There’s going to be times when you have so much work to do or so many problems to solve that it will feel like you might never get out of the woods. When this happens you have to use your mental calories in the right places so that you don’t burn out before you get out of the woods.

How To Get Out of The Woods

Burglars are scum bags.  They take things that you can’t replace, but they also violate the privacy of your home.  Our neighbors just got robbed and it made me think back to when our home got robbed. I share how it made me feel and also some of the good that can come from a Burglary.  You may even want to use my Mom’s thought process as you clean out your home.

A Burglar Broke In At The Neighbors

The weather is changing and the world is changing. Take advantage of this time to change your routine and spice up your life. If you want to be more productive and more creative, use this tip to do it.

Change Your Routine, Spice Up Your Life

Did you read that title twice and are you still wondering if it’s written wrong? Today on your Monday Motivation I share a quote that seemed to make the world clearer for me. I think you’ll like it too. The title is true. Knowledge leads to ignorance, but understanding is beautiful thing!

Knowledge Leads To Ignorance

What you believe can create wealth, destroy wealth, help you, hurt you, make your life better, or worse and what you believe will also affect other people too. There’s a time to keep on believing what you believe and there are also times to re-examine your beliefs and change them if necessary. Here are some thoughts about what you should believe and why you shouldn’t feel bad about changing your beliefs. Listen Now on Your Monday Motivation.

What You Believe Matters

We’re getting our youngest German Shepherd trained as a personal protection dog so that she barks and bites on command. Here is a dog training technique that you can use even if you don’t have a dog, because it works on humans too. If you use this technique with yourself, you can be more successful and happy.  

Dogs Who Bite and Humans

How can a murderer not be guilty of murder? Why is a broken relationship nobody’s fault? There are two frames through which you can look out on life. One frame leads to misery, the other to opportunity.

Life At The Bottom

People are off-roading in 2-wheel drive sedans, eating fast-food and spending all of their money. Is it better to close the off-road trails or start thinking ahead more? Is it better to let people learn or keep them from failing?

Off-roading, Fast-food and Savings

If you hate changing smoke alarm batteries in the night, you’ll relate to this. This week, cut some unnecessary energy you’re spending and use that energy for other things. Listen now on Your Monday Motivation.

Ceiling Fans And Smoke Alarms

During quarantine some people have less available money, but they have a different form of currency to spend. How you spend your time in quarantine can determine whether you participate in this recession or not. In Your Monday Motivation, here are some thoughts about using your quarantine time. Listen now on Your Monday Motivation.

Using Your Quarantine Time

Many people are searching for real happiness. Most of the mainstream advice for finding happiness is not the way to find true happiness. As a person, there is something you can do that will cause your body to release chemicals that will make you feel happy.  That’s what’s on Your Monday Motivation this morning.

Finding Happiness

Some people have a big win followed by a devastating loss.  Sometimes the loss even nullifies the win.  Have you seen it? It’s the classic example of winning a battle but losing the war. In this episode of Your Monday Motivation there’s some good advice about how to keep winning when you win. It’s second hand advice, but it’s good…

Keep Winning When You Win

It’s not always easier to buy time, i.e. hire things done, at first because hiring things done requires a new skill set and involves different possibilities. If you are a Do It Yourselfer (DIYer), this episode of Your Monday Motivation will give you a great excuse that makes all of us DIYers proud that we chose to do it ourselves.

An Excuse for All Do-It-Yourselfers

Do you ever feel like a hopeless do it your-selfer? Sometimes I feel like I want to do everything myself! Time is a big reality check for do it your-selfers (DIYers)!  Trying to do everything can actually waste time, but hiring things done can redeem time. How can you still get fulfillment from doing things yourself and buy yourself more time? Should you DIY or not DIY? That is the question! And the answer is (hopefully) in your Monday Motivation.

To DIY or not DIY

Language in our society will continue to devolve by nature. It’s the law of entropy.  Meaningless phrases and expressions are everywhere. People say things all the time that they don’t really mean. But have you ever met someone who put a bumper sticker on their car and didn’t believe in the message on the sticker? ...Here is your Monday Motivation

Mean What You Say and Say What You Mean

Many of the decisions people make today are heavily influenced by what they assume other people will think of them. The man in Your Monday Motivation today is a great example of someone who seemed as if he couldn’t care less what other people thought of him. It’s quite a story. You’ll want to give it a listen.

How to be Happier and More Effective

Learning new things is often way more involved than it appears to be at first glance because you don’t know what you don’t know. I just learned something new about jet aircraft the other day and thankfully I didn’t have to learn the hard way. There is an easy way to learn and a harder way to learn. This week use the easy way from this episode of Your Monday Motivation.

Did you know the door of a jet could kill you?

Would you burn newspaper if someone told you it would plug your chimney? If you feel like false information and stupidity circulate too quickly in our society today, you will love the quotes in your Monday Motivation this morning. One quote is from Mark Twain, the other quote is by… well, go listen to it.

Would You Burn Newspaper?

This Man is 104 years old.  His name is Dave McCoy. He started one of the largest ski resorts in North America.  He stopped skiing when he had a knee replacement at the age of 92. He sold the ski resort in 2005 but he didn’t completely retire, he has a new business now. Listen to your Monday Motivation to hear the story of Dave McCoy and how he is still making every day count at age 104!

A Man with a MAMMOTH Vision

I had a bad experience on a dirt bike ride this weekend, but as they say bad experiences can make good stories and this one did not disappoint.  It turns out this particular experience is a great metaphor for life. Listen to this Monday Motivation as you roll into your week so you can keep riding ahead and make progress with ease.

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