Category Archives: Personal Growth

Writing Goals: A Game-Changing Process

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Nothing has benefited my life more than learning the power of writing goals. Everyone wants to be great and reach achievement milestones, but not everyone is willing to commit to the grueling process that being great requires. Many people give up after one try, one failure. They settle for being average instead of striving and…

3 Questions For Discovering Your Why

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Discovering your why, the real reason as to why you do what you do, that special thing that tugs at your heart and gives you complete satisfaction, very well could be one of the most important tasks that you will ever be faced with. Finding out your why means that if you identify a dream…

8 Ways to Stay Positive

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You probably hear it over and over again how important it is to stay positive, think positively, and only engage in positive activity. In this day and age, being positive isn’t always an easy task. Turn on the news and the first thing you will usually see is something negative. Head into work and a…

4 Visualization Techniques That Drive Success

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I strongly believe in the power of visualization techniques. We must “see that image” in our mind before we ever venture forth to manifest it. Jim Carrey is one of my favorite examples of this. The famous comedian and actor was once a “wannabe.” I remember seeing a highlight of his appearance on “The Oprah…

How to Turn Negative Experiences Around

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This column is an excerpt from Matt Mayberry’s book, Winning Plays, out now. When we experience failure, tragedy, or hardship, I believe we all struggle with envisioning the absolute worst outcome. When I got injured in my very first game in the NFL, I was completely broken and defeated in that moment, but I made it…

4 Ways For Staying Positive

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Everyone will agree that the current presidential campaign is turning out to be one of colossal angst, controversy and mudslinging. Friends, families and businesses are fighting with one another over which candidate is best. The thing is, if we keep our minds on the controversies, disharmonies, and fighting, we stand a very good chance at…

3 Ways to Have a Positive Attitude Amid Failure

This article is an excerpt from Matt Mayberry’s new book WINNING PLAYS published by Center Street/Hachette. Many, many people talk about attitude and especially the “attitude of gratitude.” It has become such a normal topic of discussion that few people probably really think about it. I’m not sure how many people actually work on their attitude daily….

5 Ways to Open and Nurture Your Imagination

Your imagination is the key to creating your dreams and building your future. When you are creatively blocked, you are going to have a more difficult time being your best self at work or at anything you attempt to achieve. Too often, those of us who are ambitious and production-driven, will ignore creative pursuits because…

7 Secrets to a Killer Morning Routine

Time is a precious commodity, particularly in those pre-work morning hours. How you spend those moments can either make or break the rest of your day. Unfortunately, an average morning for many people involves hitting snooze until the very last minute, skipping breakfast, throwing on clothes, sitting in traffic and sidling into the office a…

What the Greatest Achievers Have in Common

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Something that has always fascinated me is what separates the world’s greatest achievers from everyone else in the world. What do they know that we don’t? I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author and host of the wildly successful podcast, The School of Greatness. Lewis has…

Stop Playing the Blame Game

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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever done, both personally and professionally, was to decide and commit early on to not playing the blame game and to create my own personal growth plan that would force me to grow every single day. The reason for this monumental decision all transpired when I was having…

Setting Goals vs. Achieving Goals

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Learning the incredible power of goals has forever changed my life. At 16 years old, I was a full-blown drug addict that was completely throwing his entire life away by living a life with no meaning and surrounding myself with others who degraded my potential and ability to become the best version of myself. It…

5 Ways to Drastically Increase Your Productivity

Regardless of how successful they already are, most entrepreneurs and business leaders would like to become more productive and efficient. Of course, the busy-ness of running a company and managing others can create a great amount of stress, which leads to exactly what we don’t want: decreasing productivity levels. Here are 5 proven ideas and…

A Book by Matthew Kelly on Fulfillment

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This book by Matthew Kelly is a powerful and practical guide to living a fulfilling life. A sad truth that becomes an everyday norm for millions of people is to go through life without any passion or purpose. They let their age become an excuse as to why they can’t embark on a new dream,…