@LiveBIGDieEmpty #aMAYzing Mindset Moment #21: Complete Commitment

Some mornings I listen to Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio as I'm getting my morning started because I like his opening monologue. It's always about life within the context of sports. Even though he uses sports as a backdrop, he incorporates a lot of other principles for living a good life. This morning he was talking about Carmelo Anthony and his obvious lack of commitment to becoming a total superstar.  Carmelo is about Carmelo, not his team....

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@LiveBIGDieEmpty #aMAYzing Mindset Moment #20: Take Massive Action!

The only thing I hate about my financial consulting business is feeling like I'm freaking begging people to act in their own best interest. Don't get me wrong. As an entrepreneur, I do not mind asking for money.  The sales process doesn't bother me.  I know that it is about helping people and being honest with them if you can't help.  No worries.  I do mind feeling like I'm begging, however, and I refuse to do it any longer....

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How to Stop Being So Needy

Last time we talked about having needs vs. being needy and it sparked some good dialogue. Remember: neediness is when a person requires more than usually expected or due. In other words, their needs are being met on a reasonable level, but they still want more. If you're the kind who has been called needy more than once, let's face it. There might be some truth there. If everybody calls you a donkey, buy a saddle, right?  Some of you reading...

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Should Divorced Exes Get Back Together?

I'm posting this for a friend.  She asked me why divorced exes seldom, if ever, get back together.  Research shows the number to be somewhere around 4% to 6% of couples remarrying one another.  In my friend's mind, the kids would be better off and that makes it not only okay but necessary.  Aside from those couples who divorce and marry each other two or three times, why doesn't it happen more? I'm not sure why it doesn't happen...

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The Game of Life Has Rules...

Just sitting here reflecting on some things before I get back to work over here. I should be done with work for the day within a few hours.  I'm pretty pumped up today and it has been a good day.  My pastor likes to talk about living life on life's terms as being a successful life.  If that makes sense.  He explains it better than I.  I like to say that life has rules.  Here are a few that I've observed... 1. Read....

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Having Needs vs. Being Needy. What's the Difference?

Can you tell the difference between a person expressing legitimate needs vs. being needy?  Everyone has needs and you can't deny that.  But when does it cross over into unhealthy territory? First, let us define the two terms: needs are physiological or psychological requirements for the well-being of an organism. Food, water, belonging are all examples. Neediness is when a person requires more than usually expected or due. In other words,...

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Success has a language. Are you fluent?

Success has a language. Some people are fluent in the language of excuses and others speak life every time they open their mouths. If you want more success, learn how successful people talk.  According to Pimsleur, the leading language learning system in the world, there are three steps to learning a new language. 1. Listen intently. 2. Practice fearlessly. 3. Speak boldly. And here's the encouraging key. You only need to know about 2500...

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5 Ways to Develop an #aMAYzing Mindset Now

I've been posting ways to develop what I call an #aMAYzing mindset on my Live BIG Die Empty Facebook page each day in the month of May.  Clever, huh?  Well, if you haven't been following all of them, I've landed on five suggestions that you can take and put into action right now.  I believe that acting on any of the five will help you tremendously and acting on all five will, I believe, change the entire trajectory of your life. 1....

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6 Ways to Make Sure You NEVER Get Rich

Originally written for BrothaOnline.com... check out other Money & Finance articles written by Mark Anthony McCray for BrothaOnline.com here. I can't think of much that galls me more than conspicuous consumption. This is mostly because most conspicuous consumers can't afford to conspicuously consume. They are the ones who need to be living BENEATH their means for a season or two and - if they did so - would find their futures changed positively...

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