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By: Cesar Diaz
Tags: Technology, Real Estate, Las Vegas, Policy

Cross-Section of Tech, Policy, & Real Estate Development in Las Vegas

December 14–18, 2020 Edition

Book Your Next Vegas Stay on Airbnb? While last week’s big story was how Airbnb’s shares skyrocketed (going from $68 a share to $146) on their trading debut. Locally, the *RJ reported, hosts (condo owners) listing hotel rooms on Airbnb, without resort fees. A room that goes for $79 per night on the tech platform is $158.50 (not including fees) on the hotel’s website. Is it legal? Yes. (Condo) Owners of these rooms can list them for short-term rentals. Is it fair? You be the judge. Analysis: Airbnb has more of a robust brand recognition and advertising reach than a single hotel brand has. The practice is no different than Raider’s ticket holders reselling their tickets on StubHub instead of on the team’s website. Who wants to pay resort fees anyways?

Why Not Rent Your Next Home?: Even though local home builders have experienced a record-breaking year for new home sales in Las Vegas, one developer thinks there’s a demand for new rental homes. They are not alone, new home communities from some of the largest single-family landlords have emerged in the Sunbelt. Analysis: People want flexibility and the stigma of renting has been erased.

Betting on a Brighter Future for Vegas: Right now, Nevada has the second-highest unemployment rate in the country, behind Hawaii at 12%. It’s no surprise since both states have tourist-dependent economies. Through the lens of unemployment and COVID numbers, the future looks bleak. But how do others see Vegas? On the contrary, Frontier Airlines announced six new routes starting next year for destinations to the U.S. Midwest and Mexico. Amazon announced eight new operation facilities that will create 2,000 new jobs. Separately, the City of Henderson intends to sell land to the owners of the M Casino and Resort who have drawn up plans to develop a new hotel and casino. Analysis: Folks are betting on Vegas yet again!
Daily Stuntz: Let it Snow with Policy Priorities
By: Joe Stuntz
Tags: Government, Daily Blog, Policy

This is a fun time if you work in government, policy, or are just a nerd as everyone is coming out with their policy priorities. Whether it is a think tank, individual, trade association, or something else, a new Administration and Congress means that everyone is trying to get their issue and suggested solutions to the top of the stack.

As someone who has been focused on Federal IT my entire career, there are lots of proposals and good ideas to move things forward and I will likely read most of them. If you need entertainment you can create a nice bingo card or drinking game as you will likely see a lot of overlap. Depending on your goals of the game, updating FISMA to do security better, (that is the level of detail of some of the suggestions), fix supply chain security(timely), and accelerate modernization are good places to start. While I am sure these folks have good ideas, I prefer recommendations that are implementable and have the potential for disagreement since if it was easy, for the most part it would have been done already (not always true sadly).

Today, I wanted to highlight the recommendations put together by Bill Hunt in his new post — https://krusynth.medium.com/federal-it-policy-recommendations-2021-2024-c64e550c4b7f. It is nice to see proposals from folks who will actually have to deliver on whatever gets prioritized and have been through it. I do not immediately agree with everything Bill writes but there is good stuff in that post. One idea I will continue to think through is mandating Login.gov. I like the idea but government mandated identity projects dont have a track record of success despite really good work from a bunch of hard working people (I myself participated in some of these projects). Regardless, I am glad identity got its own section in Bill’s writing and wasnt a sub-bullet to security.

The new leadership in DC means that there are chances to make things happen so I hope everyone puts their two cents in, especially if they have lived it. Decisions now will impact the next few years so get in the game.
Appointing former USDA Secretary, Tom Vilsack widely known for lying about the success of black…
By: Courtney Allen-Gentry Rn Msn Phn Ahn-Bc Hwnc-Bc
Tags: Sustainability, Food, Politics, Policy

Appointing former USDA Secretary, Tom Vilsack widely known for lying about the success of black farmers under his tenure, is putting the old white Fox in the chicken coop. He’s just coming back to play with his big agriculture corporate cronies. We need real help to heal deep flaws in food policy. I live in Nebraska where 42% of babies are born with low birth weight. We have terrible food and transportation policies with distribution the primary peduncle. If some of the poorest counties in Nebraska live near Farmers, why are one of every four children hungry? Instead of making Congresswoman Fudge Housing Director, she needs to be Secretary of Agriculture. The USDA needs Mama Fudge in charge. Put a black woman in office and you know the ish will get done!
- Adam Tabriz, MD
By: Adam Tabriz
Tags: Quotes, Quote Of The Day, Pandemic, Covid-19, Policy

”Among the numerous discourses of the US political sphere, COVID-19 pandemic marks an ironic bullseye. Then we realize how one‐​size‐​fits‐​all doctrines, overseen by bureaucracy, impede an abrupt and creative response to an unfolding public health disaster.” Adam Tabriz, MD
Let Your Creativity Bring People Together
By: Tochukwu Okoro E.
Tags: Creativity, Success, Growth, Mindset Shift, Mindset

As creatives, we’re some of the most powerful people on earth because of how much impact we can make on the next person’s reasoning.

