You Are the Playing Field: 03-08-2026

1. You are the playing field; the game played on your turf is not you or about you.
2. You are the playing field; those who play on it treat you like a sucker, stealing your time and energy.
3. You are the playing field; the game played on your turf is not concerned with you, despite appearances.
4. You are the playing field; those who play on it deceive you into thinking it is about you, but it is about them.
5. You are the playing field; you are sacrificing your time, space, place, and energy for nothing worth anything.
6. You are the playing field; none of the characters or experiences on it exist in the real world because they are just mental objects about mental objects.

Make the Right Choice Between Two: 03-07-2026

1. If you struggle to choose between two, choose the kinder response.
2. If you struggle to choose between two, choose the more virtuous response.
3. If you struggle to choose between two, choose the one from the quieter place.
4. If you struggle to choose between two, choose the one from the most lit location.
5. If you struggle to choose between two, choose the one that helps the most people.
6. If you struggle to choose between two, do not choose the one you cannot see clearly in the open.
7. If you struggle to choose between two, do not choose the loud, forceful one over the quiet, peaceful one.

The Best Will Subdue the Worst: 03-06-2026

1. The best can handle the worst.
2. The best can overcome the worst.
3. The best are prepared for the worst.
4. The best never surrender to the worst.
5. The best are not worried about the worst.
6. The best can help the worst get back on track.

Rescuing Is Often Harming: 03-05-2026

1. Don’t rescue people when you can offer them a job or training for a job.
2. Don’t rescue people when you have the option to help them to help themselves.
3. Don’t rescue people; refer them to people who will teach them to help themselves.
4. Rescuing people often leads to dependence, discouragement, failure to try, laziness, and quitting.
5. Rescuing people often teaches them to believe in a self-fulfilling prophecy that they cannot succeed on their own because they are defective or inferior.
6. Parents must help their children to help themselves, not rescue or do for them, when their children can learn to do for themselves. This self-help training starts with simple things and gradually progresses to more complex ones.

Overcome Failures Or Lose: 03-04-2026

1. Failures hold back failures.
2. Failures do not stop those who seek the best.
3. Failures are forgotten when you win the prize.
4. Failures do not count for those who persist to the end.
5. Failures can motivate or demotivate; you decide which.
6. Failures can break you or make you, depending on your mindset.

Choice is Between Distractions & Focus: 03-03-2026

1. We blame distractions instead of taking responsibility for our focus.
2. If you are focused on minor things, you will miss the big things.
3. If you are focused on the past, then you will miss the present and future.
4. Who causes us to lose focus if not ourselves, since our focus is under our control?
5. If you fail to focus on first things first, you will miss opportunities and squander your time.
6. A good focus is to put God first, your spouse second, your children third, and your community fourth.

Control What You Can: 03-02-2026

1. You might try to control how others treat you and fail; however, you should control how you treat yourself.
2. You might try to control how others identify you and fail; however, you should control how you identify yourself.
3. You might try to control how others think of you and fail; however, you should control how you think of yourself.
4. You might try to control how others speak to you and fail; however, you should control how you speak to yourself.
5. You might try to control how others react to you and fail; however, you should control how you react to yourself and others.