Train for Life

Category: Persistance

  • Monday Motivation

    Think like a queen (or king). A queen (or king) is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping-stone to greatness. — Oprah Winfrey

  • 30 Ways to be Happy, Grateful, and Resilient

    To view each weblink, visit the Greater Good Science Center’s September 2019 Happiness Calendar.

  • Monday Motivation

    Today I break new ground and begin exciting new ventures. Mount Adams Summit, Washington, USA 12,280 feet, Second tallest mountain in Washington July 21, 2019

  • Monday Motivation

    When a “storm” approaches, you will have the strength, power, and resiliency to rise above to the top… Positivity. Persistence. Perseverance. 

  • Monday Motivation

    How many routes can you find to safely cross this treacherous stream? Obstacles in life can present in a similar way. Seek the strong and stable stepping stones that will bring you to your destination, safe and sound and most proud. What will be your toughest stream to cross this week?  Focus on one stepping stone…

  • Monday Motivation

    It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. – Sir Edmund Hillary This past weekend I climbed to Camp Muir at 10,000ft (8.2 miles and 4,700ft. elevation gain). The Mount Rainier summit is 14,410 ft. Each challenge we overcome, obstacle we once doubted our ability, makes us stronger physically and mentally to conquer the next…

  • Monday Motivation

    Obstacles blocking are paths are inevitable throughout life’s journey. How will you find your bridge to help get you to the other side? Practice the three P’s: Positivity, Persistence, Presence. 

  • Monday Motivation

    Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression. It is instead a switchback trail: three steps forward,  two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap. — Dorothy Corkville Briggs

  • Monday Motivation

    Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure. By sticking it out through tough times, people emerge from adversity with a stronger sense of efficacy. — Albert Bandura

  • Motivation Monday

    Is your weekly “to-do list” or paperwork on your desk this deep? Mount Washington, North Bend, WA, USA Take one step at a time. Stay in the present moment. Snow shoeing through deep terrain or inching through a deep stack of files, we will complete the task at-hand.  We grow in face of challenges and become a…