you have to make it happen

I’ve given you seven personal assertions.

1. I am willing.
2. I am wired to win.
3. I got this.
4. I embrace the uncertainty.
5. I am not my thoughts; I am what I do.
6. I am relentless.
7. I expect nothing and accept everything.

Each of them plays into a theme. You may not immediately see it, but it’s there.

If you want your life to be different, you have to make it happen. All of the thinking or meditating or planning or anti-anxiety medication in the world isn’t going to improve your life if you’re not willing to go out and take action and make changes. You can’t sit around waiting for the right mood to strike or for life to play out the way you want it to. Nor can you rely on positive thinking alone to transform things for the better. You have to go out and do.

Gary John Bishop

Unfu*k Yourself: Get out of your head and into your life by Gary John Bishop. Harper One. 2017. p.191, 192

come up with a mantra

The best leaders understand the power of words. They can motivate, inspire, and capture the hearts of people. In the Welder Leader Program, we call a collection of words that do this a "maximizing mantra."  Every leader regardless of what kind of a company they are in should leverage a maximizing mantra. Some of my favorites include "row the boat," "take dead aim," "let's go," "move the needle," and "sacrifice is rewarded."

John Eades

"Want to Be Seen as a True Leader? Acquire These 5 Habits" Inc. March 28, 2018