It’s amazing because no matter the form of expression you choose, you have the power to influence someone’s life. People will always be watching, and the way the human mind works is that whatever we expose ourselves to, we become.

So, subconsciously, people are adapting to what you’re sharing and becoming one with the message you’re putting out.

Everyone complains of how evil the world is, but all of these boil down to what we’re consuming and what we’re creating for the next person to consume.

The world is in our hands, and our influence affects the next person heavily. When you create, ask yourself if what you’re creating will positively or negatively benefit the next person.

Then decide.

Thank you for reading.
Do you suffer from Shiny Guru Syndrome?
By: Kenny Cho
Tags: Guru, Mindset, Affiliate Marketing

Have you ever followed every guru, enrolled in countless number of courses, got on every guru marketers email list?

I know I have lol.

Guilty.

This is a recipe for FAILURE.

I used to jump from course to course, from guru to guru, but never actually take any action.

Learnt about selling on Etsy, Ecommerce, product creation, but nothing worked.

Could never get momentum in anything.

I tried all sorts of different methods:

Wasted money on Solo Ads. Don’t get me started lol…

Review sites. Actually these kinda worked until Mr G slapped me.

The $7 method that promised the world lol.

FRUSTRATION creeps in.

You blame the guru, you blame the course, you blame the method…

But the thing is… If you follow every guru out there:

– Click on every Guru ad

– Check your inbox daily for the next “Shiny thing”

– Purchase every Tom, Jane and Bob’s course on how to start an online business

– Invest in low quality courses

– Never stick to a proven method

… then how do you expect to get results?

If you can’t FOCUS, don’t expect to Achieve anything

Here’s how you get Focus and Clarity:

Invest in a mentor and their program

Find Someone who has already achieved the results that you want

Learn not only what they teach, but OBSERVE what they’re ACTUALLY doing in their business.

Study their habits and how they behave

Promote ONE product only.

If you can’t even sell one, how do you expect to sell multiple products.

Master one traffic source.

Again this comes back to FOCUS.

It’s very hard for a BEGINNER to try and master multiple traffic sources at the one time:

-Blogging,

-FB traffic,

-Youtube,

-Tik tok

-Instagram

It will overwhelm you, dilute your efforts.

Focus your efforts on one platform for 6–12 months

People give up after a month, a week, after a few days

A real business doesn’t work like that.

Think long term.

Take massive, consistent action

Delete all your distractions

With consistent, guided effort

you will gain momentum

Recently, I teamed up with a 7 figure mentor who has helped many students,

Even from countries where English isn’t their first language.

He gives you a clear plan, keeps you focused, and accountable.

And the best thing, he treats you like a real human being, not just another number

He answers your questions and genuinely wants you to succeed.

So if you’re still struggling to get leads and sales on a consistent basis.

Stop trying to work it out for yourself.

And partner with a 7 Figure Mentor — Copy the 7 Figure Business model taught in the Free Training for yourself.
Short Reflection on Amal Totkay
By: Asad Saleem
Tags: Growing Up, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Growth Mindset, Mindset

In a fixed mindset, people rely only on the basic traits like talent, abilities, intelligence, etc. They keep themselves in the box and do not change things. A growth mindset is to develop your talent, abilities to go next mile and intelligence.

Difference between two mindsets

Growth mindset helps you to explore new habits, new skills through handwork, good teaching, dedication and persistence. A baby who is learning to walk and falls down, but keeps trying. That helps baby to grow.

Amal’s growth mindset toolkit have amazing tips to follow to make your mind growing. Which includes,

Self Talk: To upgrade your mindset, change your negative self-talk to an empowerment speech by telling yourself “I can do this” or “I got this”, really works. Get out of Your Comfort-zone: Putting yourself in challenging situations where you have no other choice than to rise to the occasion and upgrade your mindset is also a really helpful strategy Create New Habits: Integrate powerful habits into your day that help your mindset change and reinforce your thinking with action. Ask People for Help: Ask your nearest and dearest to comment on how your functioning and interactions with people have changed recently. Fake it till You make it: Research shows that if you act as if you were competent and confident in an area, will eventually lead to improved competence and confidence.

The most favorite tip that attracted me is “Fake it till You make it” and I am going to implement this tip in my life beginning from today to grow my mindset.
Instinct vs Intellect
By: Siddhant Dugar
Tags: Decision Making, Thoughts, Intellectual, Instinct, Mindset

Follow your instincts!

Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash

Data rules our world now. In this myriad of information that we live in, one relies heavily on information and derives his conclusions. But it is often seen that the “gut feeling” you have is most likely to be right.

