Posts Tagged "success"

Before You Name Your Kids…

Before You Name Your Kids…

…take into consideration global networking, the Internet, and scarcity. We actively observe–every day–as the ways in which we communicate, connect and work, continually transition, thus transforming life as we currently know it.  For us, this change is becoming a way of life.  We adapt and conform in order to make the most of this global networking transformation.  Our...

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The Dip & How Being Average Is Overrated

The Dip & How Being Average Is Overrated

I am having a Robert Frost moment.   You know, one of those “two roads diverged in a wood, and I,  I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” type of moments.  However, in this case I find myself almost yearning for only two roads!  Not the 4 I must choose between. Ever been there? Of course you have.  We all have.  We all make choices every day...

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Kids, don't try this at home.

Kids, don't try this at home.

Welcome to a world where failure is more discredited than ever. Ask yourself this:  Where would we be without failures?  Okay, wrong question.  Where would we be without failures whose next decision, post-failure, was to try it again with a new twist?  Excellent, that’s right…no where.  We wouldn’t be or ever be anywhere.  We would be stuck. What is risky?  Failure is...

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Trade Outer Expectations for Dreams…Is Your Heart Artificial?

Trade Outer Expectations for Dreams…Is Your Heart Artificial?

People have had expectations for you before you were even born.  When your parents got married they more than likely thought about the children  that they would one day have, and what would become of them (you!) once they were off and running on their own.  Teachers expected you to turn your homework in on time and in a readable fashion.  Your basketball coach expected you to make 85% of your...

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Jon McLaughlin

Jon McLaughlin

Do you believe that persistence pays off?   If you genuinely believe in a concept or a new way of doing something or a business venture or a song, do you also believe that if you are not immediately successful you will be eventually?  I believe persistence pays off.  I believe that taking advantage of positive, goal-guided opportunities is worth it both in the short-term and the long-term....

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