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Have You Ever Felt Like Giving Up On Your Dreams?
Sometimes life seems to get incredibly hard if not downright impossible. When we get into a fearful state where we are afraid we don’t have what it takes to succeed or that our peers will not love and accept us as we pursue our dreams, it can feel totally hopeless. We don’t like the pain or fear we feel so our natural instinct is to run away from what we fear and somehow end the pain. For most people this involves working jobs they hate, staying in relationships that no longer serve them, neglecting their health and generally living a life that is less than they are capable of living. You know you want better than you have now, it just seems that what you want is way far off into the future. So far off that at times, you feel like saying “fuck it, what’s the point?” When we choose to chase after an audacious goal, it becomes easy to get discouraged with you look at the enormity of the task you have undertaken. Much of your time may be spent working on, spending money on and spending countless hours trying to figure out how to make an idea into a profitable business model. While you spend all of your valuable time and energy on these endeavors, actual results, profit and/or the reward you are seeking are years in the future. Most of the time quite frankly, it can seem like an exercise in futility. You may ask yourself “why should I spend my time and money working on something that may never come to fruition?” Most people when faced with these challenges or emotions will give up and…
To Be, Or Not To Be?
These are three e-mails I got recently from a new coaching client of mine. He’s really struggling with his inner demons and all the crap, limiting beliefs and disempowering way he is looking at the world. Every time human beings try something new, or try stepping outside of their comfort zone, all of their fears, insecurities, doubts, what they perceive is lacking from their life, etc. tend to interfere in their ability to move forward, take action and learn. We all bullshit ourselves at times. Because of everything we feel it can be very scary at times. So what keeps people from moving forward and taking the action they know they need to take? It’s fear. As I said before, human beings have two primary fears: 1) fear that we’re not enough and 2) fear that we won’t be loved. In other words, our own fear that we don’t have what it takes to succeed, and our fear that we won’t be loved and accepted by our peers, friends and family, causes us to bullshit ourselves, make excuses and not take the actions that are essential to our success…
You Must Crave Success
Like a man craves and thirsts for water in the hottest desert when he has none, so must you crave success. You must thirst and hunger for success in achieving your goals and outcomes with all your heart. When you choose and decide what your true goals and dreams are in life, you will know when they are your true hearts desire. How? You will feel a burning desire, a hunger, a calling from deep inside of you. You will feel the same kind of excitement like you did when you wanted a Christmas gift, birthday present or simply something you saw in an advertisement as a child. Something you really wanted to the point that you…
Goal Setting That Works!
Have you ever made new years resolutions that for some reason only seem to last a few days into the new year before going back to doing what you were doing before? Have you ever wondered why most people don’t stick to their new years resolutions? I think everyone has. The reason most people never stick with their new years resolutions and fail to achieve their goals is simply a matter of emotional leverage. What do I mean? Let me give you an example from my own life. When I was in my early 20’s and trying to finish college and graduate with a degree in construction management, I had a few classes that were kicking my ass. I had taken and dropped calculus 3 times and was starting to feel like…
Life Is Change. Growth Is Optional. Choose Wisely…
Life is change. Growth is optional. As I have gotten older and have put 40 years behind me of living on this planet, I have realized that life is constantly changing. Nothing ever stays the same. Look at nature. What happens when a tree stops growing? It dies. Everything in life either grows and contributes or it dies and dissolves. For the people who do not make changes in their careers, lifestyle, relationships, etc. once they become boring, dull or stagnant, their lives become a constant struggle of mediocrity and unhappiness. They major in minor things and…
How To Think Like & Become A Champion
“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” ~ Les Brown. That’s pretty powerful! Before you set your goals. You must choose something compelling. The type of audacious goals that get you so excited that you get up early in the morning and stay up late at night.
