MondayMotivator

One of the ideas often expressed in Alcoholics Anonymous is the phrase: “Let go and let God.” Let go of the worries you carry. The mental strain. The physical pressure. The financial concerns. Hand them over to something greater than...

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Because of the frailties of human nature, there is no such thing as a perfect friendship. But there is such a thing as a true one. True friendship isn’t built on convenience or proximity. It isn’t just turning up. It...

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One day, your life will be reduced to a few lines. An epitaph. A summary. A sentence someone else uses to explain who you were. What will it say? Up to this point, how would you describe your life -...

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Many of the limitations you place on yourself are not facts. They are recordings. Recordings of other people who, in your younger days at school, gave you negative disinformation. And, as a result, you may have made wrong decisions about...

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The world is full of critics. Yet no one has ever erected a statue to one. Well, not that I know of. Criticism is easy. It requires no courage. No humility. No effort. You make a judgement. Open your mouth...

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By the age of twenty, most people have heard the word can’t more than one hundred thousand times. 100,000 times! Crazy. Negative self-talk is everywhere, and it sneaks into everyday language: “I don’t think I can do that.” “I don’t...

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Every January, people set goals. And every December, most of those goals have resulted in little or no change. Not because people didn’t want them badly enough, but because goals don’t run themselves. Systems do. Goals set direction. Systems drive...

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Many people move through life believing they are ordinary, or worse, somehow less than others. Science shows every human is biologically unique, but uniqueness goes far beyond genetics. It’s how you are unique and what you are going to do...

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At the start of the year, many people write down their goals. Then life kicks in. The list gets forgotten. The notebook stays closed. The Mind Movie never gets played. Planning matters. Working backwards from a deadline matters, and spreadsheets...

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As we close out the year, I’ve been thinking about the value of staying positive. Not in a fluffy, everything-is-peaches way, but in a grounded, practical way. And that’s because negativity makes you unhappy. It makes everyone around you unhappy....

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