Posts Tagged ‘motivate’
Sam Harris – Death and the Present Moment (Video)
Death is perhaps the most depressing, avoided topic that any of could think of to discuss. In fact, of the hours of Sam Harris talks I’ve listened to, I admit I stayed away from this one for quite awhile, due to the title. However I’m glad I finally took the plunge – you’ll (hopefully, as…
Read MoreThe Importance Of Having The Right People In Your Life
One of the things that makes life so fulfilling, is the people we encounter and build relationships with along the way. Any sort of relationship, from a simple chat with our daily mail carrier – to the first meeting of our future spouse, can give us either a moment or a lifetime of happiness. It…
Read MoreNever give up – Famous failures who turned into successes.
All too often, we are easily discouraged by a few failures. Failed business ventures, failed relationships, failed tests…each of us are faced with these redirections in life, some more often than others. From an emotional level, it’s easy to get discouraged and see a ‘failure’ as the end of the road – but like in…
Read MoreSomething To Think About – The Value Of Time.
Think of this for a second…picture your bank account being credited with $86,400 every single morning. But, at the end of each day, it resets back to zero and you get another $86,400 to start the next morning all over again. What would you do? Would you only use half of it and let the…
Read More(Amazing) A Message For All of Humanity – Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin’s inspirational final speech in “The Great Dictator” One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was given by the famous Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator.” This is the only time I’ve ever heard him speak, and what a memorable experience it is… Certainly a piece of media worth sharing,…
Read MoreYour focus will steer you.
A quick blog post to get your day started off right… Have you ever heard a news report about someone driving along a desolate, deserted road but somehow ending up crashing into the only tree or telephone pole in sight? HOW do they manage that? it’s because just like in life, you move toward what…
Read MoreThe beauty of not knowing (Warning: Controversial opinion inside).
This is kind of long so I don’t expect many to read it, but I wanted to write it anyway. Also, some will find this controversial – my intention is never to offend, but to spark thought and discussion. If we are friends on Facebook, many of you have probably seen (and possibly been annoyed…
Read MoreYou are better than the rat race.
Work. The grind. The 9-5’ers, the 95%’rs in this country, those who play the economic game the longest are usually those who are playing for someone else. They follow orders, they get told when they can take a break, when they have to come in and when they can go home…and the bigger picture shows…
Read MoreHow do you want to be remembered?
People often say they will do something “tomorrow” or “later,” and before they know it, there have been a hundred tomorrows, and later never comes. After that, all we can do is look around and wonder where the time went. I’ve realized a lot of things in the recently about friendship and family, and what…
Read MoreGET UP! And get happy!
You want to know why people never feel excited about anything anymore? MOTION CREATES EMOTION! We grow up in a culture of “don’t do this, don’t do that” — are kids jumping around because they’re excited? Or excited because they’re jumping around? Your physiology changes the emotions your body feels, we need to GET EXCITED…
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