Take it... It's YOURS!
We waste so much strength trying to steer storms we were never meant to command. But real momentum begins the moment we anchor into what's ours to move—right here, right now.
Every minute spent replaying a mistake or worrying about a future we can’t script is energy siphoned away from the one place our power actually lives…
The PRESENT
👉That’s where decisions get made.
👉That’s where growth happens.
👉That’s where change starts to stick.
When we stop outsourcing our attention to ghosts from the past... or fears of the future, something radical happens—we begin to reclaim the steering wheel.
And forward motion becomes inevitable.
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Craig Manning calls this out plainly in "The Fearless Mind."
Two of the most common places our energy leaks out?
Guilt and Fear.
And the reason they’re so draining is simple—they both fixate our attention on things we can’t change (the past) or can’t control (the future).
Let that sink in…
We’ve all been there.
😟A misstep in a relationship.
😟A missed opportunity.
😟Something you "should" have said.
😟That gut-punch moment you replay on loop.
But here’s the truth…
We already know when we mess up.
Instinctively.
Immediately.
If you’re even remotely self-aware (and you are if you're readin' my shiz)
... you don’t need to marinate in guilt for weeks to absorb the lesson.
If you stay present in the moment, you’ll catch the insight.
You’ll integrate it.
And you’ll keep moving.
But when we dwell?
When we obsess?
That ain't learning.
That’s self-punishment masquerading as self-improvement.
And it kills your mojo to take action "NOW!"
Same with fear.
When your mind races ahead to everything that MIGHT go wrong...
what you’ll lose,
who’ll judge you,
whether you’ll “fail”...
You’re not protecting yourself.
You’re handicapping yourself.
Your best decisions don’t come from panic about tomorrow.
They come from clarity today.
Let’s ground this in a story Manning shares about coaching tennis...
Imagine a player gives it their all—dives for balls, bloodied knees, full heart.
But they lose.
Now imagine their coach rips into them afterward.
Why?
Because they didn’t win.
But was winning under their control?
Not entirely.
The other player could have been more experienced, stronger, just had a better day.
So what’s the point of throwing blame to an outcome you can’t fully own?
It’s a trap we all fall into—coaches, parents, bosses, and worst of all, ourselves.
Holding ourselves accountable for outcomes rather than effort is the surest way to feel like a failure, even when we’ve shown up with everything we’ve got.
So what if we flipped it? 😉
What if the only thing we measured was what we can actually control—our focus, our effort, our preparation, our presence?
What if, instead of demanding perfection, we rewarded intentional execution?
This is where confidence lives. Not in guarantees of success, but in knowing you gave the moment everything you had.
That’s not naïve…
That’s powerful 💥
Because when you stop wasting energy on battles you can’t win, you unlock the fuel to win the ones that MATTER!
Let the past teach you, not trap you.
Let the future inspire you, not scare you.
Let the present be the only place you fight.
You don’t need to control the outcome to move the needle.
You just need to show up, fully.
Over and over again.
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