Millions of us do it every day. Billions. We commute to work. And most of us don’t particularly like it, either. We make the best out of it by listening to music or talking on the phone. But what if we could turn that “down time” into productive, light-your-life-on-fire-and-kick-ass-now time? What if that time became […]
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LEADERSHIP IN TODAY’S ARMY How today’s Soldiers approach team building and mission success through leadership. It was 7pm, the room was well lit and the soldiers looked at me with little emotion. If the room had been dimly lit and smoke filled it would have been more dramatic. I could see that it was late […]
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After high school, I was certainly the average of my five best friends. I was just dragging along and doing what others thought were good ideas. Nothing changed until bad company was replaced by good company. And that took radical action which sent me packing—literally. Good Company or Bad Company You are the average of […]
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Leading a health life and getting and staying fit isn’t rocket surgery. It’s really basic. There’s a ton of information out there about how to lose weight and get in shape, but if you really focused on the three basics below, you’d see tremendous gains. Exercise Regularly: Duh! Right? But how many people get 30 […]
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I had only had it for a few months. It was nice and shiny blue. Even as it smoked on the counter, it still looked super cool. It was the last time I got to use it. Ever. The How Comes Later Health and fitness is a key to my success and happiness. I love […]
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Victim vs Leader The most successful people in life are not victims. They are leaders. They lead their families, themselves, their co-workers, their companies and they take responsibility. They manifest greatness because they lead themselves and they take risks. Here are 13 ways to be a victim and 13 ways to be a leader. Which […]
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There are five reasons you’re not rich yet. There may be others, but these are the fundamentals that are keeping you from realizing your financial freedom. It’s time to take back what you deserve. 1. You’re thinking about what you don’t have, not what you have and will have in the future. What you focus […]
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You are what you repeatedly do. The 2 Essentials for health and success. When I was growing up, I didn’t keep the best of company nor did I have very good habits. But who does when your young, dumb and full of energy? We fall into groups, trends and habits. I fell into the “too […]
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We are all in sales everyday. We are constantly persuading people of our ideas. We are constantly persuading ourselves. I learned a good lesson from my two-year old daughter that I think you may enjoy. The Unconditioned Mind It’s amazing what you can learn from kids. Their minds work differently than ours and they don’t […]
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Create good habits and routines. It could save your life. At least it has the power to improve it. Daily Habits and Routines We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Will Durant Running on Autopilot Most of what we do is on autopilot. From the time […]
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What’s News Got to do with It? “The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its content seemed to be.” – Arthur C Clarke One very small yet very powerful change that I made in my life to create a more positive attitude and optimistic outlook was to stop watching […]
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The productive mindset – being realistic and positive “A pessimist see the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill You hear it at work. You read about it on the internet. You see memes about it on Facebook. But it doesn’t seem to be sinking in. […]
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Who you are and why everything depends on it: how each of us are our number one problem and number one solution for all things in our lives. To have a great life you must be great. Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. – James Allen It’s You I […]
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There really is just one rule of relationship success for life success. Have you ever met the person going through a divorce or have you gone through a divorce? Or met the person struggling at home with a spouse? I don’t think I could characterize them as moving toward success. In fact, I just spoke […]
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