Motivation

If you start, go all the way →

Published December 5, 2014  ·  All posts on Dec 5  ·  

For some reason, we hold back – almost as if it’s preferred to actually going ALL IN on something. Why? Because if we’ve given our all, and we still fail…what is left? If we go all in and fail, we tell ourselves that we are failures. We aren’t good enough.

In reality, giving our all and then failing is one of the best things that could possibly happen to us. When we give max effort and we fail, we’re only setting ourselves to level up.

~ Steve Kamb from, If You Start, Go All The Way

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The mind could make you dance →

Published August 27, 2014  ·  All posts on Aug 27  ·  ,

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired… You’ve always got to make the mind take over and keep going.

~ George S. Patton, Jr.

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Insist upon it →

Published August 3, 2014  ·  All posts on Aug 3  ·  ,

People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you are fortunate enough. But that’s not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

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Sacrifice →

Published June 4, 2014  ·  All posts on Jun 4  ·  ,

If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will be the sacrifice.

~ unknown

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Come to the edge →

Published February 4, 2014  ·  All posts on Feb 4  ·  ,

Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.

~ Christopher Logue

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Subtraction →

Published January 18, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 18  ·  

Too many possessions is clutter, visual stress, cleaning, maintenance, debt, less happiness. Too many tasks makes it harder to focus on any one thing or get anything done. Too many things we want to learn means we never learn anything well.

~ Leo Babauta, from The Necessary Art of Subtraction

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Beginning the pursuit →

Published January 3, 2014  ·  All posts on Jan 3  ·  

The journey begins with a single step, a wise man said, and for me that first step is simple:

Admit I don’t know.

Learning begins by emptying your cup, so that you can fill it with what you find. Emptying your cup means getting rid of pre-set opinions.

~ Leo Babauta from, My Pursuit of the Art of Living

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The only comparison you should make →

Published September 7, 2013  ·  All posts on Sep 7  ·  

Now, I am not saying this to downplay their hard work to get to where they are; I don’t want you saying things like, “I don’t have their genetics or resources, so why even bother?”

Instead, I want you to know that there will ALWAYS be somebody leaner, bigger, faster, or stronger than you. There will always be somebody who’s younger, better looking, and had more success than you. Until you learn to accept that, you’ll never be truly happy.

~ Steve Kamb from, The ONE Comparison You Should Make Today | Nerd Fitness

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Hero training →

Published June 1, 2013  ·  All posts on Jun 1  ·  

If you are in a crappy situation, struggling with weight loss, or struggling to change your diet, believe that the Hero version of you is waiting to develop. You’re in the ‘challenge’ part of the story right now. Without that, the Hero part will have no meaning.

Who wants to read the story about the awesome guy that got more awesome? Nobody!

~ Steve Kamb from, Hero Training 101: 4 Steps To Save The Galaxy

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Strength and honor →

Published May 12, 2013  ·  All posts on May 12  ·  ,

Strength and honour my friend. Those 8 drams took 15 years to make, imagine how sweet your life will be in 15 years. In the making of that scotch parts of it were burned, chopped, boiled and pressured and with each stage gave it character and its appeal. Just like the scotch, life is better with character. Win or lose, never ever stop fighting.

~ unknown

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