Gut feeling, or instinct, is your immediate understanding of something; there’s no need to think it over or get another opinion — you just know. Your intuition arises as a feeling within your body that only you experience. Because of this, trusting your intuition is the ultimate act of trusting yourself.

Relying on your instincts and being in the moment can definitely bring out the best in you. Sports can be a great example where your instinct matters more than your intellectual prowess. Those who follow and understand cricket closely know that the players on the field often make their judgments on the basis of their impulses.Whether it is DRS, aiming for a run-out, diving for a catch, etc. You might have all the statistics you need but ultimately it boils down to that few milliseconds before the moment. Even in Football&Hockey, when a penalty shoot is taking place, the goalkeeper has to rely heavily on his/her instinct.

The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs after his visit to India had said :

The people in the Indian countryside don’t use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That’s had a big impact on my work.

People in tech are often in the conundrum of whether to follow instincts or rely on the details and information. Most companies have been relying on the other lately. But valuing data over design instinct puts metrics over users . And undermining the user might prove costly in the long run!

Even when we wonder about the Space Race in the 60s and the present Mars missions , it is our Survival Instinct that propelled us to the Moon in the first place and will most likely propel us to Mars also. Solely relying on intellectual prowess would not have made the US & Soviet Union accomplish their Space mission 60 years ago.

Another evidence is from the Stock Markets where you can have all the data and algorithms to predict the prices but more often than not it appears to behave irrationally or instinctively.

This quote aptly sums up the point :
80 Thoughts on Creativity to Spark Your 2021
By: Teronie Donaldson
Tags: Creativity, Personal Development, 2021, Mindset, Personal Growth

Photo by Dragos Gontariu on Unsplash

If you look at a caterpillar, you would never know that a butterfly will soon form with time — the same goes for your creations — the more time you put into it, eventually, something beautiful will emerge.

Have you ever gazed upon a piece of artwork and thought to yourself, “I wish I could do that?”

Or witnessed someone draw a sketch and be awe-inspired?

Or seen someone’s unforgettable post and quickly reshared?

If you have, in either case, you were touched by creativity.

What is creativity?

Simply put, creativity is the ability to generate and refine ideas, which

involves transforming those ideas into reality.

It seems straight forward, but creativity is a skill that can be a challenge to bring forward. It can be a challenge because we sometimes don’t believe we are as creative as we think.

But guess what? We actually do have creativity within us and display many forms of it daily.

Sometimes all that is needed is a reminder from creative thought to bring it forth, and with such a crazy year like 2020, we can use all the creativity in the world to spark 2021 and forward.

With that said, here are 80 Thoughts on creativity to spark your 2021
This amor fati quote is my mantra for 2021. Thanks for the inspiration Matt !
By: Matthew Killorin
Tags: Mindset, Stoicism, Motivation

If complaining won’t change the outcome, the only thing you can do is embrace it and love everything that happens.
Go with your Flow
By: Jen Fieldman
Tags: Marketing Strategies, Entrepreneurship, Mindset

Go with your Flow

Sep 15

Written By Jen Fieldman

You started your business because what you were doing before wasn’t serving you.

Maybe you were like me, and you were burnt out, unhappy, and unhealthy.

Maybe you found a path you didn’t know about or trust before.

Maybe the ‘rona eliminated your job and you’re taking the opportunity to do what you love.

What got you here doesn’t matter.

What matters is your purpose now. To do what you love and use those skills to help others, whether that’s through wellness or business.

And it’s time to f’*ucking stop letting the technical stuff like marketing be a roadblock.

Marketing is one of my gifts, and using my powers for good (finally) is what fuels me and brings me joy. When I help a client release a marketing block, or give them a suggestion for how to make their messaging more clear and effective, it’s an epic win.

My speciality is finding strategies and solutions that work for YOU. Not someone else, and certainly not me. It’s about you.

Whether it’s marketing, mindset, or general business — you don’t need another expert shouting at you. You need ideas and solutions on how to implement the strategies.

It’s time to make your business work for you. So you can focus on doing what you love.

You didn’t start your business because you wanted to run a business.

Let me help you move it forward, in a way that feels aligned to you.

Want to learn more? Send me a message, and I’ll reach out with the details!

Jen Fieldman
Why I Don’t Watch TV
By: Kathy Gerstorff
Tags: Personal Development, Life Lessons, Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Personal Growth

I’m on a mission to transform my life. I want to get fit, write bestseller books, grow a successful business, and create a positive legacy. Like Edison, I’ve tried 10,000 ways that don’t work and with each failure I learn something that helps me with the next attempt.

What I’ve learned about watching TV and listening to the news is that it’s unproductive time that often opens the flood gates to distracting and negative thoughts.

I don’t notice the effect at first, like a leak in a dam. If I feed my brain doom and gloom information it chips away at the energy field protecting my happy place until finally it breaks through. Before I know it, my mind is flooded with doubts, I focus on the wrong things, and frown my way through the day. I think at best we underestimate the power of our brain and at worst we ignore it.

