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Want or Need?
You know that thing you think you want, why don't you have it? Lack of time you say. Well, how long have you been working on getting it? Likely long enough to have gotten it by now if you were focused. Lack of motivation you may plead. Well, if you lack the motivation...
Are You Doing These Things…
If you were to ask my boys... "Denton boys what are the three things you need to do every day?" They would reply... "Get stronger, kinder, and smarter. (they may also add "fill somebody's bucket"). Are you getting stronger, kinder, and smarter every day? I will give...
Let’s Have Words
Landmark Worldwide (a personal development company that I am a proponent of) asks you to consider that language is what brings our world into being. Language is what allows us to communicate and articulate our world. It allows us to live in a way not possible in its...
3 Tools to Fight Overwhelm
Overwhelm, anxiety, stress, and frustration seem to be staples of our fast-moving always-on culture. Maybe it has always been that way, but it seems worse now than ever with technological advances and the sheer number of options available. These feelings often creep...
Before and After Pictures Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Remodeling one's body is akin to remodeling one's house. We are getting our marketing materials together for our Kvell Eagle promotion. Part of this promotion is the use of before and after pictures to show that what we do works The thing about before and after...
Burnout Busting…
On Christmas, my kids played legos all day. Hours and hours of Legoing and when they finished their kits they wanted more. They never once said they were burned out. Eventually, they will likely lose interest in Legos, but they will not be burned out. Burnout would...
Burnout
Burnout - a state of emotional, mental, and often physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress. (www.psychologytoday.com)Most often burnout is an internal issue of how you are reacting to and dealing with external stressors. When you're burnt out a...
Play the Long Game
As a youngster, I was impatient and always looking for immediate results and payoffs. For example, as a college football player, I wanted to be a starter this year, not next year or the year after, now. Forget the fact that I hadn't put in the time and reps of the...
What a Magical Day
The first day of the year and even more the first day of a decade. Today is a magical day. The penultimate "fresh start" day. The only thing better would be the first day of the century. What are you going to do over the next 10 years? How much are you going to...