Thought Row Blog — motivation

The Best Day of Your Life When? Where? Who were you that day? Who are you now? Do you really want to know? Here's a thought. You may just want to revisit that particular day. Ask yourself was it a happy-go-lucky one? Not a single nemesis in, on, or around you. Could you have celebrated that day on your own? Here's another thought. A celebratory day can be every day. It's when you give yourself complete and unashamed freedom to be happy. Fashion your tone and manner inside and out. Make your daily style to always be The Best Day...

  A 1000 No’s to Get to Yes You ask yourself, "Is it just me always being told NO?" If you're experiencing more than your share of no’s while you're trying to achieve your goals. You just might unknowingly be in a most exclusive club. The NO Means Yes Club. Then again maybe you're not. One of the very first words that you learn after you are born, and repeatedly pounded into your subconscious is the word NO! Unfortunately, as we mature and move through life, the word NO never seems to trail off. Ask any salesman, how many No’s...

The Advice You Want To Hear: Stop doing this to that, and a whole bunch of other things. Advice comes to all of us in bucket loads. Sometimes you ask for it, but a measurable amount is unsolicited. It's usually delivered with, "You should." And we all seem to get hit with "in my opinion." Which somehow is meant to soften the advice. What about one of my all-time favorites, and I probably use it

  You Should Be The Best Person You Know: A boatload of years ago, a very good buddy of mine named Roy Robinson told me that every morning when he shaves, he looks in the mirror and, with confidence, says to himself, "you handsome devil you." He then follows that up with, "you're going to have a very successful day Roy." I have to say that Roy was one of the most happiest people I've ever known. Roy's attitude toward life was always positive, and he always had kind words to share with those he met.   Going back another...

  Controlling Anxiety Before During and After You Go Out Into The World: Looking desperately, or desperately looking for that one thing that tells you how to be confident in who you are. Have you ever wondered about the people you see, that appear to be in complete control of their lives and their destiny ever feel insecure or have anxieties? The answer is they do. And they do, much more than you might think. It's being human. In our society, anxiety has become a dirty word. If you have any form of anxiety, you immediately think that there is...