You are uniquely gifted!  “I wish!” is how many people respond to that assertion.  Should such an apparently Pollyanna statement be dismissed as motivational drivel or does it have at least some truth?  How many people have your precise experiences? At best, a few. How many of them have your skills? Your knowledge?  An even […]

Not to plan experiences Is planning for “not to plan experiences” enough? Everything you set out to achieve is going to happen. Ho, hum! Not in this reality. Big dreams are going to be crushed, others you will choose to let go, still others you realise were just that, dreams. Every high achiever faces the […]

Motivation for what matters, matters! Motivation is important, but not the whole picture. Take an idiot and motivate them, and you have a motivated idiot. You can imagine the havoc such a person could wreak. Imagination not required; you have seen it, repeatedly! Take a wise person and ask them to pair away their desires […]

Get Constructively Uncomfortable There is no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone. “Comfortitus” is the disease that quickly emerges after the atrophy of the ambition muscle. Symptoms include thoughts that intensify the disease; thoughts like: “I don’t have to.” “It’s not worth it.” “I’d rather just chill.” You might have […]

YOUR CHOICE! Yes, yours! Reality check: “the life we have is the life we chose.” Many people rail against that truism; they claim it is a falsity. Let’s explore it. Who controls what you think? Obviously (?) it is your spouse, your religious leader, your mail delivery person, your gardener! No? More seriously, it is […]

If your future is dependent on your level of motivation? This is for you. Purpose “possibilises” progress!  You may have heard the phrase, “without purpose people perish.” It’s true. Long before they perish this happens: without purpose people piddle away their time. Time is the only thing we have that cannot be replaced and is […]