29. May 2019

May 29 – Is working hard not reaping desired results? Is your nose to the grindstone day in and day out, and yet, you are not seeing the reward for all of your effort? Are you giving it your all only to feel as though it is just never enough? Do you take pride in being in control and taking charge, always forging forward, and always taking action? Perhaps that is part of your problem. What you say? Sometimes our get-to-it attitude is actually part of what can get in our way when we are only...

04. June 2018

June 4, 2018 - Are you replicating success? Are you so focused on new opportunities and ways to accomplish things that you are not fully leveraging what has worked in the past? Have you taken the time to understand why and how a success was realized so you can effectively repeat the success for even greater momentum? Is there a process or system you could create based on past successes that could propel and make succeeding even easier moving forward? Take an MM&I Moment to reflect on your...

08. January 2018

Jan 8, 2018 - Are you making room for opportunity? Is your office and thinking still focused on everything that is yet to happen? Are there files that have been sitting there for a while in your inactive control? Are you surrounded by files, piles or stacks of things that have been completed, and yet have not made their way to a safe archive? Are you doing anything differently compared to last year based on your results and earnings? When you are allowing all that was or has not yet happened...

25. September 2017

Sept 25, 2017 - Is it time to step it up? Are your efforts to take an initiative to another level falling short of your expectations? Are you staying focused, yet it doesn't seem as though any progress is being made, or you are not reaping the results you had expected by this time? More is happening behind the scenes and under the surface than you may realize. In the meantime, you need to ask yourself if you have truly stepped it up in all that can be done to move a particular desire forward....

10. October 2016

Oct 10, 2016 - Are you dedicated enough? Are you lamenting about not getting the results you desire? Are you frustrated by the things that are not happening on your timeline? Are you disappointed in how your efforts to-date are unfolding? Are you tried of waiting for things to happen? If all you can focus on is what is not happening, isn't this wasted time that could be spent making something happen? We have great power within us to focus intently on the best possibilities and actions that can...

21. March 2016

Mar 21, 2016 - Is doing everything not enough? Are you putting your whole heart and soul into your most desired initiatives to achieve, and still not seeing the results you had hoped for? Are you literally doing every aspect of what needs to be done in pursuing these initiatives? Are you convinced that you are the only one who will do it to your complete satisfaction, and be certain it gets done the way you want it done? Perhaps you should consider that by doing everything yourself, you are...

26. October 2015

Oct 26, 2015 - Is what was working not working? Have you realized success through a certain way that you have approached an endeavor that is no longer reaping the results it once did? Do you find yourself perplexed by stagnant progress when you have been putting forth a great deal of effort based on past successes or achievements? Are you frustrated by the fact that what once worked seems to no longer be working, and you now are uncertain what your next steps should be? Take an MM&I Moment...

06. July 2015

July 6, 2015 - Is disappointment calling the shots? Are you allowing disappointments in results or situations to dominate your thinking more than any successes you have realized? Are you making key decisions based on what you haven't achieved or been satisfied with or on what you have achieved and can build upon? When faced with challenges or unexpected twists, it can be easy to get caught up in all that seems to be going wrong. Take an MM&I Moment to make a list of all that you can think...

22. June 2015

June 22, 2015 - Are you sabotaging your momentum? Have you been going like gangbusters, and now are allowing yourself to be easily distracted by inconsequential things? Are you finding your mind and focus wandering, even though you have been realizing some progress? When things are going at a fast pace with results to show for it, it can sometimes fool you into believing that a little distraction is okay. The key is to understand why you are allowing the momentum to wane. Is the reason valid or...

23. March 2015

March 23, 2015 - Have you given it your all? Are you lamenting over a particular situation, feeling disappointed by the results or progress realized to-date? Are you questioning the effort made, wondering what went wrong? Instead of assuming a mistake or misstep has been made, focus instead on what can still be done. All too often, just when someone is on the cusp of a breakthrough and success, he or she gives up or decides not to put as much energy into the endeavor, when it was actually...