“Many times momentum is the only difference between winning and losing. With it, everyone is expectant and energized, and people tend to perform at their peak potential. Without it, people lose heart and have difficulty finding motivation.” – John C. Maxwell

Have you ever felt that you lost your motivation and your momentum?

 TRUTH:  Sometimes I have.

It felt as if I took a punch in the passion gut, and was bent over. While I was on the path to one of my life’s biggest goals-my doctorate-life's challenges, like a ton of bricks, unloaded on me. Now, let me put this in perspective for you.

 I’m just like you. I came from small beginnings, have big hopes and dreams, and want to help as many people as I can along life’s way. But I lost my MOJO, my motivation, and I just wanted to come home and escape. Watch a move,have a drink, and just make world go away. 

Sound familiar?

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Thomas Edison, the great American inventor of the incandescent light bulb, was noted as saying that he didn’t fail but found 10,000 ways that didn’t work! Oh, that we would look at our setback as just feedback.

He also noted “genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration”. https://www.fi.edu/history-resources/edisons-lightbulb

So, what made the difference for Edison between success and failure, his brilliance or his habits? His genius or his daily disciplines?

I’m not here to debate his ethics or dealings with competitors, such as Tesla (who some consider a greater inventor than Edison), but his astounding routine.

The Wizard of Menlo Park was 52 years old when he was interviewed and stated that he worked 14-15 hours a day at that time! But wait, he believed he didn’t work as hard then because for YEARS HE WORKED 20 HOURS A DAY!

Read this amazing report about his uber habits (with laser focus, I may add!) at ...