Posts tagged Motivation

Hardest Thing about Working for Yourself

May I say, that the hardest thing about working for yourself and by yourself, is getting the motivation to do whatever it is you need to do. I am not talking about client assignments. I am referring to all the paperwork and issues that need taking care of in order to create a company and [...]


How Do You Deal with a Natural Adversity?

First of all, let’s define a Natural Adversity. Natural Adversity is an act of Nature, such as a flood, a hurricane, a snowstorm or any other situation where no human action is involved. I understand that some people could argue that due to the Law of Attraction, any person could call forth a natural adversity. [...]


What to do when You are Stuck?

Today the post is short and live because it is something that is happening to me right now and it served as quick inspiration. You have a plan and you are ready to follow it when something happens: you get sick, your bank deposit is taking longer than it is supposed to, your car breaks [...]


What do You Need…

to accomplish your goal? I’m curious to hear from all you fateful readers, what is the one thing you need to accomplish your goals? Be honest and get real with yourself and let me know in the comments section below. Thanks.


Monday Morning and Your New Start

As you know, I am on vacation this week. I leave you with a short message today: This weekend I watched one of my favorite movies: Last Holiday. Georgia Byrd is a woman who has been sensible and quiet all her life. When she finds out she is going to die, she decides to blow [...]


Permission to Procrastinate

I am asking you today to give yourself permission to procrastinate. I can see most of you thinking that I have lost my mind. I have not. What I want you to do is take half an hour off and sit down with a pad of paper. Stop doing all the “important” things you do [...]


Reason 5 to Have a Mentor

The value of the lessons can be used in several areas of your life. It really does not matter why you have a mentor. The value of the lessons and the relationship is more important than your reason for searching for one. Think about that for a second. You have a mentor and he notices [...]


Reason 4 to Have a Mentor

A mentor can introduce you to others in your field or industry. The power of a good mentor is not only in his knowledge or ability. A good mentor will introduce you to others in the field. She will get to know you intimately and find others that are akin to your interests. This person [...]


Reason 3 to Have a Mentor

A mentor can help you create, define and curtail your ideas. Every project I take on, I have a couple of mentors I ask questions to. The reason is simple, my brain goes a little too fast and sometimes I get my ideas confused or worse, half baked. The greatness of my mentors is that [...]


Reason 2 to Have a Mentor

The second reason to have a mentor is that a mentor can give you a different perspective. I don’t know about you, I have been in some situations in life when I have needed my mentors to give me their advice. Once I tell them my story, 90% of the time they see it completely [...]


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