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Do You Really Want It?

Cain’s Arcade is the “feel good” story of the year right now.  If you haven’t seen it yet, you should watch and witness how the world conspires to make a 9-yr old boy’s dream come true.  The story reminds me of a quote written by Paulo Cuehlo, in his book, The Alchemist, that states: “When you really want something to happen, the whole…

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Who Is Working Harder?

Businessman pushing large rock uphill

Your bills are working hard against you. Your illness is working hard against you. The odds are working hard against you. Your many insecurities are working hard against you. You will never be hard pressed to count the plethora of things working hard against you.  That’s why you must, instead, concentrate on finding the heart, focus, fight and will to…

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the power of belief

sky image believe faith

despite your situation and everything that you see, who believes you can still win?  your community?  your church?  your boss?  your coach?  your friends?  your wife?  your kids?  you?  if you can’t name at least one person/entity, the most important one being yourself, I can pretty much guarantee failure is your only option.

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who makes you amazing?

women's basketball coach

Great athletes have coaches. Successful students have teachers.  High-performing CEOs have mentors.  Even the most incredible actors have someone by their side pushing them to be more than what they would be alone.  Any one who is serious about being extraordinary at something has people around them to support them, challenge them, encourage them, instruct them and not let them…

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what are you buying?

most of us spend our lives focused on selling.  we sell a capability to an organization and, in turn, they pay us a fair salary.  and because most of us need to get paid to survive, we spend an exorbitant amount of our lives organizing around selling.  we can’t go out because we have to sell well tomorrow (performance).  we must stay…

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make love to your future today

are you making love to your future? to know, you need only to ask yourself this simple question: are you giving anything to your future today? if not…if you are indeed experiencing a failure to give to it than, by definition, you are also experiencing a failure to love. equating loving with giving is biblically rooted…after all, “for God so…

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