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Expect Success

April 13, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

What would it be like if you expected success?

Thousands and thousands of years ago, our ancestors entered a wooded valley with a river.

The optimists said, “This will be wonderful! We can build shelter by the river using the wood that surrounds us; surviving on the abundant fish living within our grasp. Life will be wonderful!”

On the other hand, the pessimists reply, “Are you crazy! If we live down here in the forest, animals might eat us or the river will could flood, or lighting could set fire to the trees and kill us all. We have to live at the top of the mountain where the animals won’t come, there’s no chance of a flood, and fires are less likely.”

Optimists: “You’re nuts! We have everything here at our fingertips. Why would be purposely make life more harsh?”

Pessimists: “A harsh life is better than no life.”

Finding no resolution, the tribe splits with pessimists moving to the mountain and optimists chillin’ by the river. Of course, what happens? [Read more…]

Filed Under: goals, Happiness, humor, Inspiration, Motivation, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles Tagged With: assumptions, expectation, unrealistic expectations

Have Realistic Expectations

April 6, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Have Realistic expectations of habit change.

When you decide to change a bad habit, there are two things to remember:

1) It will take longer than you expect
2) It will be more difficult than you would prefer

However… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Change, Diet, goals, Motivational Monday, Overcoming Obstacles, Weight Loss Tagged With: difficult times, expectation, frustration, unrealistic expectations

Imagine “As If…”

January 26, 2015 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Imagine your plans turning out exactly as if it was supposed to.

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We all have our moments where we imagine how things can go wrong. Sure, “stuff happens,” but not as often as we think it does, and when it does, it’s usually not as bad as we thought it could be.

Picture everything working out the way you want it to.

Imagine how you’ll feel when you get what you worked for. Think about what the success will feel like. Fill yourself with the emotions and beliefs of accomplishment.

Even if it doesn’t turn out exactly the way you thought it would, you’ll still enjoy the ride much more.

(Besides, can it hurt to imagine the best?)

Filed Under: Change, goals, Happiness, Inspiration, Intentions, Motivational Monday Tagged With: expectation, imagination, perfect image, positive energy, positive thinking

Expect More

December 1, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

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Research has shown that our ancient ancestors were pessimists.

When you think about that, it makes sense. In their day, they always had to assume that everything would go wrong so they could anticipate problems in advance. That’s how they survived.

People who didn’t think “worst case scenario” that did not survive as long.

Although we are no longer living in those times, their genetics have been passed down to us and therefore, we’re basically “hard wired” to be pessimistic. We still tend to default to believing that if something can go wrong, it will.

What would it feel like to believe that we might actually do better than we thought?

How empowering would that be? What would you do differently if you assumed that your success would be greater than you imagined – rather than worse?

Dream bigger every chance you get.

It can’t hurt – and the ride will be much more fun no matter how it turns out.

Filed Under: Beliefs, goals, Inspiration, Motivational Monday Tagged With: dreams, expectation, goals and dreams, hopes and dreams, positive outlook, positive thoughts, think big

Expect More

July 15, 2013 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

Don’t expect less.

Assume you’re entitled to live the life you want.

Bank on the fact that you will be happy, healthy, and fulfilled.

Believe that it’s going to work out the way you want it.

If it turns out otherwise, you’ll adjust.

But you’ll be surprised how many times the only barrier was what you expected.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Failure, Happiness, Motivational Monday, Power of Attitude, Self Talk Tagged With: attitude, expectation, life balance, limiting beliefs, self talk

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