It's Never Too Late To Change Your Life

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Let me introduce you to Bob.  Bob is a thirty something guy with a loving wife, two kids and a 9 to 5 job that keeps him busy and slightly stressed most of the time.  He lives in a fairly nice, modern home, in a nice, comfortable neighborhood.  With two cars in the garage (along with a hefty car payment), a mortgage that snuck its way into his life, and a load of bad buying habits eating up the little bit of savings they have, Bob is not exactly at peace with his situation.  To put it more bluntly, Bob sometimes daydreams about running away to a deserted island where he can hide from all the amassed pressure and responsibility he’s brought upon himself and his family.  Let’s just say that Bob’s a little stressed. Read more »

M2A! October Week4: The Benefits Of Intentionally Stressing Your System

Recently I was doing some googling when I came upon “Some Facts On Exercise“.  As I was reading through the page I was hit by the simplicity of the idea of ‘intentionally stressing our bodies so we can maintain good health‘.  Now I know this concept is far from a revolutionary idea when it comes to the benefits of exercise, but I felt it ‘post worthy’ none the less.

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M2A! October Week2: Quick and Dirty Little Tips for Exercise Motivation

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For week2 of Motivate2ACTION! (Exercise) we have a special guest.  He is currently training for a marathon so this subject is particularly fresh on his mind.  So let me hand this over to him as he shares some of his own insight into the great challenges of exercise motivation.

This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.

My life right now is focused on training for the Honolulu Marathon on Dec. 14, and while my training has been more intense than ever before, I am having a ton of fun. Read more »

"Life Is Not A Game Of Perfect"

By Dr. Bob Rotella

By Dr. Bob Rotella

A consulting client of mine, Dr. Bob Rotella, is a Sports Psychologist as well as an author of numerous books.  Golf is his main area of expertise, but his talents range far and wide.  His wife, who also happened to be my 2nd grade teacher :-) , was nice enough to give me some of his books to read.  I’ve started one and have been very impressed by it.  It’s very inspiring and right up my alley.  It’s called “Life Is Not A Game Of Perfect” and it’s a spin off of a previous book he had written called “Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect”.

The book, so far, is all about how our real talent is not derived from our God given genes so much as our drive, focus and all out determination.  He states that our ‘free will’ is “the most fundamental of real talents”.  He boasts, “Real talent is something anyone can develop.”  This is a view that I hold and try to promote on this blog.  Here is an excerpt from the end of chapter one where he is referring to his view on why today’s society have and/or will fail to take advantage of the opportunities in front of them.  (Preceding this, he has introduced the reader to a friend of his who is a big wig at Merrill Lynch so that is why he refers to the company about half way through the excerpt.) Read more »

What's so great about motivation anyway?

Motivation is at the core of most successes in life.  Whether you want to quit a bad habit or start a good one.  Whether you want to make more money or have more time (or both).  Motivation is the fuel that drives you to your goals!

Let’s take a quick look at an unmotivated person.  We see them all the time (maybe when we look in the mirror).  They walk among us, drudging through the monotony of the day.  Their path is laid out FOR them and not BY them.  And the things that keep them going are those little comforts in life that do more damage than good.  Things like too much TV, junk food or any other distraction that keeps them from being every bit of the person they want to be.  And that dulls their desires to the point of numbness.

So who care’s about this thing we call motivation?  MY hand is raised!