“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln   Hustle. Hustle if you want the best. You've probably heard the old proverb, "The early bird gets the worm." I think this is in the same vain and more specific. The real thought here is that if you aren't early you won't get a worm, but more than likely you'll have to wait around until it rains and grab the old drowned worm off the sidewalk because all of the other fresh, squiggly worms...

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.”   ― Israelmore Ayivor Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E48_-_Are_You_Procrastinating_Final.mp3"] Good day my friend. Today I want to present a quote for one of my good friends and coaching client that is...

“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” ― Israelmore Ayivor     Good day my friend. Today I want to present a quote for one of my good friends and coaching client that is fighting the battle with Procrastination. Do You Procrastinate and Delay Your Success? We all suffer through procrastination at some time in our life. If...

Never turn down stage time. ~~ Darren LaCroix   Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/World_Champion_Speaker_Final.mp3"] It's Time to Crown the World Champion of Public Speaking. I've entered the Toastmasters International Speech Contest for the last 3 years, since I started Toastmasters. The International  Speech Contest is held in most Toastmasters clubs around the globe. This is the only speaking contest in...

Never turn down stage time. ~~ Darren LaCroix   Click Below to Listen to Today's Show Insert Podcast Link Here It's Time to Crown the World Champion of Public Speaking. I've entered the Toastmasters International Speech Contest for the last 3 years, since I started Toastmasters. The International  Speech Contest is held in most Toastmasters clubs around the globe. This is the only speaking contest in Toastmasters that goes past the District level to the international level. Each year,...

Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E46_Dr_Seuss_-_Your_Mountain_is_waiting_Final.mp3"] It's back to school time and whether you are sending your kids back to school or you are going back to school, Dr. Seuss always has great wisdom. Dr. Seuss may be thought of as a children's book author, he is really a life author for everyone. If you have kids you are sending back to school, you should tell this quote every...

Click Below to Listen to Today's Show Insert Podcast Link Here It's back to school time and whether you are sending your kids back to school or you are going back to school, Dr. Seuss always has great wisdom. Dr. Seuss may be thought of as a children's book author, he is really a life author for everyone. If you have kids you are sending back to school, you should tell this quote every morning when they leave the house. You should post this quote on their mirror in their bathroom if...

In life, many thoughts are born in the course of a moment, an hour, a day. Some are dreams, some visions. Often, we are unable to distinguish between them. To some, they are the same; however, not all dreams are visions. Much energy is lost in fanciful dreams that never bear fruit. But visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it...

In life, many thoughts are born in the course of a moment, an hour, a day. Some are dreams, some visions. Often, we are unable to distinguish between them. To some, they are the same; however, not all dreams are visions. Much energy is lost in fanciful dreams that never bear fruit. But visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it...

Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E44_SMART_Making_You_Dumb_Final.mp3"] If you listened to this post before you will notice I had the wrong audio on the other version of this post. I bet you thought you were losing it. What did Brooke Shields have to do with SMART Goals. I don't know what I did with the audio, but I believe I have the correct audio here. Please accept my apologies. Albert Einstein was smart. But...

      Albert Einstein was smart. But you are too. Most of us are smart, but we don't have the fortitude to stay with our problems until we solve them. The same is true for our goals in most cases. Most of use have heard of SMART Goals and follow this methodology as the script when we create and write our goals. Do you set SMART Goals only to feel dumb when you don't achieve them?  Don't feel dumb, it's not that you aren't SMART, it's that SMART Goals don't go far enough. What are SMART...

  Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E44_Are_SMART_Goals_Dumb.mp3"] Albert Einstein was smart. But you are too. Most of us are smart, but we don't have the fortitude to stay with our problems until we solve them. The same is true for our goals in most cases. Most of use have heard of SMART Goals and follow this methodology as the script when we create and write our goals. Do you set SMART Goals only to feel dumb...

  Click Below to Listen to Today's Show   Albert Einstein was smart. But you are too. Most of us are smart, but we don't have the fortitude to stay with our problems until we solve them. The same is true for our goals in most cases. Most of use have heard of SMART Goals and follow this methodology as the script when we create and write our goals. Do you set SMART Goals only to feel dumb when you don't achieve them?  Don't feel dumb, it's not that you aren't SMART, it's that SMART Goals...

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~~ Muhammad Ali Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio...

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~~ Muhammad Ali       R.I.P. Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, originally named Cassius Clay, was undoubtedly The Greatest boxer of all time. If you don't believe it,...

I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot. ~~ Nadia Comaneci Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E42_Nadia_Comaneci_-_Trample_fears_Final.mp3"] I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to esape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.  When I was...

I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot. ~~ Nadia Comaneci Click Below to Listen to Today's Show Insert Podcast Link Here I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to esape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.  When I was growing up, I had the biggest crush on Nadia Comaneci. Nadia was the Romanian Gymnast in the...

Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.   Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E41_Dont_make_waiting_a_habit_ReRecord_Final.mp3"]   Hi my friends. I hope you are having a great day. I love the quote above. I believe in taking risks, trying to be better than I am today. Believing in my dreams and working to achieve my goals. I know you are like that too, or...

Never allow waiting to become a habit. Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.       Hi my friends. I hope you are having a great day. I love the quote above. I believe in taking risks, trying to be better than I am today. Believing in my dreams and working to achieve my goals. I know you are like that too, or at least want to be. Some times you have to step outside of your comfort zone. You have to take a look at what you want to do and take a leap of faith that you can...

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~~ Bruce Lee Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E40_Personality_Test_Final.mp3"]   Don't go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. . . . Who Do You Think You Are? Who are you? What is it to be...

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. ~~ Bruce Lee Click Below to Listen to Today's Show Insert Podcast Link Here   Don't go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. . . . Who Do You Think You Are? Who are you? What is it to be yourself? About three years ago, I started wondering who I was, or more...

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. Joel Osteen Click Below to Listen to Today's Show [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S2-E39_-_Joel_Osteen_-_Think_Positive_Final.mp3"]   Hi fellow Goal Getter. I appreciate you listening to the show. I really apologize for the delays in getting back to the show. I am going through some challenges and...

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' / See the positive in negative events. / Joel Osteen / / / / Hi fellow Goal Getter. I appreciate you listening to the show. I really apologize for the delays in getting back to the show. I am going through some challenges and changes in my life at the moment and I have allowed it to affect my thoughts and my attitude. I am a positive person and do my best to keep myself and other...

What Did You Say You Want? Click Below to Listen to This Episode [app_audio src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/goalgettingpodcast/S1-EP2_-_What_Did_You_Say_You_Wanted_-_Final.mp3"] This is a replay of Season 1 - Episode 2.  Many of the early episodes have been pushed off of iTunes and other platforms because of the amount of episodes I have published. If you have listened to some of my latest episodes, you will have heard that I am working on some Life Event issues and am working on a new...

What Did You Say You Want?   This is a replay of Season 1 - Episode 2.  Many of the early episodes have been pushed off of iTunes and other platforms because of the amount of episodes I have published. If you have listened to some of my latest episodes, you will have heard that I am working on some Life Event issues and am working on a new platform for the show. As I work through this Life Event, I will be back into full swing with Goal Getting Podcast. Thank you for your patience. I hope...