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IS Your DRIVE Derailing YOU?

Many people don’t realize it, but their loss of interest or mojo may have everything to do with what had motivated them in the past to get them to where they are now. What I mean is that we can actually outgrow our motivation! For example, if you were motivated to not be poor like your parents and now you have plenty of money but are losing interest in your work, it may very well be because you are not running on a motivator that means anything to you today. You already reached where the old motivation got you to! It’s time for a new drive!

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The Difference Between Exhausted and Tired

I’ve been exhausted a few times in my life but I’ve been tired many more times than I can count. When I’m exhausted I’m on the wrong path and beaten up, down and sideways. Raced, depleted, drained, mentally beaten up, emotionally sucked dry are all things that occur when you’re doing something that is in contradiction to what you know is in your highest and best interest. Exhausted

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Dreams Are Never Foolish

What we have been trained to do is see our dreams as a literal mandate from our hearts, minds and imaginations. If I dream of singing on Broadway then, clearly, I am to be an actress with all that it entails. However, when you are given the key to the clues that the dream holds, you are no longer beholden to one form that your work life can take.

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Your Purpose: It’s a Blessing and A Curse

Whether it’s a career crossroad or a mid-life quandary, the exploration of what we are built to do in our lifetime seems to be a question that rarely can be avoided.  What people are surprised to find is that our purpose in life is something that we’ve already been doing or already are.  In fact, it’s often something that has been both a blessing and a curse. Think of the most essential part of who you are, how you are and what you do without even trying.  It’s that thing that you do and that people have sought you out…

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Commitment in a World of Fast Change

In our short-attention-span, instant-gratification, electronic world, it gets increasingly harder for people to stick with something. Everything changes so quickly—our amazing new gizmo will become obsolete in two years or less, as will our initiatives in the workplace or at home. So many changes, at ever increasing speeds, makes it hard to commit to anything!

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What Are You Resisting?

Sometimes we resist doing something we really want to do, for fear of failure, or fear of being different. Sometimes we resist it because if we succeed, we’ll be mad at ourselves for not doing sooner, so we don’t do it at all (how crazy is THAT?!?) Sometimes it just feels so big we can’t imagine taking the first step. Writing a book starts with a simple step, maybe creating an outline, or even just writing, to see where it goes.

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Future Self – Your Inner Guide

Future self – your inner guide is a wonderful tool I have learned to use regularly to help me overcome self doubt and stay focused and moving forward on the path to my dreams. When I am making decisions on which action to take, I stop and tap into my future self and seek advise from that part of me that knows it is possible to create the life I aspire to live. Below is a statement that I have created built from my desire to live purposefully and authentically.

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Trust Your Own Intuition and Persist

When your passion for your goals doesn’t seem to be enough, here are some things to consider: Old goals don’t match new priorities and/or values. We all know that people change. Where you are in life determines what’s important to you. It’s okay that you refocus your persistence on a new goal that is alignment with your new priorities or values. Don’t be afraid to let go of old goals that don’t resonate with your new evolution, just be sure you’re letting go of them for the right reason. In other words, be sure you’re not letting go of something…

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Expectations – It’s Time To MEAT Them

Expectations are what you make them to be, Whatever dream you prepare for, begin to expect that it can come true. Most people reject it before they expect it. Last year I started working on my health and my eating habits improved. I lost weight and my cholesterol levels went down. I knew I had made great strides but I still wanted to take my life to another level. Expectations were presented to me through my motivational mentor James Amps whose favorite quote is “If you want something that you never had you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.”…

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Sometimes Life Throws You a Curve Ball – What Do You Do with It?

No matter how much time you spend planning your life to ensure that everything goes right, you will ultimately find that sooner or later one or more things will catch you by surprise, and it is usually those things that are an inconvenience to your perfect plan. This is because sometimes life throws you a curve ball, and regardless of what its reasons are, it is something that we have to live with, or not. This of course does not mean that it is pointless planning things, because proper planning will ensure that the amount of curve balls that life…

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So Much Noise

Can you be alone and quiet, without music playing, or TV on?  Can you simply sit and be still in silence, with YOU?  Are you walking around unconscious, asleep? It seems that everywhere I go there is “human” noise, intentional and unintentional, of some kind covering up the peace of quiet. One day: Bank – music playing from small radio on the counter.  Advertisement broadcasting on two TV screens with sound.  Two people in line talking on cell phones and yes, one at the counter talking on cell while doing transactions. Restaurant for lunch – music playing through overhead sound…

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Transformation Tees – Ellen Banks

Eight years after reflecting on her ideas and dream she found a pathway to entrepreneurial freedom. Have you ever had a dream, a vision of doing something you love, something that would transform your life and maybe the lives of others? One afternoon Ellen made a split-second decision to quit her job. It wasn’t that she didn’t have a successful career as a business woman but Ellen Banks wanted her life to be more fulfilling, she wanted something different. Ellen envisioned an idea, a business that would keep her focused on her goals while helping others to focus on their…

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Stop & Smell the Roses

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.  That word is LOVE!”  Sophocles Life moves so quickly, we often don’t take time for ourselves, our family, friends and the things that are important to us. Then the day arrives when we look into the mirror and wonder where all the time went and what have we done with it. Our March Inspiration Breakfast focused on the Law of Attraction.  One of the ways in which we attract what we want is to talk, think, and write down the things we love. Think about something you do, people with…

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