Author: Pete Jones

“Blood makes you related.  Loyalty makes you family.”

This quote is on a t-shirt I own.  I believe this to be true.  Just because someone is a blood relative doesn’t automatically make that person deserve anything from you or others.  The right to deserve anything from others is earned, especially when talking about respect.  It is also meant to be a two-way street.  What we put out into the world will come back to us.  This applies to everything in life.  Respect, love, gratitude, kindness, honesty, EVERYTHING.  Relationships take time, hard work, and consistency.  Loyalty is imperative to a good, healthy, effective relationship, be it at home, work, church, or wherever else we may be creating relationships and bonds with others.

Every interaction is an opportunity to gain or lose, earn or destroy, respect, loyalty, and love.

Are you loyal?  What is loyalty?  What does it mean to be loyal to oneself?  What constitutes loyalty to others?

I think being loyal to ourselves is even more important than being loyal to others.  Our self-talk and our beliefs of self will let us know just how loyal we are to ourselves.  When we do what we say we are going to do, we build credibility with ourselves and our confidence grows.  When we practice discipline in any area of our life, the discipline spills over into other areas of our life, and our confidence grows.  These are great examples of being loyal to ourselves.

An upgrade in beliefs, perspectives, or habits that result in an upgrade of our own Self Image will lead to an upgrade in every other area of our lives-ESPECIALLY respect, loyalty and love.  Once we learn to provide and earn these things for ourselves, and cultivate and grow more of it within, we will have more of it to give away to others.

Respect, Loyalty and Love, in my opinion, to self and others, means we CONSISTENTLY follow the Golden Rule.

 Respect, Loyalty and Love means we don’t trash talk anyone.  Some people think it is okay to be loyal to the people they like then turn around and trash talk the people they don’t like.  I know I have been guilty of this.   A good thing to remember is that any person willing to talk poorly or negatively about someone behind their back with you will soon be talking about you behind your back with someone else.  This is an easy practice to participate in, and can quickly become a destructive habit.

When we choose to become a victim and speak about others in a negative way, many times we are just using others as a way to distract us from the inner misery and work we need to be doing on ourselves.

I believe to be a respectful, loyal, loving person it is best to start by being loyal to ourselves and adopting the principle that we treat all others the same, whether or not we think they deserve it.  Consistently practicing this until it becomes a habit results in progressively trusting ourselves more and how we gain the trust of others.  Consistency builds confidence.  That is how we change ANY environment we are in, and while it may take time and we may not see an immediate result, that is how it works.

CONSISTENCY CREATES A CONVERSION AND A CONVERGENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL SERVE AND SAVE US.

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will choose to be respectful, loyal, and loving to myself first, and then to others.  I will choose to focus on the positive and if I want to say something derogatory, negative, or hurtful about another, I will simply choose not to and refocus on the positive.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

I believe that one of the most important things in our lives that we can choose to do to improve our lives and upgrade the level of enjoyment within it is to practice gratitude.  It will not just improve our life, but the lives of those around us.  It happens instantly and it happens all day long.  This is how and why:  A GRATEFUL HEART IS A MAGNET FOR MIRACLES.

By focusing on what we are grateful for our minds focus on abundance, prosperity, blessings, love, and goodness, instead of focusing on lack, worry, problems, stress, loneliness, fear, and emptiness.

WE GET MORE OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON.

WHAT WE FOCUS ON WE FEED.

ANYTHING that no longer receives our focus and attention becomes malnourished, then withers and dies.

WE ATTRACT MORE OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON.  We constantly emanate, emit, and project an energy that coincides with the way we feel, and we feel the way we think.

OUR LIFE IS A REFLECTION OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS. We get what we ARE, and we see things the way that we ARE.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated:

PEOPLE DO NOT SEEM TO REALIZE THAT THEIR OPINION OF THE WORLD IS ALSO A CONFESSION OF CHARACTER 

The reset button is pushed each morning when we wake up.  We have the choice to push it at ANY moment-in the ever-present, eternal moment of NOW.

We have the opportunity to replace pessimism with optimism, darkness with light, anger and hatred with acceptance and love, and negativity with positivity, NOW.  If we choose to practice gratitude at the beginning of each day, it jump-starts our mind, primes our brains to focus on abundance, starts the process of exponential momentum in an intentional trajectory, and set us up for success.  Miracles happen all the time, and the more we practice gratitude and train our minds to focus on the “right” things, we will notice and recognize them so much more often.

We can literally choose to practice gratitude 24/7.

