I CHALLENGE YOU !!

I challenge you !!

I challenge you to actually live. I challenge you to actually get up and live life.  I challenge you to give your heart something to beat for besides pushing blood through your body. I challenge you to take another breath for a reason greater than putting more carbon dioxide in the air.

Your life is much more than your job !

Your life is much more than your bills !

Your life is much more than the shows that you DVR to vicariously live life through fictional characters developed in Holly Wood production studios.

Your life is much more than the Twitter, Instagram and Facebook statuses you follow, watch and keep up with while life is passing you by.

Do something today !!

Take action !!

Remove yourself from the couch. Get up from the desk. Put down the cell phone. TAKE ACTION !!

GO ON THAT RUN. SIGN UP FOR THAT CLASS. START THAT BUSINESS. TAKE THAT RISK !!

Life is nothing but a screen of other people's lives and experiences we must fuel our selves to watch and endure; unless we take DECISIVE ACTION to get involved and actually LIVE LIFE ourselves.

YOU ARE AWAKE ...but are you LIVING or simply existing.

"DON'T FIND AN EXCUSE. FIND A WAY."

 LUKE MOTIVATES.

Relation-Ships !!

Come aboard mate and let set ours sails to voyage toward our goals. Each one of the valuable relationships we have in our lives are like ships sailing across a great ocean.  We have a Family ship, a Best Friend Ship, A Boss ship, an Employee ship, a Health ship, a Financial Ship, a Morale, Welfare and Entertainment ship and many other ships. Each requires your integrity, communication and actions.  In some way all of these ships are going in the same basic direction. When one of these ships starts to divert in drastically different direction it jeopardizes your dedication to the other ships.




Whenever we ignore our responsibility to anyone of these ships it can possibly change the course and destiny to another ship. As a leader if you ignore your responsibility to your employees they most likely will not go the extra mile for you. If you do not invest in them and develop them to become leaders instead of followers they will be unable to cover you and provide the flexibility you need to allow you to branch out and do bigger and better things. As a result your Boss ship and Company ship will suffer. Overtimes the Boss ship and Company ship may come to the decision that your bearings are not inline with their course. A surprise invitation off the ship may be the result.


If you give too much attention to a specific vessel, again you may be taking valuable time away from another ship that requires your attention. If you spend too much time on your Work or Morale Welfare and Entertainment ship dedicating too much of yourself to a job or a hobby, you may find that the Family ship, Wife ship, Boyfriend, or Girlfriend ship will began to suffer. Those ships needs daily attention, quality time and acknowledgement or their importance in your life. Without the daily attention and quality time the neglected areas of the ship will call for repairs. Sometimes if they go long enough without attention the ship may be beyond repairs. If you ignore some ships long enough you may find that another Captain has taken over the ship.

Regular communication with your ships is a requirement. If you do not communicate with your ships they will feel ignored, neglected and not cared for. Although their outside hulls may sparkle inside there is damage. Communicate and check on your ships.


Integrity is key. If anyone of your ships has reason to question your integrity it may give it reason to steer off course, elect a new Captain, or do something spiteful while you're still aboard ship.


Always take required action concerning your ships. Don't procrastinate when it comes to taking action. Procrastination is usually fueled by fear. Fear should never  be the adviser to the Captain of any ships.


Warning ! Never become the Captain of alluring ships that are not in sync with the direction of your other ships. Ships like The Affair, The Addiction, and The Drugs will offer you excitement, thrills, make your heart pound for new found experiences. These ships will make you feel like you are in control of them. Overnight you'll find yourself in rough waters you are unable to navigate out of. Before you know it you have become a very low ranking shipmate, falling to the demands of a promising ship that has no heart.  It will demand your dedication and promise you what your flesh desires. Meanwhile the ships you once said were most important to you are drifting off course and away from you.


Don't find an excuse. Find a way  to be the Captain of the ships that are most important to you !!  Your happiness, health, and prosperity of those you care for depend on it.


Does someone you know need help with improving their leadership skills in order to become a better Captain of their relation-ships ?


Do you need help with accountability of your relation-ships ?


How would things be better if you or someone you know gained the skills to becoming a better Captain of their Relation-ships ?

Imagining you or those within a group or organization you belong to with better leadership skills to becoming a better Captain of their Relation-ships.  let's talk, if the outlook is truly important to you.
 
You may have tried the excuses. Now let's try the solution.



email Luke Motivates at  lukemotivates@gmail.com

OPEN YOUR MIND WITH MISSY OHE !!

When we think about our opportunities and challenges too often we focus on the negative things that can happen. We think about everything that may go wrong, how much money we may lose, who may not support us, what deals may fall through,  and who may not show up .

We allow these messages, thoughts and negative visions to run rampant in our mind.  Like wild trolls they run to every corner of our mind posting up negative signs “STOP !” ,“Don’t Go !”,“ Stay!”, “Danger”, ”You’re not good enough!” “You’re too old!”, ”Who do you think you are?”.  Soon our vision, dreams and hopes are drained of energy, because they are diverted with negativity and despair every time bringing them to life through action is discussed.

We even began to trust these trolls and employ them as a board of advisory whenever it’s time to make a move toward our goals. We try to validate the minutes captured at the pity party and misery meeting we attend with this trolls. We do this by seeking negative justification in our mistakes, failures, or upbringing.

FIRE THESE TROLLS !! Their wages are your hopes, energy, dreams, aspirations, goals and happiness. You can no longer afford to pay them.  They are working over- time and demanding more benefits.

