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The Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development107: Famous Students of Philosophy: Steve Jobs, Arianna Huffington, Howard Schultz, and Peter ThielIn this episode, host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, explores how philosophy shaped some of the world’s most impactful business leaders. Join The Motivation Movement as Michael discusses the influence of philosophy on iconic leaders like Steve Jobs, Arianna Huffington, Howard Schultz, and Peter Thiel, highlighting how philosophical insights guided their careers and leadership styles.Episode Highlights: Peter Thiel & Unique Thinking: Inspired by Rene Girard’s “mimetic desire,” Thiel sought innovation over competition, focusing on creating new markets rather than following trends. Steve Jobs & Quality: Influenced by Zen and the Art of M...2025-03-2414 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development106: The Compound Effect of Stress on MemoryIn this insightful episode, host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, unpacks the impact of stress on memory and practical ways to manage it. Join The Motivation Movement as Michael, husband, father, and Chief Growth Officer at Wild Bill’s Craft Beverage Co., shares personal stories and science-backed strategies for preserving memory and enhancing clarity in our busy lives.Episode Highlights: How Stress Impairs Memory: Stress hormones like cortisol interfere with focus and information recall, impacting both short-term and long-term memory. Memory and Decision-Making: Chronic stress clouds memory, leading to repeated mistakes or...2025-03-1714 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development105: The Value of a Sense of Humor: Laughing All the Way to the Bank!In this episode, host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, delves into how humor can be a superpower in life and business. With personal stories and insights, Michael shows how a sense of humor isn’t just for laughs—it’s a transformative tool for building relationships, reducing stress, and boosting resilience. Join The Motivation Movement to explore why humor is a game-changer for success and well-being.Episode Highlights: Building Stronger Relationships: Humor breaks down walls and builds trust, creating deeper connections in both personal and professional relationships. Health Benefits of Laughter: Laughter releases endorphins, reduces stress...2025-03-1014 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development104: Manage Your Time or Time Will Manage YouIn this episode, host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, unpacks the game-changing power of time management. With his own story of transformation, from feeling "too busy" for health to taking control of his schedule and shedding 35 pounds, Michael shares actionable strategies for maximizing every minute. Join The Motivation Movement and learn how managing time wisely can elevate your success, reduce stress, and make room for what matters most.Episode Highlights: The Importance of Time Management: Michael reveals how prioritizing time isn’t just about getting more done—it’s about aligning time with goals, reducing burnout, and living...2025-03-0312 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development103: Integrity: The Cornerstone of Success in Life and BusinessIn this powerful episode, host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, explores why integrity is essential for real success in life and business. Join The Motivation Movement as Michael, entrepreneur and Chief Growth Officer at Wild Bill’s Craft Beverage Co., shares personal stories and insights on why staying true to your values builds the foundation for trust, credibility, and fulfillment.Episode Highlights: The Role of Integrity in Building Trust: Integrity fosters loyalty in both business and personal relationships. Michael emphasizes that without trust, there’s no foundation for lasting connections. Reputation as Currency: Acting with integrity strengthens your...2025-02-0310 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development102: From Reflection to Resolution: Harnessing 2024's Insights for a Powerful 2025Join host Michael Russo, AKA mRuddo, as he dives into a year-end reflection that transforms 2024's lessons into actionable goals for a stronger 2025. In this episode of The Motivation Movement, Michael, husband, father, entrepreneur, and Chief Growth Officer at Wild Bill’s Craft Beverage Co., unpacks the power of reflection for setting meaningful intentions. This is for anyone looking to close out the year with clarity, gratitude, and purpose.Episode Highlights: Reflecting on Wins and Losses: Learn why Michael values consistency in fitness and parenting victories, while also acknowledging missed opportunities at work and with loved on...2025-01-2711 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentDon't Take Shit SO PersonallyA widespread conundrum that can negatively impacts the self-esteem level of people of all shapes and sizes is taking SHIT too personally, wearing your heart on your sleeve. Someone looks at you the wrong way. Someone had an attitude with you. Someone rudely bumped into you at the grocery store. Why the fuck is everyone out to get me this week? When people disrespect you or treat you poorly, t’s easy to take their actions and/or words personally, especially when you’re already in a rut to begin with.The benefit of not...2021-02-2610 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentSIX Steps to a Successful Social Media DetoxSocial media is addictive. We’ve all read articles, studies and blog posts about the harmful effects of overindulging on social media. Researchers and experts in the industry have compared mobile phones to gambling VIA slot machines. "It's a popular addiction right now, one of the still socially acceptable ones," says Laurie Gerber, an expert life coach of the Handel Group. It can be fun but also maddening. It can make you feel less alone, but also trigger feelings of loneliness and incompetence. If you’re spending a lot of time on social media, it can be hard...2021-02-2410 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentFight the Power, Don't Be a Victim!Have you ever felt like the whole world was conspiring against you?! Your job sucks. Your bank account is dwindling. Your spilled