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June 12, 2014
What You See Is What You Thought.
You see what you want to see. Sometimes you see what’s not there — simply because you’re looking for it to be there. You see the ghosts of criticism and failure and other people’s expectations because you’re consumed by what other people think about you. Instead of seeing the positive side of a situation, you
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June 11, 2014
BE(YOU)TIFUL.
Be the best version of you possible. Don’t try to be what other people want you to be. Don’t try to be what you see other people being. Just be you. Better yet — be a better version of you today than you were yesterday. Learn from your mistakes. Try new things. Fail big. Keep
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June 10, 2014
The Problem With Eating Humble Pie Cold.
Not everything you do will turn out the way you want it to turn out. Sometimes you will be in the middle of business deals where you completely fail — you lose your money and time and walk away with egg on your face feeling a little bit stupid. Those are the easy fails. Because it’s
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June 9, 2014
307 EDGY Ideas For Aspiring High Achievers.
Accept responsibility for your actions, attitude, and influence. Care about others, yourself, and big dreams. Enjoy the journey. Make sure each step matters. Lead by example. Lead when no one is following. Open your mind to the possibility that there is an option you haven’t considered. Reduce the amount of time you spend “thinking about
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June 6, 2014
There’s No Pie In Cream.
Success is more than just the easily repeatable idioms that are often thrown around in business. Leadership and motivation and high performance or more complex than cheeky quotes or “age old” anecdotes. What works for someone else isn’t guaranteed to work for you. Someone else’s perspective and knowledge might not be what you need in order
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June 5, 2014
Why Grumpy People Win More.
It’s hard to get motivated enough to do the hard tasks that success demands until your sufficiently grumpy about where you are in life right now. Getting angry will earn you a burst of energy towards making changes. Feeling happy will make the tasks you’re working on seem less painful. Nothing works better to keep you
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June 4, 2014
Why You Need To Get Beat With A Stick.
Progress can be painful. While the idea of being better is attractive, actually getting better takes time and effort and frustration. Sometimes you have to get beat with a stick . It requires agitation on your part. You’re going to get bounced around a few times. That’s how things get cleaned up. You have to
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June 3, 2014
Maybe You Suck Because Your Team Sucks.
Who has got your back? Who is helping you get around tight quarters? Any a great achievement takes teamwork. On the day of the event it might just be you in the middle of combat, but it took other people helping for you to get to where you are right now. You didn’t do it
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June 2, 2014
Move It.
You’ll never get to where you want to be unless you move from where you are right now. You have to move away from outdated thinking. You have to move past selfish ambitions and arrogant attitude. You have to move your thinking from “what will you lose” to “how much more can you gain”. You have
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May 30, 2014
Aspire. Perspire. Inspire.
ASPIRE. Don’t limit yourself to the dreams that other people have for you. Think beyond the possibilities of everything that you know to be true right now. What if nothing were holding you back from the audacious goals you have for yourself? PERSPIRE. Don’t let anything stop you from laying it all on the line
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