What is Motivation?

Keep Your Tank Full – Motivational Tip

If you drive car until your gas tank is empty you run out of gas and end up on the side of the road or the middle of traffic. So in order not to run out of gas you periodically take time to stop into a gas station and fill your tank up with gas.

Five Ways To Better Overall Health and Fitness

The options you make each day such as for example skipping breakfast, or not eating enough water could possibly be affecting your general health. These simple decisions might not be life altering, but they could possibly be keeping you from obtaining your ideal level of fitness.

Goal Setting – Making Your Dreams Come True

“Your dream is the path between the person you are, and the person you hope to become.”

Let me tell you about a man who had a dream. His name was Tom. He was an insurance salesman. His dream was to write a novel. He often told himself, “Someday I’ll do it.”

But life just went on and on, day after day, year after year… and he did not do any writing or get any closer to following his dream. That is the same way the majority of people in the world go through life. After years of routine monotony, time runs out, their short lives are over and their dreams turn to dust. It’ sad but true.

Quick and Easy Ways to Relieve Stress

One of the most important things you can do is to stop and remind yourself that life is not a fire drill, this is not an emergency, you are not trapped behind enemy lines. You will live through this day and life will go on, no matter what you do or don’t do today.

10 Time Management Tips

Are you busy? Could you use some more time in each day? I think we all could.

Would it help to buy some fancy time management system, software, training, courses or seminars?

Maybe, maybe not. We can try all of the different time management systems and tips we want but we will never see results unless we avoid some of the biggest and most obvious drains on our time.

The Law of The Harvest

At various times in my life I have lived on a farm, and I guess at heart I’m a country boy. One important lesson I have learned from living on the land is “the law of the harvest.” As you sow, so shall you reap.

In order to have an abundant crop this year, you have to follow particular steps, in order. You have to cultivate and prepare the ground. You have to plant and sow the seeds. You have to water and tend to your growing plants. Finally, you have to bring in the harvest at the right time and put it in a safe place.

The Magic Power of an “Attitude of Gratitude”

The morning alarm clock came on, playing some good music.  With eyes closed, the man reached out and tapped the snooze button, then enjoyed a few more minutes of rest in his comfortable bed.

Next to the bed there was a window where he could see the sunrise.  As the first rays of the morning sun shone on his face, one eye lazily opened to view the beautiful painting in the sky.

Improve Your Social Relationships – A Relationship Advice

Who should you ask for relationship advice? Getting the wrong advice can make matters worse. Do you ask the friend with the seemingly happy relationship? Or the one who survived a breakup and knows what not to do? The fact is, both kinds of people have some useful information to share.

Some relationship advice that never fails is, when you are talking to someone, ask yourself “Are my words and actions loving and kind?” You can’t go wrong there.

How to Make or Break a Habit – Case Study

So as a health experiment, I tried to give up caffeine.

It was the worst day of my life!

I’m just kidding about it being one day, but seriously, I did give it up for three long months, and I managed to survive (barely). —Update— I finally did give up caffeinated coffee (I still enjoy a cup of decaf coffee now and then.) I miss the caffeine sometimes in the mornings of course, but my health is much improved.

How To Get Motivated With An Exercise Partner

Having an exercise buddy can make it easier to stick to your exercise routine. A partner may be just what you need to stay motivated, have fun, and reach your fitness goals. Below are some points to consider for selecting the right exercise buddy so you can work together effectively.