I have personally found that the vast majority of people are far more scared of accomplishing their dreams than actually failing to achieve them. Being mediocre is certainly easier and less-risky than the work necessary for success in anything. Despite our potential, ideas, and dreams – we allow our fears and doubts to become traitors and the result is always inaction and regret!

In pursuit of success and accomplishing any dream or goal, most people give the excuses that they don’t have the necessary knowledge, time, or money required to achieve their desire. It is interesting because the only limitations in life are the ones we create, believe, and nourish within our own minds. The reality is that they lack (more…)

Our potential in life is not determined by uncontrollable circumstances and settings, racial or gender characteristics, or even economic conditions or access to knowledge. Never give in to the mentality or believe the dominating culture which ingrain into our minds that our potential is determined and success is the result of the schools we graduated from, jobs held, awards won, degrees earned, wealth acquired, or any credential or certificate obtained. Success and potential are created, developed, and determined within ourselves – and they result from the foundational laws of success: determined desire, ability to dream big, belief in self and in the dream, complete commitment to the goal, overcoming the voices of fear and doubt, daily action and persistence, learning from and getting up after failures, and never quitting until the goal or dream is realized.

Unfortunately, far too often we allow our culture and society, educational system and workforce, literature and media, as well as peers and even our own family members convince us that success is measured and potential is determined by certain qualifications. These fallacious qualifications range from (more…)

Resumes are essential documents that communicate our past experience, outline our previous accomplishments, and even reveal a portion of our current character. They are so essential that employers, educational institutions, and companies everywhere must require them in order to assess our abilities, compare us against other applicants, and determine which person applying will be the most successful. In fact, resumes are perhaps the greatest indicator of future performance, based upon our past experience.

However, as necessary as a resume is to our culture – a culture filled with people who don’t live up to their full potential – the reality is that far too often we wrongfully assume that the items listed on this silly document actually determine our potential. Perhaps one of the greatest challenges on the ‘path to success’ is to learn how to (more…)

Is your success determined entirely by you alone, or do other people actually determine or contribute to your success? Every article and blog entry I have ever written would suggest that we alone determine and create our own potential, are solely responsible for the realization of our dreams and goals, and are ultimately the one’s who control our destiny and successes. While that is absolutely true, one must understand the difference between the words ‘determine’ and ‘contribute.’ To determine is to control, decide upon, or cause; and to contribute is to simply assist, supplement, or help. Thus, you alone determine your potential and success, but remember that others can (and certainly must) contribute in order for your goals and dreams to be realized.

Considering this perspective, it is absolutely essential to (more…)