Many of you sent me comments after my recent blog post entitled “The Myth of Motivation.” It was great to see so many of you fully agree with this notion that motivation is “nice but not necessary” as an element of creating long-lasting success. In that article, I said that what is more fundamental than trying to maintain some peak level of motivation is to address and cultivate an ongoing way of ...

I have been doing professional coaching for over 25 years now and have listened to hundreds of people talk to me about their goals, tell me things they want to change about themselves and their lives. Something I hear repeatedly as to why people have not been successful making the changes they desire is the repeated refrain of, “I guess I am just not motivated.”
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In past winters, I’ve had the unenviable task of crawling up on my roof and shoveling off the tons of heavy, wet snow that was creating small rivers and pools of water in my home. I am sure many of you reading this can relate to that chore, as Mother Nature poured out her strength on New England this winter. At one point, feeling the immense weight of each shovel full of snow, tossing it to the ground; I thought ...

The Miracle Formula

What is your greatest asset? Do you know that you possess an asset that truly has magical power in it? This power is truly the “miracle formula” in life and it is contained in our consciousness. Your greatest asset is your mind and this magical power I speak of is your power to consciously choose what you are thinking.

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