MooreMotivation with Kendrick Moore

Start Your Year with Dedication, End Your Year with Satisfaction

Where are you? Not your location, but where are you... Remember at the beginning of the year we said, 'Start Your Year with Dedication, End Your Year with Satisfaction.' This is the mid-year check in! So, where are you with the commitment you made to yourself? The dedication! Don't tell me you've gotten to this point and haven't done anything you said you would do...? Half of what you said...? Well, whether you have or haven't, when you hear this message you have a chance to take a step toward satisfaction. Lock in!

Understanding Your Position

Wherever you are in life, you've earned that position. And that position that you hold, greatly impacts your view. Without you knowing, the easiest way to change the image is to change your position. Sounds simple enough. But first, you have to accept that it's you! Lock in!

Preparing for Promotion

Are you ready for what's next? Better yet, are you prepared for what's next? Somewhere along the line, more emphasis has been put on the graduation rather than the growth, development, and preparation for what's to follow. Too many teens who have recently walked across the stage have not been properly prepared, nor do they have a plan. But, they had a graduation. The focus needs to be shifted back to promotion, where you did what was required, and you were preparing for what's next. You don't get promoted by doing less than. And unfortunately, today, you can have a graduation by doing less than. Lock In!

Image vs Reality

From the time you wake up, you are faced with the major question of how you want to be viewed that day. While you understand your own reality, the image you want to portray can be just the opposite. No matter how small or how large, you care what people think! It may generate from your own thoughts or be based on the system that continuously perpetuates image over reality. Either way it’s there. The question becomes, is the image you’re portraying the real you? Lock in!
 

Everything Matters!

Do not undervalue the impact of what you are doing at this very moment.  We become so routine in our daily lives that we overlook the IMPACT that our simple actions can have on us throughout the course of a day. From the conversations you’re having right now to the route you take to work (and what you view), all the way down to your morning routine, it all matters. And after a while, these actions become habits.  Are you comfortable with that? Lock In!

Believing in Your Habits

If you are what you believe. And, if you are a product of your daily habits. Then guess what, you believe in your habits. Not only the good habits, but the bad ones as well. And the only way to get you to discontinue those bad habits is to get you to not believe in them. Not an easy task. Lock in!

Accountability

Accountability is personal, but it's not a personal attack. However, it can come across that way because it is about you, and it involves growth, change, improvement, or a combination of the 3. It gets looked at as a negative when someone challenges you in those ways. 'What are you saying about me?'. I am not saying anything about you, it's about the thing that you are doing and I can help you improve in that. And if you just own up to it and take accountability right now, the teaching part, the work part, will help you get to where you want to go. 
 
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Keep Going!

When times get tough, and they will, Keep Going! When you don't see the results you are seeking right away, Keep Going! When you're tired and feel like you want to give up, Keep Going! When you refuse to hear anymore positive reinforcement because you just don't care anymore, Keep Going! Take a second and understand my words, resiliency is in you and perseverance is a part of your character. I just need you to dig a bit deeper and Keep Going! Lock In!

Who Are You Becoming?

Stop for a second and ask yourself, WHO are you becoming? It's not always about what you're doing, but instead, who you're becoming in the process. Knowing that your experiences yesterday may be impacting how you approach today, and your thoughts about what you're doing now can guide your thoughts toward the future. Seriously, WHO are you becoming! Do you have a true sense of what this process is doing to you? Pay attention! Sometimes you can become during the process without even reaching the goal. But, other times, while even reaching the goal, you've lost yourself. Lock In!

Rather vs Should

What you rather be doing vs what you should be doing? Sometimes they look the same. Far too often, you choose the ‘rather’ over the ‘should.’ Check out how strong ‘rather’ is. You might not even choose the thing you rather be doing over what you should be doing. You might not. But, if you choose the ‘should’ but are still focused on the ‘rather’, that’s still enough of a distraction for you not to produce superior results. However, when you consistently ‘rather’ be doing what you ‘should’ be doing, when those two align over a long period of time, you’re destined for greatness in your field.
 
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Power of Choice

You work your entire life, not for money, not for material things, but to put yourself in a position to have choices. To allow yourself the liberty to choose what you want. Is it attainable, yes. But, the very thing you spend your life working for, choice, can also be your biggest downfall. Because, most times you also choose not to give your best.
 
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Examine Your Relationships

The people who you spend time with have a greater impact on you than what you think. And, the barometer for that relationship, whether good or bad, is usually based on how they make you feel. I task you to examine that relationship and not base it on feelings, but if they are making you better. And no, those two are not the same. Lock in!
 

Our Average

As confusing as it may sound, it also makes so much sense. The same place that you are considered great, can be the same place that you are actually average. How can that be, you ask? Well, the answer lies within. Are you living up to your full potential, or are you comfortable with being great in below average environments? Lock In!

Personal Development: 101

Personal Development is the true foundation to success. Personal Development helps tackle unforeseen challenges. Personal Development makes everything you do better. Personal Development should be added to school curriculums as it allows you to think beyond your circumstances. Personal Development...don't leave home without it. Lock In!

Environment and Experiences

Your Environment & Experiences do not ask for permission to mold you. But, it's your responsibility to pay attention to where they are leading you. As much as we think we are in control, we are being impacted by our environment and experiences every second of the day. They can be great indicators of what to do, or what not to do. Watch Your Step. Lock in!

Now That You Know

Information scares certain people, but it should really change your behavior if it's something that you want. Because within the information is the work! But because most are afraid of the work, people actually avoid the information or make excuses. Because once you have the information, you can never go back to that comfortable place of, 'I don't know.' So, the real challenge is seeking the knowledge and accepting it for what it is. And 'Now That You Know,' what are you going to do! Lock In!

Understanding Your Responsibilities

Goals and responsibilities are different. In every space that you enter, and with every person that you encounter, something is to be accomplished, but more importantly there is a responsible relationship between the two. So, before moving forward, ask yourself, 'Do I understand my responsibilities?' Lock In!

Protecting Your Happiness

The threat to success, is not always the challenge that's in front of you. It's not physical, nor is it mental. The threat is the emotion of not being happy because of the struggle, so, it's your job to protect it. Lock In!