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What is the highest form of control?

What is the highest form of control?

You have probably heard the advice to control what you can control.

The advice might be followed with a suggestion, which is to write down the list of things on your mind and then to identify the subset of that list that you can control.

The list of things you can control is always considerably smaller than the totality of everything on your mind. But there is a higher form of control that you should be striving for.

It’s as if to say if you can’t control it, you shouldn’t worry about it. A renewed mind paired with self-control habits leads to success in more circumstances and the ability to truly control what you can control, which is yourself. #self-control #selfcontrol #mindset #habits

jonathan couserMay 29, 2024habits, behaviors, bad behaviors, development

10 (+1) Keys to making the most of your 24 hours

10 (+1) Keys to making the most of your 24 hours

So, the true gateway to increased productivity and greater success is to stop living in fear. 10 things you can do to make the most of your 24 daily hours. #productivity, #discipline, #lifehacks

jonathan couserMay 14, 2024best practices, success, habits, behaviorsComment

What do you do when you don’t have 100% to give?

What do you do when you don’t have 100% to give?

Taking the mindset of giving 100% of all you have, especially when it is less than 100% you have to give, helps avoid procrastination and creates forward movement. You will be surprised how good it feels to accomplish small things when you start from a place of believing you can’t accomplish anything. This article talks about how to do it. #habits #momentum #impact #forward

jonathan couserApril 30, 2024habits, best practices

If success hurts it isn't success

If success hurts it isn't success

Truly successful people are achieving a definition of success that they develop for themselves, and they are intentional about the way they achieve and measure success. Truly succession people are filled with joy, not regret. Truly successful people aren’t comparing their success against others because they don’t care; they know success can’t be measured in comparison to others only through comparing today’s version of you to yesterdays.

jonathan couserApril 2, 2024goals, habits, success

What does it really mean that there is a thin line between fear and excitement

What does it really mean that there is a thin line between fear and excitement

Fear and excitement are really close emotionally and during times of change there are a few things you can do to take control of how you emotionally react to change. Choosing excitement over fear and increasing the chances for finding joy during times of change.

jonathan couserSeptember 20, 2023communication, change, habits

Getting beyond frustration

Getting beyond frustration

We all get frustrated. We don’t all get past it well. Getting to I am frustrated because helps move past the frustration more quickly. Here are five sources of frustration and what you can do to get beyond them.

jonathan couserAugust 10, 2023habits, change, bad behaviors, behaviors

Act on the Subconcious Nudges

Act on the Subconcious Nudges

I am willing to say I have never followed a nudge that resulted in a truly negative outcome. Any chance to make a positive impact in the life of another is worth the effort, even if you are acting based on a subconscious nudge. #faith #habits #christianpractices #spirit #spiritled

jonathan couserApril 5, 2023communication, habits, behaviors

My word for 2023 is focus.

My word for 2023 is focus.

If your 2023 is a year of greater focus, your 2023 will be more incredible. Don’t measure yourself by how much you do or how busy you are; instead, measure yourself by how profound your impact is and how engaged in life you are. Here are steps to take to bring more focus to your life.

jonathan couserJanuary 4, 2023best practices, communication, strategy, habits, behaviors

Be a GENUINE person.

Be a GENUINE person.

Be a GENUINE person

#Generous

#empathetic

#Nice

#unafraid

#integrity

#non-judgemental

#engaed

healthy relationshipsjonathan couserNovember 14, 2022relationships, habits, top ten, genuine relationshipsComment

Too BUSY for self-care? That's on you

Too BUSY for self-care? That's on you

For this article taking care of yourself means proactively addressing the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life in ways that help you achieve your long-term goals and/or improve short-term performance.#habits#goals#betterlife

jonathan couserOctober 25, 2022habits, goals, bad behaviors, change

The word of 2022 needs to be Courage Part 1: What is Courage and Why you Need it

The word of 2022 needs to be Courage Part 1: What is Courage and Why you Need it

As I was reflecting on my reading list from 2021 , two things stood out. First, it’s a much shorter list this year. I only read 27 books. This was mainly because my family bought a farm, which required me to divert my time resources for three months away from reading and towards packing, moving, unpacking, and then restoring our full of potential fixer upper.

