Back in high school I took one of those Triple A driving courses that included watching films that seem like they had been made about 30 years before, with different driving tips. One of those tips was called “Aim high in steering”. And the idea was that, in addition to steering the car based on […]
driving, driving course, Motivation, steering
The legendary founder of Wendy’s restaurants, Dave Thomas, was known for many things including his entrepreneurial spirit and being the humble pitch man for his restaurant chain. Something not so well known is that he dropped out of high school at the age of 15 so that he could work full time. Years later he […]
dream, goal, Motivation, motivational, wendys
I was walking through an empty parking lot outside the Starbucks the other day and saw the following: Someone pulled into the lot, got out of his car, and walked up to the front door. It was dark inside, nobody there. He tried the front door and found it locked. He looked inside again and […]
mindset, Motivation, persistence, try
Robert Kurson’s excellent book Shadow Divers is the true account of two weekend deep-sea scuba divers who discovered a sunken World War II German U-boat just 60 miles off the New Jersey coast in 1991. The book is about the challenges they faced going down to very dangerous depths. There was quite a bit of […]
Motivation, not giving up, perserverance, persevere, scuba divers
I’ve been inspired and encouraged over my life by quotations from people both famous and also regular people that I know. And one of those people was my maternal grandmother. She died when I was a child, but a relative told me that when people needed encouragement after getting through a difficult time, she would […]
inspiration, Motivation, quotes
When I was in college and on the track team, I asked my Coach how to run the 400-meter race. I didn’t run that event, but I was curious what his advice was because it’s a challenging race and it seemed to require as much a mental strategy as a physical one. He looked down […]
challenges, Motivation, obstacles
Have you ever felt like you were slugging along at work and weren’t as interested as you used to be in the work you’re doing? Not exactly bored, but just feeling like you’re not all that motivated? Or that other things have grabbed your attention other than work? If that describes you, you are not […]
Motivation, Productivity