As you work to identify your Bucket List of goals, be sure to remember that there is no purer form of success, no more exact and demanding test of what you are capable of, then to set a challenging goal and find joy in the capacity to meet it.   …continues

The human body serves as the perfect metaphor for understanding the importance of a challenge for the simple reason that the body is built to adapt and respond to demands that are placed upon it. The stronger the demand   …continues

In my many years of coaching and consulting, I’ve found that, in virtually every case, the decision to rise to meet a challenge boils down to the desire for greater freedom in one’s life.   …continues

It may lack the nobility of integrity, the charisma of enthusiasm, the grace of generosity, and the sparkle of excellence, but the beauty of perseverance is that, in time, it always makes up for that which it lacks.   …continues

The benefits of being challenged physically, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and vocationally are in a word: ENORMOUS! It is only by being pushed, confronted, inspired, and CHALLENGED that YOU get to find out how   …continues

It’s a virtue worth striving for, but so often it seems all too hard, if indeed we have time to think about it at all. And that’s where the problem starts, for simplicity doesn’t just happen on it’s own.   …continues

I wanted to share a few thoughts that impact your results and shine a spotlight on your year-to-day performance.   …continues

You can’t lose 25 pounds before you lose five. You can’t run a marathon before you run a mile. You can’t achieve your goals and become great at anything before you choose to become great.   …continues

It will hurt.
It will take time.
It will demand willpower.
It will require dedication.
It will scream for sacrifice.   …continues

Billy Joel held “An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music” last month at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

During the session, student Michael Pollack, a Long Island native, asked   …continues

The Rule of One is actually very simple: Instead of starting the New Year with a long list of resolutions which quickly fade from memory, why not focus on the one resolution that would make the greatest impact on your life?  …continues

Everything you think, say and do has a direction, which moves you one step closer to, or one step further from your goals.

There is no standing still.

There is no staying the same.   …continues

Man of La Mancha rocked Broadway in 1966 with its thundering theme song, THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM.

It opens in soft reflection, “To dream the impossible dream… To fight the unbeatable foe…” but then   …continues

If all we do is help people and do things for them all the time, then they rely on us, which is not only unhealthy for their development of skills, it also makes them psychologically weak, confidence deprived, and quite literally puts their very future at risk.   …continues

Because you can only do what you have creatively imagined, the first step toward accomplishing a goal is to project it onto the visual sketchpad of your mind. You may have heard this referenced as “seeing it in your mind’s eye”  …continues

Do you want to live The Rich Life?

It’s actually very simple, as your life-long challenge is to reach out, to expand your limits, to passionately pursue your goals and dreams and to enjoy the rewards as they always follow whenever   …continues

Every second or minute that you can take out of process or activity–such as closing a sale, manufacturing a product, and responding to customer needs–saves you time, and makes you more money.  …continues

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

If you want a thing bad enough   …continues

More and more people these days confuse intentions with results. In fact, many see them as being one and the same. How wrong and casualty creating that thought process is as the only thing that matters is your ability to produce results.  …continues

Unlike other resources, what makes time truly unique is that it cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or stolen, stocked up or saved, manufactured, reproduced, or modified.

While this familiar maxim may seem like an invention of our hectic and impersonal modern society   …continues

What are you doing with them to make your life extraordinary?  …continues

If you really wanted to make significant and lasting change, you would ALREADY be skinny, happy and rich beyond your wildest dreams.

This brings up the critical question, if desire is not a strong enough emotion to get you to successfully achieve your goals, than what is?

The answer is…   …continues

If you have a big, ambitious goal that’s been begging for your attention, when should you pursue it?

When should you start doing anything that’s really worth doing? You need to do it now!   …continues

With ever greater expectations and distractions, focusing on what’s most important, the highest and best use of your time has become more of a challenge than ever before.  …continues

If you want to learn how to alter your mental programming, to walk down a different street and design a bigger, bolder, and better life than you must learn how to create history rather than repeat patterns and habits that do not produce desirable results.  …continues

Everything you want in life, every goal you want to achieve, every dream you want to manifest comes with a price tag.

There is NO FREE LUNCH when it comes to true success and achievement.  …continues

One thing we all have in common is that we all love a challenge. For some it could be a goal that puts you to the test, an obstacle that says you can’t beat me, a belief system that is begging for a breakthrough, or even a mountain that just dares you to climb it.   …continues

In our highly competitive world, your ability to consistently demonstrate initiative and self-reliance is a true competitive advantage as the vast majority of people lean towards procrastination and hesitation as their operative performance state.   …continues

If you’re tired of struggling with debt, fearful of the current economic crisis, and paralyzed by the pace of change, I’ve got a great way for you to take control of your future.   …continues

There will never be a day in your life that will not require honesty, integrity, compassion, character, good judgment, discipline, self-control or focus.

In addition, there will never be a day of your life that does not provide you with the opportunity to get better, providing you the feeling that you can improve, if you only step up and answer the call.   …continues

A flawed premise of success is that the goal is the most important ingredient in the stew of success, and that you win or lose based on the merits or worthiness of the goal. How wrong and casualty-creating that premise is as the best goal or most honorable intention cannot survive poor execution.   …continues

True, big-time, legitimate success is something that is achieved by the MINORITY of people, and is therefore unnatural and not to be achieved by following our natural likes and dislikes nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices.   …continues

Doing Things Right the First Time is a philosophy, a mentality, and a performance standard.

It’s a practical measure against which any system; process, action, or outcome can be analyzed.

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Success is the result of making and keeping commitments to yourself and others, while all failed or unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the direct result of broken commitments. It’s that simple, that profound, and that important.   …continues

Your mind thinks about what it is exposed too. Therefore, consciously give serious exposure to whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable. If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, expose yourself accordingly.   …continues

My primary 100 day goal was to advance to a certain level in a new network marketing company. I achieved the goal in 20 days using the quantum leap approach that you have taught us. As a result, I have reset my goal to advance 2 more levels. On a scale of 1 to 10, I evaluate this 100 Day Challenge as an 11.   …continues

One thing about successful people is that at some point in their life, each one has looked in the mirror and decided that once and for all they were done playing games, they were done settling for table scraps, they were done standing by idly on the sideline while other people that they did not perceive as being as bright nor as talented lived in nicer homes and enjoyed a better quality of life.   …continues

Throughout every area of your life it’s important to understand that ALL unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the result of broken promises, unfulfilled commitments, and lack of accountability.   …continues

The vast majority of people settle for just a small squeak of their potential because they bought into the belief that simply being reasonable is the way to go. How foolish and casualty creating that belief is.  …continues

I can tell you this with complete confidence, that by examining your behavior and results, I can see a clear picture of your commitment, I can gain an innate sense of your character, I can grasp a near perfect understanding of your beliefs, and I can most certainly see what you are really made of.  …continues

No is a word of pure power that is both inner and out directed, and one that you must implement with great authority and conviction.

Your success in life requires a short “Yes” list, and a long “No” list.   …continues

Comebacks, redemption and second acts are ubiquitous in our culture today and so often it is a major setback like cancer, divorce, job loss, the death of a loved one, bankruptcy, or an accident that puts the spotlight on our lives and shows us the way to a meaningful “second act.”   …continues