Peyton Manning is the most badass mentor.
Or maybe not.
But I’d like to start with a short story that will hope to illustrate the value mentoring can provide after the break:
Seek Mentors, just not Peyton Manning, But he’s still a badass.
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Category Archives: Personal Success
The simple thing that seperates the greats from the goods – Motivational and Inspirational Blog
The apple guy always seems to have some inspirational and motivational videos:
Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people that do things and the people that dream. ~ Steve Jobs
Your mind is socially conditioned to tell you when you are not following instructions, and has been socially conditioned to tell you what is and what is not acceptable in society.
Wikipedia defines Social conditioning as the: sociological process of training individuals in a society to respond in a manner generally approved by the society in general and peer groups within society.
Greatness Defined – Role models that provide inspiration and motivation
I feel it is extremely important to have role models. Those that we look to for inspiration and motivation.
Someone asked me one day who my role models were. This gave me the motivation to make the following picture. I now set it as my wallpaper so I can constantly be reminded about qualities that are important to me. Can you tell me who each individual is?
Who are your role models?
[Exercise] The Secret Formula to Happiness – Part 1
“To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.” ~ Ralph Waldo Trine
When you hang around people that are energetic, you become
[Exercise] How dreams become reality through motivation and perseverance
“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
The power of imagination, motivation and perseverance allowed this young 9 year old boy named Caine who loved arcade games to turn his dreams into reality: He created his own elaborate arcade using cardboard, scissors and tape from his dad’s used car parts store. The inspirational video is after the break.
[Video] The Blenz Coffee Guy on Success: His inspiring speech
Inspiring speech by George Moen of Blenz Coffee:
Below I have summarized the key points of his presentation at Networking with Purpose organized by Ricky Shetty, an amazing individual (which I highly recommend you check out) enhanced with my views:
– Most great wealth has been created during tough economic times. You can make money in both good and bad times, if you are looking for it. It’s the moment you stop looking, that you’ve given up the opportunity
– People lower their dreams to meet their current financial income, but remember that what you think you are worth is what you’ll be worth
– Build value and build trust first with people, before trying to
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Life’s 6 Rules of Success
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Life’s 6 Rules of Success
While we may not admire Arnie as much, I like his mentality on success:
1) Trust yourself, dig deep down, ask yourself who you want to be? What you want to represent. Figure out what makes you happy, no matter how crazy it is. Build a strong belief system, and don’t let anyone take that away from you.
2) Break the rules, Continue reading
8 Rules of success – hokey, but most of my stuff is anyways
8 Rules to Success:
1) Passion (although, if you agree with this post: http://blogmaverick.com/2012/03/18/dont-follow-your-passion-follow-your-effort/ this one may or may not be relevant)
2) Work damn hard, Continue reading
It’s about how hard you can get hit, and still keep moving forward
I had the opportunity to understand the mentality of Olympic medalists, and if you think about, some train so that every 4 years, they can try to achieve their Olympic dreams of standing on the podium.
Human willpower, something few people ever tap into.
Love this poem:
If think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win, but you think you can’t, its almost certain you won’t