Knowing When to Quit: Your Best Decision for Personal Growth
“Never give up!”, “Don’t quit!” “Keep on going” and Vince Lombardi’s famous quote, “Winners never quit, and quitters never win,” are all popular well-meaning statements made to challenge and encourage us to give our very best and persevere until we achieve success. They can motivate us to strive hard and attain seemingly impossible goals against […]
8 Ways to Become and Stay Motivated
As humans, we tend to naturally gravitate towards pleasurable things and follow the path of least resistance. Therefore, when we set a goal for ourselves — anything from landing our dream job, running a marathon, or starting a podcast — it is a big step toward improving our life. But taking action towards the goal we’ve set out to […]
What Does a Person of Courage Look Like?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of forgiveness, and it had an unexpectedly strong response. It’s been a while since I got such an overwhelmingly positive reaction from people about a subject. This tells me that understanding how to forgive is a concern for many people. “It’s not fear that makes a coward. […]
9 Strategies to Protect Your Success and Maintain Growth
You desire to be successful. You long to achieve or surpass a goal or expectation you have set for yourself. It is a significant aim for anyone in life, and achieving it requires a lot of grit and intentional effort. But achieving success is only one side of the overall equation. That is because, devoting […]
5 Ways to Overcome Your Digital Addiction
You are waiting for an elevator. The doors slide open, you enter, and they close. As the elevator begins its descent, you notice another person is in the elevator taking this ride with you. The silence soon grows uncomfortable. Pop quiz. What’s your go-to move? A) Stare blankly ahead B) Initiate a greeting C) Get […]
What Are Cognitive Biases and 6 Ways to Minimize Them
Have you ever, with your best intentions, made a decision that turned out to be a poor or detrimental one? You probably have. We all have made choices at different points in our lives that, at the moment, seemed right but, in retrospect, were completely short of logic and accurate reasoning. The primary reason behind […]
The Devastating Consequences of Excuses and 8 Ways to Stop Them
Life can be a complicated dance, and one thing is sure — we are all likely to make excuses for our mistakes along the way. That is because none of us is perfect. Sometimes we fall short and fail in our personal behavior, and the consequences of excuses reflect that. When faced with situations, the final choices […]
If You Want a Remarkable Life, You Need to Stop Chasing a Normal One
Famous ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” This factual statement emphasizes the power and importance of the daily micro choices you make and the habits you form in determining who you are and, ultimately, the kind of life you […]
Embracing Your Unique Path: Finding Beauty in Mediocrity
I want to lead you through an exercise that quickly gets to the core of your sense of legitimacy and well-being: throughout your childhood, did you experience a feeling that you were — on balance — OK with who you are? Or did you derive the idea that you needed to be exceptional to feel satisfied with who you […]
Six Ways to Benefit from the Importance of Patience
We all have goals, dreams, expectations, and aspirations that we strive for each day. The achievement of these things makes us feel whole, joyful, and fulfilled and gives us reasons to keep living, even when things get tough. But in achieving them, we often want to jump to the finish line without going through the […]