A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Pay The Price For Your Goals – As sprinting legend Usain Bolt said, “Dreams are free. Goals have a cost. While you can daydream for free, goals don’t come without a price. Time, Effort, Sacrifice, and Sweat. How will you pay for your goals?”
QUOTE CARD: “Dreams are free. Goals have a cost. While you can daydream for free, goals don’t come without a price. Time, Effort, Sacrifice, and Sweat. How will you pay for your goals?”
-Usain Bolt
A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Be A Hero – As Joseph Campbell said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Fight To Reach Your Dream – As Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi said, “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
QUOTE CARD: “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”
-Lionel Messi
PERSEVERANCE. Are you a “finisher”? How do you remain focused and not let criticism and obstacles shut you down? After the devastating loss to Bobby Rush in his bid for Congress in 2000, Barack Obama could have given up his dream to break into national politics. The defeat weighed heavy on his ego…
DILIGENCE. Do you always do your best? Do you remain focused on your goals? How often have you given up when things seemed difficult? In 2007, I finished my doctorate in World Religions and became Dr. Kennedy, or “Dr. Terri K.” as my friends are calling me. As a busy entrepreneur, I had to be focused to get the work done in-between leading corporate workshops, speaking at events, coaching private clients, teaching yoga classes, and writing this column and other articles. It wasn’t easy and often required me to sacrifice “play-time” such as catching the latest movie, for “cerebral time” which usually included taking an exam or researching for another paper. Since it was a goal I wanted to achieve, I worked steadily on it over the last few years.
