In this video, Rudyard Kipling’s inspirational poem, If , is read by tennis great Roger Federer. The poem gives lessons on how to live life, believe in yourself, act with dignity and be a leader. Words to the poem below.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men Read More...

Steve Jobs dropped out of college to follow his passions. In this Stanford University commence speech, he shares some of the most pivotal points in his life. He urges graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself.

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How do you explain when others are able to achieve something that defies all of the assumptions? There is a pattern. As it turns out, all of the great leaders and organizations in the world act, think and communicate in the exact same way.

Simion calls it the “Golden Circle” and it centers on the question of “Why,” as in what is your purpose, cause or belief. It is a powerful model for inspirational leadership.

His examples range from Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers. Read More...

Enjoy this montage of highlights from some of the greatest motivational moments in movies and finish your week strong.
 

 
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What if I could show you how to reach a point where you no longer needed motivation to crush your goals?

I have found a renewed sense of energy and effortless motivation for my goals AFTER I push myself beyond the limit.

Here is a story that illustrates this point and tells you how you can reach this sweet spot.
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One of my goals this year is to run a half marathon.

Now I know for some of you reading this that distance may not seem like that big a deal, but it’s big enough for me this year, and I think anyone can relate to the experience I had as I began training.

Part of what I’m doing is at the end of a week, I run Read More...

Today’s Top 10 Tips was inspired by zenhabits.net. 

Loss of motivation can happen to anymore.  Whether it is for your goals or a project at work, these 10 tips will help you keep your energy to stay focused on your goals.

Do not forget to enter our contest this month – What Motivates You – and win some cool prizes.

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1.  One Goal
   Whenever I have been in a slump, I have discovered that it is often because I have too much going on in my life. I am trying to do too much. And it saps my energy and motivation. It is Read More...

Inspirational video based on the famous Don’t Quit Poem.

Excert from the Don’t Quit Poem:

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a Read More...

On Thursday, July 16 at 11 am central time, Eric Plantenberg will be interviewed by Joe Abraham on Blog Talk Radio.  Joe is a Business Catalyst and Advisor who interviews the world’s brightest minds in entrepreneurship.

Eric will be sharing the story of Freedom Personal Development and how he and his business partner, Roger Seip, started the company with no capital or family Read More...

I recently read “Now is Your Time to Win: You Can Bounce Back From Failure to Success in 30 Seconds!“ by Dave Dean and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with our blog readers. This simple and short book of 107 pages is truly an inspiring and life altering treasure. It is a hard book to find in book stores, but is available at ExecutiveBooks.com for only $7.46.

This is a special book to me because the author happened to share the same summer job that I had during college, selling educational Read More...

Jason McElwain (or J Mac to his friends), was the autistic team manager of the Greece Athena high school basketball team. 

Basketball coach Jim Johnson decided to add McElwain to the roster so he could be given a jersey and sit on the bench for the team’s last home game of the season.  With 4 minutes left in the game, Coach Johnson pointed to Jason to get on the court and play. 

When teammates first Read More...