“I believe we are here to learn and grow, and to become so abundant in belief in ourselves that we finally tap into the full potential of the greatness that is within us and share that greatness with the world.” – Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge. If you would have told me 5 years ago that…
Category: motivation
Embrace the Struggle
When I was 2 years old, I was involved in a lawn mower accident that cut off the majority of my right foot and it was the best thing that ever happened to me! When it first happened, my parents were told that they would most likely be amputating my my entire foot. The medical…
Someone should do something…
“Someone” should do something about that… then I realized that person was me. While I do wholeheartedly believe that my life and everything that happens to me is my responsibility….I have struggled with taking responsibility in places that were outside of my little world. For example, when I see something in the community that needs…
The illusion of balance
Oh yes let me be the first to admit, I am a sucker for the “balance” speech. It sounds so good right, you have to have “balance” in your life, work hard play hard, take a break, go on vacation, watch TV at night to relax, take a day off, take a night off, take…
YOUR Very Best
It’s just you and the bar It’s so simple yet so hard to do. I preach it to my clients all the time…”focus on yourself, don’t worry about what others are doing around you…Compete with yourself… Be better than yesterday” Saying we like to compete with one another in CrossFit would be an understatement, it…
Stick it Up Your Nose!
There’s something about the smell of Crayola crayons that reminds you being a kid. I can’t take credit for this idea, my favorite professor from BGSU who specializes in entrepreneurship and creativity in business, Gene Poor, wrote a whole book on this topic. I remember coming into class one day and he handed us all…
"Sorry I can’t, I’m too busy"
“Being busy is seductive, just because you’re going flat out doesn’t mean your on the right path. If its the wrong hole you need to stop digging.” –The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun This by far is my favorite excuse to debunk. Why why why must people act like they have no control over their…
Sometimes you need a break
I promised a million people I would have my goals redone and ready to go tonight, but its not going to happen. I’m tired, I’m burnt out and I’m taking a break. I’ve stared at this computer screen for over an hour now and I am completely uninspired to write new goals. What’s been going…
The Power of One
“Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world” – Andy Andrews, The Butterfly Effect Jere and I at Success School We spent this weekend with some of the…
Lessons from the Sunshine State
We have learned more in the short 7 months that we have been in Florida than we could have ever learned anywhere else. Our journey to Florida was incredible, honestly we thought that Florida would be the place we would settle down, collect ourselves & the shatter pieces of our dreams and build something new….
The person that lives in my head
Okay so there’s not really a person that lives in my head, but who is that constant annoying voice that is always making lists, judging people (including me) and telling me what I should be doing. From the books that I have been reading, I call this “voice” one of three things: my Ego (from…
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