Over the years, I have been brought to my knees a number of times facing problems, challenges and failure. I can tell you, with a great deal of personal certainty, that no one – and I mean no one – escapes this life without some adversity, problems or failure. The value in these is to …
Why me . . . why now . . . Why is it that people only tend to say this when things go bad? Ever heard anyone say "why me or why now" when life was going great? I haven't. Have you? Life happens. No one can predict what lies around the next bend in …
No one likes pain: emotional, physical or spiritual pain. Each of us wants to sail through life from birth to death without ever having: -been betrayed. -been abandoned. -been lied to. -failed. -had insurmountable problems. -risked it all and lost. -been disappointed. -And this list goes on and on and on. I for one know …
One of the critical skills for ongoing success is the ability to bounce back from adversity. Sooner or later in life everyone experiences failure, disappointment, setbacks or loses the desire to keep on keeping on. Over the years I have had more than my share of failures as well as successes. Just because you have …
Have you ever wondered how your life might have turned out differently had you made different choices or decisions along the way? If you had made different career decisions or relationship ones? If you had developed a different life philosophy or attitudes as the years passed? Over time you learned to define adversity, failure or …
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No one knows when adversity will strike – their career, a relationship, your health, finances or just life in general. The death of a loved one, an illness that you never thought would impact you or a financial crisis that you never saw coming. Everyone wants the best to happen in their life and if …
Weekly TimBit Over the years I have observed many people and their reactions and responses to many of life's curves, roadblocks and successes. I include myself in these observations with the goal of trying to determine who I am, who I have been and who I am becoming. Sometimes it's a wonderful story that unfolds …
Weekly TimBit – Security is an illusion. Do you really think that people who have lost their home and all of their possessions in less than five minutes due to a tornado, hurricane or even a flood believed that this would happen to them? Do you think people who have saved for years and then lost …
Weekly Quote “Ability is what you’re capable of doing – Motivation determines what you do – Attitude determines how well you do it.” ~ Raymond Chandler Weekly TimBit Setbacks and adversity are often signals that some aspect of life has come to an end or needs to come to an end. They are wake-up calls …
Mid-Week Motivation Booster from Tim Connor – 6/1/11 Read More »
“Let us open up our natures, throw wide the doors of our hearts and let in the sunshine of good will and kindness.” ~ Marden Sooner or later each of us has to deal with a life outcome that we didn’t anticipate, plan for or expect. Life is filled with surprises both negative and positive. …