coffee all over your favorite shirt. Your friends don’t invite you out anymore. You probably feel used, abused, rejected, and depressed. Maybe you even feel like you deserve to suffer. Peace, success, and happiness seem so, so, so FAR AWAY.To tie a bow on this trail of misery, you’re a perpetual victim. Victimhood is an inescapable reality for you. But what if you didn’t have to feel like this anymore? What if you...2021-02-0811 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentPlease think about your legacy because you’re writing it every day. – Gary VeeHave you ever heard the origin story of the Nobel Peace Prize?! Alfred Nobel paradoxically was the visionary behind the Nobel Peace Prize, which has been awarded 962 times since 1901. While Nobel’s award fund would ultimately become famous, there’s no refuting that he was an unlikely source for a peace prize. His family name was “associated not with the arts of peace but with the arts of war.” What encouraged the “dynamite king” to donate his fortune to charity? Many believe it was inspired by a case of mistaken identity. In 1888, Nobel’s brother Ludvig had died...2021-02-0311 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentDiscovering Strategies to Combat LonelinessIf you suddenly passed away today, would someone come looking for you?! Would anyone wonder where you disappeared to? Would your dog eat you? How long would it take for someone to come knocking down your door to find you? One can only hope it’s ASAP. It’s a strange thought, but one we’ve all confronted in the past in one form or another, usually at our lowest low point. For one woman, this scary thought experiment was a grim, unfortunate reality. On January 25, 2006, members of a housing association in northern London were heading out to reposses...2021-01-2911 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentStrengthen Your Immunity, Fortifying Your Body’s Natural Defense!Whether you are the central decision maker at your business, the Head Nurse on the frontlines of the healthcare system, the team captain of your college basketball team, or the CARETAKER of your FAMILY unit . . . YOU NEED to stay healthy and functioning optimally 100%, 100% of the time. Your network, your universe, your PEOPLE, NEED you to be on top of your game, in tip top condition as it relates to your health, and more specifically, your immune system.The idea of enhancing your immunity is terribly exciting, but the capability to do so has proved mysterious for several re...2021-01-2712 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentOvercoming Self-Doubt - Conquering Self-SabotageYou are YOUR own worst enemy. How many times have ya heard that one over the years?!? In the process of manifesting the life you truly desire; we very often can’t get out of our own way. Whether we want to find love, lose weight, or complete a creative project, we can very easily find ways to self-sabotage.Self-sabotage involves characteristics and/or emotions that keep you away from what you desire most in life. It’s that inner sentiment eating away at us, saying “you can’t do this.” At some point, we all experie...2021-01-2510 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentFour Types of Temperament Understanding People’s BehaviorThe idea of the four temperaments traces back to an Ancient Greek notion that there were four underlying, essential bodily humors (blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm) which could cause disease and infection if they were out of balance. The terms sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic were invented by the Greek physician Aelius Galenus to define the effect of these humors on human behavior. This idea is perhaps one of the oldest that concepts that begins to develop a medical theory on personality. This theory is still popular today, widely used in the fields of management, p...2021-01-1811 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentEmbracing Uncertainty in Your LifeWe’ve all been there at one time or another: stuck in limbo. The unknown is a frightening place to be, and can leave you feeling powerless, defeated, and helpless. How do we develop the life skills to navigate through the unknown? How do we maintain control in a completely undefined environment? Do these unusual conditions which possibly lie ahead occupy your headspace often? Our brain has a negativity bias which is tricky to manage, coping with unanticipated events is difficult enough without our brain compounding and amplifying the worst possible imaginable scenario. The equivalent of Google sea...2021-01-1311 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentPay Attention (Stop Living Life on Autopilot)Why does time feel like it moves so much faster as you age? Maybe, when you’re young, the novelty of everything you experience being so new and fresh is what grounds us to the present, the here and now. Every day is an adventure. Every day we learn something new. When you grow and turn into an old fart, everything seemingly becomes less exciting.Repetition sets in. Everyday feels the same. You went from life in the fast lane, high speeds, to slow and steady cruise control. It’s not the worst thing in t...2021-01-0810 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThug Life Mentality (Lessons Learned from Tupac Shakur)I’m a huge Tupac junkie. I own all six movies Pac starred in on DVD. If there was a Tupac lyric recital competition, I’d 1000% win. I’ve been listening to Tupac since I was a pre-teen for Pete’s Sake. Tupac was without a doubt the most polarizing figure in rap and hip-hop ever. Raised by a Black Panther, he had REVOLUTIONARY in his blood! Pac was an inspiration to many, and way ahead of his time.Quincy Jones said it best: “The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young...2021-01-0610 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentBrain Hacking 101 Level Up Your Mental ProcessesAccording to Squidoo, brain hacking is "to perform some act that gains access to the fundamental mechanism behind your mind and other people's minds by here-to-fore unknown or apparently mystical means." From a scientific viewpoint, a brain hack is a maneuver of the neuronal system to (temporarily) alter is functions like focus, awareness, memory, and perception. They say we only access (on average) 10% of our brains . . . Imagine tapping into the other 90% of your