Jaime Jackson Safety Blog

Friday, June 19, 2026

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: BE YOURSELF

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: BE YOURSELF: “It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself, you’re different than anybody else.” — To ...

BE YOURSELF

“It sounds so simple, but if you just be yourself,

you’re different than anybody else.”

—To n y B e n n e t t

Somewhere along the way, it happens. A slow insidious process

without you even knowing it, like the boiled frog that starts out

in cold water slowly turning up the temperature finding itself boiling

without realizing it happened. You lose your identity. You lose your

individuality. You become exactly who the world tells you you should

be. Can you remember who you were before this happened to you?

That is the person you need to re-connect with. Who you should be.

Your true individual unique self. Some folks never lose that spirit,

but most of us do because we have it sucked out of us in a system

designed to crank out uniform parts in a uniform system to satisfy

the needs of other people. Just remember to be yourself and always

to do your best. Be the best version of YOURSELF in the moment

doing what you are best at. That is perfection. You are quite unique.

One of a kind and can never be replaced. Make your own path.

Think outside the box. Think freely. Think creatively. Be original.

Learn from the past. Observe. Pay attention. Watch others. Take it

all in, then combine that with your own skills, talent, uniqueness,

free spirit and make it better. Make it your own. Free yourself up to

be your own person. Do what you and you alone were built to do. Do

what is interesting to you. You were born unique, one of a kind. Be

your natural self. Do what comes naturally. Be your true self. Play

to your strengths. Your value comes from who you are. You were

created perfectly for a purpose. Work at improving your skills that

fit with your unique spirit and purpose.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: FOCUS ON THE PRESENT

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: FOCUS ON THE PRESENT: “You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t pa...

FOCUS ON THE PRESENT

“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up

to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”

Good Will Hunting

When you are feeling anxious or overwhelmed, remember, slow your

mind down and focus on the present. Pay attention in the moment.

It is like being at mile 20 of a 100-mile ultramarathon, if you start

thinking about how you are going to finish or what mile 80 is going

to look like, your mind and thoughts will race ahead and get the best

of you. Instead, focus on what is right in front of you. Put one foot in

front of the other and focus, concentrate on getting to the next mile

marker. Keep going. Break it down into smaller sections. Just get

to that next telephone pole. Smaller, manageable, bite size chunks.

Avoid thinking about all the things that may go wrong. Stay focused

on the present situation. Seize the present moment. Concentrate. Do

the work. Prepare. Do not look back or do not dwell on regret. Avoid

imagined anxiety or troubles that may or may not come about ahead.

Focus and concentrate on the present. The task at hand. Avoid being

distracted by frustration or fear. Focus on now and be where you are

because right now is all we have.

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Friday, June 12, 2026

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: PEBBLE IN THE SHOE AND STARFISH

Jaime Jackson Safety Blog: PEBBLE IN THE SHOE AND STARFISH: “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” —Mu h a m m a d A l i That tiny pebble in your ...

PEBBLE IN THE SHOE AND STARFISH

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you

out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” —Mu h a m m a d A l i

That tiny pebble in your shoe is annoying. It hurts. In life it usually

is the small stuff that annoys you the most. That is, if you let it.

Stop. Take off your shoe. Shake the pebble out. Put your shoe back

on. Keep walking. Deal with it before you have a full-blown blister.

Minor problems or discomforts are best dealt with early before they

really blow out of proportion. Avoid the everyday distractions that

prevent you from seeing the big picture of your life.

What does it matter? Nothing I do will make a difference. These

are the excuses you tell yourself to feel better when you do not do the

little things you know you should. You are small, but you do matter.

Have you ever had a pebble in your shoe? Try and tell yourself that

pebble is not bothering you. I bet you can’t. Ultimately, little things

can make a big difference and small differences add up. Doing a little

something extra for someone can mean the world to them. Minor

adjustments (i.e. pausing and removing that pebble from your shoe)

can have a big impact. Not being able to fix everything does not

mean there isn’t value in changing what you can. Stop making the excuses

that nothing you do matters, it does matter. Remember the starfish story:

An old man sees a young person throwing starfish back into

the ocean after a storm. The old man asks why the young person is

doing this, since there are so many starfish and miles of beaches. The

young person replies that they are saving starfish from dying in the

sun. The old man says that the young person cannot possibly make

a difference. The young person picks up another starfish and throws

it back into the ocean, saying, “I made a difference to that one!” The

old man is inspired and joins the young person in throwing starfish

back into the ocean