It’s hard out there.  Living life and getting caught up in the day to day while trying to be an adult to pay the bills and take care of those that you love. Before you know it, you feel like you’re just surviving or existing, living this apathetic slow march to retirement (if you think you will be able to retire that is).  You feel as though you are missing out on what you’re supposed to be doing by living life to the fullest…whatever that means. You may not know what that looks like for you, but you do know that something is missing.

Life is happening while you are waiting for it to happen.

I have countless clients who walk into my office that say “something is missing”.  Call it purpose, meaning, or happiness it really doesn’t matter what it actually is because when they sit on the couch and begin the soul searching it quickly b ...

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I'm a Millennial. I have the 90's kid nostalgia and was the generation that grew up while the internet was changing the world. I also grew up with parents that had the traditional work life. You know the one I'm talking about; the Solid 50 Hour Work Week - Complete Loyalty to the Company - Not Sure What Purpose I Have - Only Look Forward to the Weekends - Hate Every Monday Career. Okay, that may be too cynical and I'm forever grateful for the sacrifices my parents made for me, but seeing the majority of the workforce dreading the coming Monday through Friday year after year made a huge impression on me and my generation. 

"Mondays are fine. It's your life that sucks." 

- Ricky Gervais

In response to this grim outlook on our careers, we became determined to find jobs that had meaning, paid well, and fulfilled us. We we ...

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"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves...

self-discipline with all of them came first" 

- Harry S Truman

We all have goals. Whether it is through the New Year's Resolution you made or just general self improvement we are all looking for ways to be successful and reach our goals. Then life gets in the way and we can't stay motivated and end up losing our way. As mentioned in a previous post, we then get in the habit of waiting for motivation to hit us again before pursuing what we need to get done. I believe that it isn't more motivation, but self discipline that we need to add to our lives. Motivation while helpful, it is also fleeting and unreliable. When done right, self discipline can be the consistent driving force you need in life to be successful.

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