit us at the AIDA Dance USA booth at Nashville Starz this weekend. We’d love to show you how we can help you take your dancing to new heights.

See you there!

Decisions create definitions. Most of your frustrations come from unwillingness to be bold and committed to one specific thing, even when inconvenience shows up. Look into that!

Heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence in a given intellectual or social domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence in that domain relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general.

Meaning talking s**t while knowing very little.

The four stages of this effect are:
Unconscious Incompetence - you don’t know what you don’t know. And it shows in so many ways, but you are clueless. Only a profound discovery or inconvenience will yank an individual out of their convictions.
Conscious Incompetence - clear awareness of one’s ignorance, an insight, and willingness to do something about it. A decision has been made to improve.
Conscious Competence - systematic commitment to learning and improving knowledge or skill. A discipline has been adopted, like a training or reading schedule.
Unconscious Competence - effortless ability to perform, like driving a car, breathing, swimming, being funny, writing or speaking a native language. A true master.
It’s often hard to tell where you are at in these 4 stages on any given subject, which is why we should remain humble at all times. I often thought I was “true master” on a subject, only to find out I’m totally wrong. Bummer!

For more on the subject feel free to reach out or leave a comment. It’s a juicy one. I see friends and randoms posting nonsense all the time, without knowing anything.

Certainly I must often do the same and irritate people that are convinced that they know more than me.

It’s all good. We are all learning through experience.

Alright! Let’s get some encouragement in!

You have what it takes to achieve the things you want to manifest. Yes you do. The size of your problem is nothing when compared with the potential you have!

It’s not the resources available to us that determine our success, but our resourcefulness. To be helpless in the age of the Internet is the epitome of stupidity.

Everything is right here for you.

Don’t know how to do something? YouTube it.
Clueless about a topic? Make a post. Ask for help.

There is a solution for most problems if

• one believes in themselves
• believes that they deserve to succeed
• is humble enough to ask for help

That’s all there is to it. You can do it! Today!

If you are reading this then we are probably friends of some sort, so use me as a resource and I’ll do what I can to help, or connect you with someone that can!

Let’s go! You got this!