Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: CHANGE

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: CHANGE:   “If we wait for some other person to help us, or some other time, change will never happen. You are the one you have been waiting for.”   ...

CHANGE

 

“If we wait for some other person to help us, or

some other time, change will never happen. You

are the one you have been waiting for.”

                        Barack Obama

“How long are you going to wait before you

demand the very best of yourself?”

                        Epictetus

You may think, feel, or say, well I am good, why do I need to change?

We can always improve. Believe in better. We can always learn. We

can always do better. Be stronger, faster, smarter, kinder, simpler.

Whatever fate brings our way, we can always change and improve on

how we go about our lives. Curiosity, learning, planning, practicing,

improving our skills. If we sit inside our comfort zones and do not get

outside of ourselves, pushing, learning, being productive, growing

then we just sit there and get stale like leftover pizza or bread that no

one wants and gets thrown out.

“No man steps in the same river twice. The river

is not the same and you are not the same.”

                        Heraclitus

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: PREDICTING THE FUTURE

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: PREDICTING THE FUTURE:                                                               “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”                         ...

PREDICTING THE FUTURE

                                                 

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

                                        Abraham Lincoln

“We have a lot of troubles in our lives, most of which never happened.”

                                        Mark Twain

We can worry ourselves into a frenzy thinking about the future. Most of

these “worries” will never happen except in our imagination. It is good

to prepare and plan, but not at the expense of missing the present

and what is right in front of us because we are too busy or distracted

fretting over what may or may not happen in the future. By preparing,

planning, and setting in motion what steps we can control, especially

controlling our own mind and thoughts, we minimize the uncertainty of

the future. We create a great deal of what happens to us. We cannot

just sit back and wait for good fortune to fall on our plate. We need to make our own fortune. 

Shape our own destiny. Control what we can. Let go of what we cannot control. 

Hope for the best, plan  for the worst. Identify what we need to do and get to work.

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: DESTINY, FATE, AND FORTUNE

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: DESTINY, FATE, AND FORTUNE:                                                                   “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.”           ...

DESTINY, FATE, AND FORTUNE

                                                     

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.”

                                        William Shakespeare

“Accept the place divine providence has found for you.”

                                        Ralph Waldo Emerson

Destiny. Fate. Are they pre-determined? Do we determine? Is it both?

We certainly have choices in life. We can always control how hard we

work to improve ourselves for the better. We may have been born in

a certain place, with certain parents, in a particular body. Placed on

a certain path, but then the rest is up to us. In ourselves, through our

actions and choices. Learn, read, work out, be kind, help others, make

the best out of the situation right before you. Strive to be better each

day. Our judgment of things. Our point of view. They are all a matter

of how we choose to “see” things. Which path or paths do we choose.

How we go about doing the work is up to us. Yes, we are dealt a certain

hand, are given certain opportunities or obstacles. How we choose to

pursue and overcome them is up to us. Meanwhile, we must always

recognize and keep in mind that there is a higher power guiding us.

Everyone holds their fortune in their own hands. Everything that

happens to us is an opportunity to gain experience and grow. We

certainly have choices in life over what we can control and what we

cannot control. Kobe Bryant may have been born into a certain body

type, with a certain mindset, but, make no mistake, he was not gifted

into being one of the greatest NBA players of all time, he was one of

the hardest working players ever. Just like any other master of their

craft. My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati; that one

wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past,

not in all eternity. This means be at one with your fate and give your

actions the weight of all eternity. Think of it as doing things, so if you

had to hit repeat and do it repeatedly you would do it the same way,

again and again. Everything happens for a reason, a purpose, it is up

to us to make the most of it. Positive. Grow. Build. Make the world a

better place for us being here. Trust you are on the right path. Identify

your path and stay on the course, adjust as you need to. Trust your

moral compass, values and virtues and know generally you are on

the right trajectory.

We may not always be able to control what happens to us,

but we can always control how we choose to respond.”

                                        Victor Frankel-Man’s Search for Meaning

“Not merely to endure that which happens

of necessity…. but to love it.”

                                        Friedrich Nietzsche

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Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: TRY NEW THINGS

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: TRY NEW THINGS:                                                               “You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to...

TRY NEW THINGS

                                                 

“You’ll never get bored when you try something new.

There’s really no limit to what you can do.”

                                        Dr. Seuss

Habit, routine, “our comfort zone” can be a good thing as we develop

good habits and productive routines, but we must also stay curious,

experience new things. Whether it’s food, travel, a different type of

exercise, genre of music or reading, experiment with new things.

Maybe it is learning a new language, or more about anatomy, neuroscience,

the stock market, dive in and try new things. Most people

grow old and say, I always wanted to learn “(you can insert whatever

here)” do not have that kind of regret, learn to cook, learn to fly fish.

When someone who has a lot of experience of doing something asks

you to come along and do it, do it. (Well avoid stupid unsafe things).

Boredom can be the worst feeling there is. When we are bored, we

make dumb choices, drink, read mindless garbage. Try something

new, you might be good at it and find a new passion or skill. You should

define for yourself your attitude towards this world. Shape your own

beliefs. Accept what works for you, question what does not. Do what

interests you.

“The important thing is to not stop questioning.”

                                        Albert Einstein

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