At best we underestimate the power of our brain and at worst we ignore it.

The brain is like any other part of our body in that it grows stronger when we take care of it and will atrophy if we neglect or abuse it.

I can hear TV fans everywhere proclaim this as nonsense because after all, you have a remote control. You can easily change the channel. For me, having satellite or cable TV is like stocking my kitchen cabinets with junk food. The temptation to veg/pig out is always there. When I’m tired or stressed, I don’t want either of those things to be my easy escape.

Until the networks (or some savvy entrepreneur) figures out how to offer programs a la carte, perhaps by creating a commercial-free device that automatically downloads a show I’m interested in, I choose to abstain because I want to be the one in charge of the programming going in my brain.

If you have no goals to achieve or you’re ok with unexplained mood swings and weight gain, veg away. But, if you believe that you were put on this earth for a divine purpose or if you want more energy and a richer life — you have to start somewhere. For me it was turning off the TV!
healthy feelings
By: Nat Garl
Tags: Mindset, Routine, Health

I have spent the last few years of my life going in and out of states of health and organization. Playing sports has had a huge effect on my schedule and the regularity of it. Some days i feel not as good as others, and look it too.

things i have learned

Through going in and out of different scheduele and moods, I have noticed that keeping a clean and tidy room and a steady schedule makes me feel better and puts me in a better mood. However, even though i know this and encourage others to do this, as well as judge when they don’t. I don’t feel wrong to judge as it is a natural human thing, so shame me all you want but I know you judge too. When i wake up to my alarm, I know that if i get up then, I will feel better in my day. But I just can’t seem to convince myself this is true in the morning. I rather convince myself that sleeping more is better for me.

overcoming

To overcome myself, I set out a glass of water the night before and chug after my alarm and forcing myself to sit up. I then eat, because I have learned that I feel more and more nauseous the longer I wait to eat after waking up. Put on music fast enough to not put you to sleep but not too fast to where it gives you a headache. I shower if I need or feel gross and I make my bed. I never used to make my bed and it would disappoint me when I walked in my room.

The rest of my day

I drink water. I know this sounds cliché and i know everyone calls it cliché and suggests it, but nobody actually does it. so do it!!!!

Do any sorts of workout. it will give you something to do and wake you up so you don’t fall back asleep.

go outside.

eat healthy. try your hardest to eat at least one serving of vegetables with every meal. they really are delicious and refreshing.

You really just have to get into the hang of things and learn what’s best for you, and i promise you will feel better after giving it time. And once you give it time and keep up with it. if you go back, you will actually realize the difference it made and how much better it is.
Reflection on Amal Totkay
By: Syed Umer
Tags: Ideas, Mindset, Amal Totkay, Remedies

At first glance this word “totkay” brought me to old childhood memories when mother or aunts used to try home-made remedies for different problems ranging from bruises to skin care.. Later, when I read these simple and easy rules or one may say life hacks , I realized that those are much more than our desi totkay. Basically , Amal totkay are some of the most influential shortcuts one can adopt to develop a positive and competitive mindset in order to excel in life.

I found these tips very impressive and useful. A plus point about these tips is that they are practically applicable and testable . If one continues to follow them, these can bring good changes in one’s life.

As per their consequences or one may say takeaways, these are exceptionally life changing hacks. If used efficiently and properly, these can have a great positive impact on personality building .

Although, all of them are unique and useful but the tip that drew most of my attention was “Self Talk” . This tip will be of great importance for me because I need a twenty four hour listener, who could listen to me and understand me at the same time but obviously nobody can give you the whole of his day . So, I decided to try “Self Talk” in order to connect to myself efficiently. This will not only improve my speaking skills but listening skills at the same time . This will help me understand my problems better so that I’ll go for their solutions on my own.

The tip that I’ve already started implementing is the same tip that captivated me the most i.e Self Talk. I tried it couple of times and felt kinda relaxed and triumphed . This gave me a sense of having a very close ,sincere friend that listens to me all the time. And I’ve started analyzing myself better.This will lead me towards further betterment in my life and specially my personality.

These tips can be used for grooming oneself because these are effective in confidence building, improving communication skills , listening skills and creativity . These include self talk, building new habits , asking someone for help, get out of your comfort zone and fake it till you make it .If we develop new habits, it will make us more productive and creative. Asking someone for help will develop our communication skills and make us socially active. Getting out of our comfort zone will let us explore the world as well as our capabilities.

These tips are highly recommended to those who want to bring positive changes in their lives and personality.
Make Peace With the Fact That Many Things Won’t Go Your Way
By: Tochukwu Okoro E.
Tags: Success, Self Improvement, Growth, Life, Mindset

I got a news some weeks back that was inconvenient. At first, it was a lot to take in, but I started to tell myself that this situation will only work for my good and the person involved.