Every MOMENT is an opportunity to

BEGIN AGAIN

When gratitude is habituated, life becomes more amazing than ever, as we constantly realize all we have to be grateful for.

WE PROJECT our realities from our subconscious self identity and what we choose to focus on most.  What better things to project into our reality than even MORE of what we are most grateful for?!

Try this experiment for only one month:  Set an alarm to go off daily that simply asks, “WHAT DO I WANT MORE OF TODAY?  Re-focus.  Re-commit.”

While it is important to know exactly what we want and to go for it, by constantly focusing on what we have and what we are grateful for, we attract more things to be grateful for.  Focusing on what we are grateful for will attract what we want into our lives much more quickly than when focusing on lack, worry, problems, stress, loneliness, and emptiness.  The way we habitually FEEL is what calls into our realm the creations of our minds and empowers ALL things to manifest more quickly into existence within the physical plane.  Our feelings aren’t just an indicator of our focus.  Our feelings are a tool of manifestation.

Gratitude keeps things in perspective. 

We are exactly where we are today, and we are exactly who we are today, because that is what we have consistently chosen to contribute to with our focus and energy.  

GRATITUDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE.  GRATITUDE IS A TOOL.

Reminder to self:

Life is short.  Be grateful.

What will you choose to focus on today?

The choice is yours, and yours alone.

Today’s challenge to myself:  Today, and every day, I will start my day by thinking about, and focusing on, all that I have to be grateful for.

The beautiful thing thinking and focusing on the same or similar thoughts does is that it LITERALLY REWIRES THE BRAIN.  Check out Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Ted talk!

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

Sometimes in life it seems like the truly good, helpful, effective, best things are kept a secret.  The fact is, those things are out there simply waiting for us to discover them!  When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.  We will always find more of whatever it is we are searching for and focusing on.  When we become more attractive on the INSIDE, we attract more beauty, love, joy, peace, light, and abundance-and EVERYTHING related to these things.

The more intense our focus and the more time we spend on searching for the things we really want, the faster those things will be attracted into our lives.  What we focus on, we FEED.  Energy flows where attention goes.

One day at work for a pot luck lunch I brought some cheese cake bites.  I got the recipe from a girl I dated years ago.  It was the most meaningful and the most important gift and blessing I acquired from that short time with her.  Well, that and the question, “What was your favorite part of your day.”  THIS question she taught us all to habitually ask at the end of each day is one of the biggest blessings of my life, helping me to refocus on gratitude and abundance at the end of each day.

These cheese cake bites are awesome!  You bite into them and the heavens open, the light of god shines down upon you, and angels begin singing.  Needless to say, quite a few people asked for the recipe.  So many of them told me they would keep it a secret if I would give them the recipe.  I told them, “Good things are meant to be shared.”

Anything in our life that is good is meant to be shared.  Feelings, kind words, a helping hand, our quality time, hugs, kisses, snuggles, talks, anything that makes us laugh, and all good things that come from us or anyone else that add value to our lives are meant to be shared.

Today’s challenge to myself:  Today I will share something of value with at least one other person and spread the message that good things are meant to be shared.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

In Utah, they say that if you don’t like the weather, just wait for five minutes-it’ll change. This is true in life, as well.

Change is inevitable.  Nothing lasts.  No matter how bad things may seem right now, things ALWAYS get better, depending upon how we choose to interact with everything.  This is the attitude and the mindset of every successful warrior.  In battle, if this is what you believe, you know there is always hope, always the opportunity to turn things around, and that things can and will get better.  And they always do.  Things go up and down.  The ocean tide goes in and out.  Nothing stays the same.  Nature, life, our minds, our chemical and physical makeup, our moods, our perspectives, and our mindsets are constantly changing, interacting with the information constantly coming at us.  We learn.  We adjust.  We adapt.  We pivot.  We repeat.  
WE BEGIN AGAIN.

Bad situations are temporary.  The opposite is true, as well.  Let’s not try to fool ourselves and think things will always be great, or accept the permanent role of a victim, believing everything will forever be awful.

The CONSTANT recreation of our personal reality from moment to moment is a projection that comes from INSIDE us.  Our lives are 100% OUR responsibility.  The energy that emanates out into the universe from within us is the same energy that will be attracted back to us as we create.  When we upgrade our beliefs and perspectives, our perceptions of ALL things are upgraded, and our reality races to meet and match that perception that WE are producing with our thoughts, feelings, and the internal chemical cocktails WE are choosing and producing through our thinking.

