If you have parented a child, coached a youth sports team, or mentored another person, there is likely something you were determined to accomplish. There are tactical things we want to teach – how to hit a baseball, study for a test, or manage a task at work efficiently. There may also be...
Determination can be defined as overcoming obstacles in order to reach my goal. Determination is the fuel necessary to get us to the finish line. Conversely, inertia is a relentless villain itching for us to “fall off the wagon,” the villain that is rooting for us to quit and remain unsuccessful...
Recently, I became familiar with the term “cycle breaker.” A Cycle Breaker is someone in your family who recognizes unhealthy familial patterns and chooses not to repeat them. I come from a long family line of alcoholics. This social disease has disrupted my family– maternally and paternally –...
Vince Lombardi related success to determination when he said, “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” Not their attainment of excellence, but their commitment to it, their...
Recently, I watched a video of a mama-bear and her cub climbing up a steep snow-covered mountain. As they scaled the mountain side at a quick pace, they would slip and slide back down. However, backsliding didn’t seem to phase the bear and her cub as they continued to climb. As the mother bear...
DETERMINATION: firmness of purpose; resoluteness; strength of character; single-mindedness Determination is simply not giving up. No matter how hard things get, or how badly you want to just give up, you keep on going. Sometimes you just want to let go, when it seems like what you are going for is...
