Posts about my lessons learned as an entrepreneur and posts about other entrepreneurs who interest & inspire me.
I have a lot of interests. From Family to Business to Fitness to Homeschooling to Basketball to Personal Finance to Personal Branding to Personal Development…etc! I have long list of blogs and sites that I subscribe to that cater to my interests. It is very important that we read daily.
The month of May brings about a certain amount of excitement and anticipation when you live in Indianapolis. The excitement begins before the month of May, and continues to rev up throughout May, and finally reaches a fever pitch when the big day arrives. Sponsors begin to line up, teams begin practicing, trial runs are conducted, contests and workshops prepare us all for the big day. It is an annual family tradition for some.
How often are you distracted by the many things going on around you? Do you easily lose focus while in the middle of something? I will be honest and say I can answer both of those questions with “a lot” and “yes“. Remaining in a pattern like that can kill your productivity, damage your relationships, and leave you having unfulfilled days (which lead to unfilled weeks…and months…and years!).
There is nothing like accomplishing a goal or meeting a challenge! For the month of April I took and completed the Ultimate Blog Challenge! 30 posts in 30 days!!! I joined many other bloggers, and committed to doing this along with sharing my posts via Facebook and Twitter, and commenting on the other UBC blogger’s posts. From the beginning I knew it wouldn’t be easy, just as I knew there would be great benefits and lessons learned for me and my readers. As the challenge wraps up today I’d like to share some things that have come as a result of me taking the UBC, share what I learned while taking the UBC, and share what my next steps will be as a result of the UBC.
The Ultimate Blog Challenge has been amazing! I have discovered some really interesting bloggers and entrepreneurs, read some GREAT content, and crossed the paths of many more cool people. Here is a round-up of all the people that I have exchanged some sort of dialogue via the challenge, either on the UBC Facebook group, my blog, their blog, or someone else’s blog in which we conversed.
I posted last week “One Thing That Ends All Your Excuses.” As I was viewing some videos on YouTube today I came across this video that illustrates even more why our excuse making needs to end. If you are still making excuses, let this video encourage you to stop.
This is something I never thought I’d do. I am a very private person and do not share a lot of things that are personal to me. But here I am posting My Life Goals for the world to see! Who woulda thunk it!? Not me!
My hope for you in sharing my goals is that you will be inspired to dream bigger than ever, that you will be bold enough to pursue your goals, and if you have never set life goals after you finish reading this post you will sit down and start the process of writing your life goals.
I am not a big fan of the film “The Secret”, which was one of the biggest selling DVDs the year it was released (2006). I do believe that our thoughts are powerful, as everything that was ever created by man, or woman, originated in our minds. However, once a thought is conceived some action has to be taken. Many times the action(s) have to be done over and over again, in spite of difficulty or opposition. This to me is the The REAL Secret to Success and Achievement…
Over the past few weeks I have been really focused on my work ethic, and how that more than talent itself determines how successful you or I can be. I grew up playing sports competitively, played through college, and still play today. One thing that still resonates with me from sports is that there is always somebody practicing, training, and preparing to be better and to beat you.
