“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”
~Steven D. Woodhull~

Happy Friday Folks! Ready for a great weekend? Well lets get through a great Friday first!

What is life all about if not our choices? Where we are today is a direct result of the choices we’ve made in life up to this point. Where we find ourselves tomorrow will be a direct result of how we choose to live today. So what things can you focus on today to ensure yourself a better tomorrow?

Thinking of the choice referenced in Mr. Woodhull’s quote, how do you get up in the morning. Do you get up dragging and feeling pessimism about the day to come or do you jump up excited about the possibility that the new day brings? This simple choice can have a profound effect on your feelings as well as your effectiveness throughout the day. Starting on a positive note has a habit of helping you develop the momentum to infuse optimism and positive expectation throughout your day. Of course not doing so will have the opposite effect. It’s a simple choice that isn’t always easy to make. It’s the right choice nonetheless. Are you willing to make it?

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.”
~Anita DeFrantz~

Happy Hump Day Ladies & Gents! Time for a Wonderful Wednesday! What goals will you work on today that will ensure forward progress in your life?

We each have some kind of goals that we are working towards. Small or large any goal worth having is a goal worth having a vision for. If you can’t see it in your mind it is unlikely you will be able to create it in your world. When it comes to your personal vision for achievement and advancement, seeing is believing and believing is where success begins!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“The winners in life think in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate on should have’s, would have’s, & cant’s.”
~Unknown~

How do you feel when you start talking about all the things you should do in life? What about when you think of what would have happened if you had just done something from your past differently? Even worse how do you feel when you consider something you want but have the feeling you can’t be, have or do it? I think we all go here sometimes and can relate to the fact that these thoughts and feelings don’t lead us anywhere near where we want to be. Good thing there is another way.

Winners feel different because winners think different. Winners walk around with a World Series Attitude and focus their attention on what its going to take to win. Can you imagine someone trying to win a game focused on the the thoughts that the other team is better and feeling like they can’t win? This doesn’t make sense in sports and it doesn’t make sense in life. The very next time and every time thereafter that you look in the mirror know that you are looking at a winner! Take the feeling that thought gives you and go out and do what winners do. WIN!!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach in Search of Excellence

“Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, put this plan into action.”
~Napoleon Hill~

Ready or not, welcome to a brand new week Arise Ventures Fam! It’s time for a little Monday Morning Motivation!

With the coming of a new week things in our lives can go in so many different directions. One of the things I love most about life are the endless possibilities that present themselves to each of us all the time. When Sunday roles around you might find yourself extremely pleased with this weeks results but you could also find yourself rather disappointed. The beauty is that it is all up to you! Have you made the decision of which it’s going to be? If not, lets decide right here, right now!

Being pleased with your results this week will come as a consequence of the plan you’ve created along with the discipline to work your plan. One of the truest things I’ve ever heard is the old British adage that Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. The alternative is to start without a plan and let the chips fall where they may. The result of this choice will almost certainly lead to frustration and stress. Life’s too short to be wasting your time stressed out. The week you want is yours for the taking…If you really want it then prove it, Go get it!!!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
~Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

“Excellence isn’t a one day event but a tiny series of daily improvements that-over time-grow into excellence.”
~Robin Sharma (2009)

“Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.”
~Marva Collins (1936)

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”
~Colin Powell~ (1990′s)

All these ideas were stated many years apart. However the sentiment is similar and as true today as it was thousands of years ago. Lets define excellence in our own lives and go out and create it every day!

What will you do today to increase the role of the value of excellence in your life?

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“If you have no confidence in self you are defeated in the race of life. With confidence you have won before you have even started.”
~Marcus Garvey~

Confidence: Belief in oneself and one’s powers and abilities; Full trust.

So do you have confidence in your ability to make everything you want in life yours? If so great, if not it is time to develop it!

Confidence is a winning mindset and not having it leads only to apprehension, doubt and fear. If we let these things take over, we really don’t stand a chance.

Have CONFIDENCE that you can play the game of life at it’s very highest of levels. Doing this will help instill the CONFIDENCE needed to make sure that you are willing to push through all the difficulties and struggles that will surely get in your way. CONFIDENCE is one of the many keys to success. Unlock the door & run through it!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
~Benjamin Spock~

Happy Hump Day Folks! How’s the week treating you so far?

Each of us are born with certain innate abilities that many of us lose over time. Though as infants we don’t yet know the way the world works we do know exactly how we feel. We know how we feel and we trust that feeling which leads to what we do next. At that time life is pretty simple. When we feel good we smile and we laugh and when we feel bad we frown and we cry. We trust our feelings and act accordingly.

Today life is a lot more complex. We have a lot more knowledge of how the world works. We feel like the way we see things is reality when in actuality it’s just our perspective. And perspective based on past knowledge and information isn’t always the best way to make decisions. A far better way is to follow that same innate ability we had as children except now its a more mature ability. Now our intuition is what we need to trust as it is an intelligence that far too many of us don’t take advantage of.

When you have a desire gnawing at you inside its your intuition telling you the direction you should be going in life. TRUST IT!!! Even if we don’t end up at the exact destination we set out for we will run into situations and circumstances on that journey that will help us fulfill our destinies. We are so much more powerful than we give ourselves credit for and the sooner you realize this the sooner you’ll be able to access that power to make your life and the world at large better!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“Our habitual patterns and unresourceful behaviors exist only as long as we do nothing to change them. Recognize them, arrest them, interrupt them, and replace them, and life will change for the better.”
~Joseph McClendon III~

What things in my life am I no longer willing to except as part of my reality? What specific steps will I take to remove these things from my life? What positive alternatives will I use to replace them?

These are 3 great questions that have the power to change lives if a plan of action flows from the answers. There isn’t anything you can’t have if you get rid of what is holding you back while gaining more of what’s going to move you forward! Taking the weight of problems and bad habits off your back will allow you to run further and faster in the direction of your dreams! So what is that is holding you back? What are you going to do about it?

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence