The Awaken Academy

Today’s message is from Mark Victor Hansen’s book Dare to Win. Mark writes that problems are opportunities in disguise. Mark quotes Cavet Robert: “Life is a grindstone and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you and you alone to decide.” “I’ve got a problem.” The young man had just come [...]

Self image psychology is considered, by many behaviorists, to be the most important psychological discovery of our generation. Almost everywhere you go today, you will find individuals genuinely interested in improving their situation in life. Generally speaking, people want things like more money, more meaningful relationships, better physical and mental health, better marks in school [...]

There is a word in your vocabulary that has to be the most abused and misunderstood word in the English language. This word is used to describe what most people want, and spend their lives looking for. It is available to everyone with very little effort, and costs nothing: your age or station in life [...]

Have you ever been driving your car and realized that you’d left the emergency brake on? Of course. We all have. But when we discover the brake is on — do we press harder on the gas pedal? Of course not! We simply release the brake… and with no extra effort we go faster. Going [...]

If you are in search of ideas that will stimulate you to greater results and rewards, permit me to suggest that you take a peek into history, or read biographies of great men and women from the past. There is a wonderful biography written by John Addington Symonds on the life of one of the [...]

Every company has a Randy Hayden. If they don’t have one, they should. Randy is the person in our company that could very easily lead you to believe he ate a dictionary as a child. If ever I am stuck for a word I know where to find it. The other day Randy tossed out [...]

The most natural thing in the world for you to do in life is probably the most destructive insofar as succeeding at anything is concerned. That is following the crowd. Historically the crowd has always been travelling in the wrong direction. Ninety-eight out of 100 people who start a new job look around to see [...]

It has often been pointed out to you and I that genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between failure and success is as fine as a razor’s edge. It is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it … so fine we are often on the line and [...]

I came across some notes on Need Vs. Desire. There is a difference, a big difference. Many people desire success, few need it, but those who do need it almost always enjoy it. Needs are what you must have to survive. You need food, air to breathe, clothing, shelter, sleep, etc. What you need to [...]

Some time ago I did a radio show on envy, where I quoted Emerson’s essay on self reliance. Emerson wrote that envy was ignorance. He followed that up by saying imitation was suicide. He was correct – our various patterns of thought cause us to differ one from another. To try to be like someone [...]