Awaken Your Day - Grateful.. all day.

"The struggle ends when the gratitude begins."
- Neale Donald Walsch

For many, this is the last day of a work week. For many others it is the middle of a shift... you get the picture.
Pause for gratitude identification. Think of what your hard work so far has done for YOU.

Spend some time shining a light on your gratitude and the tough times won't be so hard to get through.

Good Morning, Greater Day. Greater You ... giving thanks for what makes you a Greater You.
AYD - Pierre Couturier - Husband, Daddy and Author to my Day

June 22, 2018

Awaken Your Day – Well that’s a first….

“Once you have adventured into that First Step, no one can take that away from you. Not even you.” – Pierre Couturier

What if before every challenge you face, you could train your thoughts to first focus all your energy to hoist up your Grand Book of Successes ? Some would bring this concept under that wonderful skill called – Confidence. They would be right. But confidence is supported at the top, by all those descriptive milestone step words that come with each achievement that creates the foundation levels for confidence to ride on.

Growth, Desire, Passion, Achievement, Self Betterment, Creation, Determination, Goal … and many more. All of these words are steps, and all these steps are successes along your journey to discovering, and more so Creating, the Better You. The Awakened you .

And underneath all these “steps” is that foundational one. It is simply, the First Step. Now if you picture this emotional success pyramid with all its steps, that first one as you can see, must be strong in significance. Significant because in many ways, a lot is built on top after it is established, and it must be in place for those others to find their position and hold it.

Before any challenge you face, count on a First Step from your life to remind you that you have done this before. You have stepped up into Adventure and continued to climb. Recalling these first steps, can bring our focus back to Confidence with reason … and challenges become part of the exciting climb.

Good Morning, Greater Day. Greater You – every first time.
AYD – Pierre Couturier – Husband, Daddy and Author to my Day
Photo – FIRST STRIPE

June 21, 2018

Awaken Your Day - Toolbox Talk

So, in construction, part of the standard before a shift is the Tool Box talk. In short, the team or crew get together, they discuss a safety topic that is new for the day but supports the overall culture by triggering awareness. Then they will review the working conditions, weather, other activities around their work area.
They discuss the plan for the day and all they need to execute that plan. "Are you fit for duty?" gets asked and everyone and then answers accordingly.

Without realizing it, everyone does a little checklist in their head on this one, Or so I think so.

And then they do their hazard analysis and identify what can be done to mitigate the hazards around their work plan.

There are many quiet parallels between our work processes and our personal processes. Often we are surprised to find how interchangable, and valuable they are.

So ... with respect to our Personal Toolbox talk before we tackle the world today ... Are you fit for duty? Do you have all your Tools? Have we identified the risks we face?

Fit - energized, determined, success minded, positive.
Tools - drive, desire, great self esteem, Belief, proven success list.
Risk mitigation - stress is a modified tool and therefore not allowed on site so we ditch it. Doubt is an unproven and non engineered plan so we ditch it.

You have what it takes to find many definitions of success every day. Keep those simple words in your toolbox all day.

Now ... get living.
Good Morning, Greater Day. Greater You - working the plan.
AYD - Pierre Couturier - Husband, Daddy and Author to my Day

June 20, 2018

Awaken Your Day - A mountain of successful thoughts.

"Success is determined not so much by the size of one's brain as it is by the size of one's thinking."
- Excerpt from "The Magic of Thinking Big"

Goal for the day - One thing at a time.
Word of the day - Believe
Theme for the day - "Success is Mine"

A great week is picking up speed.
Awaken Your Day with a Choice to embrace every encounter with Belief that you will Succeed and not only will you build momentum that lasts, but you will feel balanced as you do.

Good Morning, Greater Day. Greater You - building a mountain of successful thoughts.
AYD - Pierre Couturier - Husband, Daddy and Author to my Day
( Photo by John Cooke - Extraordinary Inspiration)

June 19, 2018