Articles by glennedley
MondayMotivator: When less means more
Last week I wrote a minimotivator on instinct and how as you train it you notice opportunities faster [read it here]. Having less helps you do that too.
Recently I read an article titled Lessons from …
MondayMotivator: Singing in the Lifeboats
This morning I saw a tweet that the week ahead for someone was not going to be good. I replied that wasn’t the attitude to start the week with and they should remember Voltaire said …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
I wish I could do this or I wish I could do that are not the most powerful of statements you can make to get what you want.
Wishing for sun on a dreary Winters day …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
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Todays subject is testing. Partly because I am testing out my new email marketing software and partly because as I started to test my system I realised we are constantly testing ourselves or being …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
Over the past seven months I have been following Australian teenager Jessica Watson on her solo and unassisted round the world yacht voyage. I actually started following her before she left because I couldn’t believe …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
Sometimes in the weekend I really just want to sit on my butt. Long weeks and lots of time driving will do that to anyone.
There is always stuff to do though and this weekend was …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
Instead of working, working towards your goals why not stop, relax, and visualise / imagine having achieved them already.
On Saturday I was about to turn the TV on while we waited for friends to turn …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
This morning I was thinking about Easter and what I was going to write for the MondayMotivator. The phrase ‘new beginnings’ popped into my head.
The question I asked myself was: “Is Easter about new beginnings?”
Someone …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Jacob A. Riis said, “Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Al Oliver said, “There’s no such thing as bragging. You’re either lying or telling the truth.”
When I was younger I was able to do a lot of things. Not everyone believed me and I realised …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Joann C. Jones wrote, “During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Dr SunWolf said, “Give crayons. Adults are disturbingly impoverished of these magical dream sticks.”
What a great name for crayons, dream sticks. Give some today, or buy some yourself, grab huge pieces of paper and scrawl.
Create, …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Mignon McLaughlin wrote, “Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.”
Have you had that thought: the one that says it’s ok because what I’m feeling, or what is happening …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Edmund Burke said, “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
My favourite law is the Law of Compounding. Usually ‘interest’ is added on the end of …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
Where do you see beauty? In a child’s beaming face, a sunrise, a sunset or in your work. The last one might be surprising but there will be beauty there. How you find that beauty …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Glenn Edley said, “To be successful, YOU have to decide what to do next.”
Do you make your own decisions about what to do next? Disregarding the “yes” that popped into your head take a minute …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
James Openheim said, “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”
It seems a lot of put things off. We put off holidays, spending time with friends, rewards and …
Today’s minimotivator – Glenn Edley
Goethe said, “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”
Isn’t it so often the quirks of your friends that make them so fun to be around. …
YourMondayMotivator – Glenn Edley
I recently read an article about a hero of mine, Chuck Yeager. Chuck defined flight for me because he broke the sound barrier at a time when other pilots thought the sound barrier was either …
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