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

There's nothing like being in a state of flow where time seems to stand still and the work we do feels effortless, but how do we get there?

This is by far the worst fortune cookie message I have ever received regarding success and when to expect it.

The idea that discipline equals freedom is absurd. Discipline equals anything but freedom BUT it will provide us with much more of these three things.

A message of faith and perseverance inspired by Les Brown and his teachings and my takeaways on fulfillment in pursuit of our goals.

Pushing ourselves to do anything requires willpower and willpower doesn't last. The key is to create goals that pull us in and make us want to take action.

Seems all we hear these days is hustle, hustle, hustle to achieve your goals. A broken record that'll leave us broken if we let it.

Change doesn't require a process, we can change in an instant the moment we make a new committed decision to do so.

Isaac Newton's 3rd law of motion reminds us of a simple principle that any one of us can leverage to achieve success.

Failure of any kind has the potential to (and often does) damage our self-confidence and so it's a must we repair it as quickly as possible.

While we can't always control or change our conditions and circumstances, we can however always control and change ourselves.

When it comes to success, we can stay comfortably in the stands of life and risk failing at what we don't want or, we can step into the arena for a chance at achieving what we do want.

If you currently don't have a personal success philosophy, here's why you may want to consider creating one sooner than later.

Here's two ways to quickly and effectively influence others, whether it's getting clients to buy, family members to listen, or friends to take action.

Being happy, healthy, and successful is one thing? But what does it mean to be "fulfilled" and why is it so important?

When it comes to goals, it's our reasons (our why's) for wanting to achieve them that'll help us go the distance to make them happen.

We don't stand a chance at achieving our goals if they don't excite us, pull us in, and compel us to take action consistently towards them.

When did you decide the "kind of person" you are? Important to ask since it's this blueprint of who we believe ourselves to be that guides all of our decisions.

Whether it's weight loss, more money, better relationships, whatever the goal.. if you're struggling to achieve it, this is mostly likely the reason why.

These two rituals that I complete every day have played a major role in helping me create lasting health, happiness, and fulfillment in my life.

These 5 steps have been instrumental in helping me create more health, happiness, and fulfillment in my life.