success

Creating out of the love for your art or craft should be enough. When you view your work as a gift to the world, you’re not concerned about receiving credit or even getting paid. Ironically, creating out of your generosity will bring recognition and money – almost all by accident. Try forgetting about money and […]

I read this short 80-page book over the weekend. The information Seth Godin dispersed within The Dip is invaluable. Every person wanting to succeed in anything needs to hear/read what this book has to say on quitting and sticking. Seth describes the Dip as something we must go through to become the best. Identifying Dips ahead a time […]

I finished the book Outliers last week. What a great book. It illustrates the idea of how circumstances and events play a crucial role in people’s success. In other words, many of the factors that allowed some of the most successful people in the world to succeed had nothing to do with any action they took. […]

“Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from”. -Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success Embrace what you’ve learned from past mistakes. Don’t forget the helping hands that helped carry you along the way. Remember the times of frustration or unfortunate events. Let yourself feel lucky and thank God for the crazy coincidences that were […]

No one accidentally becomes the best at something. You won’t accidentally become great just like you won’t just stumble into success. Even lottery winners who appeared to have stumbled into success never really did – especially after all the money is gone. There was clearly no success, just a lot of loot (which doesn’t equate to success). If you […]

Don’t give up. If you’ve tried your hardest, you’re closer today than you were yesterday. Giving that extra push when you feel you have no more juice left is what separates failure from success, the good from the great, the fit from the fittest. Push forward!

Your friend has a new goal and wants to accomplish something incredible. They decide to dive into their new goal which starts to consume most of their time and becomes a priority in their life. It’s been a year since your friend went all in. You bump into them and ask about their progress. They talk about […]