Reminder to self:  It is EASY to get caught up in the distractions and the drama of life, but there is always hope.  Things can always get better.  Keep doing what you are doing.  Have goals.  Focus.  Continuously RE-FOCUS.  Work hard.  Always do your best.  Remember your best is good enough, and your best will change from day to day.  Love, accept, and appreciate yourself.  Succeed.  Repeat.  Enjoy each moment along the way to the fullest.  Everything is going to work out.

In the eternal, ever-present moment of NOW, I can turn things around, see them ANY way I want to, and create the reality of my dreams.

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will remember that my bad situations are temporary.  I will keep on keeping on, believing in and looking forward to the better times that I am constantly creating.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

We all know what a chain reaction is.  It’s like the Butterfly Effect, or a ripple effect.  The small, seemingly meaningless action we take today, however mynute, has the possibility of an incredibly large effect at a time not too long from now.  A chain reaction is almost like a domino effect, where we tip the first domino and it starts to hit another and another, and soon myriads of different break-off groups of dominoes are falling from the tipping of just one.

ONE, SMALL, SEEMINGLY MEANINGLESS DECISION CAN FOREVER ALTER THE ENTIRE  TRAJECTORY OF A LIFE, AFFECTING EVERY LIFE IT IS INEXTRICABLY TIED TO AND ALL OF THOSE TRAJECTORIES, AS WELL.  EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING.

Chain reactions can be difficult to believe in.  It is difficult to think that one small action, or the absence of one small action, can change the course of our life forever, but it is true.  It takes faith to believe in something that we may not be able to immediately measure or see the results of.  Imagination has to come in to play, along with a lot of faith, which then results in unwavering, repetitive, consistent action, in order for the chain reaction to be the most effective that it can be.

Something useful I discovered was the power, momentum, and energy that is generated from the daily, consistent practice of a simple morning routine.  A strategically planned morning routine, consistently executed, catapults its practitioners into exponential growth and expansion, causing amplified chain reactions within ALL lives.

When Albert Einstein described COMPOUNDING INTEREST as the eighth wonder of the world, he wasn’t just describing financial gain…

What chain reactions will you cause with your choices today?  What will you do, or not do, that may affect your life, and the lives around you, in a powerful and positive way?  What will you do that will bring you closer to accomplishing your goals and progressing towards your personal purpose that you have decided on? 

Reminder to self:  Take action.  Do what you know you need to so that you can have everything you want and deserve.  Try not to get caught up in the distractions of the day and the drama of life, and become a part of something that draws you away from the target you want to be aiming at.  

FOCUS.  RE-FOCUS.  BEGIN AGAIN.  KEEP GOING.  KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING.  YOUR BEST IS YET YO COME.

Today I will take the time to think about how my actions or inaction are contributing to the chain reactions I want to create in my own life, while remembering that EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING, and ALL I choose to do will affect and interact with all other things.

There are MANY books that are INCREDIBLY empowering, and results in the reader acquiring the opportunity to implement certain perspectives, practices, and habits that will ABSOLUTELY create outcomes and chain reactions that are DESIRABLE.  These books are a great place to start, and can be found for free on YouTube.

Darren Hardy’s THE COMPOUND EFFECT.

Jim Rohn’s, 7 STRATEGIES FOR WEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

ATOMIC HABITS, by James Clear.

https://youtu.be/hh_rNTdx9t0?si=PQR-KhSidyYkP_Oi

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

“ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH, AND YOU WILL FEEL NO FEAR.”
-Maharajji

There was a woman I worked with for a short period of time who seemed to irritate everyone.  One day I was particularly tired.  It had been a long week and we were asked to come in on the weekend.  I felt exhausted.  I was grumpy.  I mentioned to her that I hadn’t paid attention to something someone showed me one time and had made a mistake.  I then listened to her just 10 minutes later tell our manager that I never paid attention to anything.  I was furious.  I stewed over it for 20 minutes.  I could focus on nothing else.  I am a guy, and we guys sometimes tend to bottle our emotions and explode later.  I didn’t want to be like that anymore.  It was something I had noticed within myself that I wanted to improve upon, so I decided to look at this as an opportunity to practice a new belief and talk to her about it.

As calmly as I could I walked over to her and told her what I heard her say, then explained what I had meant to say, and what I had meant for her to hear.  I told her it made me feel as though she thought I was stupid and worthless to the team and I asked her if that was how she meant to make me feel.  The way I approached it, with calmness rather than the rage I was feeling at the time, seemingly made all the difference.  Her jaw dropped.  She was appalled and apologized for the next ten minutes and assured me she had simply misunderstood what I had tried to say.  Lessons were learned.  Trust was formed.  A bond was made.  A friendship was started.  Another family member was added.  She is like a sister to me now.  We may get irritated with one another from time to time, but now we talk things out immediately.  Together, we created an environment in which we are able to feel comfortable being transparent and honest.  We know exactly where we stand with each other.  We are more productive.  We are less angry and less stressed.

