We are Our Habits
10 Steps Toward Clarity & Confidence
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No person or circumstance can gift you or I peace, confidence, optimism, fitness, or self-efficacy. These attributes are the result of our choices and come from within. If we want things to be better, we have to act. If we want things to change, we have to change.
Responsibility and Positive Action Are Key
The way to change our lives for the better is two-fold. We can change our stories by:
Taking responsibility; and
Making substantive changes regardless of obstacles and critics.
Real change requires that we decide and act. Real change requires that we proceed like our lives depend on taking responsibility for ourselves and our positive growth. Start pursuing the compelling future you envision by making a few small, substantive changes. Innovation 1 was outlined in a previous post. Read about Innovation 1 HERE. We’ll address Innovation 2 below.
10 Innovations for Clarity & Confidence
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Innovation 2: Drink cold water.
2. With no hurry or deadline, drink 16 to 20 ounces of cold water before consuming anything else. Drink at your leisure, but consume no coffee, food, etc. until you’ve consumed a generous amount of cold water. Medication is the exception — take medicine as needed.
Drink cold water is about shaping and owning your mood.
Drink cold water is also about taking action each day to shore up your physical health. Water is critical to healthy mental and physical performance. Making cold water your first point of consumption each day clears the mind, lifts mood, combats stiffness and inflammation, boosts metabolism, and rehydrates very major system of the body.
Innovation 1 is Greet the morning. For more information about the benefits of Innovation 1, click HERE.
Innovation 2 is Drink cold water.
Starting the day from a place of welcome benefits our emotional health. Drinking water at the top of the day lifts mood, mindset, and our physical selves.
Take time each day for breath, gratitude, and hydration. Be grateful for all the good there is.
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