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Mental Excellence

Doing What Does NOT Come Easily

in Mental Excellence

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Wouldn’t it be nice if becoming a success was easy? Unfortunately, it’s not. It takes consistent, daily action, calculated risks and, well…work. Work that involves doing things that don’t come easy.
Working like that just doesn’t sit well with most people, and that’s why most people never reach their ultimate potential and spend their whole life [...]

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It’s Not Permanent

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its not permanent

When you have a failure or a set-back in your business – let’s say all your appointments for the week cancel on you – how you choose to explain the cause for that could mean the world of difference in what happens next.
Dr. Martin Seligman, the Psychologist most noted for his work in learned optimism, [...]

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Getting Organized … Mentally!

in Mental Excellence

Have you ever felt just totally overwhelmed with…well…everything? When I come to the point where all my work and personal “stuff” is all swimming in my head like a giant goulash, I know it’s time to do an “up and out.”
Much like the phrase, “a place for everything and everything in its place,” we all [...]

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Playing to Win!

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Are you playing to win or playing to not lose.
Aren’t they the same thing? No way. Most people play not to lose, in order to avoid fear or pain.
I’ll play, as long as I don’t get hurt.
They will go all the way out to the edge of their comfort zone…and stop. When you play to [...]

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Being Bold

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being bold

I saw my friend Keith recently in the weight room at the gym. I had recommended the book, “The One Minute Millionaire” to him and he was in the middle of reading it. I asked him if it was helping him to think bigger.
His response was very short, but oh so profound. He said, “not [...]

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Work it!

in Life & Other Distractions, Mental Excellence

Work it!

You were not created to just survive or endure or get through or simply manage your life. You are meant for something much greater.
You already have everything you need to be enormously successful. The only thing that holds you back is…you. Not your husband or your friends or your location or your kids or your [...]

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What are you waiting for?

in Mental Excellence

If you are waiting for fear to subside before you act, you will never act. The fear doesn’t subside until you act. Only action trumps fear.
Remember a time when you woke up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare or a strange noise you heard, and you were absolutely paralyzed? You literally [...]

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