Thinking about doing something is always harder than actually getting down to doing it. And the longer you spend thinking and putting off doing, the harder it is to get down to business.

Life doesn’t bend its will according to effort or the good intentions of the people living it. Sometimes, a lot of the time there’s someone else more qualified or with better connections or who just happened to be in the right place at the right time to grab away that thing you were trying so hard to get.

Don’t confine your thinking and your actions to what you think you might be able to accomplish. Reach beyond your boundaries.

Big projects can be a horrible scary daunting pain. Thinking about all the steps and all the work something will take, can be a bit overwhelming.

If you want to move ahead in your career, you’d do well to look at it like an artist.  Have a vision of your destination before you set out on your journey.

We always have the choice between going right or left, but the way most of us live our lives, it’s as if we have no choice at all. We do virtually the same things over and over again, day after day, week after week simply because it’s become our habit.

Some days simply start out badly. You wake up a little late, you miss your bus, the coffee shop accidentally gets your order wrong, then you spill the coffee on your shirt.

If you have a dream or a goal, the only way you’re going to get where you need to go is to strap on your running shoes and get into the race. You might not win, but at least you raced, and racing is always better than standing on the sidelines!

Are there things you want to do with your life that you haven’t quite gotten around to? Big projects, small projects that keep moving from to-do list to to-do list? Or something that’s sitting in the back of your mind that hasn’t even made it to a to-do list?

Why do you exercise?  To get in shape? To stay in shape? To improve your health? To become stronger, live longer? The myriad of physical benefits are all outstanding reasons to exercise. As a side benefit exercise also helps with just about everything else, including your professional life.

Ever feel like some people are just plain luckier than you? Like success bumps into them while they were sitting around sipping a soda at the ice cream bar, while it keeps walking by you?

No matter how perfect or imperfect things may seem in any given moment, they won’t stay that way.  Life cannot ever stay the same. People change, circumstances change, ideas, thoughts and trends change.

Maybe you are very content with how much you manage to accomplish everyday, however if you’re like most you probably look at the super successful and wonder how they manage to squeeze in so much.  It turns out the very successful have a few things in common.

When we’re gazing across the expanse from where we are to where we want to go, the distance can seem long and sometimes it’s hard to maintain our motivation over the long run. There are a few motivational pit stops you can make along the way for a quick recharge.

When you’ve been trying unsuccessfully to reach a goal and you hit brick wall after brick wall after brick wall, you may decide continuing with the effort is simply a waste of time and energy.

Why do some people have an extra bounce in their step? What gives them that extra shot of energy in the morning that others can’t achieve no matter how many cups of coffee they manage to consume?

The drive, dedication and persistence that nourished the ambitions of seventeen year old Steven Spielberg are the same things that drive him today. That’s why what he does never gets old.

Pushing through on days when you have no inclination to do anything, and holding yourself accountable. You may not become one of Time Magazine’s most influential people, but you will certainly be a driving force in your own life!

So often in life we put off the things we want to do or know we should be doing until circumstances are just right. Until the inspiration to get started hits us. Until we make contact with someone. Until something else happens first.