How to Achieve Inspired Results

Passion and purpose combined inspire you to action.

Results. We want to achieve them in all areas of our lives—in business, health, fitness, career, finances, and relationships. We have dreams and goals, and we want the actions we take to realize them actually to turn into results. How do we ensure that we achieve results on a regular basis? It can be difficult [...]

Are You Pursuing Your Passion?

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I’m a big proponent of pursuing your passion. I work with a lot of writers and I’m always telling them to combine their passion with their purpose to get inspired and write their books (and publish them or get them published). I also work with other people who simply want to create better results in [...]

Is Your Work a Labor of Love?

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All day almost every day–about 15-7–I labor. When I’m not at my desk or in front of my computer, I think about my work. And guess what? Most of this time no on even pays me. So why do I do it? I love what I do (or most of what I do). I’ve wanted [...]

Inspirational Acts of Courage

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about people who do things that are inspirational. People who are courageous in large ways and small ways. They take risks. They put themselves on the line. They overcome obstacles. They move through fear. They don’t let anything stop them from pursuing their dreams. They put others before themselves. [...]

What You Get Done When You Press Your Nose to the Grindstone

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I haven’t been writing much lately on this blog…not from lack of desire. It’s because I’ve had my nose to the proverbial grindstone. It’s been a good thing, though. For quite some time I’ve been complaining that I can’t get anything done. Then two things happened. I needed to get some things done on deadline, [...]

How to Achieve Authenticity

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Everyone talks about authenticity. How do you find your authentic voice as a writer? How do you ensure that as an business person you come across as authentic? When you get up and speak about yourself and your services, how can you guarantee the audience “gets” that you are being “real”? There’s a formula that [...]

The Value of Inspiration

Have you ever felt inspire? Has someone ever inspired you? Last night I took my son, who aspires to become a professional dancer, to see Rasta Thomas dance. Rasta Thomas has been his “idol” for some time now. He wants to dance like him…Rasta inspires him to be a great dancer. However, seeing Rasta on [...]

Using Tisha B'Av as Inspiration to Become a Change Agent

Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight. The Mishna says that five disasters occurred on this date, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The Rabbis who lived during the time of the destruction of the Second Temple were, understandably, preoccupied with the causes of these calamities. In one well-known source they tell [...]