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Do you have Integrity? That sounds like a leading question, I know. What the heck is integrity, anyway? Even the most educated among us have some difficulty answering that question without a slight reflective pause. Integrity isn’t something that’s easily defined. Yet many respected leaders across the spectrum — clergy, business professionals, motivational speakers, mentors, and genuine leaders alike — lead with integrity as one of their foremost recognizable traits. Perhaps one of the best, most succinct definitions of integrity comes from C.S Lewis, who said…

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”

Ah, ok…

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Discipline is an essential component of the formula to achievement. Every goal we set comes with its own unique requirements that must be met in order to be realized or achieved. All goals require effort to some extent. Some require a great amount of effort, and some not as much. All require a discipline that assures the force of action is initiated and effective follow-through is achieved.

No personal success, achievement, or goal, can be realized without some measure of discipline. It is singularly the most important attribute needed to ensure we consistently move toward achievement or personal excellence of…

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A spirit of gratitude opens our eyes to a world of wonder we so often take for granted. It’s not difficult to experience a spirit of gratitude if we’ll just take a few moments to acknowledge the many wonderful things that surround us.
We live in a culture that has an obsession with negativity, so it’s easy for us to get caught up in how “bad” things are if we allow ourselves to be distracted by the things we don’t have or how life is never quite good enough. …

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I was taught fairly early on by my mentors that if I couldn’t afford something in cash, I shouldn’t have it, period. I didn’t always follow that advice and typically didn’t fare well when I strayed from it. For the most part, it is advice worth following, especially if your desire is to become financially independent.

As ideal as that advice may seem, however, I realize it is not always practical. Look, I’m a realist. That said, the best way to ensure we never reach a state of financial independence is through an accumulation of debt. In other words…

Where…

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How would you like to get twice as much accomplished, double your income, and increase your level of happiness beyond any level you’ve experienced? Well, I’m here to tell you that it is not only possible, but it’s also certain…if you’re willing to follow a few “rules.”

I’m often asked how I’m able to get so much accomplished in my life. People say I seem to be everywhere doing everything, and yet, I have the same 24-hours in my day as everyone else.
So, what makes me so “special?”

The truth is, I’m not special at all. I’ve just managed…

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My youngest daughter is in her final semester for her second master’s degree. I couldn’t be more proud. Typically, the news wouldn’t be all that extraordinary. After all, people complete degree programs all the time. So, what makes her so special, aside from the fact that she’s my daughter and I get to choose the content of my writing? For starters, her achievement exemplifies the things we can all accomplish if we’ll just look beyond our circumstances and allow the power of our vision to carry us to the finish line of success. The fact that we finish anything in…

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Imagination leads to insight, which leads to introspection, which leads to discovery, which leads to change!

Real change takes place when we allow ourselves to set aside bias and preconceived notions long enough to be fascinated with what our innermost selves are telling us.

I’ve said it time and again…

Don’t be so judgmental about the things your mind — or your imagination — is trying to reveal to you.

Your personal biases prevent you from realizing the truest potential for happiness and fulfillment you can expect to discover in this life.

One of the most difficult things to do…

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When it comes to goals, there are two schools of thought:

1. Goals are really neat to have and generally provide an incentive for achievement
2. Goals are an absolute essential driving force that propels us toward higher achievement

Either way you look at it, goals are the desired destination that, without action, remains an aspirational objective waiting to be acted upon by those who are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve them.

For most, goal setting isn’t the issue. It’s the manner in which someone sets out to achieve their goal — the follow-through — that’s the issue.

We…