Tag: motivation
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New Years Blues
New Year’s Blues? The Struggle is Real I found out yesterday that January 19th is National Quitters Day – the day that most people give up on their new year’s resolutions. This data is brought to you by research conducted by Strava using over 800 million user-logged activities in 2019. You’re going to hate me,…
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Change is Never Painful
This is a fascinating quote from Buddha on change. Let that sink in for a moment. Change isn’t painful; it’s the fight we put up against it. Wow – that seems spot on to me. So what are we fighting against? Ego. Man, I hate being wrong [especially in my marriage]. If I am not…
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The Truth in Comedy
Through laughter comes wisdom I love getting way out of my comfort zone …. Occasionally. I’ve surfed Waimea Bay, piloted a high-performance aircraft, jumped from a perfectly good airplane, and raced motorcycles. But the thing that scares me the most [and attracts me like a moth to a flame] is improvisational comedy. The idea…
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Something I can’t let go of
I am a New Yorker. I watched the 0-4 New York Jets beat the 3-2 Dallas Cowboys two days ago. I HATE the Jets! Well, actually, that’s not true. The fact is, I’ve tried to abandon the Jets for 45 years. I just can’t let go of them. Here is why. In 1974, as a…
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A Quality I Admire
“A Quality I Admire” in Others “Put your money where your mouth is” is an expression that first appeared in America in the 1930s or 1940s. The idea behind this idiom is that it is easy to talk about doing something, but it is harder to do something about it. This is similar to “put…
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It’s Just Resistance
“It’s Just Resistance” I went with my wife last month to an afternoon seminar about investing. It had great content. The speaker was convincing. Of course, they had an irresistible offer at the end to which I showed tremendous restraint towards and rejected. But at the beginning was the classic “plant” to get others to…
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Pleased to Meet Me
“Pleased to meet me” Getting honest with who we are One of the most powerful sermons I ever heard was from a close friend, Steven Leslie Johnson. Steve is one of the most selfless people I know. He has also taught me one of the most meaningful lessons in adult life: you have to invest…
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Hitting Rock Bottom
Want more meaning in life? You’ll find it at the bottom Only one-third of Americans surveyed said they were happy. In the nine-year history of the Harris Poll Survey of American Happiness, the highest index was 35%. This means a cloud of perpetual grayness overshadows two out of three people. Here is where it…
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Ladder of Success
When the ladder of success leans against the wrong wall When life throws a curveball, even the strongest among us sink. A friend of mine just underwent Aortic Valve replacement surgery. Ironically, he is in his mid-thirties, in phenomenal shape, and rides a bicycle at an ultra-competitive level. Watching him fight off depression and…
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Words that Bite
Words that Bite Putting Meaning in your Achievement I had the privilege of officiating a friend’s wedding a few days ago in Maui [shown here, shedding a tear]. He was actually my first client at The Performance Group. A bit of a fairy tale wedding: met in Law School, married in Maui, and a slew of…