By now the gyms and Health Clubs are almost back to the regulars. The annual resolution setters have either stopped, forgot to start, or are about to stop or forget to start next week. You my friend are in luck. If you set out to achieve something new, change a behavior or habit or anything else – here are a handful of key tips to keep you motivated and on track. Grab a pen and a notebook or a pad of paper – yes I would like you to write a few things out. You can speak them onto a … [Read more...]
What’s Stopping You?
You have a desire to do “x”. This might be to start a business, advance in your career to a higher level, learn a new language, really improve your golf or tennis game, or something else. There’s a reason you’re not taking any action. Something is stopping you. It’s not that you don’t have the desire to do “x”. You think about it more and more these days. Now the action may be a small one. For example, Michelangelo at the age of 26 accepted the challenge to sculpt a large scale … [Read more...]
Does Anyone Keep You Accountable?
Do you have someone or a group that keeps you accountable? You say you will do certain things or get a project done. Is anyone reminding you or checking in with you on how it’s going? Are you going to meet the set date for completion? We all need some type of accountability in order to stay on track don’t we? On one of my first positions aboard a Merchant Ship we were on the Mediterranean run. One of the Officers had been working aboard ships bringing supplies to Vietnam. Which, right away … [Read more...]
Do You Have a Fear to Overcome?
It just happened this week. I climbed up the steps on our step stool to the top portion. Unlike a ladder, there is nothing to hold onto on the top of the step stool. It was a moment of exhilaration and brought a smile to my face. Sure the purpose was to repair something in the garage at home. However, the happenings these last 10 months – well let’s just say – THIS WAS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE! “I didn’t respond to that. I’m not scared of heights. I’m just scared of falling from heights.” ― … [Read more...]
Where Are You At Your Best?
"A ship is meant to be its best while at sea. This is what she was built for and designed to do." ~ Mitch Tublin In addition, the daily routine that everyone in the crew aboard the ship gets into is calming in and of itself. Sure there are times when Mother Nature and Neptune, the King of the Seas seem to be at war with each other. Yet, for the most part everyone is at one with nature and the safe feeling of being aboard their ship. For example, the daily watch standers at sea in the … [Read more...]
Did You Give Up Too?
Have you noticed no one is talking about New Year’s Resolutions any longer? Did you give up too? Well it is the middle of February and this means more than half of the people who made that New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, go to the gym, eat healthier, quit smoking, save more money – have either not even started or have already stopped. Did you give up too? How can we resent the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we … [Read more...]
