{"id":12262,"date":"2020-02-10T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2020-02-10T00:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T06:07:25","slug":"theres-no-kill-switch-on-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/theres-no-kill-switch-on-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s No Kill Switch On AWESOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color\">\u201cThere\u2019s no kill switch on AWESOME.\u201d&nbsp; &#8211; Dilbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman who worked with terminally ill patients often asked them\nwhat their biggest regrets were from their life.&nbsp; One of the regrets\nshared was that they wish they had let themselves be happier.&nbsp; Note the\nphrase \u201clet themselves be happier\u201d, which was them acknowledging that they now\nrecognize that they had that choice \u2013 they could have chosen to let themselves\nbe happier.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s so easy to say, \u201cI\u2019ll be happy once I lose 10 pounds\u201d (I know because I say that to myself way too often!), or to say&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019ll be happy when I finish ______\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll be happy when I get to buy _____\u201d, or \u201cI\u2019ll be happy if I can just accomplish ______\u201d\u2026..When what we should be doing is standing in front of the mirror each day yelling \u201cI AM AWESOME! &nbsp;I can do anything! I am gorgeous! I am SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spend far too much of our time putting ourselves down.&nbsp; We criticize how we look.. we criticize our own weaknesses&#8230; we do a tremendous amount of negative self-talking.&nbsp; And even if we are only doing it in our heads without saying it out loud &#8211; the negative self-talk we engage in is still incredibly damaging and destructive to our self-worth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we need to engage in more is positive self-cheering!  In all seriousness\u2026when is the last time you looked in the mirror and told yourself you are AWESOME!!??\u00a0 And gotten excited about everything good in your life??  I know it sounds a little cheesy and silly to do, but the fact is, we all need to do it far more\u2026daily even!\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure how to go about it?  Well watch this quick 40 second video of a little girl talking to herself in the mirror to start her day.  It is the perfect example of how to self-cheer and exactly how each of us should start off every day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qR3rK0kZFkg?start=3\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Going into this week try being your own cheerleader.  Start each day off in the mirror the way little Jessica did.  Cheer for the things you are grateful for in your life. Tell yourself you can do anything! And as you go about your day if at any point you find yourself feeling down, trying blinking.  &#8220;Why blink&#8221; you ask?  Here&#8217;s why: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color\">\u201cA blink is like a teeny, tiny clap for your face.&nbsp; So even if no one else is cheering you on today, your eyelids are.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211; unknown <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a great Monday everyone.  This week, choose to let yourself BE HAPPIER!  And remember to bask in the applause with every blink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no kill switch on AWESOME.\u201d&nbsp; &#8211; Dilbert A woman who worked with terminally ill patients often asked them what their biggest regrets were from their life.&nbsp; One of the regrets shared was that they wish they had let themselves be happier.&nbsp; Note the phrase \u201clet themselves be happier\u201d, which was them acknowledging that they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[168,395,501,500,46,4732,60,63,1554,3386,607,2454,3390,224,2110,3389,2374,55,180,3387,629,464,630,53,346,153,22601,52,2173,3380,496,22845,27,519,149,353,13559,3388,19932,16339,1357],"class_list":["post-12262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adversity","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-appreciate","tag-appreciation","tag-attitude","tag-be-awesome","tag-beautiful","tag-blessings","tag-build-up","tag-can-do","tag-cheer","tag-cheerleader","tag-clap","tag-confidence","tag-criticize","tag-destructive","tag-happier","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-i-can-do-anything","tag-inspiration","tag-joy","tag-motivate","tag-motivation","tag-optomistic","tag-positive","tag-positive-self-talk","tag-regret","tag-regrets","tag-self-talk","tag-self-worth","tag-self-cheer","tag-self-confidence","tag-self-esteem","tag-success","tag-video","tag-wake-up-be-awesome","tag-weakness","tag-what-awesome-looks-like","tag-you-can-do-anything","tag-you-tube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12265,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12262\/revisions\/12265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}