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By Dave Kelly
Are you sleep-deprived from watching the Olympics? I know I am! Watching the best in the world compete in so many different sports and disciplines was incredibly inspiring.
I heard all kinds of stories throughout the Olympics about the routines the athletes went through in order to become the best in the world. Many were up at 5:00 am, working out before and after school or work. Their weekends were spent away from family and friends and many had special diets. Of course, it would be cool to consume 10,000 calories a day like swimmer Michael Phelps and still be in condition to win eight gold medals!
I would probably sink.
Continue reading Champions do what it takes to achieve their dreams! →
By Dave Kelly
My six-year-old daughter loves to play a game we call “bears”. We get under the covers in the master bedroom and pretend that it is our cave. We hibernate. We hit the snooze alarm for spring (two more days). We fish in the salmon pond in the upstairs of our cave and we eat sheep burgers (no animals are harmed during this game). We dance around in pretend meadows of flowers and she goes to bear camp and I go to bear work. I think of funny things to say that will make a six-year-old laugh, like going shopping for the “bear necessities”, and we giggle and have a good time.
We usually play when she gets home from school, right before or after dinner, or whenever we can find five spare minutes. That used to be work time when I was in the mortgage business. In fact, all of the time used to be work time. My office has been in my basement since 2001 and my wife used to come downstairs at 9 or 10 at night and wonder when I was “coming home”. It seemed like I never relaxed. In reality, I was pretty stressed out most of the time.
The truth is I did not understand the value of silly. I gave in to stress and let it control my life, my work, and my relationships.
Continue reading Don’t let stress rule your life; silly is more fun! →
By Dave Kelly
I was a server all through college and even for a couple of years after I graduated. I worked in fine dining environments, up-scale restaurants, and pubs, wearing anything from long-sleeved dress shirts with a tie to a polo shirt and khakis. Everywhere I worked, I wanted to be known as the best server. Not one of the best. THE best.
During my “serving career,” I worked with a lot of people who did just enough to get by. I never understood that. Those same co-workers could never understand why I consistently made more in tips than they did and why customers would request me as their server. I decided that if I was going to be working, I was going to get the most out of it by giving it my all. And the results paid off.
Continue reading Do the best you can do in all that you do →
By Dave Kelly
A couple of days before Christmas, I was in my garage about to get in my car to go to a meeting. A large overnight delivery service truck pulled up to my neighbor’s house and the driver hopped out with a package. He looked up and waved at me, walked past my neighbor’s car in the driveway, and set the package down next to the garage. He punched in some buttons on his delivery scanner, hopped back in his truck, and drove off.
Did you see what was wrong in this scenario?
Continue reading Go the extra mile, Part II →
By Kevin M
“We don’t realize how much hope drives our lives. When hope is gone, life looks a lot different, a lot darker.”–David L. Heller (1913-1992), a cherished friend and mentor
Somewhere along the path of life we lose our dreams. Life rolls along, we have responsibilities, bills to pay, obligations—we “grow up”. Over time, that all becomes our reality, our place in the universe. We get used to it, accept it, go on, and tell ourselves that all is well. When the economy trips and falls, pulling most of us down at least a little, the abandonment finds its’ greatest justification as we rally to cope with the crisis at hand.
And what of our dreams, our best hopes for our lives? Oh, their there somewhere in the recesses of our minds, we just don’t think about them so much—there just isn’t time.
Continue reading Dare to Dream and See What Comes Up →
By Dave Kelly
You can.
You have infinite power and ability that was placed in you the moment you were conceived.
You must choose to make use of those God-given talents and abilities.
Most people don’t, or won’t.
What’s holding you back? Fear of failure? Lack of money? No road map? The moment is not perfect? Get over it!
Continue reading You can do this! →
By Dave Kelly
I was a server all through college and even for a couple of years after I graduated. I worked in fine dining environments, up-scale restaurants, and pubs, wearing anything from long-sleeved dress shirts with a tie to a polo shirt and khakis. Everywhere I worked, I wanted to be known as the best server. Not one of the best. THE best.
During my “serving career,” I worked with a lot of people who did just enough to get by. I never understood that. Those same co-workers could never understand why I consistently made more in tips than they did and why customers would request me as their server. I decided that if I was going to be working, I was going to get the most out of it by giving it my all. And the results paid off.
Continue reading Do the best you can do in all that you do →
MONDAY MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT
By Dave Kelly
“That’s it? That’s this week’s tip?”
Yes, and if you get this one right, the rest of your life will be fulfilling and satisfying. Ninety percent of the input to your brain on a daily basis is negative. Only 10% is positive. Much of the negative stuff is put into our heads by ourselves. We look in the mirror in the morning and criticize every blemish and imperfection that we see. No wonder we go off into our day in a bad mood.
Continue reading Think Positively →
By Dave Kelly
“I am a successful professional speaker.”
That is an affirmation that I have told myself repeatedly, up to six times per day, for the last five years. That means I began telling it to myself before anyone had ever paid me for speaking or training! After almost 20 years in the mortgage business, I had created a new vision for myself, “To make my career as a professional speaker”. I told everyone that I was indeed a professional speaker. Whenever I was introduced at Circle K and Kiwanis events, it was as a professional speaker. I even launched my web site two and a half years before I got serious about marketing myself as a speaker!
Continue reading Create a vision for yourself and share it with as many people as you can →
MONDAY MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT
By Dave Kelly
“Really? I do?”
Absolutely. You were provided with everything you needed on the day you were born.
“Well then, why am I not happier, more successful, focused on a dream, and getting to where I want to be?”
Because you have forgotten what it is like to see possibilities and think of them as real in your life. Remember when you were a child and you dreamed of being a teacher, an astronaut, a star athlete, and an award winning actor–all in one? What happened to those dreams?
Continue reading You have the ability and talent to make your dreams come true →
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