Category: Monday Motivator
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Winning
I originally wrote this in November of 2010. Ironic that every word still applies, both to our football team and to life.“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”Yesterday my Spartans…
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Fueling Positive Emotions
Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. He also blogs for the Harvard Business Review.Tony recently shared some excellent thoughts on “Fueling Positive Emotions in a World Gone Mad” that are worth repeating. We’ll turn this week’s Motivator over to him.If…
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Fueling Positive Emotions
Tony Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working. He also blogs for the Harvard Business Review.Tony recently shared some excellent thoughts on “Fueling Positive Emotions in a World Gone Mad” that are worth repeating. We’ll turn this week’s Motivator over to him.If…
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Essential Apps
Help! I need advice on the perfect cell phone!I admit it. I’m starting to tire of how ineffective the iPhone keyboard works with my fat fingers. I miss my Blackberry Pearl and it’s fast, intuitive thumb board.And, of course, AT&T’s coverage in my neck of the woods (perhaps it my phone) leaves a lot to…
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Politically Correct
“Being Politically Correct means always having to say you’re sorry.” – Charles OsgoodNothing torpedoes a career these days like being politically incorrect. Unfortunately, its definition has become so broad that whatever you say, and how you say it, is certain to offend somebody.Juan Williams is the latest to be caught in the vortex of our…
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Keeping Centered
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters. Compared to what lies within us. – EmersonWhen we find ourselves in the depths of an adventure, a challenge or an emotion, the topography of our environment can be an unwelcome distraction. Get a promotion, win the lotto, announce that you’re considering a…
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Keeping Centered
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters. Compared to what lies within us. – EmersonWhen we find ourselves in the depths of an adventure, a challenge or an emotion, the topography of our environment can be an unwelcome distraction. Get a promotion, win the lotto, announce that you’re considering a…
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The Long Run
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.Running has been an important meditation practice for much of my adult life. There is no high like a runner’s high. When the endorphins are flowing, new ideas seem to flow with them. And a regular commitment to cardiovascular activity has…
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The Long Run
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.Running has been an important meditation practice for much of my adult life. There is no high like a runner’s high. When the endorphins are flowing, new ideas seem to flow with them. And a regular commitment to cardiovascular activity has…
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The Monday Motivator goes to press!
Friends!Your kind words for my humble Monday Motivator have been truly inspiring. Writing these short essays each week is a labor of love for me.I have enough of these tomes down on paper to fill a small book and will be publishing them under the title “The Spartan Life”.Most authors seek quotes from famous names…