When you’re amazing
Amazing things happen when you become extremely good at something.
Tag: Be motivated and inspired
You remember the Mayflower, but what about Speedwell?
There are times in our lives when we will be called into action, when we will be required to move, when the opportunity to do something great will lie…
Service Ride Control
In life, rough patches just happen, and you can’t control when they hit, how hard they hit, or how long they last. Appreciating their inevitability …
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 does it take to be a hero?
What does it take to be a hero? In truth, not much. Being a hero doesn’t always require heroic effort, just the right effort at the right time.
Rededication, overcoming entropy in your personal life
I love... the turn of the new year, largely because we take the opportunity to reevaluate our lives, assess where we've been, and plan where we're goi…
If – by Rudyard Kipling
An inspirational poem about conquering the complexities of life and rising above.
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…
Two lessons from Michael Phelps
The inspiring story of Michael Phelps. Believe in yourself and don’t stop pushing, and you can be great too.
Finding your own personal sweet spot
COP is an acronym where each letter stands for “Competency,” “Opportunity,” and “Passion,” where they all intersect is the sweet spot, the…
Michael Phelps – Making your dreams come true
Michael Phelps set the astonishing goal of winning eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. People like Phelps make their own reality by daring…
Principle based leadership
A good leader sees the principles that lie at the heart of every issue and instructs on those principles as they’re naturally encountered. Learning…
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…
It is what you make of it
IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT articles Once upon a time, there was a child whose father gave him a set of blocks and…
Someone who decided to make a difference 2
Someone who decided to make a difference 2 I just read another inspiring story over on CNN (you can find the full story here). Here’s…
The Blind Painter
A triumphant story of a man who went blind but never gave up. Such is the power within us to overcome all odds, and achieve phenomenal greatness.
Someone who decided to make a difference
The inspiring story of Scott Silverman. No matter where your life is right now, the most powerful things before you are not obstacles, nor the events …
Arthur C. Clarke, an example of packaging
Arthur C. Clarke, an example of packaging Today Arthur C. Clarke passed away. For those of you who may not recognize the name, he was…
Being Persuasive
Being Persuasive Persuasiveness pervades almost every aspect of our life. Either you’re being persuaded or you’re trying to be persuasive yourself. Whether it’s in a…