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Advice that will put you on the path to success; tips, tricks and nuggets of wisdom from trusted experts and motivational mentors.
If the universe made you a cup of coffee
If the universe made you a cup of coffee, what would it look like? Allow me to reintroduce myself and tell you my story. I was born and bred in Melbourne, Australia. You know, where there are four seasons in one day and where the best coffee in the world is brewed.
By Vanessa Tran6 years ago in Motivation
Sun-Kissed And Invigorating
“Good Morning” and hope you are ready to do your chores. Every Saturday was cleaning day at our home in the Junction. From the clickety-clack of the trains on the track, the extra dusting needed to be done. Then of course moms favorite teacup with every room in the house on little pieces of paper.
By Cathy Deslippe6 years ago in Motivation
The Only Self-Help Advice You Will Ever Need
I remember back when they had things called bookstores. I would wander through, gaze at the different genres and be amazed at how many books there would be on a single subject. There might be twenty books about alpaca farming. How did anyone ever sell the second book about alpaca farming? Was there anything new to learn?
By Darryl Brooks6 years ago in Motivation
You’re Lying to Yourself if You Think Multitasking is a Good Thing
Remember the game you played as a child, where you had to pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time? That was probably your first attempt at multitasking. Your failure to accomplish easily and the shoddy results once you could do it should have been your first clue.
By Darryl Brooks6 years ago in Motivation
Spring Clean Yourself!
Spring is fast approaching with its warmer weather, brighter evenings and lambs frolicking in fields without a care. Spring is the time of year that everyone comes out of their winter hibernation and starts anew, trying to feel like they have their lives together and making sure everything is squeaky clean!
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Motivation
Ending Toxic Productivity!
I am done. I cannot stress this enough. I am done! No more working through an unobtainable list of things that I’ve told myself I need to do to somehow validate myself and my time. No more feeling like a failure for missing another HITT session because burpees repress human joy. No more beating myself up for not using my time to the fullest of my productivity.
By John Thacker6 years ago in Motivation
Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Writers Unite!
I walked into my dealership’s auto shop being met with friendly greetings and large smiles. As always, I saw my advisor handed over my car keys and made my way to the waiting area. I picked a seat off to myself where I could remove my mask and enjoy my slightly cold breakfast sandwich and coffee.
By J.J. Walker6 years ago in Motivation
Making It All Click Together
People who think they know me, actually buy my laid back, retro hippie vibe, it's-all-good, everything-just -falls-into-place aura. Little do they know what the woman behind the current is doing to produce that show! My life is a mosaic, a 10,000 piece puzzle that clicks together and seems pretty smooth, and is certainly productive and the trick is ridiculously simple. When your world is just not clicking together the way you would like, there are really simple steps to make that happen - it’s ridiculously simple and quite intuitive - but it took me a long time to realize what I needed to do.
By Rosanna Pittella6 years ago in Motivation
Organized Writers?
With the vast knowledge stored inside a writer's head it's hard to understand why they are so disorganized. I understand it because I am a writer. When a writer opens their eyes in the morning they suck in all the tiny details of the day. Every person we meet could be a potential character. We could express every color we see and every sound we hear. You will often see a writer with a hundred tiny notebooks scribbling away at any given moment. What's in these notebooks you ask? Thoughts for a new story line, characteristics of a person they saw, the feel of the day, or a detailed description of the bark on a tree. How does one keep all these thoughts organized?
By M.A.D6 years ago in Motivation
Are You Actually Focused On What You Do Want?
Today's blog entry once again comes off the back of having watched a short video on Facebook, this time by motivational speaker Rob Dial. It revolved around our thought patterns and what we actually choose to focus on, which ultimately then dictates our mood, our emotions, our behavior, and even our decision making. Now it may seem like this is yet another blog entry about the same old, same old, that I normally speak about, regarding our mindset and positive thinking, which is vitally important as it is let me add, but this message is slightly different. The message that Rob delivered actually got me thinking about my own personal mindset, and what I have been allowing myself to think about, which has ultimately been the contributing factor to why I often feel so stressed, frustrated, depressed, and anxious .The message is all summed up in just question, that being "are you actually focused on what you do want to happen in your life, or what you don't want to happen?" When you actually pause for a moment to think about all the thoughts that run through your head throughout the day, and then marry them up to the emotions you feel, or even the way in which you react to them, quite often it's as a result of negative forward thinking. Now what I mean by that is we have, for so long, allowed our minds to focus on potential outcomes in the future, but the downside to this is that we focus on what we don't want to happen rather than what we do. It's just typical human nature that we always focus on the negatives in life, and we do so because the negatives have the potential to impact on our survival and the way in which we live, but this negative way of thinking is also what often leads us to creating those exact results we don't want.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
Inspired By A Model
When you’re a kid staring aimlessly at the TV set after school, you wonder about all of the amazing things you can be when you grow-up. Your eyes are full of wonder and your imagination runs wild with possibilities. My parents told me I could be anything if I tried hard enough. I watched America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) for hours on end. I wanted to be a model. I thought that I could be just like self-made fashion icon Tyra Banks. It never occurred to me that I was too plus size for the fashion industry until I actually got there. I had always had low-self esteem, but I thought that if I could break the mold on plus-size modeling, I would be a fashion icon before I turned thirty.
By Emmy Savitzky6 years ago in Motivation
