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How Can I Serve You Best?
I am considering changing the way I deliver “myself” to you. Currently you receive an e-mail alerting you to each new blog post. I do my best to write a post every weekday. These posts are between 100 and 750 words (lately in the neighborhood of 300). What would you think of one e-mail per…
How To Really Be Grateful
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John Kennedy Deeds say so much more than words, especially when dealing with gratitude. While it is important to be grateful, and say so, it is even more critical to act…
Where Success Starts
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. – Mark Caine That step comes when you believe, sufficiently, in your ability to be okay in some other reality than your current one. That step comes when you trust that your Identity…
How to Get Grit
Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day-in, day-out. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint….
Choose Fear
Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear. – Cheri Huber Huh? Has Matt gone mad!? Nope, just wanted to get your attention. Now that, I hope, I have it, I’ll make my point. When we choose the safe and known over what we fear (and “fear” includes: merely being uncomfortable, a little anxious, a…