By Jernavis Draughn Over the years I’ve learned that setting goals are essential to achieving anything you want in life. It’s truly the Holy Grail to becoming successful in work, business, relationships, personally and health. It is a well thought out concept, where you spend time creating the things you want mentally for your life …
By Jernavis Draughn I have learned through my trials and tribulations that being in a state of happiness is a CHOICE. How would you define happiness and what does happiness mean to you? The dictionary defines the term happy as, “a feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.” Our society is fixated on quick fixes that …
By Jernavis Draughn One of the best books I’ve read recently, is called Relentless,” From Good to Great to Unstoppable”, by Tim Grover. Being a retired athlete, I was able to connect to his great stories about the athletes such as Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade and many more he has trained. Tim explains how being …
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By Jernavis Draughn What is the definition of “Emotional Intelligence”? It is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. Simply put, emotional intelligence helps people control their impulses. Learning how to deal with your anger, anxiety, uncertainty and sadness are essential elements of life. Our mood and thoughts …
Are our behaviors and actions programed? Are we programed by our upbringing? By family, friends or culture? Studies show we are all driven by six human needs: Certainty, Uncertainty, Growth, Significance, Contribution, Love/Connection. One of these human needs inspires and motivates our daily actions. These needs propels us to reach what we truly want in …
By: Jernavis Draughn In the book Spark by John Ratey, he explains the benefits of exercising and how it increases our learning ability. Physical fitness has a positive influence on memory, concentration and classroom behavior. Better fitness equals better attention and thus better results. Our brain is constantly being rewired with new information daily. In …
By: Jernavis Draughn Without discipline, does anything in LIFE get accomplished? For example, building a healthy relationship or marriage? Completing school or work assignments? Losing weight? Reaching personal goals? Rate yourself on a scale from 1-10, how discipline are you? Jim Rohn once said, “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.” I’m a firm …
By: Jernavis Draughn Each of us experience FEAR in our lives on a daily basis. With that being the case, how do we overcome fear? In order to answer this question, we have to define what FEAR is? The dictionary definition of fear states: Fear- is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone …
By: Jernavis Draughn TIME is the kryptonite to every person walking the earth. The one GIFT in life that we can not get back! We can’t buy MORE time, but we can SPEND it differently. What are you spending most of your time doing when you’re at work or at home? What are you focusing …