Motivation

Is It A Dream Or Just Fantasy?

Posted on August 7, 2008 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

Growing up I used to have many dreams where I was flying. In the dream it was easy. I would just jump and flap my arms a few times and instantly I was flying through the air. The cool thing was I could instantly fly over my house and down the street. I could go [...]

Filed Under: Career, Motivation, Opportunity Tagged: dreams, strengths

The Power Of Free

Posted on June 20, 2008 Written by John Richardson 7 Comments

In his best selling book Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely asks a simple question, “What is the cost of no cost?” Dan and his team of social scientists did some experiments on a group of potential customers to find out how much they prized different types of chocolate. On a table in a large building they [...]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Motivation, Productivity Tagged: flowchart free productivity

No More Resolutions

Posted on January 31, 2008 Written by John Richardson 4 Comments

It’s the end of January and the phrase “New Year’s Resolution” is fading quickly from our consciousness. Most of our resolutions, if we made any, are probably failed memories. What we really need now is a simple way to set some goals for the year and to find a way to accomplish them. We have [...]

Filed Under: Goal Setting, Goals, Motivation Tagged: 76, Goal Setting, Goals, new years resolutions

The Problems of 2008

Posted on January 3, 2008 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

I woke up this morning and realized something… it’s a new year and I still have problems. In fact most of the problems I have now I had last year. Problems bug me. Problems cause stress and keep me up at night. Problems usually don’t go away by themselves. So what can I do about [...]

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The Impulse

Posted on December 19, 2007 Written by John Richardson Leave a Comment

As you are walking down the corridor at work, you turn the corner and there in front of you… on a silver platter… is a plate full of brownies. They stare back at you, covered in their powdered sugar glory. They taunt you with ever step. You know you want one, but the 700 calories [...]

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Three Second Goals

Posted on December 7, 2007 Written by John Richardson 5 Comments

Blink! The phone rings… it’s your boss and she wants you to sign on to a new 3 month project and she needs your answer now. Blink! The e-mail notifier pops up on your computer screen… it’s an e-mail from a company selling online management courses and their latest course is now 50% off… if [...]

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