Viktor Frankl survived the Holocaust. From his perspective, there was one reason why: He was able to maintain a sense of purpose. As he wrote in his vital memoir Man’s Search for Meaning, those in the concentration camps who lost a sense of hope quickly decayed, while those who saw
Organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy puts a spin on Parkinson’s Law Parkinson’s Law is the adage that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” The notion is simple: If you give yourself a year to do something, it will take a year. If you give
“Your subconscious mind works continuously, while you are awake, and while you sleep.” — Napoleon Hill Your subconscious never rests and is always on duty because it controls your heartbeat, blood circulation, and digestion. It controls all the vital processes and functions of your body and knows the answers to
Very few people grasp these simple principles. When you “get” these ideas, they open you to a whole new world of possibility and potential. You get these ideas on a deeper and deeper level with experience and success. The more successful you become, the more these ideas become real
#1: Luck shouldn’t be a factor in your mind The first of the three exciting facts is that “Luck” shouldn’t be part of the equation in your mind when setting a goal. When you’re thinking about something big you want to pursue, it can almost feel impossible from where you’re
As I’m writing these words, I’m at the home of one of my mentors, Dan Sullivan, who is the founder of Strategic Coach. The only reason I tell you I’m here is that, for years, I would have been blown away simply to meet this man. Now, we not only have a
But when you do know how to do it, you can achieve your dreams I have a secret to tell you. You can achieve practically any of your wildest dreams. It really doesn’t matter how big. Suspicious? Doubtful? By the end of this blog post, you won’t be. I’m going
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure — or you can learn from it. So go
“Passion” gets a lot of bad press these days. There seems to be much written about why having passion is bad. The problem for most people is that they believe passion is the moving cause, when in reality, passion is an effect. In the book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You:
Life is complex and messy. It can be extremely difficult to get traction, let alone find motivation. But motivation is something you can learn to create at will. Becoming deeply passionate is also within your creative control. As a result, you can completely predict your own success. You can choose to become
