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Sometimes No Matter How Prepared You Are, Things Don’t Go As Planned #5MinMotivation

You take the time to plan out all the details.  You want to make sure nothing is missed.  Then, stuff happens.  Sometimes, no matter how prepared you are, things don’t go as planned.  So, what do you do next? Get disappointed and give up?  Or use your new environment to plan your next step? I

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The Stone In The Road: A Lesson In Facing Obstacles #5MinMotivation

You won’t always like the cards you are dealt.  You cannot always control how many resources are made available to you.  Every time you are faced with an obstacle on the road, you have a choice.  A choice to look at that obstacle, do nothing and grumble.  Or, to choose your behaviors and take action

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Sometimes You Need To Take Care Of You And Walk Away From Energy Drains #5MinMotivation

A lesson I learned the hard way is how sometimes it is necessary to take care of you and walk away from situations or people that are draining your energy.  Sometimes, that means walking away from negativity.  Even if that means walking away from someone close.  Other times, it means that you just simply cannot

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Believe In Yourself – Motivational Video (ft. Jaret Grossman & Eric Thomas) #5MinMotivation

Self-doubt plagues us all.  Sometimes it is not those around us that cause our biggest self-doubt but ourselves.  You may question how you can believe in yourself when that voice inside you says different.   It has stopped me many a times from going after something I wanted.   Fortunately, self-confidence is a quality you

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Learning From The 5 Regrets Of The Dying To Inspire Regret Free Living

Some books educate, while other entertain.  Once in a while a book reaches out and touches your heart and even soul.  Bronnie Ware was a palliative nurse who recorded the most common regrets of the dying.  She turned these recordings into a book called, “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”. Regret is a powerful

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7 Ways To Enter The Flow State, A Key Ingredient To Happiness #5MinMotivation

What is one of the ingredients to a life worth living?  Do we feel really happy?  Positive psychologists, most notably Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.–argue that your ability to enter the flow state on a regular basis is a key component of happiness. By learning how to enter the state of flow you can increase your

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What We Can Learn From Athletes: The Path Of A Life Long Learner #5MinMotivation

What do Athletes, Musicians, and Singers engage in that most of us don’t?  They know the power of being a life long learner.  They understand the importance of practicing and honing your skills. I was talking to someone about a book I read the other day.  I recommended this book to this person and got

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7 Ways To Take Advantage Of Failure And Learn From Mistakes #5MinMotivation

You hear it all the time about the importance of learning from failure.  That you don’t avoid failure but embrace it because if you learn from mistakes, you become stronger.  The logic is there but how do you get over the fear of failure? I was watching the latest Guardians of the Galaxy movie from

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