I’m very optimistic about things, and when things go badly, I believe that things will get sorted out. And they always do.

That’s the mindset we should always have. Because how I see it is, we’re in charge of how we take things. Everyone is dealt with the same cards, but not everyone ends up the same way.

Take the whole of 2020’s COVID saga, for example. Many people saw the lockdown as a bad thing. They complained and did all sorts. They cursed 2020 for being so horrible and praying that it will pass.

But there are still some people whose 2020 has been their best year so far, in all areas — I’m some people :)

2020 has been good for me because of the mindset I put into the whole thing. I believe in mindset so much. How we become what we think and how it shapes our reality.
Well these past 10 days since my last story.
By: Shawn Patricc
Tags: Failure To Success, Never Give Up, Mindset, Blessing In Disguise

Self Motivation to help people get the best out of life and creating the success and having Integrity doing so
How To Get People’s Attention
By: Louie Rahil
Tags: Marketing, Attention, High Performance Coaching, Mindset, Personal Development

How To Get People’s Attention

Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash

Dr. Ned Hallowell is one of the world’s leading experts on grabbing and holding people’s attention. He often speaks about the importance of getting people’s attention and maintaining their attention in any business venture and marketing campaigns. If you are a marketer, you have to learn how to do both of these tasks very well.

How do you get someone’s attention?

According to Dr. Hallowell, the acronym SEARCH holds the secret to grabbing people’s attention.

S — Scare

E — Excite/Educate

A — Attack/Annoy/Amaze

R — Reassure/Reward

C — Charm

H — Help

Scare: Mainstream media have used this method to get people’s attention for a long time.

Excite / Educate: Humans like to look at moving and fast objects or anything that provides them with information that they care about.

Attack / Annoy / Amaze: Any unique information can grasp people’s attention, but so is annoying news. However, if someone attacks you, he or she can get your attention very fast.

Reassure / Reward: If you want people to pay attention, offer them $1000 or reassure them about something they are thinking about. People often look for confirmation and not information.

Charm: Charming people can get people’s attention very quickly.

Help: If you see someone who needs help, and you offer them support, you can get their attention very fast.

Now that you are able to get people’s attention, how can you hold their attention for a long time?

According to Dr. Hallowell, You have to SIN.

S — Structure

I — Interaction

N — Novelty

If you SIN correctly, you can hold people’s attention for about 50 minutes.

Structure: You need a structure to hold people’s attention, but not too much structure. Structure gives humans the comfort that they are looking for to pay attention longer.

Interaction: Social media mastered this concept. They gave people enough structure and interactive platforms to hold people’s attention for a long time. Tik Tok is using the SIN concept correctly.

Novelty: It is your ability to provide people with an exciting and intriguing twist to keep their attention longer. Michael Jackson was terrific at holding his audience’s attention using novelty.

I hope I was able to grab and hold your attention today.

Do The Work
Growth Mindset
By: Saleha Iqbal
Tags: Zone, Comfort, Habits, Growth, Mindset

Positive self talk,new habits, getting out of comfort zone are all good ways to develop a growth mindset.

Positive self talk

Helps you to eradicate the negative self prophesies that work as barriers and restrict you from achieving your goals.

New Habits

Add new habits schedule some time for learning new things or reading a book every day for just 10 minutes can add value to your life .

Getting out of comfort zone

When you step up and come out of your comfort zone then you will be able to have access to the thing that were out of your limits. As you sow, so shall you reap. If you stay in your comfort zone you will not be able to achieve the extra ordinary.
This is based on my previous post about mindset.
Tags: Lifestyle, Hobbies And Interests, Tips And Tricks, Positive Thinking, Mindset

How I Changed My Lifestyle

This is how I changed my lifestyle and mindset. This is going to be ways I changed my "can’t do" mindset into a "can do" mindset in just a few weeks. The main thing I started out by doing was reciting positive affirmations everyday. It slightly started as a joke, and that’s okay because as time goes on and you continue them, your mind adapts to them and they become normal and honestly make you happy just like a normal compliment would. These can be things like "I look really good today" or "love the fit!". You are really just complimenting yourself, but make sure they are positive things. The next thing I did was take a picture every day of something I thought was pretty, or really just anything I wanted. It’s like a daily reminder of what you did that day and can later on help you remember the kind of day you had. Next, I sort of developed what some people refer to as the "floating rock mentality" which is the idea that we are literally on a space rock floating around in the middle of nowhere. Nothing really matters, opinions don’t matter. With the idea that we are in the middle of an expanding universe, keep in mind that no one make it out of earth alive. Do what you want, wear what you want, eat what you want. You shouldn’t let people judge you for being the king or queen your are ;). Instead, let them regret judging you. Lastly, this is a person preference because I tend to be quite active, I found that when I work out, I am happier and have a better mindset than when I don’t workout. If you are not into working out, that is not a problem, everyone has hobbies and for example if yours is art, you might feel happier and more motivated after you have just painted. Using this, if I work out before something I know is going to be stressful, I tend to be less stressed while doing the activity. I hope these tips are helpful and are able to start you on your journey to a better lifestyle!
Sarah, if ever there was a writing prompt worth sharing with the world 🌎 this is it.
Tags: Creativity, Declaration, Ideas, Inspiration, Mindset

Sarah, if ever there was a writing prompt worth sharing with the world 🌎 this is it. I know it wasn’t your intention when you wrote this article to have my highlighted portion be the writing prompt for 2021 but I see it as perfect!

