Starting and managing a business takes motivation and talent. It also takes research and planning. Although initial mistakes are not always fatal, it takes extra skill, discipline, and hard work to regain the advantage. Take time beforehand to explore and evaluate your business and personal goals, then use this information to build a comprehensive and [...]
Someone wrote me an email a couple of weeks ago and said, “I would love to know what motivates YOU!” So I took them up on it and I want to spend some time telling you how I stay motivated. It is a valid question, this one of what motivates me. After all, each and [...]
How dramatically we can change our results is largely a function of imagination. In 1960, it was a technological impossibility for man to travel into outer space. Within ten years, however, the first man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. The miraculous process of converting the dream into reality began when one voice [...]
One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “if it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for [...]
Picture this: A mother and daughter are looking at the snowfall from the front widow of their home. The daughter thinks: “Great, No school tomorrow.” While Mom is thinking, “Great, how will I get to work tomorrow?” “Lights, Camera… Action!” By Elizabeth Tull Andrea Shea Hudson, http://www.andreasheahudson.com , a coaching friend of mine said to [...]
Wherever you go, there you are. This is the title of a fantastic book by Jon Kabat Zinn. Often when going through a difficult time, some think about making a major change, a change of a job or residence. Will this really help? Of course if you are being abused or harassed, such action may [...]
While most people spend most of their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group is busily working at building and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to work out for them. And here sits the much [...]
If you really want to be at your absolute peak mentally, if you want to have a dynamic and well functioning brain, an essential component of your program must include regular physical exercise. Does that surprise you? You might wonder why physical exercise is important if your main priority is to improve the functioning of [...]
“If you could eliminate one day from your past so that you never had to live through it, what day would you erase?” “If you could ask a single question of a dead relative, what would it be and of whom would you ask it?” These questions come from a little book I’ve been reading [...]