Better begins with you! Whatever the "better" is that you want in or for your life, it is up to you to create it. If you want to be better, you must think better, act better, and do better!

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I'm recording this while I'm out in Denver on a business trip and staying at a friend's house
I was in Denver to meet with my business partner and key staff to do strategic planning for 2015

2014 was a good year, but we want 2015 to be even better
We want more customers, which will result in more revenue, which will result in more money in our pockets
In order to get more customers we are going to have to do things better

Better products/services
Better customer service
Better attitude and outlook for our company and the future




"If you want this year to be better than last year, then think better, act better, and do better. Better begins with you!" – Steve Keating (@LeadToday)
I love this quote, but sadly this idea of personal responsibility is lost on many in our culture.
You, and you alone, are 100% responsible for your attitude, outlook, reactions, responses, decisions, and the actions necessary to make your life what you want it to be!

Not the government, not your employer; not your spouse, family or friends. Just YOU!
Mahatma Gandhi — 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'
You can't expect from others what you are not delivering yourself

If you want love and peace in the world, what are you doing to create love and peace in your life, in your home, etc.?
If you want kindness, love, and respect from someone else, what are you doing to be kind, loving and respectful?




Assume 100% responsibility for everything about your life -- everything you are, everything that is in or not in your life!

Even if something is the result of what someone else has done, still assume that you are at least partially responsible for it.
Here's why: If it was totally out of your control to create it, it is totally out of your control to change it. If it was at least partially the result of your thoughts, words, or actions, then it is partially within your control to change it.
The higher percentage ownership you assume for your situation, the higher percentage control you have to change it.
Building a better life, business, career, relationship, etc, begins with you!


Attitude is everything!

Henry Ford - "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."
If you want more money/prosperity, yet you believe the economy is going to collapse or there is no opportunity because a certain person is the head of the government, you have created a limiting believe that will prevent you for creating, or seeing opportunities for prosperity.
If you believe that opportunity abounds in the world, you will create and see opportunities everywhere!


As 2014 comes to a close, sit down and write out a year-end review, and map for what you want to achieve in 2015

Write out all of the things you did well in 2014 and would like to do/see more of
Identify unproductive thoughts and habits and write down what thoughts and habits would be more productive
Make a wish list for 2015--money, fun, relationships, etc.

Then write out some of the small steps you need to take to move you in the direction of producing those things






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LifeThought: Better Begins with YOU! - Bruce Van Horn
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