OK – I am no motivational expert, but I am a qualified Performance Coach. However, more importantly, I am just an ordinary human being like you. So what I say now say, although not earth shattering in itself,  may just be some use to you, if you are willing to take it on board.

It will only take a few minutes of your time from a busy day, but if you are willing to spend those minutes with me, I am going to take a selection of three quotes for this month, and share them below. I also want to share with you how we can implement these each day – and how we will all benefit from them if we do!

Firstly – let’s all try to learn from the past, but look to the future. Read the quote below:

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
— Alexander Graham Bell

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How many times have you regretted something that you have done; been really hard on yourself because of it; maybe this has stopped you from moving forward and getting on with the rest of your life – or at least from enjoying your life, as you should?

This might be, typically, in a relationship, or perhaps a career move. When that “one door closes” have you stood on this side of it, trying to get back in? How long did it take you to realise that the door is firmly locked from the inside!  Sometimes, we cannot go back, only look back. And the only way to go is forward…. try to realise that and realise that there are a lot of people who are locked on the outside of that same door with you. Just turn around and you will find that you are not alone out there.  If you stopped trying the door handle on the door that just closed, you could open the new door instead.

Sometimes you may feel that it is still worth trying to find the key to unlock that door. For instance, working a little harder at what was fundamentally a good relationship that you know you yourself have let go bad. Remember here that saying “Sorry” doesn’t hurt – it actually heals. But if you know for a fact that the door has been locked and the key thrown away, take the advice above. Try to learn from the past, but look to the future.  Don’t waste your life regretting what might have been. Learn to move on……