Here’s why:

By listing and identifying what we recognize as our own limits, we also give ourselves permission to embrace new opportunities.

This is an empowering exercise!

I recommend everyone take the time to at least think about this and contemplate where you may have been limiting yourself.

If you’re not interested in doing the exercise, so be it, but at least give yourself permission to think about the question.

By taking this prompt, worded as a statement, and turning it into a reflective exercise of thought, you will open up your mind to the infinite possibilities of your future, not someday, but now!

I AM, no longer going to limit myself to:

(Choose your own phrase and instead of a resolution, make a declaration!)

Examples:

I AM, no longer going to limit myself to small thinking!

I AM, no longer going to limit myself to the status quo!

I AM, no longer going to limit myself to the expectations of society!

I AM, no longer going to limit myself to the box society continuously tries to place me in. I AM bigger than the biggest box there is!

Let’s make this really FUN and lift up the entire Medium platform by responding to Sarah @ Sarah Willey

Tell Sarah how you’re going to dream bigger in 2021!

Tell her what you’re no longer going to limit yourself to: Reply NOW!

Tagging a few to get this 2021 party started! Let’s GO!

Terry Mansfield Darryl Brooks Melanie J. KR Franklin Nika Paradis Mary DeVries Atul Jha A.H. Mehr Jeffrey Flesch

And, I would invite anyone that replies to Sarah to invite someone else along to make their own DECLARATION!

Reclaim your future! Let’s start a movement and make 2021 the BEST year yet!

In #Gratitude!

Bobby-
Heard the Herd
By: Diem Jones
Tags: Self Improvement, Faith, Life, Mindset, Poetry

Base photo: CHARLIE HAMILTON JAMES, National Geographic • Photo Illustration: Diem Jones

Not all mountains need to be climbed, or:

• Admired

• Desired

• Dreamt about

• Feared

• Lusted for…

Hear your herd

Hear your inner voice

Herd your hearing

Voice your inner thoughts

Not all mountains need to be lusted for, as there may be an illusion in the glitter.

Voice your inner thoughts and don’t burry them under your footsteps

Not all mountains need to be feared as our biggest fear is of what we create.

Hear your herd and believe in your power

Not all mountains need to be dreamt of, as you might be living the dream.

Hear your inner voice and make the appropriate choice

Not all mountains are worthy of have a place in your dream-scapes

Blend your desires with your admires and have faith in you

Not all mountains need to be climbed, yet there are some that need to be moved!

r.u. with US?

isUis or isUaint

O.N.E. [One Never Escapes]

Words: ©2020 Diem Jones aka Drs. Fladimir MS Woo & HM Joy
The AMAL Totkay
By: Ali Hadi
Tags: Amal Academy, Mindset

Life means something that has some movement in it, static things are considered dead. In engineering, dynamic load is called live load. It is not possible to live with a static mindset, we cannot learn, grow and develop with this mindset. We need to have a dynamic, adaptive and growth mindset. That is the only way to coop with the dynamic world of 21st century.

These tips are very important and almost contained all the things we have been taught from the first day and it backs the statement of our instructors “everything we do at AMAL is connected/related to each other”. I guess these are the tips that are followed by those who succeed and leave a mark on this world as these are the basic principles of growing.

I have read these tips two times and implementing them is not very hard. these tips can be started at a very basic level, like cleaning our room daily, or waking up early or going for a walk, these all small activities can push us towards growth mindset. The basic element is when we start observing, if we start doing all these things, then we need to observe the change, feel the change. we have to reflect on what new we did today and it will further boost our morale.

The best tip among these and the tip which most successful people follow is “Getting out of comfort zone”. People start a business, they become successful but they go a change, they try new domains, they do not stop and only such people end up being really successful. If we just try to bring this small tip into our daily lives, we can bring a lot of change in ourselves.

I myself have started to work on things that I do not want to do, from waking early to organizing my bed and study table. I never wanted to do these things but I try to do them, not daily at the moment but it will hopefully improve 😅. The best thing that can be done is to first develop a feeling that nothing is impossible, we just need to know our path and then putting hard work in the right path will take us to the level of success we cannot even imagine. Then one should try to do things everyday which he did not like to do earlier. Following these two basic tips will start showing its effect and then the rest amazing tips can brought into function.
Forget About New Year’s Resolutions — Life Doesn’t Care What Date It Is
By: Mark Campbell
Tags: New Years Resolutions, 2021, Positive Thinking, New Year, Mindset

Look on the bright side

Don’t think this is an article of gloom and doom, because it isn’t. The new year will no doubt bring moments we won’t enjoy, but it will also develop awesome memories for most of us. Every year does the same.