brains seemingly unlimited potential?! It doesn’t require a PhD to understand how and leverage the way the brain functions. Leading...2021-01-0411 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development2021-INFINITY - Take Action & ExecuteFor many, 2020 was riddled with misfortune, anxiety, pressure, work and information overload, erratic emotions, and sleepless nights. In the most recent episode of The Motivation Movement, we took time to discuss various methods of reflection, to help you better understand and learn from your 2020 experience, so 2021 can be filled with love, happiness, health, friendship, success, and good fortune.Personally, I asked myself many of the same questions that were posed in the last episode. What theme or name would I give to 2020? The FIRE Starter. A FUCKING flame was lit under my ass, BIG TIME. 2020 has literally...2021-01-0111 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentDeveloping Good Habits for the Long-HaulThe New Year is right around the corner. Do you have any resolutions in mind? Are you going to start exercising, eating healthy, become more organized, read more, etc.? If so, you’re going to need to learn how to develop these good habits, building them into your routine in a way that encourages long term sustainability.We all have ambitions to do and be better, we briefly become hyped up to crush our goals and then usually lose motivation and give up along the way. It’s REALLY easy to become irritated and discouraged. The question I wa...2020-12-2910 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentCreate Space for What YOU DesireNATURE abhors a vacuum . . . This idiom is used to express the idea that empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural as they go against the laws of nature and physics. Despite what you may believe, the physical, emotional, digital, and spiritual space we occupy has a significant impact on our lives. When you create space in your schedule or unexpectedly discover yourself with unanticipated FREE time, what do you do? Do you instantly use it as an opportunity to run an errand or catch up on work? Do you do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?! Do you try and squeeze in d...2020-12-2411 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentWhat I Learned from Network MarketingHave y’all ever been involved in a network marketing organization, AKA a direct selling company? Amway, Avon, Mary Kay, Herbalife, Tupperware, NuSkin and Primerica are a few of the more popular examples. Network marketing is a business model that depends on person-to-person sales by independent representatives, often working from home. A network marketing business may require you to build a network of business partners or salespeople to assist with lead generation and closing sales. There are many reputable network marketing operations, but some have been denounced as pyramid schemes. The latter may focus less on sales...2020-12-2111 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentConquer the Learning Curve WITHOUT Cutting CornersTaking the first step towards conquering a goal, learning a new skill, or studying a foreign language is often the greatest challenge. We’re confronted with doubt, thoughts of giving up before you even start run wild. Everything you dream of achieving sometimes feels unreachable. Maybe it’s because you feel disadvantaged. Maybe it’s because the activity you’re pursuing has physical and/or financial risk involved. Maybe it’s simply the fear or the UNKNOWN. DO NOT LET self-doubt and anxiety stop you from TRYING! Simply put, a learning curve is the rate of a person's pr...2020-12-1810 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentTemperament - What It Is & Why It MattersThrough learning to control your temperament, it is very achievable and possible to better regulate your attitude, internal dialogue, and outlook. Temperament, psychologically speaking, is the facet of personality involved with emotional dispositions and responses and their velocity and intensity; the term frequently is used to describe the consistently prevailing mood pattern of an individual. Temperament is a uniquely composed combination of all the individual differences in our emotional, responsiveness, and self-regulation processes. Psychologists categorize temperament into four different types: sanguine (optimistic, active, and social), choleric (short-tempered, irritable), melancholic (analytical, wise and quiet), and phle...2020-12-1611 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Great Debate of Free-Will & DeterminismAre we fundamentally FREE to forge our own path, or is our JOURNEY predetermined, fated to unfold in an already scripted series of events? Free will is simply defined as the power to select or decide amongst an array of options or potential actions. The concept of free will provides us humans with a purpose, accountability, and personal agency. Individuals who believe in FREE WILL are more likely to have a positive outlook on life, be more productive and achieve more, academically speaking. Individuals who hold the belief, with conviction, that they can act at th...2020-12-1409 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentSeven Ways to Effectively Deal with Generalized Anxiety DisorderAnxiety disorders can be attributed to a wide ranging, complex set of risk factors, including brain chemistry, genetics, environmental factors, personality, and life events. