Category: Motivation

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The Goal of Your Goal Is?

We can get so wrapped up in pursuit of a goal that we lose sight of the underlying why or purpose. In

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Finding the Fire

Have you ever ‘lost that loving feeling?’ Days when you just couldn’t seem to find your rhythm? Life seemed a bit bleak

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Right? Wrong!!!

Suppose you had a department that was humming along, doing just great. Leader gets promoted and wouldn’t you know it, the minute

The words "invest in yourself" with an upwards arrow

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Optimal You: Who is that? Have You Met Yet?

Ah, yes. Optimal You, Optimal Me. Who could that be? The best we can be? Our best self more often? To what

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Nec Aspera Terrent

Nec Aspera Terrent loosely translated means ‘fear not difficulty’ or more directly ‘rough things do not terrify’ and is the motto of

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The Secret Superpower of Success

Learn this and you will go far, no matter what your field or chosen endeavor. Ignore it and you will never reach

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The Shortest Distance isn’t Always a Straight Line

Sometimes going directly for what you want isn’t the best strategy. We seek ‘Perfect Outcomes’ when perhaps we should really be focused

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Are You Ready for Luck?

The unsuccessful sometimes attribute the success of others to good luck. Balderdash! Luck, good and bad, comes to all. As the good

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Gut Check Truth

“Reading without application is just a form of wasting time.” I read that sentence in a TM’s email* and it was a

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It Sounds Dumb to Some but Actually it’s Super Smart

When deciding where to focus your energy, consider ‘choosing bigger problems’. Yep, you heard me: take on the biggest problem you can

4 circles of increasing size within 1 circle. The smallest circle says "comfort zone", the next larger circle says "fear zone", the next larger circle says "learning zone", and the largest circle says "growth zone"

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Praise EFFORT over Outcome, PROCESS over Result

When you praise the EFFORT rather than the outcome and focus on the PROCESS (and improving it!) more the result, you foster