Your personal life, family, career, will all experience ups and downs. Hopefully far more smiles than frowns. We might like to compartmentalise these into neat volumes of 12 months, but existence does not recognise our primitive methods of timekeeping. It’s all about the journey.

Nevertheless, on December 31 each year, we mark the end of another number and look forward to a better new number (just add one). We make resolutions, promises to ourselves, plans for better days and greater achievements ahead.

All that is fine. It’s a good idea for our mental wellbeing to set goals. But please, don’t restrict yourself to doing things within the timeframe of a certain year, month, week or day. These are artificial boundaries.

Promising yourself that 2021 will be your big year will only set yourself up for failure and disappointment. Your time to shine may arrive on January 15. Or March 6. Or May 27. Perhaps on December 13, lasting for eight months into 2022.

Your new year will be punctuated by highs and lows, elations and deflations. Don’t give the year credit for any achievements, and don’t blame it for whatever goes wrong.

Time is a continuation. It marches on without a care for any labels we pin to it. I personally have never celebrated New Year’s Eve as the end of one thing and the start of something new. This year, I’ll be noting that Thursday has simply become Friday.
Think Differently to Flourish and Grow Your Career
By: Matthew Royse
Tags: Motivation, Self Improvement, Inspiration, Thinking, Mindset

Think Differently to Flourish and Grow Your Career

Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash

Thinking differently will help your career. How you think about things is as powerful as how hard you work, how successful you are as a mentor or even the skills you gain.

Very successful people think differently from everyone else. The good news is that thinking habits can be learned. Here are wise words of wisdom from 5 successful business people that you can put into action to get ahead.

Jeff Bezos

Founder of Amazon

“If you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall, and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.”

Key takeaways:

Define the problem and explore the causes of the pain. Find as many solutions as you can. Draft a plan of action to crack the code.

Mark Zuckerberg

Co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

“People think innovation is just having a good idea, but a lot of it is just moving quickly and trying a lot of things.”

Key takeaways:

Try things out, even if the outcome is not apparent. Escape the limitations of traditional thinking. Test, test, and test.

Steve Jobs

Co-founder of Apple

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it too long. Just figure out what’s next.”

Key takeaways:

Focus on your next goal. Judge success by your momentum. Stay on top of your goals and know where you are.

Warren Buffet

Founder of Buffet Partnership, Ltd

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

Key takeaways:

A poor reputation makes you less trustworthy with people you want to work alongside. When facing a challenging situation, take a couple of deep breaths and then react. After you compose yourself, determine how to best respond.

Elon Musk

Founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company

“It’s important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree: make sure you understand the fundamental principles — the trunk and big branches — before you get to the leaves, the details.”

Key takeaways:
Sheep in the wolf’s skin. Yea yea, what??
By: Matúš Dúbrava
Tags: Humanity, Everyday Life, Sheep, Wolves, Mindset

Yea yea, what??!

We all heard about wolf in the sheep’s skin.

But have you seen sheep in the wolve’s skin? I mean literally look around you.

You may see a lot of toughness, lot of stories, a lot of a lot of stuff. We walk daily around things we have no clue that’s totally something else. Once we find out there was something else going on, we call it getting “WOKE”. You literally can’t look at things the same way after it.

Literally speaking, we mainly know and focus on the first ones ”wolf in the sheep’s skin” a lot more, because we hate how fraudulent people are, due to our bad experiences with them.

Can we say this the same way about people that inflict others with something good? Like they portray something bad(or neutral), but kind of people can feel something else from them all the way?

One example of this would be: sheep that will look like a wolf and kill each wolf one by one because wolves were killing the flock of the sheep.

Literally when you look around with the “naive” eyes, you can’t tell a difference between sheep in the wolve’s skin, wolf in the sheep’s skin and just the regular sheep and wolf. Mainly when they’re in the group together.

If you are a legend, you don’t freaking see the outer layer as the one defining what’s inside. You must be in 21st century if you do. Check your heart.
Mindset Exercise: Challenge Your Excuses
By: Deante L. Young
Tags: Life Lessons, Self Improvement, Challenge, Mindset, Personal Growth

1. Election Day Breakdown

I had already made a daily commitment to work out at the gym five days per week, but on Election Day, my car broke down on the road as I was heading there.

I was so frustrated, but I eventually made it to the gym and to vote thanks to one of my awesome cousins.

But the following day, I didn’t have him as an option and my car was in the shop. I was faced with a tough predicament. Since it was non negotiable for me to make it to the gym, I needed a way there.

