“Your life will not change because you know what to do. It will change when you DO what you know”. Dr. Robert Anthony Knowing what you need to do to achieve your goals, and actually going out and doing it are two completely different things. Most of us (myself included) know what we need to [...]
Power of Persistence Week 41: “Persistence”.
Power of Persistence Week 41: “Persistence”. What does the Power of Persistence mean to you? I choose to call this 52 week accountability journey that we have been on “the power of persistence”-but what does Persistence really mean? Here is what the dictionary has to say about it…. Persistence: Firm or obstinate continuance in a [...]
Power of Persistence Week 40: “Three Flaws in Goal Setting”.
Power of Persistence Week 40: “Three Flaws in Goal Setting”. I have mentioned in the past that one of my favourite books on personal development as it relates to achieving our personal and professional goals is Pyscho Cybernetics by Dr Maxwell Maltz. This book was written back in 1960. It went on to become one [...]
Power of Persistence Week 39: Finding Your Happy Place.
Power of Persistence Week 39: Finding Your Happy Place. Last week I was in the gym and had just finished up a swim workout when I bumped into my good friend Anthony. Even though he didn’t particularly feel like it, Anthony had gotten himself to follow through on completing his workout. He shared with me [...]
The Power of Persistence Week 38: Fear vs Faith
Power of Persistence Week 38: Fear vs. Faith”. “The underlying cause of all trouble is fear” Emmet Fox. Take a moment to digest these words. To me they pretty much sum up everything that ails society as a whole, but also everything that stands in the way of you and me achieving the goals and [...]
Power of Persistence Week 37: Choose Love, Not Discipline
Power of Persistence Week 37: “Choose Love Not Discipline”. I was reading the Globe and Mail newspaper recently and came across an article on former NHL hockey player, Gary Roberts that intrigued me greatly. Mr. Roberts, who hails from the Toronto area, played 21 years in the NHL, including several with the home town Toronto [...]
Power of Persistence Week 36: “You’re stronger than you think”.
Power of Persistence Week 36: “You’re stronger than you think”. I came across a story recently about Canadian long distance swimming legend Vicki Keith that I felt had an extremely important lesson for each of us. If you think an Ironman triathlon (swim 3.86 km, bike 180 km, and run 42.2 km) is a big [...]
The Power of Persistence Week 35: Anything is Possible
The Power of Persistence Week 35: Anything is Possible July 3. 2011 Ironman Austria Race Experience Report: I arrived in beautiful Klagenfurt Austria on Monday afternoon June 27th. I figured this would give me several days to work off the jet lag and the 6 hour time difference from Toronto, as well as to have [...]
Power of Persistence Week 34: Don’t Stop Believing
Power of Persistence Week 34: “Don’t Stop Believing” If you happen to be a child of the 70’s and 80’s like me, or even if you just like the music of the 80’s, then you will be familiar with one of the more popular bands of the time; Journey. There biggest hit song came out [...]
Power of Persistence Week 33: Success: Step by Step
Power of Persistence Week 33: Success: Step by Step “It matters not how slowly you go. It matters only that you do not stop”. Confucius As you may know I just returned from my Ironman triathlon challenge in Austria. I spent the past 6 months in serious training mode for the big event on July [...]
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