Talking about our feelings and sharing how we feel can be difficult and scary, and even make us feel vulnerable, but I am constantly reminded how important it is to communicate effectively, and sharing our feelings is an EXCELLENT way to upgrade our communication skills and our life experience.  

When we bring out and share our feelings with a person who may be triggering emotional responses from within us, it will help or it won’t.  Either way, the burden is lifted from us, and the energy within the throat chakra is released to flow freely.

“One who elicits from within us, or stirs within us, extreme feelings or over-reactions, is simply holding up a mirror to us, showing us where we still have work to do.  Consider this individual a SOUL MATE.  Send them gratitude and love.”

-Dr. Wayne Dyer

Sharing instead of stewing is healing.  It can help us foster a closeness and creates a bond of trust, or at least it will unburden us and let the other person know what we will and won’t accept or tolerate.  It doesn’t always work out so well and it can be a little scary, but practice, repetition, and consistency are the keys to SUCCESS.  The more we do it, the better we get at it, and the more beneficial it will be not just for us, but for everyone around us as well.

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will look for a situation in which I can practice expressing any feelings I have, good or bad, to someone who is eliciting an emotional response from within me in any way.  I will practice this skill and get better and better at it every chance I get, knowing I am upgrading my communication skills, and therefore also upgrading the quality of my life experience, as well.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

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What better way to start the day than with a perspective check that helps shift our focus towards something we believe is beneficial and will add to our own personal growth and improvement? Reminders like this have value, especially when reviewed at the start of a day as part of a consistent, daily, morning routine.
Each of these messages are meant to remind us of what we already believe to be important and beneficial in our daily lives, and to aid in the re-focusing process many of us don’t even realize we so desperately need. It has become increasingly more difficult to focus on what truly matters with all the many distractions which are now so prevalent in our lives.
This website was created to remind myself in some small way, each and every day, that Mindset matters, that Character counts, and that FOCUS IS EVERYTHING.
That which we focus upon tends to manifest itself in our lives, more and more. The more intense our focus, the quicker the thing we focus upon manifests.

It is my deepest desire that this website will benefit you as much as it has benefited me.

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Remember: Mindset matters. Character counts. Focus is everything!

Fun, laughing, and entertainment, is an important part of life.  Being able to create a life and make a conscious decision, consistently implementing the habit of seeing the humor in things throughout the day, is a precious gift.  Playing practical jokes on loved ones and those around us at work lightens the mood and sends the message to others that we are not all work and no play.  Work hard, play hard.  These are wise words to live by.

My wife was raised in a home where humor was a part of life.  One day at work she bent over to pick something up and a semi-truck tooted his horn quickly, two times, off in the distance, about a half mile away.  She stood back up and giggled and said, “Perfect timing!”  I was confused.  She had to explain it to me:  The truck horn sounded like a fart.  We started cracking up.  I guess you had to be there, but my point is this:  She creates the opportunity to make a joke and have fun and find the humor in absolutely everything.  I admire and love that about her.  She is fun, humorous, and she adds a great amount of value in my life and the lives of those around her.  My kids all adore her, as she brought SO MUCH more laughter and fun into our lives when we began our relationship.  Work and life would not be the same without her, and everyone around her realizes this and feels the same way.

Reminder to self:  Being able to make it a habit to find the humor in everything is a gift.  Ask yourself throughout the day:  “What is funny about this situation?”
Try not to be so serious all the time.  Have a little bit of fun.  Play a practical joke!  Lighten up.  Life is more enjoyable that way.

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will find the humor in each situation throughout my day.  I will make it a point to share things I find funny with others and laugh as much as I can.

Here is an example of humor-it makes me laugh, every time I see it or think about it  Life was meant to be fun!

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

RECIPE FOR PERSONAL SUCCESS: EXPERIMENT WITH EVERYTHING. FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND KEEP DOING IT. WHAT DOESN’T WORK, LEAVE IT BEHIND. ALWAYS BE UPGRADING. EVERY ACTION WE TAKE PRODUCES A RESULT, AND EACH RESULT CONTAINS WITHIN IT INFORMATION INFORMING US HOW TO DO IT EVEN BETTER NEXT TIME.