jonathan couserJanuary 6, 2022habits, leadership, learning, goals

Thankfulness and Generosity Change the World

Thankfulness and Generosity Change the World

My family completed our holiday tradition this past weekend. We gathered as a group and gave back by handing out Thanksgiving Meal kits at a local charity. We then broke bread as a family celebrating relationships and then headed to the grocery store to check the items off a secret Santa list.

jonathan couserNovember 22, 2021habits, generosity, relationships, engagement

Life Lessons from the other side of moving part 2

Life Lessons from the other side of moving part 2

In part one, I focused mostly on the personal impacts of moving, so in part two, I will talk about what I learned about getting work done. I learned a lot about executing and bringing a large project to life. In no particular order, here are five things that you can apply in life or on the job.

jonathan couserNovember 8, 2021relationships, change management, learning, habits

Asking for Help is Strength Not Weakness

Asking for Help is Strength Not Weakness

If you are actively engaged in living, you will encounter problems. However, especially in the workplace, some people choose to live life as if one of the definitions of success is never letting anyone know you have encountered a problem. Success looks like being so buttoned up and so over-prepared that things appear always to be going as planned. There is a better way.

jonathan couserSeptember 9, 2021habits, learning, leadershipComment

Falling in love with a process leads to death

Falling in love with a process leads to death

So, although the process exists for a reason, and there may be parts of the process that are necessary because they enable you to follow the rules/laws, or they keep you/others safe or enable success today. The goal of your job is ALWAYS BIGGER than the process. I guarantee it. How can I do that? Because if the BIGGER thing didn’t exist, there would be no need for the process. The process exists to achieve the thing, not the other way around.

jonathan couserAugust 25, 2021habits, change management, change, purpose, goalsComment

Margin or FOMO you must pick one.

Margin or FOMO you must pick one.

I know I have a problem because the microwave says :01

jonathan couserAugust 17, 2021habits, purpose, relationships, career adviceComment

Guiding Principle: Speak Boldly, candidly but always with positive intentions

Guiding Principle: Speak Boldly, candidly but always with positive intentions

Great people, teams, and businesses are great because of the things they achieve. They achieve greatness by always growing, always moving forward, and always pushing past mediocrity. Replacing comfort and contentment with healthy amounts of discomfort and stress. This requires team members to speak boldly, candidly but always with positive intentions.

jonathan couserAugust 10, 2021guiding principles, teams, habits, relationshipsComment

I Can’t Be the Only One Who Neglects Myself When Stressed, Right?

I Can’t Be the Only One Who Neglects Myself When Stressed, Right?

According to a book I was recently reading, Your Oxygen Mask First, most leaders who are chasing after their version of greatness suffer from a pretty severe tendency to neglect themselves. This apparently has adverse effects on a leader’s ability to achieve the greatness they are chasing. Put me on that list. I am probably an all-star in that endeavor, maybe even a future hall of famer.

jonathan couserJune 28, 2021habits, leadership, learning, healthComment

Highlighting books helps learning, but you need to do it differently?

Highlighting books helps learning, but you need to do it differently?

When I am reading to learn or for self-improvement purposes, I love the art of the highlighter. I agree with statements like if I am not highlighting every few pages, then a book is not worth the time. So I buy highlighters in bulk (mostly cause I misplace them).

jonathan couserMarch 16, 2021learning, habits, reading

Leading Creative Teams Podcast appearance on The Instructional (re)Design

Leading Creative Teams Podcast appearance on The Instructional (re)Design

I had the great opportunity to join Cara North and Joe Suarez to talk about best practices for leading creative teams. It’s 37 mins of conversation on topics including: the basics for leading all teams, the evolution of the creative professional, getting through episodes of Imposter Syndrome, autonomy at work.

jonathan couserFebruary 22, 2021leadership, habits, best practices, podcast