Mornings With Mike: A Daily 5-minute Dose Of Motivation & Accountability To Help You Create The Life You Want

When it comes to achieving our goals and the successes we seek, the answers on how to get there can be found in the questions we ask.

The key to all success isn't just showing up (that's the start yes) but more so if and how we decide to step up once we've shown up.

Remembering the past allows us to reflect back on lessons learned, how far we've come, and provides us with the motivation and conviction to keep moving forward.

It isn't just the bad times that shall pass, but the good times as well therefore let's make it a point to enjoy and appreciate them.

When we declare who we are, what we believe, and what we stand for, we not only let others know where we stand, it serves as a reminder to ourselves as well.

While it's the end result we want most for any goal we're out to achieve, it's the hope we feel along the way that keeps us going and brings us the most happinesses.

The ultimate failure we can experience is success without fulfillment so let's make it a point to be mindful when choosing between economic potential and personal fulfillment.

Reflecting back on tough times we've gotten through serves as a great reminder that we're strong, ready, and willing to get through whatever challenges come our way.

Life indeed does begin at the end of our comfort zones although getting there requires that we're patient with ourselves along the way.

Regardless of how we started the first half of this year, it's not how we start that counts but how we finish so let's check-in on how we're doing so far.

Time is our most valuable asset, we all get the same amount of it and how we decide to spend it is what determines it's value.

While change can be scary in any area of our lives, it's the only thing that's constant, that we know will happen, so it's a must we embrace it.

A recent statement I heard while on a run had a profound effect on me and got me asking myself some serious questions about my life, all I'm doing and working towards.

Average effort will continue to get us average results and so if it's awesome results we're after, it's a must we give awesome effort.

Being disciplined to do the things we must to do in order to have the things we've decided we must have happens naturally, more easily when our focus is on the dream (vision), not the discipline to make it happen.

We don't need a title or power by association to take action towards creating the lives we dream about and want for ourselves.

Our phones connect us, provide us with info, and offer us a sense of security at times however if we aren't mindful, they also distract us from everything going on around us called life.

What have you been told you're too old, too young, too small, too big, too inexperienced, too whatever, to do? Do it anyways.

Through all life's ups and downs, it's gratitude that gets us through it all and has us coming out better, stronger on the other side.

Are we OK with just being OK with the lives we're living or do we want more than just OK when it comes to our goals, dreams, and aspirations?