The Answer Key

Your energy and time are your personal commodities and how they are used is your first priority. They can both be directed, invested, and purposefully utilized if you choose to seek every opportunity, positive objective, or opening for elevation, improvement, and advancement in every situation. Try to invest your time and energy in you, your people, and in doing the things that bring you joy and happiness. Avoid circumstances and people that present negativity, chaos, or drama. Surround yourself with people and things that add positively to your life. Intentionally make your life an event worth celebrating daily. With that attitude you will likely find yourself far from regret and a smile away from a great day. ~For more positive posts  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & tweet me   @_TheAnswerKey  daily!

Your energy and your time may be spendable, but it is also limited and can not be regained. Once you have given it away it is gone forever. Remind yourself of those facts when you find yourself about to entertain external drama, unnecessary conflict, any negativity, or any other form of wasting your energy instead of investing it in positive experiences, situations, and people. Always stay positive, acknowledge and respect how precious your time and energy is, and make sound investments. Do not waste your efforts on frivolous things or arguments, rather stay in tune with your pure intentions no matter what everyone else is doing.  Positive investments usually yield positive results.   Positively invest in the things and people that matter most to you and stay focused on them. ~For more positive posts fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

By definition work is effort to gain a particular result. Now, put work to work. Give conscious, intentional, mindfully positive, progressive effort, and active pursuit directed toward a specific goal. Give your priorities some extra time. Get up early. Go to bed late. Put the necessary work into the things you love, your life goals. Make time for what you love. Work on what it is you do, have, or want, and give it your best every time. You may not think what you do matters, but it does, and every little bit of effort counts. It should matter to you that you are persistent. It should matter to you that you always do your best. It should matter to you, that no matter what anyone else says, you are a work in progress, and have committed to yourself that you will, do, and are consistently putting your best effort into everything you do. Be constantly at work even when you sleep so that you can wake refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to get back to work. Be at work, on yourself, on your dre...

You will ultimately benefit from every experience if you take away the lesson you are suppose to gain from it. Seek it out. Every experience presents itself as an opportunity to enhance your life. A positive perspective puts a spin on any negativity, thus lessening its adverse affect on you. Be quick to forgive, quick to let go, and quick to move on. Refuse to dwell on your disappointments or allow them to defeat you. Instead, get ready to bounce back. Take what you were meant to heed from the experience and apply it to your life. It is up to you how you choose to let a situation influence your life. Make it worth the trouble, trial, tears, or tension, and put it to better use, as fuel for your journey forward. Refuse to allow yourself to stay damaged. Re-create the direction of that energy and reveal the purpose behind your pain. Take the wounds and scars you have gotten from your hardships and put them to use as your fuel. Use them as reminders to show you just how strong and resilie...

Know your intention for your journey before circumstances have a chance to weigh in. Decide that your life will reflect the best of you in your words and deeds. Smile often, think pleasant thoughts, be positive, seek the silver-lining, watch a funny movies to laugh on purpose; waste no energy on negativity. Stress, negativity, drama, or tension may find its way to your door, your phone, or your email, but you do not have to allow it to stay long. Do some yoga, share a hug, or read a book. Find a way to intentionally redirect your energy to magnify the good in you and in your life. Whatever you need to do to stay in the most positive place possible, get to it. Time is precious and life is too short to be bitter, beaten, or bothered by nonsense. Remember that you are in control. Take a breath, take a beat, take a nap if you need to, then choose to be your own sunshine, and light up your life. ~For more positive posts stop by  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey ...

Go after what makes you happy and puts a smile on your face. Whatever you can not stop thinking about, lifts your spirits, whatever you would do if you knew your success was guaranteed, what you would do for free- do that. Do it as often as you can. Whether it is once a day, once a week, or once a month make room for whatever brings you joy no matter what anyone else has to say or think about it. In practicing your passions you may reveal your purpose, and acting upon your purpose is responding to your calling, in answering your calling for your purpose you will bring limitless joy to your life, and open the door to the future you have been dreaming of. Wake up and chase that dream. Pursue what you most want to do with your life, stay positive, and remember that your life is yours alone to live. Do what makes you happy and brings you the most joy. That is your greatest responsibility to yourself- to live your life your way, and live it well. ~For more positive posts stop by  fb.me/...

It is time to take back ownership of the holes, voids, longing, and emptiness in your life and fill them up with  love, forgiveness, hope, and gratitude. Take the lessons those experiences brought you and re-label them. Take the hurtful tags off and re-evaluate the many ways you can understand them, appreciate them, or release them in some way. Examine them and determine how you intend to utilize them to advance your growth. Whatever you decide to do, do not allow your past experiences to torture you today. Despite whatever yesterday may have looked like, you know that your story does not have to keep that ending, that depending on how you choose to proceed, that thing could be exactly what you needed to learn, evolve, flourish and grow. Take it all in, and then stretch. Move forward with forgiveness on your mind, gratitude in your heart, and joy in your soul embracing the beauty of all the wonderful possibilities your future can hold. Engulf yourself in the awesomeness of the pres...

