Imagine what you could do if you didn’t know where your limit was. Would it be something like this scene from Facing the Giants? Here’s a test for you. Raise your hand as high as you can. Now stand up and do it again. Did you get higher? Now repeat by stretching as much as you can…. on your tippy-toes…then on a chair. Each time you repeated it, did you get a little higher? The first time you did it, did you know you...
We’ve all heard that phrase at one time or another. “Hang in there… things will get better.” Yet, as the number of times we hear it increases, the probability of our believing it decreases. Hear it enough times, and it becomes simply a way to rationalize another day of going to your dead end job, with people you really don’t like, and working like a dog in a vain attempt to maintain our current...
Imagine for a moment the morning you would fire your boss. You walk into your boss’s office, sit down, and put your feet up on his desk. As he looks at you like you’ve lost your mind, you calmly tell him that, although you’ve enjoyed working here, this coming into the office all day thing really doesn’t work with your schedule anymore. You hand him your resignation letter, get up from the chair, and head back to your...
We all have fears, challenges that keep us from doing what we truly desire to do. Events in our past we replay over and over and lean on as a crutch. Getting past your fears, overcoming your challenges, letting go of the past is as simple as telling yourself two simple words. Stop it! Stop blaming your past. Stop being afraid. What we desire is often someplace different than where we are, and getting there means we will have to move. If there...
Intentional. For everything from churches to the corporate boardroom, it seems that “intentional” is the new buzzword. Organizations are “going to be intentional” about this or that, but 99% of them fail. Do you know why? It’s because they’re “going to be” intentional. They’ve set up a culture and the mental and psychological framework that intentionality is a goal, a milestone to meet....
At first glance it may seem that personal development programs, like the ones offered by Tony Robbins or Jim Rohn, would seem to be unrelated to one’s spirituality. As I’ve found over the last couple of years, that couldn’t be further from the truth. My faith journey over the last 5 years has taken more twists and turns than Knob Hill Road in San Francisco. Yet it wasn’t until I began a personal development program that...
Clarity is power. Life will pay the price you ask of it. Great video from personal development guru Tony Robbins explaining clarity, purpose, and how to apply it to the principle of ”ask and you shall receive” In the video, Tony Robbins asks: What’s your goal? Why do you want it? What are you willing to do to reach it? He then details how to start living the life you truly desire. Tony Robbins’ plan can be...