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older, or 18.1% of the population every year.Worrying, feelings of doubt and general fears are all normal aspects of life. It’s NATURAL to be anxious about an upcoming job interview, a first date, the birth of your first child, etc. To varying degrees, we all get anxious at ti...2020-12-1110 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentUnderstanding the Mind-Body ConnectionAre your ideas, emotions, experiences, senses, and desires things that happen in addition to all the physical processes in your brain, or are they themselves just a few of those physical processes? What exactly is meant by the word "mind?" It's important to note that "mind" is not one and the same with the brain. Instead, in our description, the mind comprises of mental states such as beliefs, feelings, attitudes, and images. The brain is the vessel, the tool, that allows us to experience these mental states.Have you heard of placebo effect? The placebo ef...2020-12-0911 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentZen Principles To Live ByHave y’all ever heard of ZEN?! Have you ever had a ZEN moment, that unexplainable feeling of interconnectedness and innate understanding?! What exactly is ZEN, though?!The essence of Zen is endeavoring to comprehend the meaning of life clearly, without being deceived by logical thought or language. Zen often seems contradictory - it requires an extreme self-discipline which, when practiced correctly, results in total naturalness and supreme freedom. One can achieve enlightenment, a state of mind where you reach synchronization of body and mind by way of “Zen Meditation”, a way of self-realization and awareness...2020-12-0710 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentAdvice I'd Give MY 18 Year Old SelfHow would I describe my 18-year-old self?! SAVAGE. Confused. Opportunistic. Ambitious. Outspoken. Arrogant. Motivated. Daring. I had a solid number of positive characteristics, but an equally as important number of character flaws. I never had clearly defined plans or goals growing up, all I knew is that I wanted to have as many unique experiences as possible, and to make a difference in the world. Today, I’m going to discuss a couple of pieces of actionable advice, gems of knowledge, that I would share with my sometimes hard-headed 18-year-old self, with hopes that my words wouldn’t fal...2020-12-0410 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentBeing Patient in an Impatient WorldThe word patience is derived from the Latin word pati which means to suffer, to endure, to bear. Patience is a difficult, painful, STRUGGLE for many people. It’s not always easy to endure long waiting periods, delays, and simple frustrations without becoming disturbed or anxious. Having patience requires self-regulating your feelings and reactions when confronted with adversity or complex situations. Patience isn’t a one size fits all virtue. Personally, I find myself having more patience with more significant, complex challenges, whereas I at times get easily frustrated while waiting at a red light for too long or...2020-12-0210 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe 4 Ps of Marketing: Product, Price, Promotion and PlaceMarketing is defined as, “the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising.” The traditional marketing mix is the combination of the four controllable variables – PRODUCT, PRICE, PROMOTION and PLACE. Essentially, putting the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time. Sounds easy enough, right? Months, sometimes years’ worth of research are invested into developing the right marketing mix. If just ONE of the four variables is even slightly off the mark, a promising, innovative, revolutionary product or service can totally flop. Having the proper ma...2020-11-3011 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentConducting a Personal SWOT AnalysisDon’t underestimate the power of the SWOT Analysis, it does a damn good job of examining internal and external factors contributing to or preventing your growth, in a personal and/or professional context. What makes this exercise particularly powerful, is that, with a reasonable amount of genuine effort, it can assist you in unlocking your potential, by identifying opportunities you may have been missing in your life. Also, by understanding your shortcomings, you can be more aware of, manage and ultimately eliminate threats that risk halting your progress. Through conducting a personal SWOT analysis, you’ll be ab...2020-11-2710 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentHow to Strengthen YOUR Critical Thinking Skills!The Foundation for Critical Thinking defines CRITICAL THINKING as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.Sounds complex, but simply put, critical thinking is about meticulously processing information. Maybe you recall Critical Thinking as a Philosophy course in High School or College . . . Critical thinking skills are applicable to a wide range of problems, topics, theories, and questions. Developing a proficiency in this area of philosophy can prove to b...2020-11-2509 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentFresh Perspectives from Ancient PhilosophyThe Ancient Greeks blessed us with several world-changing ideas, democracy, and philosophy, just to name a couple. Upon initial examination, ancient history may seem useless today, but if you dig deeper, there are tons of relevant lessons and theories that are worthy of a deeper analysis. The Greeks were ahead of their time, particularly advanced in their revolutionary contributions to society; they revolutionized civilization, science, mathematics, politics, and the arts. Rather than viewing ancient philosophy as simply theoretical and ideological, we should appreciate the knowledge and wisdom that continues to be applicable centuries later. Though ph...2020-11-2310 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentWork Life Integration VS BalanceWork-life balance is a popular term that was coined approx. 40 years ago! Work-life balance has been used in the context of needing more time to develop personally, outside of the workplace, be it through vacation or quality time with family. I, myself, have gravitated towards using the term work-life integration, instead of work-life balance. In my experience, I’ve never sensed the opposition between work and life. I’ve been happiest and most productive when the two facets of my life are in harmony, synergistic. Most picture work-life balance as a literal scale, weighing your...2020-11-2110 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Two Pebbles - Thinking Outside of the BoxThinking outside of the box is a time-tested phrase intended to spur creativity and disruption! It’s a method of tackling obstacles in an innovative fashion, diagnosing and analyzing problems with a unique approach. Thinking outside of the box entails questioning assumptions, re-imagining the rules, working backwards, asking for advice, and genuinely feeling comfortable being UNCOMFORTABLE. This method of brainstorming encourages you to explore all the possibilities, no matter how random or unconventional the idea may seem. Disruptive thinking of this sort emphasizes EVOLUTION, change, growth. The BOX in this content is the