I decided to bite the bullet and take public transportation. That wasn’t simple because of the irregular route and schedule of the bus.

I ended up having to take two buses with a 30 minute layover in between, and when I finally made it to the gym, the whole trip took close to two hours to travel 10 miles.

I knew that almost everyone I know would’ve just not gone that day. Their excuse would have been perfect; they didn’t have their car because of something unforeseen.

That also would’ve been my excuse for many years.

Ask yourself, what would you have done in this situation? I needed to stick to my commitment at all costs. If I didn’t go that one day, it could’ve turned into six months of not going based on my history of excuses leading to laziness.

Challenge your excuses.
I’m drowned in thoughts
Tags: Self, Happy, Mindset

Is mindset something that we chose? Or something that we have?

I used to be active

I used to talk a lot

I used to initiate things

I used to make acquaintance proactively

I used to make myself doing things that’s not me

I’m now doing things that I want to

I’m now doing things that I supposed to

I’m now doing things that I’m comfortable with

I’m now not making myself better

But I’m now becoming me and I’m now happy with myself

Is it good to be happier by doing things that we want or to be less happier doing things that we’re not ourselves?
Mindset
Tags: Covid 19, Life, Mindset, Thomas Edison

I am going to guess most to all of you have no clue who I am. I am just your average teenager who loves to live in the moment and create new memories. Although that has been hard with Corona currently, I still manage to find things to make memories of. Whether it is making cookies with my mom or occasionally hanging out with a friend. I still maintain the same mindset I had pre-Covid or even possibly an even better one. The one main that will be kept with me from during this Covid period will be the idea that everything can change in one day alone and if you spent that day before sulking around grumpy and sad, you have wasted your possible last best day. We never know what the next day is going to bring or even if there is going to be a next day, which should just bring you a bigger incentive to get out of your comfort-zone, do something you usually wouldn't do, ask that person out, apply for that job, because without doing so you will never know the outcome. And so what if you get rejected or denied, that should feed your energy to do your next great thing. Everyone was placed on this Earth to do something amazing. Everyone was destined for something great and without failure, people wouldn't have the drive to continue in life. What would have happened if Thomas Edison had given up after his first or second attempt on the light bulb? Matter of fact, his teachers thought he was too stupid to learn and he was fired from his first two jobs for lack of motivation. He didn't let this negativity stop him from creating not only a household items but an item that U.S consumers spend 5.5 million dollars on daily. You might not want to listen to a teenager, and I understand that. I am not forcing you into changing your lifestyle because I understand how big of a leap that can be and it can be stressful. Although if you are interested, I wrote another story about what I used to be successful in doing so. So I'll leave you with this, when given a choice to proceed or give up, what do you tend to do? Why?
AMAL TOTKAY
By: Sana Fatima
Tags: Growth, Comfort Zone, Self, Growth Mindset, Mindset

Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.” — Carol Dweck

The people with a growth mindset create an opportunity rather than waiting for it. they believe in taking action and initiative. they are open to change, diversity new skills, taking feedback, and reflect on their failure. They always try to learn something even from small experience. .they understand that nothing can be achieved without hard work and sacrifice, it helps them to stay focus on their goal.

You always read about how to grow yourself on daily basis but never understand how. So here I am with 5 fascinating but life-changing Amal Totkay which changed my persona about adapting change in life.

These are the most worthy totkay, I ever read because it urges to think as well as act like an innovator.it made me realize that start with small, well from our childhood we always heard about huge change but never talk about how baby steps take you miles away.

These 5 tips will definitely make you a creative-minded person. It’ll work as a wing to fly, steps to run, fins to swim, light in the darkness which leads to a destination of success with your own determination, consistency, hard work, and gratitude.

Self-talk is the most powerful tool in life. It is influenced by your thoughts ideas and self-belief. But the positive conversation with yourself makes you confident, efficient, productive, and inspirational. Your inner voice is just like medicine, when you take the right one it will heal you or might be like oxygen to breathe openly.

Change your daily routine because this is the easiest one to try the new sphere of life towards change. Take step towards a challenging situation and think about how I should operate in it. Always embrace the change with a learning attitude. think what are you learning from it and how it‘ll help me in future growth. Make sure to yourself whatever I have done will contribute towards my future goal. Allow people to be part of your success by asking for constructive feedback. But it must be taken from specific people who really care for you. sometimes it happens we pretend positively in certain situations, but we are not like as same. So the best chance to make your growth mindset is to pretend, eventually, you will be the same.

My favorite chunk of the Totkay is Creating new habits. Always search for something different which can help you in numerous ways. I am thinking of developing the habit of writing on the daily basis. Like what I have been learning new whole day after each month

To stand with the growth mindset try to engage yourself in several productive, inspirational, and influential stories. I believe there is always to some degree for you to learn so never pause to take that experiment.