Do You Give a DAM About Your Life?

When you wake up in he morning, do you feel energized to face the day, or are you beat down, going through the motions? Is there excitement in your life? Are you looking forward to something, or are you just letting life happen, one mundane task after the other? The real question is… Do you [...]

Goal Setting: Determination Versus Stubbornness

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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… [...]

Overcoming Fear: Helio Castroneves

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 [...]

Live a Remarkable Life

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 [...]

The 5 Minute Success Challenge

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 [...]

Motivation for Exercise

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 [...]