Category Archives: Achieving Goals
The Strangest Secret (to Success)
Earl Nightingale, a recognized founder of the personal development industry, reminds us that we should be careful about what we plant in the fertile ground of our minds. Our minds work to return whatever we plant in it, success or … Continue reading
Facing Giants
Sometimes it’s just your attitude and mental toughness that stands between you and your accomplishments of seemingly impossible feats.
Commit Only to What is Valuable
Only commit to things that you can place the highest value in accomplishing. These are the only [...] Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
Each year nearly 100 million Americans make New Years resolutions to lose weight, eat better, exercise, save, invest or earn more money, quit drinking or smoking, strengthen or make new relationships, or a host other things that might otherwise eliminate … Continue reading
Weight Loss and Exercise Are Usually Bad Goals to Set
Every year millions of people set goals to exercise or to lose weight. A multi-billion dollar industry supports this national obsession with goals related to moving our bodies and slimming down. Gyms count on the fact that most of the … Continue reading
High Achievers Must Set Their Own Standards
Hicham El Guerrouj is an Olympic gold medalist in track and field as a middle distance runner. His vision of achieving the title of Olympic Champion led to a tough ten year battle and was almost not realized. El Guerrouj … Continue reading
Accountability is About Results – Not Punishment
For some reason accountability has gotten a bad reputation in this society. When the word is used, many of us tend to have flashbacks to being sent to the principal’s office to be held “accountable” for our actions — which … Continue reading