Category: Motivation
-
Redefining Success
I recall a program I volunteered with at a local church looking to help students with truancy problems. In every training session they stressed that we must redefine what success means. Where most of us were accomplished professionals success for them might be merely making it to school for two weeks straight. We had to…
-
Redefining Epic
I was at the doctors office recently and while waiting I thumbed through Red Bull’s magazine, Red Bulletin. In it they had stories about people doing epic adventures – climbing down 400ft ice glacier caves, running a 69 mile pilgrimage trek in Spain. Seeing these I started wondering – what makes something epic? Dictionary.com defines epic…
-
Renewing the Wonder of the Perfect Pump
Throughout the history of man we have always been in awe of things…. for five minutes then we lose interest. For example how fire cooks food, how the oceans have tides, how the stars come out at night, how trees and vegetation grow. Even as our technology grows so does our apathy toward it. The…
-
Can a Shaken Confidence Break the Desire?
Last week I mentioned I was going try to swing dance again. I went and though I had a good time I was a little rattled. Before my MS I used to go quite often but since my diagnosis I have only been three times now. This last time my legs were not cooperating well.…
-
Doing What You Can, How You Can, While You Can
I believe that when doing something you should do it to the best of your ability. For me, I have always striven to be the best I can be, sometimes without knowing what that meant. At times I would over estimate my abilities, at others I would underestimate them. But I would always try. With…
-
Time is on Your Side, Are You?
Time management is a hot issue in today’s world. With as many things in our lives and all the options we have it certainly feels like time is against us. We do not have enough time for our work projects, for our family life, for our personal hobbies – for anything and everything there is…
-
Simply Happy
There is a documentary that I recently watched titled Happy. It explores the different notions of what makes one happy and whether they are sustainable or not. It is a good documentary that while I don’t agree with every conclusion I would say as a whole it delivers valuable information. One of the most poignant conclusions…
-
Shattering the Glass Ceiling
It seems everywhere one turns there is someone saying no. “You can’t do this, you shouldn’t do that.” What makes it even more irritating is that it has permeated all areas of life – personal and professional – by all means – family, education, businesses, government. It’s time to shatter all these barriers. America is…
-
Winning Isn’t Everything, but it Sometimes Helps…
Above is a picture of a Dr. Pepper shirt. It may not seem like much but I won that back when they had the prizes printed on the lids rather than the ridiculous codes they have now. It may not seem like much but I have kept it all these years because I won it.…
-
Moving On From the Zero Mile
I was driving home from work the other day and came across the above 0.0 runners bumper sticker. I though it was a good comical jab to those of of who have the 13.1 and 26.2 stickers. This did get me thinking, while I find it funny some runners may not. Some may find it…