11 Ways to Add Motivation to Your Life

Motivation is one of those strange things. It can come to you through a bunch of different ways but not all motivation sticks. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received about motivation was the saying Me Motivates Me.

Why did this help me so much? I’ve come to recognize that if the motivation was from within me, it wasn’t fickle and it couldn’t fly away with the slightest breeze. If I hardwired motivation within me, I could be propelled toward any dream with ease.

Back in 8th grade, I went on a field trip to a farm.

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Why Can’t Fear And Faith Exist In The Mind At The Same Time?

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The mind can’t think two thoughts at once.
If you’re a faithful person, there’s an absence of fear.
Faith trumps fear!
Faith is a strong, powerful, encouraging, uplifting process of thought.
Fear is weak, undisciplined, and sometimes vain imagination.
Fear can be displaced by faith with some positive mental attitude or Scripture.

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Five Ways to Not Miss Out On Life

Have you ever had to get up and leave during a critical part of a movie or show?

I recently saw ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ with my brother-in-law and son. I’m pretty sure you’ll agree that it was awesome. Less than halfway through the movie, I had to leave the theater; let’s just say too much soda. While I was gone, I felt panicky and rushed, knowing I was missing so much. I was imagining another epic fight scene, a pivotal line that wrapped the whole plot together, an amazing screen shot… So, as quickly as was humanly possible,

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14 Characteristics of a Selfless Leader

Among my many interests in life is my love for survival stories. I am fascinated with the level of emotional IQ–or, as we at E5 Leader call it, emotional balance–of those who face overwhelming odds and come out victorious in body and spirit. It is amazing to watch, read or hear about the human spirit rising up to face these impossible odds and to come out on the other side, stronger than before.

I want to share an amazing story.

I recently read a historical account of a real survivalist, Ernest Shackleton. His ship got stuck in the ice on his way to explore Antarctica.

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How to Better Prioritize Your Life

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Everybody runs his/her life on some sort of priority scale.
Vertical Alignment is a tool that enables us to have a standard priority to live our life from which all other priorities are derived:
- God
- Spouse
- Children
- Family
- Community
- Country
- Job
- You
Making decisions about priorities requires a way to gauge those priorities.
Life’s decisions shouldn’t be based on emotional content or other people’s priorities.

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Four Ways to Keep Your Dreams Alive

I’m a simple guy. I enjoy the simple things in life. I’m pretty easy to content.

I’ll tell you something. Although I can easily relax and be thankful for what I have, I still have drive.

Do you know why? It is because I have dreams. BIG DREAMS. I know I can achieve them. I’ll keep pushing to achieve them and I’ll enjoy the ride as I go.

Now, I KNOW you’ve had dreams. Big ones. Are they still in you? Do you still believe you can achieve them?

One of the biggest dream killers is to be resigned to the difficulties of your life.

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Why It’s Important to Have an Attitude of Gratitude

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Make the decision every day to have an Attitude of Gratitude.
Those who are gracious and have a gratitude attitude are attractive people.
- Appreciation is positive and draws others in like a magnet.
Having an attitude of gratitude attracts like-minded people.
- You attract those who have similar values–people who are joyful and happy; the do-ers in the world.
Make a mental decision to have gratitude.

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The Best Business Advice I Ever Got

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The Best Business Advice I Ever Got

The best business advice I’ve ever received came from John Maxwell.
John taught me how to be bring my faith life into my business life.
This enabled me to live a transparent life – being the same in business as I was in my personal life.
Another mentor, Norm, taught me how to fuse my faith life with my business life. This led me to dismiss the myth that you have to be broke to be happy or be broke to be close to God.

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Four Great Tips to Give Quality Time to Those Around You  

I was an imaginative kid who played well on my own. Even though I could play by myself, what I really craved was one on one time with my hero, my dad.

It didn’t matter what we did–play cards, throw around the baseball, run to the hardware store–my ‘Dad Time’ was coveted and special. He was giving his time, his focus, his words and his affection to me.

As I got older and started dating my future wife, my focus on quality time was with her. Most of our time dating was across long distances. So,

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