norm, and we w...2020-11-1809 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentLessons Learned from EXTREME OWNERSHIPWe’re all on the hunt for the latest and greatest keys to successful leadership. One of the most inspirational doses of leadership knowledge was shared with me about two years by a friend; he gave me the book Extreme Ownership, how US Navy SEALs lead and win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. This book details the SEAL leadership ideas critical to completing the most challenging missions in war and how to apply them to any business environment or organization. It offers the reader with Jocko and Leif’s recipe for success: the mentality and guiding tenets...2020-11-1610 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Secret to Driving AccountabilityDriving accountability should not be thought of in the repressive, autocratic sense. Accountability is an EXTREMELY positive quality, that when fostered properly can be a powerful force that increases productivity and performance. People are motivated to take action for many different reasons, which we’ve discussed in previous episodes, but ordering tyrannical mandates is NOT ONE OF THEM! It’s a LEADER’s job to clearly set expectations, to build a culture of accountability, and they layout a clear path to success while providing the right resources and support along the way. Communicating the IMPORTANCE of the mission...2020-11-1310 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentMastermind to Maximize by Mutual ImprovementCentral to being an entrepreneur is the responsibility of being a strategic decision-maker. The success of the operation depends on YOU. It’s NOT an easy lifestyle; staying accountable, efficient, organized, and energized is extremely challenging. Inspiration and information can’t develop inside an echo-chamber silo. If you’re not often exposed to NEW people w/ FRESH perspectives, it becomes difficult to GROW. Nothing becomes easier by not having PEOPLE to communicate, strategize and brainstorm with on a regular basis. Whether it’s a personal mentor, sports team, local church, or community group, we can ALL benefit from havi...2020-11-1110 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentKeeping Your Ego in CHECK!We all have an ego that’s made up of specific ideas about our true-self, personality, talents, and skills. Your ego, while an essential component of your identity, if LEFT UNCHECKED, can cause you to act immorally, unethically, and generally out of character. Ego is an aspirational process . . . we aim to achieve a particular image of ourselves that’s displayed to the world, and we succeed or fail. Depending on how EGO driven you are, anything less than perfection, any degree of shortcoming, can be absolutely CRUSHING on our morale and self-esteem. Those who are...2020-11-0909 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentMusic is MY MotivationYou may or may not have known this, but music isn’t just a means of entertaining ourselves. Music inspires creativity and productivity. Music has therapeutic effects on our brain and works to relieve feelings of stress to boost your ability to focus and concentrate on tasks.Listening to MUSIC influences the co-ordination of activity inside and across various sections of the brain. Studies analyzing patterns of electrical activity across the brain display that harmonization of brain signals is crucial for linking perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes. For example, when you’re writing a paper for s...2020-11-0411 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentHow to Create an ABUNDANCE Focused Mindset!Unfortunately, much of society appears to be built on a scarcity focused mentality. It's a philosophy that leads people to believe that there is a deficiency in their life, and that opportunity is VERY DIFFICULT to stumble upon.Contrary to popular belief, we live in the most PROSPEROUS AND INNOVATIVE TIME in the history of MANKIND. But, again, all we hear about is DOOM, DESTRUCTION and MISERY. Just turn on the news and listen for yourself!Most of the conversation is unfortunately revolves around . . . I or WE don’t have ENOUGH . . . I don’t have enou...2020-10-3009 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentHustlers Need Their Beauty Sleep Too!Our sleep quality is extremely important, often cited as a more important factor than diet and exercise as it relates to overall health. For your physical and mental wellbeing, there is no process in your body that isn’t ENHANCED by sleep. On the flip side, the effects of NOT sleeping enough are extremely damaging to the welfare of your brain and body. It’s inevitable that we will encounter situations where we have to pull all-nighters to meet a deadline or rush to the aid of a loved one, shit happens, but, becoming aware of ALL the i...2020-10-2811 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentBeing a mental couch potato isn’t cool, or healthy for your brain.Even as humans progress into advanced ages, the brain has an amazing ability to evolve and adapt as time passes. This capability, which we’ve discussed on The Motivation Movement before is known as neuroplasticity. You can utilize the brain’s innate power of neuroplasticity to enhance your cognitive skills, boost your capacity to absorb knowledge, and develop your memory. Everyone has flashes of forgetfulness, particularly when life gets hectic. While this can be an entirely normal incident, having a shaky memory can be infuriating. A powerful memory depends on the strength and vitality of your br...2020-10-2610 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentPositioning PIVOT Like a PROToday’s episode is a true story about my business, Wild Bill’s Craft Beverage Co. My current role at the company is Chief Marketing Officer. Wild Bill’s has been in business since 2002. For the longest time, Wild Bill’s was regionally focused in the Northeast, servicing traditional, outdoor fairs and festivals with our western themed soda saloon activation. The concept is super simple: buy a stainless-steel mug, drink unlimited olde fashioned soda pop ALL DAY. We produce WILDY unique flavors like Sarsaparilla, Birch Beer, Root Beer, Vanilla Cream, Orange, Grape, Butterscotch and beyond. My bus...2020-10-2311 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentLeft Brain VS Right BrainIn eastern philosophy, yin