How To Know When It’s Time To Give Up.
Walking down Shotwell St in San Francisco, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the thin, nondescript brown building with its two businesses splitting the narrow front.
The Magic Of Knowing That You’ll Make It Out Alive.
There is nothing more powerful than believing that you are going to make it. Not just believing. Knowing. Knowing that no matter how bad you feel right now that you are tough enough to make it through to the other side. To survive. And thrive. If you are struggling right now, you know the sense …
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1 Epic Victory And 10 Lessons Learned About The Power Of Words From The Greatest King Who Ever Lived.
It’s not good enough to be right. Or to do what you think is right. The hard truth about leadership is that to be effective you have to master the power of words. You have to master delivering those words in the right tone. A good example of this comes from perhaps the greatest ruler …
Do Won Chang: 3 Jobs, 19 Hour Days, 1 Next Step, And A $5 Billion Empire
Do Won Chang sat in a crowded airport in Korea waiting on a plane to take him, his parents, and his new bride to America.
5 Unshakeable Truths About The Power Of Positive Thinking.
You only have to spend a little bit of time around negative people to know the devastating impact of thoughts. What you think about most becomes the reality of your life. If you are controlled by bitterness and regret, all you seem to see around you are things that make you angry and frustrated. The same as …
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The Secret To Lasting Longer And Helping More People In A World Where You Keep Falling Apart.
Have you ever watched a tugboat in action? It’s truly a remarkable vessel. The purpose of the tugboat is to help larger sea vehicles maneuver out of port or safely connect back to a pier when trying to dock. You’ll see a huge cruise ship or cargo ship coming into port with a tugboat attached …
Frederic Tudor: How To Turn Your Ice-Cold, Crazy Ideas Into Epic Success.
It was at a dinner shortly after the wedding that the idea came up. One of Frederic’s younger sister had just married the most eligible bachelor in town. Chilled drinks were flowing. And so were the ideas. As Frederic’s rich older brother William joked with friends, out tumbled one of those ideas: ice for everyone. …
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74 Miles, 12 Lessons, 3 Broken Toes And 1 Finish Line.
I weighed 168 pounds. With all my gear on. The only reason why I know that is because I was required to step on a scale and be measured. It was the Arkansas Traveller 100 — and my first 100-mile ultra-marathon. The reason for being weighed sounds absurd at first. But if you lose too …
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You’ve Got This.
You’ve got this. This moment you’re going through right now. This trying time. The sleepless nights. The tossing and turning. The self-doubt and embarrassment that you feel. You’ve got this. Let me remind you that life is what you make it. The outcomes you experience aren’t always fun or fair or logical. Sometimes it just …
You Don’t Have To Enjoy The Pain To Celebrate The Progress You Are Making.
They call it the pain cave. I never heard it called that before. So I stopped and paused. Turned my head a little. The pain cave? I was new to ultra-running and felt out of place as a group of seasoned competitors were talking about how they would feel in the race. We were all …
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Here Is Exactly When The Magic Begins To Happen.
Massively successful people focus on one thing. Period. Think about the times in your life when you really needed results.
The Big Lesson I’ve Learned After Working 94,487 Hours Over The Past 21 Years.
I started out selling air conditioning systems to homeowners at 19. That was my first “professional” job. Over the last 21 years, I’ve worked over 94,487 hours. Maybe more. At some point, the numbers get blurry. So I know a little something about work. Most jobs require 40 hours of work per week. If you …
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You Don’t Get To Choose When You’re Successful.
Success isn’t automatic; but it is guaranteed. Just like the laws of nature and science, success is an exact and very consistent outcome. What you do becomes what you get. That much is guaranteed. What’s not easily known is when that’s going to happen. It’s been said by many philosophers that as humans we dramatically …
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You Don’t Really Want To Be Successful Or Happy
Before you could be happy or rich or in love you must know your purpose and your mission, what it is that you enjoy, and the rules by which you are willing to play the game of life.
EFFORT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER .
Make no mistake, there is no achievement without effort. There is no forward progress without activity. Where is no championship without work. You get to decide how important that achievement or progress is to you. You get to decide if you’re willing to sacrifice for what you want or if you’re willing to let what you want become that sacrifice.
YOU CAN’T DREAM BIG UNTIL YOU FORGIVE.
You can’t dream big when your vision is clouded by personal frustration and negative emotions. Jealousy, envy, and rage blind you to living your best possible life. You can’t see straight. You can’t think straight. You can’t dream big, act big, level up, or improve. It’s just not possible to achieve awesome when what you …
HOW WOULD THIS LOOK FROM ABOVE?
The higher you are, the further you can see. I am reminded of this every time I go trail running. (Mostly because I tend to be clumsy.) During a long ultra marathon, you find yourself twisting and turning through the trails to make it to your destination. Sometimes stumbling. Falling over rocks and sticks. You …
YOU’LL DREAM BIGGER BEING INSPIRED BY OTHERS.
You have probably heard a trainer, coach, leader, or guru tell you that before you can achieve success you have to know what you want. There’s truth to that. You can’t achieve what you cannot imagine. In other words, before it becomes real in life, it has to be real in your imagination. You have …
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THE COST OF SMALL BAD DECISIONS.
I often joke from the stage that my mom used to tell me “If you can’t do something brilliant, just don’t do something stupid.” By this time in my life and after hundreds of keynotes I’m not actually sure if it was my mom or someone else that told me that. Maybe it was a …
WHAT GOES IN IS WHAT COMES OUT.
What goes in is what comes out. Out of your mouth. Out of your actions. Your results aren’t an accident. Your decisions aren’t an accident. It’s not chance or luck or bad timing. “MAKING BETTER DECISIONS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT YOU ALLOW INSIDE YOUR SOUL AND THE COMPOUNDING EFFECT OF THOSE CHOICES OVER TIME.” …