How is that appetite of yours coming along? Are you still living your life with the brakes on? Procrastinating? Let’s move past that!

Your goals are set now. You should have experienced the sweet victory of achieving a couple of the small goals you set. Now, let’s work on the tools to help you soar further.

Focus on the development of courage, conviction, communication and introduce a sense of urgency into your daily life.

Mentally push aside the fears that are holding you back…Believe that you can manifest greatness when you work for it…Work on your leadership and communication by taking a public speaking course or actively participating in group discussions at work, church, and community functions…Most important, take actions now that will move you toward your goals.

Just taking action can make you feel better about yourself.

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If you are not naturally motivated, you will have to learn how to, or what it takes to make you hungry! I can help, I’m a good cook!

First you have to take responsibility for your life. You and only you can accomplish your dreams. Get a feel for it by setting small goals and accomplishing them.

Review your goals every day. Be focused on achieving them. Reflect on what truly motivates you. For the remainder of December I will help your appetite for success skyrocket!

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You cannot live as if you have thousands of years to accomplish your dreams. You don’t. You are here today, but you may well be gone tomorrow!

Do not live with the coulda, shoulda, woulda’s…
DRIVE, SURVIVE AND THRIVE!

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When people have the kind of motivation in which obstacles are not a factor, and only their dreams matter, they MAKE things happen. The universe has no choice but to yield to that kind of energy. They are unstoppable….too legit to quit!

Take a look at Lance Armstrong. He has conquered the Tour de France not one, not two, not three, four, five or even six !...but seven consecutive years – after fighting testicular cancer and coming out triumphant! This is a man with a real passion, he is hungry! There was no obstacle too large to stand in the way of his dream.

Feeding a fire within you – living FOR a dream – is real living.

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Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation. It empowers us to overcome obstacles so that we can live our dreams.

When life knocks you down, you should always try to land on your back….because if you can look up, you can get up! I have that hunger within to make something of myself.

That hunger is a motivating force.

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Diptheria swept through the neighborhood when I was a young boy, and unfortunately for Mamie Brown, made a home within me. Terror washed through the neighborhood as children died under the watchful eye of the local hospital. Even mama, I still recall how her hands shook when she administered my medicine.

Then just as it appeared I was recovering, I came to her one morning after awakening and my voice was gone. Mama was devastated. After all she had gone through in dealing with my illness, she feared it had sneaked back in and robbed me of my voice forever.

That night she set to praying again, “Lord, give the child my voice. I’ve talked enough in my life. I don’t need my voice no more.” By morning my voice had returned – but mama’s was nothing but a squeak! I swear it is true!

Mama took some of the diphtheria medicine for herself and in a few hours her voice returned. But after that, if I dared to sass my mother or she heard me curse she would say, “You talk like that again, I’ll take my voice back, you use it like that, I’ll take it back!”

I intend to use my mama’s voice for good, lest I lose it for good. I urge you to use your talents and gifts to their fullest too!

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I offer you these nine principles of life enrichment for your consideration and guidance:

I. You can achieve far beyond your horizons and in avenues of life you have never explored.
II. You possess a basic goodness, which is the foundation for the greatness you can ultimately achieve.
III. You must take responsibility for your actions, your well-being and the attainment of your maximum potential.
IV. You must seek self-awareness, self-approval and self-commitment in order to attain self-fulfillment.
V. You must commit yourself to building and maintaining relationships that are critical to the social development of your family and community.
VI. You must manifest the belief that mutual respect is the fundamental element of all relationships.
VII. You will heighten your life by helping others heighten theirs.
VIII. You will work toward your goals by planning, executing and measuring your progress.
IX. You will make commitments with care and honor them with integrity.

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