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Magic Johnson: Something I learned in Basketball

Posted in Life, Motivation, Success

For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting. —Magic Johnson in the ESPN film The Announcement

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Top 10 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Reach Your Goals

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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
—Thomas Jefferson

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.—Vince Lombardi

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with an old friend and he mentioned that he has been trying to motivate himself to accomplish a goal, but was feeling lazy and unmotivated. After he told me what his goal was, we discussed what he could do to light a fire under his behind, and feel motivated again. Within a few minutes, we had listed off a bunch of ideas that we felt could help motivate him and get him back on the road to accomplishing his goal.

We all have been there at one time or another, so here are the top 10 ways to motivate yourself that we came up with: Continue reading »

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Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes

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Dr. Seuss Life quote print by kbphotographie on Etsy

Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904. In honor of  his birthday birthday here are our top 10 Dr. Seuss quotes.

  1. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
  2. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
  3. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!”
  4. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
  5. “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”
  6. “The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn the more places you’ll go.”
  7. “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
  8. “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
  9. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant.”
  10. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”

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Happy 67th Birthday, Bob Marley!

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You just can’t live in that negative way…make way for the positive day. — Bob Marley

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Pick your Battles

Posted in Life

Pick Your Battles screenprint by designer/illustrator, Nick Agin

A more peaceful way to live is to decide consciously which battles are worth fighting and which are better left alone… Is it really important… that you confront someone simply because… he or she has made a minor mistake?… Does a small scratch on your car really warrant a suit in small claims court?… These and thousands of other small things are what many people spend their lives fighting about… If you don’t want to ‘sweat the small stuff,’ it’s critical that you choose your battles wisely.
— Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

One of these ‘Pick Your Battles’ prints by designer/illustrator, Nick Agin would serve as a great reminder of Dr. Carlson’s great life advice. Words to live by, in work, life, and love.

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The Power of Gratitude

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

— Melody Beattie

This quote reminded me of an exercise I did a few years back. At the end of each day I wrote down a lists of 10 things that I was grateful for that day. My list ranged from “I am grateful for the guy who held the door open for me at the market” to “the lady who slowed down so I could change lanes” to “the fresh juicy peach I ate after lunch”. I think you get the idea. Try this for one week and see how it feels. What are you grateful for? Please share in the comments.

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Life is How You React to it

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“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude… I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.”
— Charles Swindoll

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What To Focus On

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Thanks for the simple reminder, Marc Johns.

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Explore. Dream. Discover.

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

— Mark Twain, American author

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Life is…

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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
— Mother Teresa, humanitarian

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