Every year you set out to achieve something big, massive, ambitious and audacious, but every year you fall short. I’m with you. I’ve never actually accomplished a New Year’s Resolution. Recently, however, I’ve been performing at a much higher quality. I’m actually getting the things done that I’ve wanted to get done for a couple […]
2 THINGS WINNERS DO THAT NO ONE ELSE DOES
Winners make their lives more difficult where they don’t need to be, and simpler where others complicate things. How Winners Work Winners work on one thing at a time. They know that multitasking doesn’t work, so they do what they’re doing and then they move on to the next task. They work tirelessly. They’re always […]
Imagine Reaching Your Goals After Your Folks Die
Don’t aim to reach your goals in your lifetime. Aim to reach them so that those important to you are around to see them fulfilled. ~Chad Howse Imagine achieving your goals the year after your folks die. Imagine, whoever in this world means the most to you passing away before they can see your family […]
4 Modern Mantras I Have a Big Problem With
We tend to look at our predecessors and ancestors as ignorant or less fortunate and archaic because of what they didn’t have access to back then. We see the settlers of our nations not as above us, people to aspire toward, but men who laid the foundation so that we could be so evolved. Many […]
The Secret of Life: One Thing
What separates great men from the rest of those who only toil with their potential isn’t the ability to do more, but the ability to focus on one thing and see it to fruition. No matter what distractions come their way it’s the great men who are able to resist them and maintain focus on that one […]
Do This 1 Thing Everyday to Be Successful
Success is simple. If you work hard, doing the right stuff, you’re going to be a success. Of course, figuring out what the right stuff is takes a lot of work in and of itself. But success is still simple, it just isn’t easy. So as the internet is flooded with article upon article on how to […]
5 Boring Characteristics You Need to Succeed
We all have an idilic idea of where we want to be, who we want to be, and the life we want to live. What many are failing to realize is the arduous road filled with long hours and many a sacrifice, that has to be walked if our dream is going to be realized. […]
Want to Be Legendary: Be Different
How Forrest Gump Will Help You Make 2013 a Success
Last night I watched Forrest Gump with my family. ‘Twas post-Christmas dinner, and even though it was 4:30 in the PM, I had to fight to stay awake. My belly protruding past my toes – or at least that’s how it felt – showing that my Mom had once again outdone herself in the meal that, more […]
Can You Really Do Anything You Want?
No matter what your vision of success is, it must include happiness and a sense of fulfillment. There is no definition of success that doesn’t include both. It wouldn’t be success, it may be accomplishment, wealth, and prestige, but it would be an empty and incomplete defintion; a fact realized often only after years are […]
Obsession & Ruthlessness. Two Characteristics of the Successful.
“Study any person who is known to be a permanent success and you will find that he has a Definite Major Goal; he has a plan for the attainment of this goal; he devotes the major portion of his thoughts and his efforts to the attainment of this purpose. My own major purpose is that of […]
Do You Deserve What You Want? Shockingly: No.
Do you deserve what you want? You deserve what you have. Nothing more. Nothing less. The simple fact is that you haven’t done anything extraordinary to deserve that which you want but don’t have. Am I being a dick? Maybe a little, but no one is excluded from this, including myself, so don’t get your panties […]
Jeremy Lin, Ignorance, & A Unique Path to Success
5 Blessings in Disguise
“Every man dies. But not every man really lives.” William Wallace William Wallace was a warrior. He was a man who not only spoke those words, but lived them. When you look at his story, it isn’t one of constant triumph, comfort, or safety. It’s a life filled with betrayal, pain, suffering, and sacrifice. He had […]
10 Things Successful People Did to Become Successful
Braddock. The internet and our book shelves are packed with information about ‘what successful people do’. But what about what they did? What’d they do when they weren’t successful that brought them to their current stature? Sure, we can learn a lot from successful people. But I think we can learn a hell of a lot more […]