Determination — Success Begins Today

Goal Setting: Determination Versus Stubbornness

September 11, 2008 By John Richardson 2 Comments

I love the concept of determination. You “determine” where you are going and set a path to reach it. People who have determination are often very goal oriented and focused. Yet determination can often be confused with stubbornness. A stubborn person may also be very focused and set very realistic goals. Here is the difference… [...]

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Overcoming Fear: Helio Castroneves

November 28, 2007 By John Richardson 4 Comments

Riddle me this… What is scarier?… Driving an Indy Race Car at 230 miles per hour Dancing on TV in front of millions of viewers While both are scary, only Indy car racing can kill you on any lap. Yet for me I would rather take my chances in a race car than humiliate myself [...]

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Live a Remarkable Life

February 8, 2006 By John Richardson 2 Comments

Seth Godin has an interesting marketing concept that fills the pages of some of his popular books including “Purple Cow” and the “Big Moo”. Being remarkable in a predictable world is his thesis and it makes for a very interesting read. The dictionary defines “Remarkable” as.. 1. Worthy of Notice: Worth noticing or commenting [...]

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The 5 Minute Success Challenge

January 10, 2006 By John Richardson 8 Comments

Now that the new year has started and most people are back to work, you may find it hard to find time to set some written goals. Before you know it it will be December again and those lofty ideas that sounded so great in January will still be just that… lofty ideas. I propose [...]

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Motivation for Exercise

November 29, 2005 By John Richardson 3 Comments

As I was working out today, I was trying to think of some ways to motivate my wife and some of my co-workers to try the Body for Life exercise program. I went online to the BFL website and looked through some of their articles and found out there is a new book out by [...]

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Success: Just Do It

November 29, 2005 By John Richardson 3 Comments

In my post yesterday I talked about determination versus motivation. I am a big fan of motivation. I like to find new ways to motivate myself to do things I don’t like to do. I like taking a difficult task and making a game out of it. Rewards are always helpful in motivation. How many [...]

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