When we don't take the time to appreciate what we have accomplished we can be making harder to want to push through the next obstacle that we will be facing.
Read MoreIt dawned on me that because all of my training and staying disciplined to my training even on days like this. I had finally got myself to the point of really appreciating the suffering I was putting myself through.
Read MoreTurning and facing our fears is an extremely daunting task. The emotions that come with this process can be extremely difficult and challenging to overcome.
Read MoreScars whether physical, emotional or mental represent what we have been able to overcome throughout our lives. They have helped shape us and have taught us to face our adversities.
Read MoreWhen we choose to put off taking action, what we are really doing is procrastinating. Now procrastinating can come in many different forms such as, laziness, apathy, lack of importance, but the two main forms I found are fear and lack of confidence.
Read MoreGuilt is an emotion that serves zero positive purposes. In reality guilt raises personal stress levels, which in turn raises our cortisol levels with in our body. When this happens, the ability to change our body composition comes to a grinding halt and will actually reverse body composition changes if your cortisol levels continue to increase.
Read MoreWhen this type of confidence is gained, we start to turn our obstacles and adversities into positive opportunities. The more we practice this mindset the faster we are able to get past obstacles or adversities in our lives.
Read MoreWe all go through periods in life where we ask the question "why me". How did this happen? What am In going to do to work through this?
Read MoreFind your challenges and goals and embrace them with everything you have to give. A stronger you is waiting on the other side.
Read MoreDon't be afraid to test yourself. If you don't take the time to test yourself, you will never know how far you have come and you will never know how far you are capable of going.
Read MoreTrue strength comes from within one's self. It has to be nurtured and brought out into the open before true strength can become a physical part of our lives.
Read MoreThe key is building the tools with inside ourselves to fight boredom off and fight it off early when you start to feel the onset of it. You can build these tools in many different ways.
Read MoreAny goal that you feel in your heart, mind and soul has a meaningful value to you should never be abandoned. These goals are probably very hard and complex.
Read MoreWe want everything easy and faster no matter the possible end results that we did not think about. We do this even though we all know that if something is really worth it, we must do the work to make it happen.
Read MoreThis past weekend I was able to sit back and really experience what my family and our friends had created over the past 10 plus years. The growth and change in all of our lives was on full display and it was awesome.
Read MoreAs we start to gather and store life's experiences we start to see the why. We start to become "We Are What We Create". The trick though is, are you happy with what you have created and if not, have you found the courage to change it.
Read MoreI tried, but failed miserably at college. I was not the most talented guy in the neighborhood. I had to work harder at everything. Eventually I realized that if I wanted to make a difference in my life and for others around me, I was going to have to rely on this ability I had with in myself.
Read MoreWe really only have control over a few things in our lives. Yet we are always trying to control so many things in our lives that we have no real control over.
Read MoreI believe wanting to be a true role model is a noble cause. I hope more people will want to be role models and will want to help influence positive change in the people's lives that surround each of us.
Read MoreSo, today is a day of honoring these brave men and women. How will you honor them and help bring greater awareness and positive change to their lives?
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