“When we are stuck in a rut we are being invited to grow and expand.” ― Dana Arcuri Alex is the kind of guy that everyone liked. He was always in between jobs and was always broke, but all his family and friends could only say good things about him. His…
How to Make Yourself Mentally Strong This Year? These 15 habits will help you keep you at your sharpest, whatever comes your way. In business, there are times when you need to be mentally acute to make tough decisions. In leadership, there are times when you need to be mentally…
Since being published in 1946, just one year after World War II, Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning has stood as an invaluable resource for the thoughtful seeker searching for a way through adversity and answers to some of life’s most important questions. Having been an occupant of four different concentration camps throughout WWII, including…
Introduction “Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can’t let our circumstances or what others do or don’t do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.” – Joyce Meyer Bad things happen. That’s just a…
For all the time executives spend concerned about physical strength and health, when it comes down to it, mental strength can mean even more. Particularly for entrepreneurs, numerous articles talk about critical characteristics of mental strength—tenacity, “grit," optimism, and an unfailing ability as Forbes contributor David Williams says, to “fail…
Aunt May speech to Peter Parker (SpiderMan) from the movie SpiderMan 2 (2004) Henry: You take Spider-Man’s pictures, right? Peter: I used to. Henry: Where is he? Aunt May: Henry and I agree. We don’t see his picture in the paper anymore. Peter: He…uh…quit. Henry: Why? Peter: Wanted to try…
Rocky speech to his son from the movie Rocky Balboa (2006) You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I’d hold you up to say to your mother, “This kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody…
So, there's something you've got to understand about training, it is not just the body that's at work, there's an integration of mind, spirit and body at play. There's a threshold that you have to cross in order to access the power of the mind and the spirit in your…
Is it going to be easy? No. Is it going to be HARD? Hell yeah… And that is the best part.The best part is pushing through the pain.The best part is the CHALLENGE. You need to have goals that seem out of reach, At least goals that are HARD to…