and yang stands for the synergistic relationship between two apparently opposing forces. In a similar regard, the human brain also is viewed with a similar sense of duality. The right hemisphere being the YIN, the left hemisphere being the YANG.According to the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory, popularized in the 1960’s by psycho-biologist and Nobel Prize winner Roger W. Sperry. The right side of the brain is best at emotional and imaginative tasks. The left-side of the brain is better suited for tasks involving reasoning, language, and analytical thinking.Researchers set out...2020-10-2110 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentPredictive Personality PsychometricsWe informally are gauging the personality of ourselves and others every single day. In a similar, yet much more systemic and scientific manner, psychologists utilizing psychometrics aim to better understand the way in which individuals respond to various situations based on their personality type. There are two basic types of personality tests: self-report inventories and projective tests.Self-report inventories are a kind of objective test used to assess personality. They typically use multiple-choice items or numbered scales, which represent a range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).Projective tests generally involve presenting the te...2020-10-1911 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentNo Time for BULLSHIT!Today’s episode is going to be slightly different compared to the usual script. Today’s episode is a dedication to Matthew “Spiffy” Smith, who unexpectedly passed-away on August 18th 2020, at the very young age of 25. Spiffy and I go back about 11 or 12 years; we grew up in the same town, went to the same school and were at all the same parties. Spiffy and I weren’t super tight, we weren’t best friends, we didn’t talk every month . . . BUT, over the years, we always kept in touch, we always encouraged each other in the pursuit of our...2020-10-1609 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentMental Fortitude Boot CampGrit and perseverance are the real key performance indicators to measure in the pursuit of success, whether it be in business, education, relationships and/or health. Intelligence and skill ONLY GO SO FAR. You can’t do much about the DNA you were created with, but there is a LOT you can do to develop resilience and become stronger MENTALLY.The American Psychological Association defines Mental Resilience as: “The process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even significant sources of stress.” When unexpected and stressful situations arise, how do you respond?How...2020-10-1409 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentPersuasion and InfluenceIsn’t it unbelievable how incredibly persuasive certain individuals can be? Is it possible for all of us to achieve such a high level of influence? Persuasion is a potent force in business, personal relationships, politics, the media, and society (as a whole). Persuasion skills can and SHOULD be LEARNT; they’re integral to accomplishing your goals and actualizing your dreams. How often have you needed to persuade others to do something? The truth isn’t the truth until people believe you, and they can’t believe you if they don’t know what your saying, and t...2020-10-1209 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentAutodidacticism Getting SCHOOLED by YOURSELF for YOURSELF!Cultivating new information to inspire CREATIVITY is vital in the chasing of our dreams and ambitions. Great ideas are a result of your existing base of knowledge constantly being fed by new sources of learning material. While the traditional, formal education system may provide you with the framework of a complete educational experience, the bulk of the knowledge your absorb is simply THEORY. Self-education is taking that framework, and consistently building up the structures and strengthening the foundation. The phrase “KNOWLEDGE is POWER” is thrown around very liberally as a caption on social media and in insp...2020-10-0909 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentEmotional Intelligence POP Quiz - The EQ TestThe majority of us have heard of, or maybe have even taken an IQ Test before, but what about an EQ Test? IQ (intelligence quotient) is used to measure academic abilities and identify individuals with off-the-chart intelligence or mental challenges. On the other hand, EQ (emotional quotient), is an individual's ability to identify, evaluate, control, and express emotions.From a practical standpoint, if you answer YES to the following set of questions, chances are that you have developed some or all of the abilities that establish the foundation of em...2020-10-0710 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development046: Leadership Styles of the Rich and FamousLeadership is more than a position. Being a leader requires taking action and setting an example. There comes a time in everyone's life where you’re intentionally or randomly thrusted into a position of leadership. Whether you’re leading a team, a project, an entire organization, or a meeting, you consciously or unconsciously are implementing one or a mix of a few different styles of leadership. There are many factors that help to mold one’s leadership style: life experience, personality, organizational culture, environmental influences and beyond. It’s very common to think about leadership, and lead...2020-10-0508 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development046: Leadership Styles of the Rich and FamousLeadership is more than a position. Being a leader requires taking action and setting an example. There comes a time in everyone's life where you’re intentionally or randomly thrusted into a position of leadership. Whether you’re leading a team, a project, an entire organization, or a meeting, you consciously or unconsciously are implementing one or a mix of a few different styles of leadership.There are many factors that help to mold one’s leadership style: life experience, personality, organizational culture, environmental influences and beyond.It’s very common to think about leadership, and lead...2020-10-0510 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development045: The Five Forms of PowerImagine the leaders you have been inspired by in the past or are currently inspired by today. How did you respond to these various styles of leadership? Which style naturally spoke to you the best? The principle we are going to examine today, the different FORMS OF POWER, could be what influences you to respond to, and hopefully be motivated by, a particular person’s influence.“Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especi...2020-10-0210 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development044: The Healing Power of ForgivenessWe traditionally view the act of forgiving as an acceptance or acknowledgement of someone’s wrongdoing against you, a symbolization of your readiness and willingness to move on and grow from the situation, but, SELF-forgiveness is a concept that is just as important. Whether it is forgiving yourself or someone else, I am sure we can all relate and recall an experience we had with forgiveness. What many of us do not know is that forgiveness is good for our health, as holding grudges ACTUALLY takes a serious physical toll on us. “They caused the first...2020-09-3009 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development043: Regret as a Motivational ToolHindsight is 20/20 . . . We’ve all taken the time to contemplate on how different our lives would be IF we had taken a different path.We, as humans, have a habit of looking back on missed opportunities, and fantasizing that, had we seized the moment, it could have set our lives off on an extraordinarily amazing alternative course . . . Nonsense, OF COURSE. If you don’t honestly examine the reasons and actions that led to your feeling of regret, you’ll never be able to come to grips with your current reality. Regret is a POWERF...2020-09-2808 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development042: Uniquely Unusual Meditation StrategiesMeditation is an amazing tool that be used anywhere, at any time, by anyone. Meditation is not a one size fits all practice though. There is a HUGE variety in terms of different meditation techniques, that each offer their own unique path to inner peace and relaxation.Like many of the concepts we explore on The Motivation Movement, meditation, when practiced consistently, has legitimate health advantages such as reduced anxiety and sensitivity to pain, boosted immune system and helps prevent stress. Meditation doesn’t have to just be deep breathing, while sitting down on a fluffy cushion wi...2020-09-2508 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development041: Be a Better Human, Be an ANIMAL!We use animals to examine certain features of ourselves. We imagine ourselves being as strong as an ox, as fierce as a lion, as smart as a dolphin, or we have the memory of an elephant. "We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they are more finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never...2020-09-2309 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development040: Generating Gratitude for Brain GainsI’m going to try and keep this one mostly motivational, and not too scientific, but the data is in, and it clearly shows that gratitude can improve general well-being, strengthen social relations, increase resilience and reduce stress. Gratitude is just being appreciative of the non-monetary related aspects of life; you can be grateful about your health, family, friends, pets, celebrations, etc. “To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is d...2020-09-2108 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development039: We’re ALL Natural-Born SalespeopleWhether you would like to acknowledge it or not, everybody is a salesperson. You are selling yourself when asking for a raise, or for more responsibility at work. You are selling to your team members on a strategy when you propose a new idea or campaign. You are selling to your kid when you are bartering with them to do their chores. We are also constantly being sold to, so we in essence all engage in negotiations on a daily basis as well. When politicians are campaigning for our...2020-09-1807 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development038: Locus of ControlThis is one of those concepts that once explained, most people innately understand, but they would not know the meaning just by hearing the phrase, locus of control. I sure as hell did not know what the hell it meant until I started researching it more in-depth. When faced with obstacles in life, do you feel that you have power over the situation? Or, do you believe that you are at the mercy of external forces? As the world around you changes, you can either ascribe the positives and negatives to factors you...2020-09-1609 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development037: Positive Affirmations Are NOT BS!Positive affirmations are easily digestible, simple phrases, or statements that challenge negative internal dialogue. People utilize positive affirmations to motivate themselves, encourage growth, and boost self-esteem levels. You are creating a pattern in your subconscious thought when you continually and routinely repeat positive affirmations to yourself. "If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in...2020-09-1408 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development036: Don’t Be Afraid to Fly Out of YOUR PigeonholeEveryone always tells us to “stay in your damn lane,” “embrace yourself, embrace your talents,” and “focus on your strength and double down on it . . .” BLAH, BLAH, BLAH . . .Why are we so obsessed with this idea of having a super sharp focus and tunnel vision? You MISS out on a lot of opportunity when you don’t pay attention to what’s in the peripherals!People take even greater umbrage when they hear themselves labeled with a common noun. The reason is that a noun predicate appears to pigeonhole the with a stereotype of a category rather...2020-09-1107 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development035: Talk to YOURSELF to Build Confidence & Self-EsteemWhere does one begin on the journey of trying to feel better about themselves, be more decisive, more confident, have higher levels of self-esteem? POSITIVE INTERNAL DIALOGUE.ASK YOURSELF: What are the triggers that have you feeling down? Do you keep finding yourself in stressful situations at work, school and/or at home? What are your thoughts like when you find yourself in one of these predicaments? Is your self-talk generally positive or negative?“Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if y...2020-09-0908 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development034: The Flip Side of Suffering & SacrificeTo become great, you must give up the good. To become extraordinary, you have to sacrifice the ordinary. To live a life you love, you temporarily have to let go of the interests you like. To realize the dream you are pursuing, you ironically may have to forego a few hours of beauty sleep. “As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the la...2020-09-0709 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development033: Self-Care - I'm Treating Me!We're all busy. We're all HUSTLIN’, we're all grinding. Honestly, what the fuck does self care even mean? When the hell do I have the time to think about a self care strategy, let alone actually physically take care of myself?The constant roller coaster grind seems like a normal state. The cycle of ups and downs becomes your typical expected lifestyle. A break of vacation seems like a foreign concept. And when you do attempt to rest and relax, it just seems impossible. You can't take your mind off the grind... ...2020-09-0408 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development032: Full Blown Burnout BEWAREI’ve felt the heat from BURNOUT, from too much HUSTLE, TRUST ME, but I’ve always managed to avoid falling into the FLAMES! We have to be cognizant of what sacrifices we make in the name of the HUSTLE, as neglecting certain aspects of life can have dangerous consequences to your mental and physical health. “That's the great irony of allowing passionate people to work from home. A manager's natural instinct is to worry that her workers aren't getting enough work done. But the real threat is that they will wind up workin...2020-09-0208 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development031: Professionally Persistent (PITA)You may be thinking what in the hell does pita bread have to do with any of this, but PITA is also code for pain in the ass. You need to be extremely persistent in the pursuit of your goals. The art of the follow up, better yet, the art of the follow through is an art form worth studying. "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The...2020-08-3108 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development030: The Art of Saying NoIn my experience, how often you say yes or how often you say no depends on where you're at on your journey in life. “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1000 things." - Steve Jobs. In life, tons of shiny objects ar...2020-08-2807 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development029: Become a Student of SuccessHow do you define success in your own life? Have you ever wondered what makes a person successful? What are the common personality traits amongst the most successful individuals throughout history?Successful people often have very clearly defined aspirations, strong drive, a whole lot of patience, a willingness to learn and very strict discipline. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of, ‘Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this’ and you push through those moments - that's when you ha...2020-08-2607 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development028: Perfection is PoisonWhy do we always try so hard to strive for perfection? Perfection is the ultimate killer of productivity and an absolute destroyer of results. It's very problematic in my eyes because it leads to extreme obsessiveness and inefficiency. The perfectionists that I know are often the greatest procrastinators because they're so, so sharply focused on the minor details that they never actually get to a finished product. What comes out of failure is the opportunity to become better; the opportunity to become the best you.I quite frankly don't think perfection exists. And...2020-08-2408 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development027: Disrupt - Break the MoldOn a Friday, you want to be able to look back on the week and think, “Damn, I crushed it! I did everything or mostly everything I said I would do.” There's no better feeling than truly believing you gave it all you could, and you left your mark on the week.If you've ever felt alone on your path, realize that you're in very good company, because almost all of the greatest people throughout the course of history chose to break the mold and they chose to walk on their own path. Starting right now...2020-08-2107 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development026: Taking a Calculated Risk“I do not choose to be a common man, it is my right to be uncommon. If I can I seek opportunity, not security. I want to take the calculated risk - to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed, to refuse to barter incentive for the dole. I prefer the challenges of life to guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopians.” - Peter O'TooleYou can minimize the downside of taking a risk by calculating all of the risk factors involved. And I'm not talking about deep analytics and arti...2020-08-1907 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development025: The Motivation Movement (RELOADED)“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing”. - Denis WaitleyWe learn from failure; we don't cease to exist after a failure. Avoiding failure actually signifies that you're not taking action, that you're not taking risks, and that you're not taking those critical, defining moments style leaps of faith that we always hear about . . . Procrastination isn't the fear of failure. It's actually the exact opposite. It's...2020-08-1707 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development024 - Expect the Unexpected, and MORE!024 - Expect the Unexpected, and MORE!Click to view: show page on Awesoundhb7ppgie2016-04-1308 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development023 - Listen First, Speak SecondTrack uploaded to Awesound.comClick to view: show page on Awesound2016-04-1308 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development022 - Age is Really Just a NumberTrack uploaded to Awesound.comClick to view: show page on Awesound2016-04-0707 minThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal DevelopmentThe Motivation Movement | Inspirational Quotes, Daily Advice, Lifestyle Design, Personal Development021 - 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