The "Motivation Riffs" Chronicles

  • 3 Reasons You Don’t Take Action (And the Quick Fix)

    Sep 25, 2007

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    Question for you … what’s one thing you’re not taking action on that’s bugging you? If you don’t find out why, you’ll never turn it around.

    Stop (really, do this) – Stop and take a moment and think about it before reading any further.

    Maybe it’s one of these simple reasons:

    Fear …

  • Surround Yourself With The Right People

    May 18, 2007

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    Problem: “I know I have potential, I’m not as insanely successful as I want to be.” – You

    Solution: “I am not the smartest, but I surround myself with competent people.” – Henry Ford

    I think it’s safe to say that Henry Ford had more than a mild degree of success. …

  • How Bad Do You Want It?

    May 15, 2007

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    If you’re suffering from I-Just-Haven’t-Gotten-Around-To-Taking-Action-itis, and your business is stagnant, then you need to ask yourself a question:
    How bad do you want it?
    No, better yet:
    How bad do you really want it?
    If you’re really serious, there’s only one answer:
    I want it so bad, I’ll make it happen, no matter what.
    Trading …

  • Email Hack: Make Your Email Motivate You

    May 10, 2007

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    Short post today, but useful if you put it into practice.
    It’s pretty likely your inbox/folders/(labels?) are hiding some pretty great emails in there …

    Emails where people have gushed about how you’ve helped them/the great job you did/how much they value you
    Emails telling a story that really inspires you or motivates …

  • 3 Ways To Never Lose Sight Of Why You Rock

    Apr 20, 2007

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    No matter how much you rock, you will always have times when you feel like absolute crap. You will feel like things are getting out of control, that you’re falling behind, falling short and that you are losing the drive to make it work (because on some level, you …

  • How Not Focusing On Your Goals Can Help You Achieve Them

    Apr 18, 2007

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    While checking out my new favorite blog Trizle I saw a great post on why people tend to have such a hard time achieving their goals. In the article you’ll find the same time-tested advice of “break your …

  • How To Make Yourself Really, Really Want To Take Action

    Jan 4, 2007

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    There are countless ways to try to overcome procrastination, but one little strategy I use is something I have to share with you because it works so well for me. It lights a fire under me almost every time I use it, even if I’m starting out from a …

  • Honoring Your Schedule (How to Meet Deadlines Faster)

    On a coaching call today I got the question, “How do I make sure I meet deadlines faster and more consistently when I seem to get bogged down in the individual tasks of my projects?” The answer is a simple one, but it requires building some new disciplines. …

  • Have You Hit The Ground Running Yet?

    Jan 1, 2007

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    It’s January 1 again. Presumably, you have big plans for this year – not only to attack new and juicy goals, but also to kick the living daylights out of the goals you “fully intended” to knock out last year.

    Hopefully, you’ve already hit the ground running and have already …

  • How to Tell What You Should Work On First

    Nov 13, 2006

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    For a lot of people, knowing what to do is the easy part – it’s the figuring out what to do first that’s the harder issue. When you’ve compiled a hefty list of actions you need to take to push forward all of your goals, it can often be a paralyzing event (as we discussed earlier).

    So what do you do when you are faced with a big list of items, and you haven’t sorted out the priorities in a way that clearly lays out what you should work on? Or worse, what do you do when the list is intimidating you with so many “equally important / equally urgent” priorities, that you just don’t know what to work on first?  The answer is simple …