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Advice that will put you on the path to success; tips, tricks and nuggets of wisdom from trusted experts and motivational mentors.
Merry Tuesday!
Merry Tuesday! I went for a “run” this morning and, much like my memory, it was short and slow. I have been nursing a shoulder injury and my dreams of training for a spring half marathon have been crushed by the sledge hammer of reality. It is a stunning day, sunny, crisp, a Tuesday, and incidentally it is December 25th.
By Heather Down6 years ago in Motivation
Creativity Is Not What You Think It Is
Often times in my life I have found people staring, gobsmacked, at a simple idea I have come up with and begun executing in my spare time. This is not because my idea was groundbreaking, nor because my execution of it was beyond the limits of mere creative mortals, but rather it is usually because they saw me doing the exact same thing with a wildly different idea last week. The fact that I finished that one and am now onto the next is for some odd reason, a foreign concept to them. This slack jawed observation is usually followed by a question that is rather curiously formed as a statement, because they assume they already know the answer. Of course as is true in most of life; they don't. The statement invariably goes something like this:
By Chalk TV6 years ago in Motivation
Rediscovering the Power of Saying "NO"
Think back to when you were a child - and I'm talking about a young child. There was likely a time when your favorite world in the entire English language was "no." Why do you think that is? Saying no made you feel strong and independent, and as if you were required to simply follow the instructions of others.
By The Couch Poet6 years ago in Motivation
6 Fighting Moves Against the Quater-life Crisis Blues
The dreaded quarter-life crisis. That point in your early twenties usually right after you graduate college where life becomes so unclear and murky. There is so much pressure to figure out your passion and career. Figure out how you are going to support yourself, find your significant other (if you want one), Start a family (if you want one), and try and figure out the rest of your life. It can be very overwhelming especially if you have dreams and they do not seem to be going where you want them to.
By Sarah Beattie6 years ago in Motivation
Am I Still EDB??
The year was 1984. Calling this a super productive year, would be without question an arguable statement... The Los Angeles Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins, 38–9, to win Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa, Florida. TED (conference) founded. Canadian prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, announces his retirement. Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father, a day before his 45th birthday. The Edmonton Oilers win The Stanley Cup, beating the defending champion New York Islanders by 4 games to 1. The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in 7 games to capture their 15th NBA Championship. Jeopardy! begins its syndicated version, with present-day host Alex Trebek. Republican President Ronald Reagan defeats Democratic former Vice President Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% popular vote victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia. Future U.S. Secretary of State and 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry gets elected as the Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and was in office until 2013, when he resigned to become the Secretary of State, succeeding Hillary Clinton. White supremacist and Order leader Robert Jay Mathews is killed in a gun battle and fire during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island. And with all that going on around the world, smack in the middle east end of these states united sits a young baby full of opportunity.
By Erik DeSean Barrett6 years ago in Motivation
Friendly Reactions
What is a friend? Do good unto others as if you would want to be done to you is what the phrase is. To its core, a friend can be someone who is equally there for you as you are them. With similar interests & curiosity, you venture into various adventures to enjoy each other's company as well as support one another. Not just to people you recognize but to yourself. Being a friend to yourself in a way your reactions to others and life doesn't negatively bring you down. Knowing how to react to things is important in an ideal world, especially when it comes to an ever-changing society. Having healthy friendships and positive reaction towards a forever evolving world is key to a better you.
By The Kind Quill6 years ago in Motivation
A Page Of My Diary
How I felt in this moment- You know that feeling when your sad but you don't really know why, and you don't tell anyone because "your just hormonal" or "overdramatic" " attention seeking". That feeling when your numb just numb. That feeling when you wanna be different, you wanna be you, so you find something that makes you "different" but your just "copying others", "trying to act cool?". That feeling when your sadness is like a little secret you have with yourself like a crush. That feeling when your guilty for feeling this way. That feeling after you've broken down and fallen asleep and wake up feeling "dumb". That feeling that your just upset now and you'll be "fine" later. That feeling when you listen to all your favorite sad songs "about you". That feeling when you finally open up to someone only to feel guilty and embarrassed for telling your sad secret. Well I know this feeling all to well and ill probably realize I have wasted my time writing this because "ill be fine later".
By The Unkown Girl6 years ago in Motivation
Slow Down
I spent more than a year gunning it at full speed in the wrong direction. A life of excess that just morphed into something uncontrollable. By the time I stopped the damage, it had been done: I gained so much weight, dug myself into a $25,000 credit card debt hole, and my mental state was just shot.
By Joseph Lopez6 years ago in Motivation
Think Then Do and Beware the Perils of Passion
A friend from high school visited me recently and the inevitable walk down memory lane recapped the last 20 years, catching up on family, travels, employment and other pertinent facts of life. While contemplating choices made throughout the course of our lives, my old friend asked, “How do you ever really know if you’re making the right decisions?”.
By Tammy Hader6 years ago in Motivation
The loss of a loved one matures the soul...
... When a loved one withdraws from life unexpectedly, it becomes very difficult. Time seems to stop, and bereavement is so depressing that you can no longer watch what is happening around you, smell no more, see no color, just a sigh of pain…
By Margarita6 years ago in Motivation