You have to be willing to take a risk and make a hefty investment. Aggressively invest in yourself to become who you want to and get what you want out of  your life, your job, and your relationships. Know what you are willing to contribute and sacrifice for it. Your time, your energy, your effort, and sacrifices are the price you pay in exchange. Once you get an understanding of all that is required, you can determine if you are willing to proceed. You never actually fail at anything, you simple learn how committed you really are to it. The detours, mishaps, interference, obstacles, and fear itself can defeat some people, they certainly have before, but when you are committed whole-heartedly, have set your mind to it, refuse to give up, and face every attempt with courage you will flourish and thrive. That is the recipe for success at anything. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Accept your limitations for what they are, but know that they alone do not define you. You are an extraordinary asset in your own right. You can write your own success story and be an inspiration to someone else that may be too afraid to shine brightly. Lead the way. Even in the midst of the most difficult situations, know that your strength is greater than any struggle, you can endure your worst trials, and conquer your biggest battles. You are smarter than your greatest conflict, and every obstacle or challenge you face is at a minimum an opportunity for you to grow intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually. Find its purpose and bring its value to light, appreciate the lesson its offering, and do not be afraid to share it.  Be bold! Greet all that you fear with bravery and watch them cower.  Then, every morning remember to wake with gratitude in your heart, a fire in your belly, and move through each day with peace of mind, dignity, integrity, and courage because you know ...

In this life, you just have to go after what you really want if you want to get it. What or who will stop you: your demanding job, your dysfunctional family, your bad back? Those are excuses for the weak, the mice. You can tuck your tail and go running scared into the murky abyss of mediocrity that makes everyone around you very comfortable with the underwhelming life they lead, or you can take control. Do what you need to do to get what you want. You already know the most important thing there is to know: nothing can keep you from what you really want if you really want it bad enough. Even if that means getting up early, before dawn, and before your alarm, even if it means staying up late, in silence with no sound or disruption but the clicking of your keyboard, burning the midnight oil until the birds chirp, do that. Nothing will stop you when you know what you want and will be damned if you do not get it. In this moment all of your attention needs to be set on your int...

Remember to be good to you. Sooner than later, send yourself an edible arrangement, pencil in some time for much needed R&R, take an impromptu trip, treat yourself to a nice dinner. Do something, anything to put a smile on your own face. In between the blood, sweat, and tears you will shed in this lifetime, remember to insert intentional joy in your life as well. Do things with the sole purpose of enjoyment, creativity, exploration, and uplifting your own spirit. Make memories worth remembering because there may come a time where memories are all you left. Make the most of the time you have right now. spend it wisely. Make sure you make time to do things for others, yes, but do what is good for you too. Do not forget to make time to do things that simply make you happy because your happiness is ultimately your responsibility. ~For more positive posts stop by  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & tweet me  _TheAnswerKey  daily!

You have to decide that what you envision your life to be, will be, and refuse to have it any other way. Appreciate the clarity and wisdom your experiences have given you thus far. Move forward knowing that what your life unfolds, opens up, and reveals itself to be as of tomorrow is entirely up to you and the result of what you are willing to do today. You can let your past be the reason you never answer your calling and nothing will change. You will have a pretty good idea of what tomorrow and the next day will look like, or you can answer your calling today, and change yourself, change your future, and for everyone that crosses your path- change their minds. Let them see what vision looks like as a reality, what working faith looks like up close. Let your courage be the light that draws someone else closer to their dream, their best, their greatness- lead the way. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Believe in yourself and your gifts. No matter what anyone else thinks, how far fetched it seems to them, how difficult, or damn near impossible others fathom it to be; know that those limitations are based on their fears, their anxiety, and previous experiences. They have nothing to do with you personally, therefore, you do not have to allow them to predict your future. You can make your tomorrows however you choose them to be.  People often like to take the moment you choose to commit to your passion to remind you of your mistakes, but rest assure that even your mistakes were only moving you closer to your dream's reality.   Who's to say today, tomorrow, or at any moment your life will not be changed forever? No one, so in living your life, spending the time you have with gratitude, passion, and compassion, let it be filled with your greatest efforts, purposeful intentions, and belief that at any moment your life will show up for you in kind. ~For more positive posts sto...

