encouragement

Finding the Encouragement You Need

So many of us miss out on the joys of our dream life simply because we’re too anxious or worried about things beyond our control. Instead of spending our time finding motivation and disciplining ourselves to reach the dreams that we have, we waste time worrying about questions we have no way of answering. We ponder the “What if…” questions that spiral on without end, instead of the “How can I…” questions that lead to action. My hope this month was to equip you with skills…

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3 Easy Ways to Encourage Yourself

There’s an old popular story that many of us know and loved as children, The Little Engine that Could.  This children’s story is most famous for the simple mantra “I think I can… I think I can.” This saying likely taught you how to encourage yourself. Encouragement is the action of making yourself or someone else “more determined, confident, or hopeful.”  (Merriam-Webster) A bit of encouragement from others can push you to accomplish things you didn’t think you could. Great coaches often use encouragement to push their teams beyond what…

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When it Feels Impossible to Go On

“I don’t think I can do anymore, I can’t go any further. This is impossible!” Those were the words of my high school basketball teammate Roger after we had just finished running lines. If you’ve never played basketball, running lines is a conditioning drill where all the players on the team line up at one end of the basketball court and waits for the coach to blow his whistle.  Once the whistle is blown, the players are to run as hard and fast…

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