
Happy Floral Friday. Feeling genuinely good about this first week of February. There’s a sense of steadiness settling in — not rushed, not reactive. The early days of the month brought clarity, learning, and movement, and today feels like the reward for showing up consistently. Energy is light, but focused. The kind of mood that makes it easier to trust the direction things are heading.
Today’s mindful moment is part four of the same five-part lesson, and it centers on getting excited — but not in the way most people think. Jim Rohn is clear that this isn’t about forced positivity or surface-level enthusiasm. It’s about recognizing your own capacity and getting excited about your ability to direct yourself. Discipline, in his view, isn’t restrictive — it’s empowering. When you can make yourself do the necessary things, you unlock the ability to change your personal, social, or financial life at any point.
What really landed was his point about how quickly a life can change. One single act can alter a trajectory forever — for better or worse. And the opportunity isn’t abstract. Any day you choose, you can make a constructive decision that shifts direction. The limitation isn’t capacity. Humans can learn incredible things. The difference comes down to judgment, will, and whether you’re internally excited enough to commit.
He draws a sharp line between surface excitement and deep excitement. Surface excitement fades. Deep excitement lasts. It’s often quiet. It doesn’t need to be announced. But it’s the kind that stirs courage and commitment — the internal voice that says, give me the chance and I’ll get it done. That’s the kind of excitement that actually carries you through.
Let the excitement come from knowing you can choose again today.
– BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team

Happy Floral Friday. Feeling genuinely good about this first week of February. There’s a sense of steadiness settling in — not rushed, not reactive. The early days of the month brought clarity, learning, and movement, and today feels like the reward for showing up consistently. Energy is light, but focused. The kind of mood that makes it easier to trust the direction things are heading.
Today’s mindful moment is part four of the same five-part lesson, and it centers on getting excited — but not in the way most people think. Jim Rohn is clear that this isn’t about forced positivity or surface-level enthusiasm. It’s about recognizing your own capacity and getting excited about your ability to direct yourself. Discipline, in his view, isn’t restrictive — it’s empowering. When you can make yourself do the necessary things, you unlock the ability to change your personal, social, or financial life at any point.
What really landed was his point about how quickly a life can change. One single act can alter a trajectory forever — for better or worse. And the opportunity isn’t abstract. Any day you choose, you can make a constructive decision that shifts direction. The limitation isn’t capacity. Humans can learn incredible things. The difference comes down to judgment, will, and whether you’re internally excited enough to commit.
He draws a sharp line between surface excitement and deep excitement. Surface excitement fades. Deep excitement lasts. It’s often quiet. It doesn’t need to be announced. But it’s the kind that stirs courage and commitment — the internal voice that says, give me the chance and I’ll get it done. That’s the kind of excitement that actually carries you through.
Let the excitement come from knowing you can choose again today.
– BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team
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ZM deep excitement is a builder’s fuel. Not surface energy, but the kind that stirs commitment and courage over time. https://paragraph.com/@thezao/year-of-the-zabal-day-37