26. March 2018

March 26, 2018 - Are your reasons compelling enough? Are you striving to achieve based on a clear purpose and desired outcome, or are you striving to reach certain attainments based what is expected or has been dictated? Are you impassioned and inspired to succeed or are outside influences driving you to succeed? Too often we allow what is deemed successful to cloud what would make us even more successful. If you are not realizing an ongoing satisfaction and gratification, then other factors or...

05. March 2018

March 5, 2018 - Is your purpose driving you forward? Do you have an ultimate outcome in mind that serves as your guide towards what you are trying to achieve? Are you driven by a purpose that is greater than you, yet shapes the very essence of you? Or are you caught up in tasks or obligations that no longer excite or delight you? Or have they never made you feel as though you were meant to be doing them? Each of us brings a unique set of experiences, insights and talents that are meant to be at...

05. February 2018

Feb 5, 2018 - Are you belaboring the obvious? Do you know the next steps to take in an endeavor, yet you are choosing to analyze everything you have done to-date, in case there is another option? Are you hesitating to take the next steps because of uncertainty to the outcome or your level of commitment isn't quite where it needs to be? Doing what is necessary to make strides in your goals also means moving forward not always knowing exactly how it will play out. All you need to be concerned...

06. November 2017

Nov 6, 2017 - Are your expectations getting in your way? Do you have high expectations of yourself and others, and they are not being met to your satisfaction? Do your expectations also come with a specific way in which you think things need to be done? With regard to your expectations of yourself, are you constantly raising the bar, scrutinizing your actions and being self critical? With regard to your expectations of others, are these individuals fully aware of why what is expected of them is...

28. August 2017

Aug 28, 2017 - Are you hoping without accepting? Are you striving for a particular outcome, yet not accepting the role you must play in achieving it? Are you hopeful to realize a certain desire, yet not accepting insights and perspectives from others who are trying to help you? Are you closing yourself off to all other possibilities, because you have your heart set on a specific end result, and cannot accept anything else as an option? An open mind is a more resilient one. Being hopeful is a...

12. June 2017

June 12, 2017 - Are you doubting yourself? Is there something that is causing you doubt? In yourself? About something you are trying to achieve? About the outcome of an event or expectation? Success manifests with each positive step you take toward erasing any doubt. Replace doubt with an undaunted belief in who you are, what you are doing and what you expect. Take an MM&I Moment to embrace whatever doubts you are feeling right now and identify one thing you can do to move beyond doubt and...

15. May 2017

May 15, 2017 - Are you wishing more than doing? Are you caught up in focusing on all that you wish you could get done or wish would happen? Are you distracted by what you wish hadn't happened or wasn't your option? Wishful thinking inevitably causes you to focus on what you aren't getting, don't want, or haven't realized. When you get caught up in wishing, then it is likely that you aren't really doing what you could be doing about it. Your ability to shift your current situation or...

04. July 2016

July 4, 2016 - Are you expecting the best? Or are you thinking of everything that might go wrong or could go wrong? It is good to have contingency plans in order to shift effectively when things don't go according to plan. However, if you aren't thinking of the best possible outcome and putting your energies towards achieving it, then you may be limiting your options without even realizing it. Take an MM&I Moment to write down what would be the most ideal outcome to what you are trying to...

29. February 2016

Feb 29, 2016 - Not ready to take the leap? Are you holding yourself back from going after something you really want? Are you hesitating to try something new that interests you? Are you feeling uncertain about what your next move should be related to a strategic initiative or goal? Do you know what your next move should be, yet the thought of taking it intimidates you a bit? Is uncertainty of the outcome keeping you from taking your next steps? The key thing to remind yourself of in any of these...

15. February 2016

Feb 15, 2016 - Are you wishing or intending? Do you find yourself wishing "if only" something could be different ... you could be different ... something would happen ... some sort of miracle would take place? When you are caught in a wishful mindset, you are passively seeing it as something that must happen for you, or to you, before you can do anything associated with it. The reality is that you have great power to make things happen. It starts with how you are conceiving and perceiving...