Aspiration to Fuel Your Ambition

Two of my favorite words in the English language are aspiration and ambition.  At first glance, it appears these two words mean the same thing.  However, I like to look at these two words from the perspective of motivations. An aspiration would come from your intrinsic (inner) motivations whereas your ambition would come from your […]

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Tenacity and Grit – Quick Idea to Test if Your Kid Has it

Tenacity is the act of being gritty, persistent, and resolute.  Tenacity is a critical trait to have to reach success in entrepreneurship, elite level sports, and to beat many life threatening diseases that require complete lifestyle changes. You can often observe someone over time and conclude that they are tenacious, if you see them in […]

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Do You Have to Be an Expert or Authority to Build an Audience?

Yesterday I received some feedback that my writing was too authoritative.  The main reason given was that I blog about such a variety of topics that I can’t be an expert on all of them.  Therefore, I should write less authoritative and instead write with more qualifiers. This got me to thinking of two questions: […]

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