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What will you be remembered for?
For thousands of years, humanity has repeated the same mistake; chasing power, possessions, recognition, and the approval of others. People strive for fame, argue over trivial things, and collect achievements as if they will matter forever. But here’s the truth: every one of those people, from kings to athletes to celebrities, has ended up in the same place. Gone. Forgotten. Reduced to a name in a book, if that.
Think about it. Do you even remember the vice president when you were born? Or the names of the “most powerful” business leaders from a decade ago? Even the athletes we idolized in our youth are now replaced by new faces, often broke, injured, or forgotten. Their spotlight has dimmed, just like it will for anyone chasing approval outside themselves.
Life is too short to waste in that same cycle. Chasing the wrong things only distracts you from the real work of your life. The work of becoming who you were meant to be. The pursuit of possessions, recognition, or status can never fill you because those things are temporary. What remains after all of that fades is the energy you carried, the influence you had on others, and the difference you made.
This is where your True Self matters. When you live from presence, gratitude, and authentic influence, not from fear, ego, or comparison, you stop wasting your life. You stop being a name lost on someone else’s list, and you start creating impact that lasts beyond you.
So the question is: are you chasing what doesn’t matter, or are you investing in what will? Your time is short. Your energy is precious. Don’t throw it away on illusions. Choose influence over control, presence over distraction, and meaning over recognition.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check my other books. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mike-Jensen/author/B0DKDC7YSZ
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#chase #remember #live #moment #worthy
Background Photo Credit:
Piero Vitelli
For thousands of years, humanity has repeated the same mistake; chasing power, possessions, recognition, and the approval of others. People strive for fame, argue over trivial things, and collect achievements as if they will matter forever. But here’s the truth: every one of those people, from kings to athletes to celebrities, has ended up in the same place. Gone. Forgotten. Reduced to a name in a book, if that.
Think about it. Do you even remember the vice president when you were born? Or the names of the “most powerful” business leaders from a decade ago? Even the athletes we idolized in our youth are now replaced by new faces, often broke, injured, or forgotten. Their spotlight has dimmed, just like it will for anyone chasing approval outside themselves.
Life is too short to waste in that same cycle. Chasing the wrong things only distracts you from the real work of your life. The work of becoming who you were meant to be. The pursuit of possessions, recognition, or status can never fill you because those things are temporary. What remains after all of that fades is the energy you carried, the influence you had on others, and the difference you made.
This is where your True Self matters. When you live from presence, gratitude, and authentic influence, not from fear, ego, or comparison, you stop wasting your life. You stop being a name lost on someone else’s list, and you start creating impact that lasts beyond you.
So the question is: are you chasing what doesn’t matter, or are you investing in what will? Your time is short. Your energy is precious. Don’t throw it away on illusions. Choose influence over control, presence over distraction, and meaning over recognition.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check my other books. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mike-Jensen/author/B0DKDC7YSZ
– Coach Mike
EDIT Your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantee
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#chase #remember #live #moment #worthy
Background Photo Credit:
Piero Vitelli
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Are you constantly shifting your attention?
Up and down, back and forth.
In the physical world from one thing to another. All forgetting that your focus should be on your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions or reactions.
When we give emphasis to those around us to feel a certain way, we have given up on the most amazing power we have.
Did we give it away? It would be like having super human strength to lift a car and yet relying on someone else to open the door for you because you believed you couldn’t.
You always have the power but many refuse to use it. When it comes to being happy and fulfilled, all of that depends on your own thoughts, emotions, and actions.
We have to stop denying our powers and acting like someone else controls that major part of our life. Regardless of the situation we are still the ones to decide how we are. How we feel. And definitely how we act. That power is always within us when we are willing to use it. To acknowledge it. To discover it.
When we focus on what is going on within us and quit allow the outside environment have so much influence over us, we can start to develop a happier and more fulfilling life immediately. And by allowing the internal part of us to develop our happiness, we don’t allow others to make us feel unworthy and inadequate. Nothing they can do can penetrate us and our condition without us allowing it to.
Focus within.
Examine your thoughts, feelings, and actions to become educated with what is really happening.
Your power is always there. Use it.
Don’t let others control you. That is your decision.
Choose wisely.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#power #choices #worthy #happiness #fulfillment
Background Picture by
Simon Lohmann
Up and down, back and forth.
In the physical world from one thing to another. All forgetting that your focus should be on your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions or reactions.
When we give emphasis to those around us to feel a certain way, we have given up on the most amazing power we have.
Did we give it away? It would be like having super human strength to lift a car and yet relying on someone else to open the door for you because you believed you couldn’t.
You always have the power but many refuse to use it. When it comes to being happy and fulfilled, all of that depends on your own thoughts, emotions, and actions.
We have to stop denying our powers and acting like someone else controls that major part of our life. Regardless of the situation we are still the ones to decide how we are. How we feel. And definitely how we act. That power is always within us when we are willing to use it. To acknowledge it. To discover it.
When we focus on what is going on within us and quit allow the outside environment have so much influence over us, we can start to develop a happier and more fulfilling life immediately. And by allowing the internal part of us to develop our happiness, we don’t allow others to make us feel unworthy and inadequate. Nothing they can do can penetrate us and our condition without us allowing it to.
Focus within.
Examine your thoughts, feelings, and actions to become educated with what is really happening.
Your power is always there. Use it.
Don’t let others control you. That is your decision.
Choose wisely.
-Coach Mike
EDIT your GOALS
Every
Day
Internal
Thoughts
Guarantees
Our
Absolute
Life
Situations
#power #choices #worthy #happiness #fulfillment
Background Picture by
Simon Lohmann
