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“Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams. Don’t think you have to wait for the latter to start doing the former.” - Hal Elrod

“Optimal Day” Project

In the spirit of “the season of new,” I’ve been working to further develop an idea I’m calling the Optimal Day project. I enjoy connecting people to resources and sharing ideas to help transform lives. In fact, I like to think of myself as a resource liaison in training. In a way, I already do this as a teacher and a coach. This project goes a step further and allows me to share personal and professional development resources to those around me and encourage action to live life better. We all have areas of our lives that need change and transformation, and this Optimal Day project is my way of encouraging, inspiring, and positively impacting my family, friends, students, athletes, and community. You can read more about the project here.

This Week…

I began a podcast series examining Hal Elrod’s book, The Miracle Morning. This is a tremendously powerful book that has been an important part of my personal transformation and growth. Each day his week, I’ve taken a few minutes to talk about lessons and insights from the book. This is my current “something new.” I had never considered that I might be a podcaster (or a blogger), but this seems a natural extension of the Optimal Day project. I see it as another way to reach my big goal of connecting people with resources.

A Season of You

Make this season your season of transition, transformation, change, and growth. We all have a dream or a wish or a goal that would move us closer to being the person we want to be, doing the the things we want to do. This is our “wildly important goal.” This goal brings together a mission, vision, and values. And when we focus on one big goal, the smaller tasks are more focused and easier to accomplish. It’s also easier to say “no” to tasks that don’t support our big goal.

So what is your wildly important goal? What is the change you would like to make? In the season of you, pursue a transformation. Make a plan, make some progress, and enjoy the process. Small, consistent changes over time result in huge gains. “Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams.” Start a project. Embrace the new. And have an Optimal Day!

Enjoy the day.