Do not let what they have to say stop you. Their limitations should not make you bitter, doubtful, or prematurely defeated. Know their words are what they have told themselves time and time again. They are not doubting you,what you can become, who you are or will be, but they are excusing themselves for not acting on the very things they did not have the courage to pursue. The limits they set for you is just them placing you in their own shoes- not the other way around. They do not have the deciding vote in your outcome. They do not get a vote at all. They do not get a say. At the end of the day, when your head hits your pillow all there is is you, and every morning you wake up is packed with opportunities to move you closer to making your vision your reality- that is all. Now, you decide, what you will do today to change your tomorrow no matter what they have to say about it. You are gifted, capable, resilient, and have every right to pursue your own greatness despite who may have fai...

Grow a great appreciation for your gifts, the obstacles, and everything in between. The precious time between teaches you how to fine tune your discernment. It helps you mentally design exactly what you really want and peeks your curiosity enough to learn what getting it requires; a necessary part of your journey that includes multiple levels of understanding, clarity, and often times humility. Be patient, pay attention to the lessons that show up on your journey, and simply be willing to put in the effort required to get, be, and do what you want. Commit. In the end, the only way you can ever fail is if you quit trying. At this point, with all the energy and time you have invested, you are too determined for that. Besides, you know every little effort counts, and based on your past experiences and choices that got you here, you already know that your focus, determination, and persistence are a lethal combination. That is the recipe for failure's cryptonite. As long as you always k...

When challenges arise, erupt, or disrupt your plans you can get discouraged. You may even let your fear take the wheel for a while, but know that you can choose to dig deep and find at your core your relentless courage, determination, and gallantry. You are resourceful so no matter what comes, you will be alright. Rest assure that what will be will surely take place- where there is a window, there is a way. Find a window or make one. Some how, some way, whatever questions you have will be answered; no matter what complications come up, they will be figured out, and your successes will multiply. Nothing is too complex for you to handle. What you can not do on your own you will certainly learn like O.J.T. or find someone who can help you, because you are humble enough to know when you need help and how to graciously accept it. Losing is not an option. In difficult times remember to take a breath, remain calm and confident, and seek the solution without dwelling on the problem. No matter ...

Choose to be in the midst of people who operate on the same wave as you do, with optimistically real goals, inspiration and aspirations that take up so much of their attention that all they can do is be in positive pursuit like you, and can not be distracted by the shouting naysayers behind them either. Learn from them, take heed in what they can offer as they journey to their own greatness, and be a supportive post for them to rest against as you would have them be for you.  Do not get tangled up in the drama, pessimism, doubt, fears, and negativity that others innately carry with them and attract. Limit those associations with those kind of people because they mostly provide very little other than distractions. Surround yourself with people who will voice their honest concerns but respect your decisions and honor your journey as your own. Be the reminder each other may need when your own voice is weak that happiness is a thought away, success is only part of the experience, the w...

Up and down every path know that you are walking into the circumstance that will best serve your future self.  All you can do is all you can do. Humbly heed the lessons to be learned, graciously bask in the pleasure and glory of victory, or bare the brunt and burden of your consequences as a result of your choices. Ultimately, everything, all of your experiences are lessons teaching you one thing or the other, either what it takes to have success, overcome challenges, or revealing to you mistakes you learn not to re-make.  Be responsible for yourself and own the choices you make. Stay  open to counsel but make choices you believe are best for you, and trust that you are strong enough to handle the outcome either way.  Make sure your vision, direction, and intention is just that- yours and know your life will unfold accordingly and in your favor.  Live you life your way and live it with no regrets. ~For more positive posts  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & twe...

The balancing act can be difficult for even the most experienced traveler. Make sure you keep your focus on your goals, your energy positive, and maintain clarity within the intention of your thoughts and actions. Your goals can only work if you do so do what you can whenever possible to move you closer to them. Without judgement, conviction, or fear do as little or as much as you can and do it every day. Some days will be harder to do, but consider what you are doing instead of investing in your dream. Know why you do what you do when you do it especially when you are sacrificing what is in your own best interest and possibly the fruition of your dream to suit the advancement, needs, and interest of others.  Be one of your own priorities.  Remember to include you and what is important to you on your daily to do list.  Also make sure that your energy and mentality are rooted in gratitude and love for who and what you appreciate having in your life right now while in pursu...

Dreaming is one thing but achieving those dreams is another. Everyone has a dream of doing, having, or being something, but there are steps you must take to turn that dream to into an accomplishment. As the saying goes, 'nothing worth having comes easy', but there is more to the story; it is way more complex than just that. You not only have to work hard for most worthy things, but you may need, know, or be convinced that someone else has to invest in you too. You also may have multiple obligations completely unrelated to your dream, the reality or necessity of its fruition may be dire to you but not the outside world, or you may be simply lacking time. Dream chasing takes time, time you may not have much of to spare. That said, like all things, your first decision is the decision to start. Begin with a commitment and promise you know you can adhere to and invest in yourself. Set some goals, minimums, and parameters for yourself, and then start the clock. The second step to suc...