🧠 If you want different...

Hello, my friend. I hope you had a peaceful weekend. I don’t know if it’s just a Monday thing, but I’m feeling like something great is going to happen this week. Do you feel it? Maybe it’s something you’ve been building for a while? Something you’ve put a lot of work into? Something you thought was for “other people” and would never be yours? Time to act like its yours. And as you do, here’s your mantra:

Just because I’ve experienced darkness doesn’t mean I won’t spread sunshine everywhere I go.

Let’s get into it.

- Case Kenny (@case.kenny)

1. Verbs, not words

Someone who wants you vs. someone who deserves you…

A lot of people can say they like you, they can show interest in you, they can show up with loud compliments, big words, and over the top promises, but there is a HUGE difference between someone who wants you and someone who actually deserves you. Someone who deserves you proves it. Plain and simple. Verbs, not words.

It’s not about how much they like you, it’s about how they treat you.

It’s not about who initiates, it’s about who follows through.

It’s not about who makes promises, it’s about who keeps them.

Look at behavior not words, not interest.

It’s not about someone who says “we should hang out soon,” it’s about someone who says, “how about Friday at 7?”

It’s not about who tells you, it’s about who shows you. That is the difference between someone who WANTS you and someone who might actually DESERVE you.

2. Surround yourself with these 6 kinds of people

I just released a new episode of New Mindset, Who Dis. You deserve to surround yourself with vibrant, self aware, inspiring, weird, grounded people who bring out the same qualities in you. Those are people who:

- see redirection as an upgrade

- who are done being someone they’re not

- know what they want out of life (and relationships)

- say YES or NO because thy have an opinion and word view (no ambiguity)

-have a purpose that is bigger than themselves

- are a mix of humility and ego

Listen here: 522: Surround yourself with these 6 kinds of people

3. Closed mouths don’t get fed

The next time you feel yourself shying away from speaking up for what you want in life, remember: you ALWAYS win when you speak your intention, ask for more, or seek out clarity. Every. Single. Time. Reason being? You either get what you want (yes! here’s more) or you get what you need (no! denied) but now you’re free to move on to another person, setting, company, etc. who can provide the “more” you want.

Get what you need or get what you want. Either way, it always serves you. It either delivers the outcome you want, or it provides the clarity you need to move on. You’re always winning when you speak up because you’re not sitting in ambiguity. If you want different, you need to move different, speak different, and ask for different.

MANTRA: Life gets better when you stop being subtle about what or who you want.

My name is Case. I believe in the power of perspective.

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