I try hard every day to be my best self, to do the right things, and make the decisions that move me towards my goals. I don’t always succeed but I have more productive days than unproductive days. When I put in daily practice of being my best self I find that it gets easier and…
Category: Success Concepts
The Confidence to Sell
Welcome back. The summer writing break is officially over and I am back to getting my articles out to all of you. I honestly missed putting my thoughts down and the rest of the aspects of keeping a website going. I am glad to be back and you are getting the post a day early….
Coming up short
I struggled this week with coming up with an idea for the rally post. My mind was preoccupied with my next exam in my CFP course. If you read the article Setbacks in Education you can recall that I did not pass that exam. Since that day I have been studying fiercely for my make…
Simple Rules
I am on a quest every day. A quest to improve. I work hard at improving skills that relate to my career. I work at improving my intellectual muscles. I work at improving my actual muscles and general fitness. The way I go about achieving improvement in these areas is a strategy I learned a…
Race Week Update
First, catch up on part 1… I have never been one to wear jewelry. That may not be surprising as I am a guy. The first real piece of jewelry that I began to wear consistently was my wedding ring. However, because I never wore a ring before, I wanted to find a wedding band that was…
Mindfulness Matters
I was talking with a friend who is a girl on the topic of association and how important is to be careful of the people around you that could be a positive or negative influence in your life. She then proceeded to tell me about an event called Awesomeness Fest. It’s an annual event where…
Learning on Borrowed Time
Education is such an important factor of long-term personal and financial growth. The more education a person has, the more likely they will have social and economic opportunities available to them. Their life will generally be improved all around. I break down education into two distinct branches. Formal and informal. Formal is where we all start….
Someone is Counting on You
Have you ever asked yourself the question “why does he always have so much energy, why does she seem to always be happy and smiling”? I believe at one point we have observed someone who seems to be at a different level in terms of peace, happiness or fulfillment, but why is it? I am…
I Eat Frogs
There are universalities we experience as humans. No matter where we live on this planet humans are humans with similar thoughts, ideas, emotions, plans, dreams, goals, and many other experiences we all share. Because we all share these experiences I believe that when I am experiencing a difficulty other people have experienced that as well. There…
The Friday Rally 