There are many areas of our life where being good enough is good enough. But for some special areas, why not strive for greatness?

It takes significant effort to move something from good to great. But, for those important few things in life, that effort is worth it.

• Do you want a “good” marriage or a “great” one?
• Do you want to be in “good” shape or “great” shape?
• Do you want a good body of work from your career or a great one?
• Do you want to be mentally and emotionally fine, or do you want to be at your best?

What areas of your life do you want to be truly great?

Focus on those, and happily allow the other areas to be good enough.

If you’re feeling like you’re not making meaningful progress toward a goal, or if your day is just filled with more distractions that it should be, then perhaps you need a “Stop Doing” list.

What is getting in your way from the results you want?

If it’s things within your control, can you stop doing them?

Some examples:

• Stop unlocking my iPhone before 8:30 am.
• Stop bringing my iPhone into the office.
• Stop checking my email when I’m bored.
• Stop eating snacks after 7:30 pm.
• Stop checking social media before lunchtime.
• Stop spending money on such-and-such category.
• Stop … ?

What would you put onto your stop doing list? Message me on Twitter at @shawnblanc

Above are some photos from a recent camping trip to the back trails of Arapaho National Forest near Ute Pass. There are many things I love about Colorado. And one of them is that crisp, mountain-pine air. These photos remind me of that.

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