A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $100 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like this $100 bill?” All 200 hands went up without hesitation. He said, “I am going to give this $100 to one of you but first but first, let me do this...” He immediately crumpled the bill up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” All 200 hands were still raised. “Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” Then he dropped the bill on the ground and stomped on it with his shoes. He picked it up, and showed it to the crowd. The bill was all crumpled and dirty. “Now who still wants it?” All the hands still went up. “My friends, I have just showed you a very import

During a research experiment a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank. As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tank, attacked and ate the smaller fish. The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of clear fiberglass into the tank, creating two separate partitions. She then put the shark on one side of the fiberglass and a new set of bait fish on the other. Again, the shark quickly attacked. This time, however, the shark slammed into the fiberglass divider and bounced off. Undeterred, the shark kept repeating this behavior every few minutes to no avail. Meanwhile, the bait fish swam around unhar

Every morning I take my dog Lulu to the park. One of the first things she does is chase top speed after rabbits. Every morning! She has the chase even though she has never caught one. You see, Lulu has never had a parent , teacher or friend tell her she is crazy and she will never catch the rabbit - in her little doggie brain it is completely possible. What if we woke up every day with that level of chase for our dreams - Knowing that catching that dream is possible? I think many of us have the desire and drive by we only chase at a 30,40 or 50% level. Why? What happens to our Chase? The truth is that you can't catch that dream with only a 50% chase - you have to give more. You have to

Robin Sharma is one of my favorite mentors. In his talks, he discusses change. He says: Change is scary at first, messy in the middle and glorious at the end. And he is right! Many times we want to HAVE the change but we are scared to take action. Maybe we are unsure of how or it could be just in our own internal belief that we can actually make the change happen. Sometimes we are even scared of our own potential. Then we start taking steps toward change and its hard….yikes! We stumble, we are uncomfortable and have to take action that isn’t always fun. Its messy. This is where most quit – its gets messy and hard so they stop and just go back to what they know and are comfortable wit