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Take a Gratitude Minute

Don AlleyJuly 9, 2020Adventure, All, Learning, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

Stop.  Stop everything. And just feel.  Feel grateful.  Feel love.  Feel the joy of being alive. You have family. You have friends. You have possibilities.  Connect to yourself.  Where you put your attention is where you put your energy.  Take … Read More

What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

Don AlleyFebruary 17, 2020Adventure, All, Business, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Personal Development1 Comment

It was 2014, and I sat in my car nervous and scared, fretting, picturing every conceivable outcome. Would it be a success? A failure? I called my friend Sam and asked for his reassurance. “Brother, I’m about to pull the … Read More

17 Questions to Help You Grow as a Human, an Achiever, and Entrepreneur

Don AlleyFebruary 3, 2020Adventure, All, Business, Entrepreneurship, Exercise, Learning, Miscellaneous, Motivational, Performance, Personal Development3 Comments

Every morning, I like to sit and think as part of my routine. And without the aid of specific questions, my mind races along with the gottagottagotta stuff. Below is a list of questions that I have compiled over the … Read More

Where Will You Put YOUR Acorn?

Don AlleyJanuary 17, 2020Adventure, All, Learning, Motivational, Personal Development9 Comments

I grabbed some string and tied it around its base, then hung my acorn from my rearview mirror, and now I see it every day. Booyah. Wait, what? An actual acorn? Yep! It swings and dangles as I drive, and … Read More

Community and Rituals. This Quarter, I’ll Focus On These Three Things.

Don AlleyJanuary 8, 2020All, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Miscellaneous, Motivational, Performance, Personal Development, Staff Training, Super Kicks KarateLeave a Comment

New Years, it’s my favorite holiday! So much NEWNESS! New month, new year, and this time…new DECADE!!! Welcome to the new 20’s! Interestingly for me, on the first day of the year, I woke up with an accidental mantra in … Read More

The Struggle Is Real

Don AlleyAugust 1, 2019All, Learning, MotivationalLeave a Comment

Every so often, I hear this from a parent: Master Alley, he loves it when he’s here, but sometimes it’s a struggle actually GETTING him here? What do I do? You bring him to class.  “But I don’t want to … Read More

5 Powerful Discoveries from Reading a Book Every Day

Don AlleyApril 25, 2019All, Learning, Motivational, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

Even now, I can hear my instructor berating us in staff meetings:  “What are you reading? Readers are leaders! Do you want to influence your students? Make sure you’re feeding yourself!” And he is absolutely right. You may not be … Read More

Sit at the Feet of the Greats!

Don AlleyMarch 10, 2017All, Learning, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

I am a firm believer that reading plays such a vital role in our personal growth. When we read, we get to sit at the feet and listen to great women and men talk about their experiences, their stories, their … Read More

12 Things I Learned in my First Acting Class

Don AlleyNovember 23, 2016Learning, PerformanceLeave a Comment

I remember my first acting class like it was yesterday. Because it WAS yesterday. And it was awesome 🙂 At the beginning of the class, I had my journal handy, but felt nervous about taking it out and taking notes. … Read More

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