Let's Play The Elimination & Gain Game

There is power in elimiating and gaining in our lives!

Several years ago I used to listen to a dynamic motivational speaker name Earl Nightingale. I am not sure why I stopped listening to his work, but someone recently shared with me one of his messages. The quote that stood out to me is the following: “L.E.N.T. or Let’s Eliminate Negative Thinking.”

This quote reminds me of what I always say to those I have the chance to influence. I tell them “I don’t play a game I don’t have an opportunity to win.” This quote is important this day because I/We as matured women have the opportunity to win in the Third Spot of our lives.

You ask how can that be? Well let me dust that speck of L.E.N.T. off your shoulder and take note! In this Third Spot of life we must eliminate the negative thinking that we at times succomb to as our bodies change as women. We must gain that mental clarity and strength to transition or develop positively while in this Third Spot. Our elimination of negative thoughts and behaviors can allow us to live vibrant lives as we did in our 1st and 2nd part of our our lives. i.e. 1st spot is birth to college and 2nd is career to marriage and family building. Being in the Third Spot is just as rich and bountiful for the matured woman.

So just what is the Third Spot of our lives? Sociologist Ray Oldenburg has theorized that we need spaces beyond the typical spaces people gather as mentioned earlier in the 1st and 2nd spots. We still have a lot of living left in this Third Spot of life.

Our Third Spot as a matured woman is that we need to walk in the confidence of our identies we create, speak or control the narrative we create, build the community we create, allow access to our lives we desire and move in these spots when we want to do so and with whom!

This movement we create is important to our social connections, our created community involvement, our personal created spaces for self-care and our mental health which is most important. So lets knock the L.E.N.T. or Let’s Eliminate Negative Thinking per motivational speaker Earl Nightingale!

If I could summarize Nightingale’s quote is that if we think we are broken, then we are, if we think we are not deserving, we don’t, if we think we are not valued the world will receive us as not being valuable. Please note, what you think can be the key to your success or failure. Earl Nightingale is saying knock that L.E.N.T. off your shoulder and out of your mind so you can live as a woman in your Fiery 50s, Sizzling 60s and Still Standing 70s+ that reflects her life age and not just her born age!

You, we are valuable and priceless…so knock that L.E.N.T. off your shoulder, it is clashing with your lifestyle!

So Let’s Eliminate what is holding you back and gain what you deserve! Live to know you are not an after thought in the Third Spot!

Yours truly,

The Igniter