Jonathan Nation

Improving Thank You

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Thank You.
You are welcome.

A common way to express your gratitude for someone or something, followed by an acknowledgement. 

Yet, it can be better. 

When possible, and there are times of overwhelming gratitude that all a person can say is “thank you” … you can improve your goal of connection and praise for the other person with this one tip: 

Add “for …” 

  • Thank you for sharing. 
  • Thank you for being here.
  • Thank you for listening.
  • Thank you for caring. 
  • Thank you for taking the time to go the extra mile. 
  • Thank you for your investment in my winning.
  • Thank you for doing what you do so naturally, it really helps me because I struggle with this. 

That little bit more increases the connection between yourself and the person you are grateful for. 

It also increases the odds of that person being clear on what you would like them to do more of. 


If you want to take it one step even further, add how you intend to move forward in a better way because of what the person said or did:

“Thank you for sharing that, I am going to add it to my Happy File, to pull out when I need some encouragement.”

So, with that said … 

Thank you for reading, sharing, and adding what you are grateful for when you express your thanksgiving because it amplifies what you are already grateful for.

Sunrise Options

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The countdown is complete
Today is the day
Another cycle around the earth in this strange way

Birds are singing 
Owls are loud

The sun has not yet broken through the clouds

The past has passed
Today is a new day

How shall I measure success when I reach this moment a year away? 

Differences unfelt, yet real all the same

Birds sing of hope with this brand new day
Light grows brighter, owl flys away. 

Will I be intentional or just ride this ship today

Day by day I have this choice 
Hide in the darkness or step into the light

Own who I am, strengths and flaws 
Or aim for the shadows, darkness and fog

This spaceship is spinning faster than I realize

It will be back her in a blink of an eye 

Now is the chance
Take it or not

Build, experiment & train … or focus on snot

A day will never be the same
A question that is not

Will I be the same or will I build with what I got? 

100% safe is impossible
Unless you aim for nothing at all

Dream, again, decide and take the first step
Follow it up again and again

When the earth reaches the same spot you will have progressed with those you have brought

Celebrate now
Celebrate then
The path forward starts in your head
Accelerated with each friend

Few might get you, that is ok

Your path is different and special today. 

You choose intentional, joy & light
A life sweet as honey and ready for a fight

Obstacles are either hindrances or challenges to help you prepare
Difference is in between your ears

Countdown restarts
Another year today 

How similar will you be from the start of today? 

Aim Higher
Aim Bigger


Start with your room
Your bed
Your plate, eat better food
Move your body, weights or dance

Write down your dreams and share your plans. 

In a year, then two, five and ten. 

The earth might be in the same position yet you will never be again. 

~Jonathan Nation 
2020-05-20

Early Wins To Bigger Wins

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“Win the morning … Win the day”

I’ve heard this mindset in many ways over many years. 

It’s simple:

How can you do something that is an easy win ASAP each morning?

That makes you a winner. 

What do winners do?

WIN MORE

And if you have won the morning it means you day is also a win. 

You will always have something to look back on & say:

“I did good there; I won” 

Make each day an easy win by stacking some easy wins first thing in the morning. 

Then hit your one big thing for the day. 

Want easy wins? 

Try one or multiple SAVERS from The Miracle Morning:

  • Silence – prayer/meditation/reflection/stillness
  • Admonitions - affirm your good points, abilities, and successes
  • Visualization – who you are doing the work
  • Exercise – get your body moving
  • Read – gather fuel that makes you better
  • Scribe – write out express of gratitude, lessons learned or future you are building. 

All six is best, when I’m at my best I’m typically doing five of them. 

Trouble identifying that one big thing ->

Can you do something good now? 

Earn that little win, then earn one more.

~ Jonathan Nation .com / Early Wins To Bigger Wins

in the Air

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Turn the page,
the pain is still there, 
yet my focus goes elsewhere

I don’t choose the path

I don’t want the sorrow, 
yet I lift my eyes to see the good in today and hope for tomorrow. 

The music is nice gets me jumping, rocking & bumping. 

There are those who are precious to me; 
friends, family, and my honey. 

Sometimes close & sometimes far away, 
yet never really far away. 

The Son has risen. 
joy in my life
shining bright both day and night. 

Acknowledge the pain,
understand the anger and fear,
they are all indicators of what is in the air. 

Then turn the page, the sadness is still there
yet my focus goes elsewhere.

Who shall I help? 

Who shall I grow near? 

What beauty can I find
when I shift my gaze 
and see what is out there? 

Turn the page. 
Focus elsewhere. 
For the Son is shining, and will always be near.

~ JonathanNation.com/in the Air

Month of Change

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November marks a time of change. 

First we start with Halloween, the one time of year we wear en masse external masks and acknowledge there is evil in the world.

Pain, suffering, heartache – all made easier by heroes and villains coming to life. 

We all wear masks. 

We pretend to be who we want to be, 
Who we feel like,
Who we believe others wish we were. 

Today we take off the mask. 

We can put on a crown. 
Celebrate all the saints now. 

The changes will come faster each day. 

Giving thanks maybe one day
Winter is on the way. 
Gifts & Christmas Day. 

A new year will be here in a blink of an eye. 

If not careful I will forget to cry. 
For there have been highs and lows as the seasons go. 

Right here, right now, two focus in my eyes. 

First remember the saints, 
The past, the joy in all things that last. 

Second set my intentions for this month, this week, this day. 
I can only live one moment at a time anyway. 

Take off the mask. 
Put on the crown. 
We are all saints now. 

This season goes past like a blink of an eye. 

Now set your intentions, and remember to cry. 

~Jonathan Nation.com

You made it this far …

I am always looking to me more leaders, linchpins, and problem solvers. We need more people to take on a business owner mindset, to seek out pains and problems then find ways to provide value to others.

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~Jonathan Nation

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