October 2010

The Value Factor

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The Value Factor calls for giving beyond expectations. This can include a thoughtful opinion generated from listening attentively or as simple as offering to help someone with a physical task. The Value Factor is a distinguished and deliberate approach in interacting with people. At its core, it’s an approach all about finding ways to serve others…an approach yielding positive gain for all parties.

This article is about being on the side of the solution; helping others while subsequently bettering your own position by creating a value enriched environment…

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Self-Branding: Your Personal Slogan

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Personal Slogan + Hustler’s Perspective = description of who you are; your values, strengths, and passion.

A personal slogan is for you; a motivational tool, reminder and personal directive to keep you focused on your goals.

Being that you’re a brand, it’s to your benefit to focus on building a consistent structure that you can easily define. I understand that we all have complexities that can’t be trapped into miniature descriptions, but just like a business, we should be able to find a simple, yet powerful way to state the basis of our identity…

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Simply Change Your Actions To Drastically Change Your Results

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Today I’m honored to share my guest post article which is being featured at RealSimplePeople.com.

Please check out the article by clicking HERE

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The Science Behind Motivation

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There’s a constant battle to generate and maintain motivation. For some, being motivated is a natural part of life – presenting minimal challenge to grab and maintain. But for others, motivation is hard to come by – making goals extremely hard to achieve. This article is about understanding the science behind motivation to better understand how we achieve, maintain, and even lose it.

Motivation encompasses 3 components:

  1. Activation – The decision to initiate a certain behavior. You decided to read this article.
  2. Persistence – Is maintaining effort in achieving something. You continue to read this article to learn more about motivation.
  3. Intensity – Is the energy that goes into obtaining a goal. You are driven to learn more about motivation so you extend your learning’s on this subject outside of this article…
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