Category: Monday Motivator

Listen to an audio version of this message.Scott’s Maxim: “There will be times when you feel that your efforts are wasted and you offer little value to the world. That usually means you’re on the threshold of a breakthrough. The ordinary give up easily. The extraordinary always seem to find a pathway to their dreams.…

Listen to an audio version of this message.Scott’s Maxim: “Happiness is a decision.” Here are five easy steps that can make any day a good day.Compliment someone – We live in a what-are-you-doing-for-me-now world, where yesterday’s accomplishments become meaningless and conversations center on what we’re not doing right. Nothing makes a person feel better than to…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Our world pulsates with complainers who will never do anything to improve what they complain…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ~GhandiAlexander Coward is a math professor. He teaches at Berkley. His 2000 word missive to students this past week covered a lot of ground. But at it’s core there’s a message that…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“Before the people of the world – let it now be noted in our decision here that ..we stand for:  justice, truth… and the value of a single human being.” ~ Spenser Tracy in ‘Judgement at Nuremberg’Johnny DiScala and I fly thousands of miles every year. Most trips…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“Winning takes talent. To repeat it takes character.”  ~ John WoodenIf your team was victorious this weekend.. Here are some things to ponder about victory.When you win..Remember all the times you failed, before you succeeded. Be humble.Remember the people who raised you,  coached you, believed in you and were…

Listen to an audio version of this message.“The peson who  is a master of patience is master of everything else.” ~George Savile Nosh Amaria is a pretty amazing doctor. We call him Supernosh, because he is. A long time athletic trainer at Michigan State, Nosh had decided to follow in the footsteps of his father. The skills…

Listen to an audio version of this message.Finding a soulmate to share your adventures can be a daunting task. This past week a friend told me about an unexpected break up, and it got me to thinking about some of the qualities we look for in our best friends for life.For those of us who…

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans HofmannOne of the things you will discover as you become successful is this: The more you do, the more people will ask you to do.Exceed your targets at work and there will be new, higher targets. Do a…

Listen to an audio version of this message.What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. ~ Christopher ReeveI figured out the problem with our world today: There aren’t enough super heroes.I grew up in the 60s when we…