Motivation

Our motivational library includes thought leaders who teach on the topic of motivation, success, and achievement. If you are seeking tips and advice on how to stay motivated to succeed professionally or personally you will find it here.

Accept No Limits By Vic Johnson

Vic Johnson motivational speaker and author“A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.” — James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

You are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Anytime you’re ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you’re capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts.

We each earn the income we do today because that is the amount we have limited ourselves to earn. We could easily earn 5, 10, 20 times more if we did not limit ourselves through the thoughts we maintain.

Saying No to Others is Saying YES to Yourself By Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield - motivational speaker & authorThere are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

If you are constantly saying yes to other people, then you are constantly saying no to yourself and your goals. Ask yourself if what is being requested of you is in line with your goals, will it benefit you in some way and bring you closer to your success, or will you simply be spending your time on someone else’s good opportunity?

Imitate for Success By James Mapes

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” – Meryl Streep, American actress

You have the capability to improve your relationships, ramp up your ability to learn and increase the quality of your overall experience of life.

Does this sound like the beginning of a typical positive thinking “self-help” book?

How about this: You have an ability that is so very close to mind-reading that when you understand and apply these strategies, you will absolutely open up new possibilities for your life.

It’s in the Cards: 5 Ways the St. Louis Birds Can Help You Up the Ante on Job Performance By Dr. Jason Selk

Jason Selk - motivational speaker & authorIt’s Pavlovian. Springtime arrives and my mind is on a plane to Jupiter, Florida. That’s where I spent many spring training sessions helping the St. Louis Cardinals get into peak mental shape for the upcoming baseball season.

That’s right. It’s not just about swinging a bat and figuring out how not to blow out your throwing arm. It’s about mental toughness. And those mental pointers are as useful in the workplace as they are in the field.

How I Lost My Road Haze By John David Mann

I used to have this problem. It’s going to sound crazy, but it’s true.

I had road direction anxiety. Not road rage — more like road haze.

Here’s how this worked: whenever I had to drive somewhere I hadn’t been to before, I would get so anxious I would completely freeze up. (This was in the pre-GPS days.) Road map? Great directions? Didn’t matter. I would become a basket case.

Risk Is Not All Bad By Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor - motivational speaker and authorWhen you were growing up, how often did you hear the words, “It’s better to be safe than sorry”?”  Probably too often, especially when you became aware that most people who played it safe ended up sorry. It is the risk takers who generally end up winners!

How many people do you know who have passed up a magnificent opportunity because they might have had to mortgage their house or quit the job they had held for a number of years.  Rather than step out boldly, they stepped back into safety.

Please Do These 3 Things By Ron White

I am extremely leery of any quick fix solution or overnight formula for success. In my opinion, they don’t exist. With that said, the following formula is one that I have recently shared with 2 members of my family to encourage them to break through the rut they are in and experience success. Therefore, if I would share it with my family, I must believe in the principles. I suggested that they begin to regularly do these three things:

How to Own Your Own Dream By Rory Vaden

Rory VadenIt is a peculiar truth of life that we often do not appropriately value the things we don’t directly pay for. One of the problems with credit is that it enables us to have something that we want now even though we might not really need it. And had we been forced to earn the money for it first then we might have decided later that it’s not worth the money because it’s not worth the work we had to put in to get it.

Time is yours… Use It! By Chris Widener

Chris WidenerIf I had to make a composite question that gets at the heart of the question that I am asked most frequently, it would be this:

How can I manage my time more effectively and bring balance to my life in regard to work, family, friends, and social obligations?

With this in mind, I want to give us some thoughts to focus us in on the answer to that question.

Repetition Helps and Hurts By Jim Stovall

jim stovall The tasks we repeat are the tasks we master.  The thoughts we review are the thoughts we remember.  Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes consistent. Only perfect practice will make a perfect performance.

I have spoken in many arena events with thousands of people in attendance.  It is interesting to observe when the event organizers conduct a brief experiment.  An announcer will get onstage and quote the first half of an advertising slogan that hasn’t been used in decades.  Without hesitation, thousands of people in unison will recite the second half of that obsolete and outdated slogan.

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