Category: Motivation

Shot of a group of businesspeople high fiving while sitting in a meeting

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Life is a Team Sport

Arnold Schwarzenegger was introduced as a ‘self-made’ man, a label he rejected and stated that he had the help of hundreds, if

A green plant with small yellow flowers sprouting up and breaking through asphalt

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Resilience is a Learnable Skill Set

Folks, I do my best to plan ahead, to live smart and avoid dumb, to sidestep as many of life’s pitfalls and

A cup of coffee, a notebook, and a pen on a table. "Stop dreaming. Start doing!" is written in the notebook

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Which Do You Believe in Most: The Goal? Or the Obstacle?

What we focus on expands, thoughts held in mind attract in kind, and energy flows where attention goes. Where are your thoughts

fear

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Are You Brave?

I’m not asking about charging a machinegun nest in WWII… I’m speaking about emotional courage. Do you have the internal fortitude to

Picture of a heart covered in fire

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Hot Breath of the Wolf

What drives you? What motivates you? What is your why, your passion, your mission? Most of us are propelled by a mosaic

A notebook with the word "priorities" written and underlined with numbers 1, 2, and 3 written underneath

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To Truly Commit, You Must De-Commit

We are kept from our highest goals by a clearer, easier path to lesser goals. To do great things, we don’t so

Illustration of a woman facing a wall looking at her shadow. Her shadow is her with a superhero cape on.

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What is Your Ask?

Abraham Lincoln was once asked for his opinion on a sermon to which he replied: “It was brilliantly conceived, biblically relevant and

Wooden blocks with the words "decide", "commit", "focus", "succeed"

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This is What I Do

The phrase “This is What I Do” is a calming mantra I use during times of excess inputs (aka stress) to center

The word "NOW" with a circle around it written in the middle of a chalkboard with the words "some day", "tomorrow", "later", "next year", and "next week" all crossed out, written around the word "NOW"

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Why Not You? Why Not Today?

Success, however you choose to define it, is not reserved exclusively for others. Rather, progress belongs to those who combine pragmatic vision

Illustration of a man facing a set of hurdles in the road that fade into the distance

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Blind to Our Own Greatness: The Roadblocks Within

Falling short of our potential, walking away, no running, galloping from the greatness within each of us. I do it as much

A compass with "core values" written where the needle points north

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A Collection of Values

So, one Sunday eve recently as I was researching for a UF class on Leadership that I present to ExecEd MBAs and