What you do and think during the first hour after you wake up sets the tone for the entire day.

1. 11 Thoughts to Help Empower
Yourself Every Morning

2. Carmen Sakurai1. Get Un-Stuck 2. Design the Life You Love 3. Live it Full Out
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3. What you do and think during the first hour after
you wake up sets the tone for the entire day.
Here are a few empowering thoughts to feed
your mind first thing in the morning for a better,
happier, and more successful day!

4. Regardless of whether your yesterday
was a good day or a bad day... heck,
even if the last 3 months straight have
been a wreck, today is a brand new day!
Your past does not limit what is possible
for you to achieve from this day forward.
Take ownership of your day and make it
whatever you want it to be!
1) Today Is a New Day
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5. When you look for the negative things,
you will find them. Put the same effort
into looking for the beautiful things,
and you will find them too!
If you're going to put an effort into doing
something, shouldn't it be for things that
lift your spirits and brighten your day?
Mood Lifting Challenge: Find humor in
every situation... even if it's inappropriate. :)
2) Seek out the Good and Beautiful
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6. Regardless of our flaws and idiosyncrasies, we
are always the best we possibly can be at any
given time. We feel, think, and behave based on
our life experiences up until that moment, as
well as our understanding of the information we
have in order to respond during that moment.
If the moment results in something positive,
celebrate and remember it so you can make it
happen again! If it doesn't turn out so great,
remember that too and learn from it so you can
handle it better next time!
You are the very best YOU right now... and you are constantly learning
and improving yourself! How awesome is that?!!
3) I Am the Best I Can Be at Every Moment
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7. Happiness is a choice and that choice is
ultimately yours.
You have the right to be happy, so
don't relinquish your power to choose
happiness to something outside
yourself!
4) I Have the Power to Choose Happiness
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8. "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow,
it empties today of its strength.“
~ Corrie Ten Boom.
Every second you spend today worrying about
what may or may not happen tomorrow,
you lose out forever.
While being proactive and actually doing
something to help make a better tomorrow
is always a good thing, simply stressing out
and worrying about it won't change anything - and you miss out on the
opportunity to make today great (which in turn could very possibly have
influenced tomorrow in a very positive way!).
5) Tomorrow Hasn't Happened
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9. The past is done and it can't be changed.
But it doesn't have to follow you to the
present unless you choose to hold
on to it.
Whatever may have happened in the
past does not limit what is possible for
you to achieve from this moment on.
Practice your freedom and power to
proactively design a better future that
you so deserve!
6) The Past Doesn’t Define Me
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10. You are your very own person. Your
family, friends, job, or hobbies do not
define you. Take ownership of who you
are.
You are the author of your life, so don't
depend on others to create the leading
character in your story.
Pssst... the leading character is YOU!
7) Other People Don't Define Me
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11. Nobody can be the best at everything, but we're
all outstanding in some things. When you have
questions or need help, don't be embarrassed
and just ask!
Learn from other people's strengths and gifts,
and perhaps someday, you'll have the
opportunity to pay it forward to someone who
may need your help in the future.
We're all in this together, and by learning from
one another, we become wiser and stronger!
8) I Don’t Have to Know Everything
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12. Failure is an essential part of growth. It's
an opportunity to learn and become
even better and stronger!
If you get knocked down, it's not the
end... because as long as you get back up
and use your new knowledge and
strength to improve, you haven’t
really failed.
9) Mistakes and Failures Are My Best Teachers
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13. Feeling sad, hurt, angry, frustrated, and
disappointed is part of being human. Always
remember that feeling your emotions is OK. It
doesn't mean you're broken beyond repair... it
means you need to heal.
Healing starts with forgiving the who or what
that caused you pain and letting them go. It's
like pulling out a painful splinter so your skin
can begin to heal. After a bit of care, your skin
will heal back even stronger than before. But if
you leave it in, the pain will remain and it
may even cause a nasty infection.
It's a simplified version, but the idea is the same for taking care of
emotional pain.
10) Feeling Sad or Hurt Doesn't Mean I'll Never Heal
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14. Regardless of what's going on in your life, time
does not stop. This is why it's important to be
truly present and enjoy the great things in your
life while you have them, and fight through the
bad moments because it won't last forever.
EZ Exercise: Think back to something you were
upset about 2 years ago... an argument with a
friend, a messy breakup, or forgetting your
iPhone in the plane *gasp!*. You lived through it,
and look! today you're OK!
You're much stronger than you give yourself
credit... live every moment full out.
11) Life Goes On
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