Category = Motivation – Page 10

Five Top Tips for Leading Team Members to Success

Okay, so you’ve completed an exhaustive search for key team members, and you’re ready to take on the big boys in your industry. You’ve got top players in their area of expertise. Don’t get ahead of yourself though, now the hard work begins. It’s not enough to just hire the right players; you need to […]

Pain Is The Name Of Your Game

Pain's the name of the game

Our pain today fuels the strength we’ll feel tomorrow, as every challenge offers opportunity for growth. Therefore, pain is the name of your game. During those wet and snowy winter months in rural upstate New York, while most of my classmates were smoking behind the school, trying out for the basketball team, or hanging at […]

3 Attitudes to have in Problem Solving

Problem Solving

Have you ever had a problem where you just wanted to tear your hair out? The kind of problem that causes you to say, “Mr. Problem, you &*$%%, I don’t have time for you today!” or, “You’re causing me to lose sleep, Mr. %&^#&# Problem!”? From time to time we feature guest bloggers, authors, thought […]

Inspirational Video: Creating The Perfect Opportunity

Are you waiting for the perfect opportunity? This will inspire my veteran and non-veteran friends who understand that when we’re not pursuing our goals and moving towards our fullest potential, we’re committing spiritual suicide. There were a few years of my life when I forgot this, and wandered around in an emotional fog. Thank God, […]

Inspirational Video: Miracle On Ice Pep Talk

Miracle On Ice

Like many dreamers and high achievers, I love a good underdog story. There are few that better combine my love of hockey, inspirational storytelling, national esprit de corps, and the intrigue of international super powers than the 1980 Olympic battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. It’s called the “Miracle On Ice”. In […]

Inspirational Video: Never Give Up

Inspirational Video: Diamond Dallas Page & Arthur’s Transformation

This video was first brought to my attention more than two years ago by a yoga instructor friend, who knew I had had a couple of parachuting accidents while in the military. It’s a story about a fellow paratrooper who had nearly given up, but just shy of hitting bottom, chose life. Diamond Dallas Page […]

Burnout – an epidemic in the workplace?

Burnout - an epidemic in the workplace?

Workplace burnout and workplace boredom are epidemics in the American workforce. Do you agree? Well, I need your help in two areas! I’d like to work this image into a keynote talk I’m giving on the topic of burnout & boredom. First, I could use your help with some possible captions for the image.  Here […]