Are you hungry?

Hungry

I recently watched an interview of Tony Robbins. One of the questions that was asked was what separates those who are successful and those who are not. He stated "hungry". Since I love to do word searches, I sought to define the word hungry and here is what I discovered: strongly or eagerly desirous.  Informal, aggressively ambitious or competitive, as from a need to overcome poverty or past defeat. Motivational speaker and entrepreneur Les Brown also speaks on the topic being hungry. Les states that "one has to be hungry to get what they want." I love his story about his hunger. Feel free to YouTube Les Brown’s videos. John Maxwell states “Often people wonder because they do not have the drive or ambition, they are not hungry for something to change in their lives.” You have to have a deep desire to possibly be the best you can be. Get hungry. Live life intentionally. Here is what I am hungry for: teaching, training, and educating people to be the best they can be by using simplistic methods. I know I can be the best at teaching, training, and coaching. I am also hungry to be the best Marla I can be. This means continual improvement and growth.

*Notice I said I can/could be the best at. No ego was involved. That is another blog post based on the book Good To Great by Jim Collins.

What are you hungry for? Look at the definition and ask yourself what are you eagerly desirous for?

Your thoughts are welcome...

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Passion

Hello readers,

The other night my husband and I were having a conversation with our son about track and field. Track and field is a sport he is passionate about and wants to participate in for a lifetime. During this conversation we asked him to define the word passion. He mentioned something along the lines of strong desire. I pulled out my handy “smart phone” (how did we survive without them) and found this definition on Dictionary.com. It states passion is “any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate or a strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor”. Notice the words “powerful and strong”; these words explain the depth of passion and what it means. We explained to him passion means you eat, sleep, live, and dream about the one thing you want. If a person has a passion for anything they will read about it, learn it, study it, do it, practice it, and I think you get the picture. We asked our son does he exercise all of the previous mentioned. Now ask yourself what are you passionate about and what are you going to do about it.

Your thoughts are welcome…

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Commencement Takeaways Part 1

Hello Readers,

 
Last weekend I graduated with my Masters Degree in Adult Education. It was a great honor to sit among so many others who have earned such a great achievement. The keynote speaker was actor, comedian, talk and radio show host, and author Steve Harvey. He mentioned some powerful takeaways. Here is part one of just a few takeaways I learned from his commencement speech. I know they will bless you:
 
1. A secret of wealthy people is they imagine what they want and they actually believe they will have it.
2. Be 100% whole. Money is not everything and cannot bring you happiness.
3. Do not let your degree just hang on the wall. Do something with it. Make an impact in your life and others.

4. If you only want out of life what you can accomplish you will limit the scope of what you can achieve.

Your thoughts are welcome

MJW

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

Are you following these?

Hello readers!
 
Periodically I like to share with you some of the authors I read. Brian Tracy is one of my favorite personal development mentors and here are some of his quotes to live by:

 
1. The future belongs to the people with the critical knowledge of how to get results and those who are adding to their knowledge base everyday. 

2. There is a direct relationship between the quantity of ideas and the quality of ideas.
 
3. You can start off with nothing but an intense desire to be successful and then, by the process of self-study and self-development, you can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can see for yourself.
 
4. You can tell how high you will rise in life by how deep your foundation is in a practical knowledge or skill.
 
5. Leaders are readers.
 
Allow yourself to ponder on these quotes and apply accordingly.
 
These are taken from Tracy's book:  Create Your Own Future. How to master the 12 critical factors of unlimited success. 2002.
 
Your thoughts are welcome...

 MJW 

 Www.truthspeakscoaching.com

NO one wants to do the hard jobs

Hello Readers,

I recently heard this statement and I thought to myself this is true. NO one wants to go to school for 8 plus years to be a doctor, NO one wants to be gone for months working on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean, NO one wants to sell anything without having a base salary. However, all the mentioned positions can pay substantially. Why is it people may tend to stick to the “easy” way out? Sticking to what is “easy” will never allow room for growth and innovation. See, the positions I mentioned are positions that may pay well or have great benefits, but that is not the driving force, sure we all want the great pay and benefits but, the problem comes when we are challenged and are forced to learn something new. Think about this, there has to come a point in your life where you realize I am the only person who can do ________ this way. I am really the best at what I do is what you have to believe about yourself. We are all superior to everyone in some form or fashion. Figure out your blank and do the “hard” stuff behind it, only then will true satisfaction come in your career and life.

Here is one a statement I believe and live by: I believe in my ability to succeed because God has placed a passion inside of me than drives me which makes me unstoppable.

 

What is your blank?

Your thoughts are welcome…

www.truthspeakscoaching.com

MJW