What Is Your ‘Why?’

If you’re thinking about making substantial changes in your life, you must first discover your “Why.” It takes a lot of effort to break the inertia of how things are today and you’ll need a lot of motivation to sustain that effort until the job is done.
There is always a “Why” behind great people and […]

Failure vs. Defeat

Most people have fears:

Fear of spiders…
Fear of snakes (on a plane!)…
Fear of high places…
Fear of caves…

Some of our fears are healthy. They keep us from doing stupid or dangerous things.
But there’s one fear that is completely unhealthy and counter-productive, and yet it is one of the most pervasive. This fear is the reason that so […]

Kiwi!

Happy Easter!
On this Easter Sunday, I’d like offer you this following message of hope and triumph over adversity.

Don’t be afraid to challenge what you “know”…
Don’t be afraid to question the rules…
Don’t be afraid to succeed!

- Daniel Joseph Moran

So The Guru Says To The Native . . .

One day, a business guru took a vacation to a beautiful tropical island. While he was there, he met a native islander and the two started talking.
“What do you do around here?” asked the guru.
“Well, I lay around in my hammock for a while. Then I play with my kids. I drink coconut milk. And […]

More About ‘The Secret’

I’ve read “Think And Grow Rich” several times. I’ve watched “The Secret.” I’ve been doing research into quantum theory and the law of attraction. And, something about all of it still bothers me.
What bothers me about all of it is the emphasis on “thought” over “action.” Well, it seems I’m not alone.
A group of marketers […]

Dead Men Don’t Write Books

Elsom Eldridge, Jr., aka “The Obvious Expert,” spoke at Mark Hendricks’ Internet Success System Mastermind Conference this weekend.
During his presentation he related the story of how his first book came to be.
Elsom was working as a college professor and supplemented his income with side jobs. But he really wanted to be an educational consultant.
A mentor […]

The Power Of Words

If I asked you to go out today and close that sale you’ve been working on or ace that test you’re taking or finish that task you’ve been putting off, what would be your first, immediate response?
For many people, it would be, “I’ll try,” “I might; get around to that,” “I should do that, shouldn’t […]