This article is the second part of a two-part series. Click here to read part one. Running a small business can be a wonderful experience, bringing with it a sense of excitement and fulfillment when things go right. At the same time, things don’t always go the way we’ve planned. When things do go wrong, those feelings of happiness can …
Power On. Overcoming Start-Up by Using Your Motivation
We all fall into the same trap. We start something new: a new diet, a new relationship, a new job or a new business venture, thinking that it’s going to be easy. Yes, we know that everyone else struggles with these same challenges; we hear about the failures from our friends, coworkers and random associates on our social media channels. …
Why We Do the Things We Do: How Our Motivation Drives Us
I hope that everyone is well today. Lately I have been reflecting on my life and my career, so I thought that today we would discuss sources of motivation. Everyone one of us is motivated by different things: some people are motivated by money, some by fame, some by faith, some by the need to help others. Whatever our …
Is That You I Smell? Why Our Why Matters
We all experience moments of self-doubt. We all have times in our lives when we wonder what the hell we’re doing. We ask questions of ourselves; we doubt our purpose and our abilities. Even those individuals that we see every day, the ones that seem to be the most self-confident people that we’ve ever met, these people all have moments …