The key is to just start
The night I quit my job I had a decision to make: wait, or just start. I chose to just start and held a seminar the next day. People in motion tend to…
Tag: 16 Elements – Momentum
When the journey ahead terrifies you
Being terrified doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means you’re human. And the most important steps we take in life are often going to be the most ter…
Finding fulfillment: 4 truths of personal progress
These four truths about mastery and personal progress will help you find fulfillment, purpose, and direction in life, and will help you get past your …
What you probably didn’t know about doing little things
Little things can give us a sense of accomplishment, which can be good in building momentum; but they can also help us justify putting off the big thi…
What is the greatest reason to change?
There are lots of noble reasons to seek change in life. According to Vince Lombardi, chiefest among them is love.
Ted Williams: Don’t judge a book by its cover
The inspiring story of Ted Williams, and why you should never judge a person by your first impression of them.
Stress: A means of propulsion in life
The key to dealing with stress is in your perspective. If you have a strong foundational perspective of yourself—of where you’re going and what yo…
Lock-In: Why so may fail to progress in life
A common decision-making error called "lock-in", which plagues so many people and prevents them from changing paths or moving forward in their lives.
Failure and critics – ignore them both
When you have a vision—when you really believe you can make a difference, do something great, or create something meaningful—you’ve got to learn…
10 steps to make change easier
Change is difficult, but by understanding the biology behind it, we uncover 10 powerful steps that can increase our chance of success, and even make i…
Making the most of microcosms
A microcosm is just a small version of something much larger. It’s usually very similar in the most important regards, but much simpler. To do somet…
Change blindness and the all-of-a-sudden syndrome
Things rarely happen “all of a sudden.” They happen incrementally, by degrees; slowly, over time. The problem is, we usually don’t see them happ…
Peaks and valleys
The important thing to remember when you’re in a valley is that you won’t stay there forever. Valleys are temporary, even when they seem to last a…
Anja Paerson – we fall and we get back up
When you fall, you have to get back up. You have to face your demons. You have to overcome the fear of crashing again. Crashing is part of the process…
Petra Majdic proves perseverance pays
The inspiring story of Petra Majdic, who persevered despite the pain.
Lindsey Vonn – Olympic example
The inspiring story of Lindsey Vonn. Who didn’t start out as the most naturally gifted skier. But she was committed and put in the time and effort s…
Seth Wescott – gold medalist, honorary Life Engineer
True champions are able to overcome great odds to achieve greatness because they know, at a very fundamental level, that they can do it.
What dealerships know about motivation
If there’s something you want to accomplish, if there’s a position you want to hold, if there’s someone you want to be, if there’s a goal you …
Straining toward achievement
Any time you want to push yourself well beyond what you have done before, the amount of effort required will be dramatically disproportionate to the i…
How to reconcile hope with failure
Optimism and disappointment are not antithetical. They co-exist in perfect harmony. In truth, the relationship between hope and disappointment is symb…
