Tag: Motivation

As someone with fairly ordinary physical gifts, I have been asked many times how I have frequently accomplished things many might

Organizations often invite speakers with the intent of extracting secrets, subtle or otherwise, for their success Success may be measured

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship” —Louisa May Alcott There’s an irony in how often we fear

 “No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations” – Theodore

Rob Webber will be my guide as we run the 262 miles of the California International Marathon while trying to account ourselves respectably

We have a powerful and important opportunity to make a choice in our lives, to deliberately and willfully escape the default settings of

What says "relentless forward progress" more than the dog days of August How about running my first official “Ultra Marathon” in the

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” William Butler Yeats How do I prepare a presentation That

"It is difficult to train for a marathon; but it is even more difficult to not be able to train for a marathon" - Aaron Douglas

By Randy Pierce The 2018 Boston Marathon featured the worst marathon weather I’ve ever experienced: cold temperatures, relentless

By Randy Pierce "Give your all, and whenever possible give it with the support of a team you deserve and which deserves you The

By Randy Pierce It is so easy to celebrate every single day with such a joyous, loving lady as Autumn! She is far and away the most

By Randy Pierce Do you ever have those days where it's difficult to get out of bed After my presentations I’m often asked

By Randy Pierce “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done” —Thomas

By Randy Pierce The enthusiasm for January’s resolutions may have waned and many people find themselves particularly poised for a

By Randy Piece “The problem I had, and I suspect a lot of people have, is that you sometimes give yourself the illusion of moving

By Randy Pierce “Running is 90% Mental and 10% physical” – runner’s adage Certainly there is much more than 10% physical involved

By Randy Pierce “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire" -- Likely anonymous though often mistakenly

By Greg Neault I was running when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes too fast A lot of people have asked me why I decided to run a

By Randy Pierce  "The real purpose of running isn't to win a race It's to test the limits of the human heart" —Bill Bowerman, track