This week’s video left me speechless and amazed… The story of Patrick Henry Hughes and his father is absolutely incredible!

Watch their story and let me know what you enjoyed most about this week’s Motivational Monday in the comments section below!

For extra motivation, check out last week’s Motivational Monday here.

In this week’s Motivational Monday video, Heather Dorniden of the University of Minnesota races the 600m at the Big 10 Indoor Track Championships. This video demonstrates what a race really is about. What life is about, really. We will fall. We can rise.

This video is a fantastic example of what can be achieved when we choose to rise after taking a fall. If you’ve created major success even after taking a fall (or many falls), please share your story in the comments section below!

P.S. Special thanks to Kelsey P. for recommending this week’s Motivational Monday video!

P.P.S. If you missed last week’s Motivational Monday, click here to watch it.

This week’s Motivational Monday video is unlike any video I’ve ever posted on The Unemployed Millionaire Blog. (It’s so out of the ordinary that I almost chose another topic and video entirely!)

That being said, this video flawlessly illustrates many hugely important life and business lessons. Frankly, I feel as though I’d be doing you an injustice if I didn’t share this video with you so hit the play button now…

Lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly.

I love how the video opens by explaining that, like all butterflies, the Monarch’s life cycle is entirely composed of a series of tiny changes that lead to a radical transformation. A Monarch’s metamorphosis happens only because they’re constantly making  sensational changes in their habits which lead to their breathtaking shifts in appearance.

Likewise, we can radically transform every single aspect of our life by making it a habit to consistently take actions that move us closer to success. Longstanding success in life is created by following through with many tiny changes along the way.

Immediately after baby caterpillars emerge from their shell, they return to consume the wholesome and supplemental exterior. After devouring the nutrient-rich shell, baby caterpillars gorge themselves with milkwood leaves. They innately know that the nutrients in shells and milkwood leaves will make it easier for them to transition seamlessly through the next phases of their metamorphosis.

In the same degree that nutrients are essential for baby caterpillars as they move through the final phases of metamorphosis, education and personal development are quintessential supplements for people that want to achieve extraordinary success in business and in life.  Scheduling at least 30 minutes of reading time every day is an excellent way to begin your own metamorphosis.

What lessons have you learned from the lifecycle of the Monarch Butterfly? Share them below in the comments section!

This week’s Motivational Monday video, The Wayseer Manifesto, was recommended by a member of our Unemployed Millionaire Blog Community named Ry. Ry recommended this week’s video as an alternative to the video from Motivational Monday #33.

There are a TON of inspiring & motivating words sprinkled throughout the lyrics The Wayseer Manifesto. One of my favorites is: “DISTURBING THE COMFORTABLE. COMFORTING THE DISTURBED.”

Ry, aka Bloominginlove, and everyone else who commented on last week’s Motivational Monday THANK YOU for taking the time to share your thoughts and inspirations with The Unemployed Millionaire Blog!

Do you have a favorite line from this week’s Motivational Monday video? Share it in the comments section below!

As a former U.S. Marine, I totally get off on videos like this! Every line in this speech struck a chord within me so it was challenging for me to pick a favorite line from this week’s Motivational Monday video.

Do you have a favorite line from this speech? If so, let me know what it was in the comments section below!

When Life Gives You Plywood…

My absolute favorite part about the journey to achieving a goal is the unexpected obstacles that pop up along the way.  The unexpected obstacles are opportunities in disguise because we get to find out what kind of a fight we’re willing to put up in order to achieve our goals.

Watching the star of this week’s Motivational Monday video fight through excruciating pain to just to break the wood over his head is seriously entertaining. What makes the video even more entertaining  is the fact  he used plywood in the fight for his goal.

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Motivational Monday #27

This video is tremendously motivating to me; as is this poem by Marianne Williamson:

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Motivational Monday #26

I once heard that “50 percent of your success is attitude. The other 50 percent is attitude!”

If that’s the case, it looks like the star of this week’s Motivational Monday has success all figured out…

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10 of My Favorite Lessons For The Pursuit of Happyness

This week’s Motivational Monday Video features Chris Gardener giving the 2009 UC Berkley Commencement Keynote. (If you aren’t familiar with Chris Gardener, he’s the character Will Smith portrays in The Pursuit of Happyness – one of the most inspiring movies of all time!)

Prior to making it big on the silver screen,  the amazing story of Gardner’s life was published as an autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, in May 2006, and became a New York Times and Washington Post #1 bestseller.

After conquering numerous challenges to become a successful entrepreneur, Gardner became an avid motivational and aspirational speaker, know for his ability to teach techniques for overcoming obstacles and breaking cycles.

He kept his commencement speech under 9 minutes but gave away TONS of inspiring lessons for a real-life pursuit of happyness. Here are 10 of my favorites…

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