Monthly Archives: May 2012
How to Overcome a Lack of Progress
Written on May 30, 2012 at 4:04 am, by Mike Martel
There’s a reason that a hamster running on a wheel inside a mesh cage has become western civilization’s icon of a wasted, purposeless life. Who wants to work so hard, day after day, just to remain in the same place? Unfortunately, this is how a lot of us feel about our lives: That we work and work and work and never make any progress or move any closer to our dreams. And that’s a sure-fire recipe for burnout. While that may be okay when you’re at the gym and your goal is just to get in a quick workout, it’s no way to live a life. To have a fulfilling life, or month, or day, you need to have goals
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7 Ways to IMPROVE in Just 24 Hours
Written on May 28, 2012 at 4:01 am, by Mike Martel
What if there was a set of action steps you could take that would improve yourself personally and professionally before this time tomorrow? Would you want to know? Would you honestly use the list if you knew you would get big improvements from it? I challenge you to take these on for the next day and see what you can accomplish in this brief period of time. Each of the action steps I’ve included in the acronym I.M.P.R.O.V.E. can be implemented in the next 24 hours. While you can repeat these things over and over for as long as you want, it doesn’t take much time to get them in place and seeing results. Here they are… I – Initiate
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All Nine Innings
Written on May 25, 2012 at 3:30 am, by Mike Martel
” It ain’t over ’til it’s over “ Yogi Berra You got to play the whole game. Don’t get lackadaisical if you get ahead. You never know when your opponent might make a comeback or in military terms a counterattack. You back in my Green Beret days, we always said, “No high fives on the OBJ.” We never congratulated ourselves until we were back at home base. At the same time, don’t give up if you are behind. I am talking about in a game, in business or at life. A lot of things can happen. You can find your swing, your opponent might lose theirs. Look at Apple. A lot of the tech community counted them out. There is
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Taking on the Education Crisis
Written on May 22, 2012 at 6:00 am, by Mike Martel
“Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 This is a bit off topic from my usual getting results personally and professionally. It comes from my deep desire to see people get out of crushing situations and flourish. Sort of like my old Special Forces motto De Oppresso Libre – To Free the Oppressed. Everywhere you go on the Internet you see discussions of America’s education crisis. I couldn’t resist not to add my two cents as to what I see going in the United States education system. I agree with many, including Mark Cuban, Ben Stein, and Marty
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Leave It Better Than You Found It
Written on May 20, 2012 at 1:03 pm, by Mike Martel
This is a long blog post. I have a lot of thoughts and have come to a decision about how I want to take this blog, my businesses, and my life. I believe I am in the middle of a karios moment. I have talked about karios moments before. To keep it short this time, it is basically a moment when a special opportunity comes up. The choice is to you to take advantage of it. The reason I believe that I am at this point is the number of amazing, monumental events taking place in my life. If you have subscribed to updates, you should have received a copy of my manifesto. In it I talk about how I
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