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Woke up this morning with a thought that we all no doubt go through at some point in our lives and unless someone is completely emotionless, it happens more than one time.

Whether we admit it or not, humans are an emotion driven species with everyone being at a different level of how deep their emotions affect their lives. Each individual life has different areas that seem to be the major focus of their lives at a certain...

There is a trait that we all carry somewhere deep down that will save us from defeat if we so choose to use it. This is "persistence."

What is persistence?

Persistence is a firm continuance in a course of action despite difficulty or opposition.

Michael Jordan said it well when he said:

If your trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run...

I woke up this morning and immediately asked myself this question as I do on a regular basis.

Why you might ask?

Because our surroundings influence us.
I don’t always get everything I want to get done because of my surroundings and by keeping my eyes open and mind alert on this one question, I can increase my productivity by some crazy numbers. Now when I say...

I was in the gym yesterday “picking things up and putting them down” and started to think about something. If someone follows this pattern:
-Goes to the gym for 4 days
-Misses 3 days
-Goes to the gym for 2 days
-Misses 2 days
-Goes to the gym 6 days
-Misses 8 days
Do you think that there will be a lot of results with a schedule like this? I don’t...

I was recently at a university working on my Doctorate's and my instructor mentioned "The two evils: Success and Failure." When I first heard this I wondered the thought behind it. After a small amount of discussion it makes a lot of sense.

Success

You may ask, "How is success" and evil? You may say, "Success is a wonderful thing" and may be a strong desire that pushes you to do better in life and your business or career path but if not...