What If This Is As Good As It Gets? – Learning the Art of Contentment

“What if this is as good as it gets?” is not a question we typically ask ourselves, especially at this time of year. Going into a New Year, all the focus is on how everything can be better–and, understandably so. This video is the first in a series titled “Rise and Thrive,” and as we […]

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What Is My Purpose? Perhaps You’ve Known All Along

Inspirational Speaker Shawn Ellis at the top of the mountain - Yellowstone National Park

Have you been wrestling with questions like: What is my purpose? What is my calling? What is my real passion? What am I supposed to be doing? I spent well over a decade asking myself those types of questions. And even after I felt certain I had found the answer, I still questioned myself—because my

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Motivational Speakers Get Knocked Down, Too

It’s a little scary to write what I’m about to write. But I have to write it (for myself, and for someone else–which I’ll explain in a moment). Working in the “motivational speaker” space since 1999–and I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the best in the business–I’ve always had this feeling that

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Not Another “One of Those Days”: 3 Ways to Interrupt the Downward Spiral

Downward Spiral Staircase Photo

I once heard that there’s no such thing as a bad day, but only a bad moment that lingers. And we’ve all experienced it. You get up, ready for a great day ahead… and then something happens that totally derails your good intentions. Maybe there’s no hot water. Maybe you’re out of coffee. Maybe you

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