I look toward people like Missy Ohe (pronounced “O”) when the trolls in my head start talking.  Missy Ohe  is a radio host, keynote speaker ,and John Maxwell Trainer.  She surrounds herself with motivation, talks about inspiring topics, promotes goal achievement and encourages us to make a difference.  Every Sunday morning at 8:30AM, you can tune into the Missy Ohe Show on Your QFM 104.9FM. Her show features a variety of different speakers covering a wide array of positive topics.

As a speaker Missy Ohe often focuses on us enjoying our journey. Yes, we will have challenges, fall down and make mistakes. However we will also make progress, have new experiences, enjoy success, and meet new people. We will encounter some trolls, but we will meet some angels too.

Missy won’t leave you lingering alone with motivation and no way to navigate your course. As a fellow John Maxwell Team member Missy offers experienced and proven coaching and training to assist individuals, groups and organizations achieve their goals while empowering themselves and adding value to others.

LET’S FIRE THOSE TROLLS, and get moving on our journey !!  We are here for a reason. We have a purpose, and there is much more to life than what those negative trolls are offering.

Visit Missy Ohe's site at http://theohepenmind.com/

“Don’t find an excuse. Find a way.”

LUKE MOTIVATES

GET BACK UP and LIVE LIFE WITH JOY !!

It’s that time of the year when most people have abandoned their new year’s resolution. The gym and fitness population has significantly dropped, and  you can easily find a treadmill, or elliptical machine to get on.

So what if you took a break from your goal. Who said you can’t start back up.  We fall and we get back up. We get knocked down and we get back up. We slip and we get back up. That’s life.  Each time we fall we learn what caused us to fall and we avoid it. Each time we get knocked down we learn what caused us to get knocked down so we avoid that punch the next time. It’s a learning process. What if babies stop getting up because they fell while learning how to stand or walk ? We will never know, because they never stop getting up !

There is joy in realizing that we aren't just being knocked down, slipping, and falling down, but that we're also being empowered by the knowledge we are learning about ourselves and the challenge we are facing.

In order to fully experience that joy we need to set ourselves up for success.  In the book Live Life With Joy by Joy Pearson, Joy talks about Flat Tires. Joy reminds us that “giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat."

Don’t avoid your opportunities or give up on your goals just because things are getting tough, the road turns, a road block occurs, or the weather changes.  Take a different route, stay determined, weather the storm.  Joy Pearson says “The biggest issue is not that you have the flat, but whether you fail to change the tire. “  Get out and change that tire !!  Call a friend, or reach out to someone who can assist you in changing that tire in your life so you can get back on the road.  Don’t sit forever on the side of the road of life watching everyone going toward their destination.  Do something to address the problem and get back on the road.

To experience the joy’s in life we must be willing to overcome the challenges that stand between us and those joy’s. Joy Pearson says there’s always going to be traffic. Sometimes that traffic will be heavy, congested, and slow. Others times it will be free flowing and moving just the way we want it. Just because the traffic gets nasty doesn't mean we change our destination. Just because the GPS stops working doesn't mean we cancel our appointment.  Just because the price of gas goes up doesn't mean we stop driving. Our destination is the goal. Never let the bumps in the road change your determination for your destination.

Please check out Joy Pearson's book Live Life with Joy. It is inspiring and packed with stories we can all relate to. 

Top Flight Security Blessing Blockers

In the movie "Friday After Next" The characters Craig and Day-Day have jobs as strip mall security officers. They are hilarious but extremely awful at their job. Day-Day goes out of his way to try and use his so called authority to restrict the movement of the mall patrons. Every attempt brings him conflict and misery.


Some of us are Top Flight Security blessing blockers.




Often times for no reason at all, or for reasons that weaken our positive purpose, we hold back on information, opportunities, and connections that would aid in blessing someone else.


Maybe we aren't a  normally negative person, but for some reason we refuse to put forth the effort to see someone else blossom. Deep down inside there is a feeling in many of us that we don't feel like seeing others we know succeed, especially during times when we are struggling.


There is a devilish function that lies within many people who appreciate seeing others in misery, struggle or pain in order to not feel as bad about their own situation. Knowing that they are not alone in their frustration brings them a disturbing kind comfort.


This type of thought is rampant among people no matter the religion, color, race, sex, or political party. People love people like themselves. People love reflections of themselves. People for the most part do not like to be alone. People do not appreciate anything that may shed negativity on them.  On many occasions people feel that they look bad when others are succeeding, or doing well and they themselves are suffering from their own excuses, procrastination, bad decisions or just bad luck. Therefore anytime they can prevent the creation of those negative feelings within themselves by hindering another's success either through action or passiveness they will do so.


However, the universe is a funny place. It has been proven over and over again that no matter how much you stand in someone's way, refuse to assist them, or stand by watching but not helping ...if that person is destined to be blessed, that blessing will come to them with or without you.


In addition it pays greatly to give freely, because this same universe has a way of returning what is given. In supply and logistics it is a known rule that any inventory you hold on to must be accounted for,  warehoused, and accrues a fee to maintain it.  Well, those negative feelings of stress, misery, animosity, jealousy, greed or contempt are emotions that run rampant in the warehouse of our hearts and minds. Keeping track of those "damaged goods"  is like carrying around a wet paper bag of groceries with heavy spoiled products. It's a burden we created, insist on carrying, and pay for daily.


This year, 2015, bless somebody ! Give freely. Give because you can. Do not expect anything back. Free yourself of the "you versus me" attitudes. There is no reason to compete or compare because each one of us are unique and special.


Feel good that you are able to contribute to someone else. Acknowledge the creativity that can come through you when you create ways of giving, even when you were so sure you couldn't.


A greater you is a giving you.


Don't find an excuse. Find a way."