It has been proven time and time again that if we do the same things and take the same actions as someone who is successful at something, eventually we will have the same or similar successes.

So many people out there are incredibly successful at so many different things.  Take your pick!  Do you want to be a successful entrepreneur?  Find your favorite one, research their life, do what they do, and then, in time, enjoy similar benefits.  Do you want to be an incredible parent?  Find someone who has done it in every way you want to and mimic, mirror, and copy their every action.  Find out what their mentality was to get to where they got to and think, say, and do the same things!  Acquire the same habits and practices and REPEAT THEM, without fail, every day.

We can become better anything we want to.  Now for the difficult part to hear:  It may not be easy.  It may be an enormous amount of work.  It may take a long time.  We may have to sacrifice time, energy, and other, more fun and enjoyable experiences.  It may require discipline and consistency .  If we want it badly enough, we will go for it!  It will be worth it, and we may just enjoy the journey along the way.  We will be amazed at the improvements we make, the skills we acquire, what we create along the way-and who we become will make us even more proud of ourselves and more deserving of the confidence we earn.

Decide in detail what exactly you want.  Commit to making it happen.  Be patient, courageous, and full of hope and faith.  Don’t quit.

Keep it simple by starting small and building momentum.  Keep at it.  Give it time.  Great things don’t always happen over night.

Someday you will have the success you want.  Your success will depend entirely upon how much you think about it and focus on it, how badly you want it, and how much work you put towards the things you want.  Intense focus executed consistently will bring into your life exactly what you want.

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will commit or re-commit to that which I want with the intense focus and the consistent execution that I know will bring it about.  I will remember to FEEL GOOD, ALL THE TIME, as this one thing is the most useful tool I can use to manifest the life of my dreams most efficiently.

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Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.

Tony Robbins says something that I had to listen to a few times to really get it:  “Good judgement comes from experience and experience often times comes from bad judgement.”

He then says that once you believe this, you can speed up the process of obtaining good judgement by learning from the experiences of others in the form of books, talks, seminars, YouTube videos, etc.

We can learn what do do through the experiences of others, and we can also learn what NOT to do.

There are so many mentors, personal heroes, and people we can look up to, admire, and learn from out there!  They are so many of them putting out positive, uplifting, inspirational, motivational, and helpful content, every day.

When we mimic, mirror, or model, the beliefs, behaviors, and habits of people who are successful in ANY area we wish to be successful in, it is likely that we will achieve the similar results, as long as we are consistent and focused.

Over time I have realized this to be true by trying it out.  The more I read about and listen to the experiences of others and their life of failure after failure that led to success, and try on the beliefs and habits that led them to THEIR successes like I would try on a coat, the better and more optimized human version of me I am.  Learning by reading about or listening to the mistakes of others is a lot less painful than going through the anguish and painful process of learning all of it from personal experience.  There is value in experience, and there is value in learning from the experiences of others.

”TO READ A BOOK IS TO MEDITATE WITH THE AUTHOR”

-Robin Sharma

Today’s challenge for myself:  Today I will make a list of books or videos about successful people whose lives or actions I want to emulate in my own life and begin reading or watching a little each day as a part of my daily routine.

I highly recommend the book by John Maxwell, FAILING FORWARD.  It can be found for free on YouTube.

One of the most useful habits I have implemented into my daily life is listening to books, podcasts, and content, about things I want to learn more about.  For me, the thing which has consistently interested me the most is leveling up in EVERY aspect of life through personal progress through habit-implementation.

YouTube Red has made it possible to do this for a very minimal cost.  It has been one of the most empowering tools I have come across, allowing me to DOWNLOAD content to listen to at any time, rather than just streaming it.  I am blessed to be able to listen to HOURS of content each day, take notes, write about it, and share it with others.  It has been this habit and daily practice, in particular, which has helped me the most in the content creation, and continual improvements, of the website, www.goodinthehead.com, and my life, in general. This one habit has empowered me with progressive, incremental shifts that have resulted in continual upgrade opportunities IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE.  A life of abundance is CREATED BY us, not just gifted to us.

goodinthehead is also on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.  Follow me there, as well, for daily messages, inspiration, motivation, and reminders.  Please pay it forward, and share this, and ANY message, which may empower someone you love or may care about.  It is through adding value to others by sharing and spreading wisdom, that we become more valuable as individuals, and collectively, as a whole, we all become wiser.

Remember:  Mindset matters.  Character counts.  That which we choose to consistently focus on is what EXPANDS in our lives.  WE CREATE our personal realities.