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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

The First You Or The Second Who?

Don AlleyDecember 11, 2018All, Motivational, Personal Development, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

We’d all like to think that we are making a difference. Most of us want to feel special; unique. One of the six human needs is significance. So, for those of us who rate it at the top of our … Read More

Peace or Panic. You Get to Choose.

Don AlleyNovember 28, 2017All, Motivational, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

For more than the entirety of my adult life, I have worked on Saturdays. Like, allll Saturday long. Usually from 8am until 7pm. Sometimes later. It’s just what you do as a martial arts instructor. Classes go from 9am-1pm, we … Read More

Would YOU Have Loaned Him Your Lawn Mower?

Don AlleyApril 10, 2017All, Business, Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous, Motivational, Rambling, UncategorizedLeave a Comment

I just answered the door to my townhouse, met by a young man who asked me if he could borrow my lawnmower. Ummm, no. But there is more to this story 🙂 A few months ago, we had about 8 … Read More

Sometimes, It’s Good to Lose

Don AlleyApril 3, 2017All, Business, Entrepreneurship, Motivational, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

We all have that one person that we compare ourselves to, that one team that consistently wins, that one entrepreneur that irritates you to no end when you see them succeed. Right?! Maybe it’s a brother. Maybe it’s your friend. … Read More

The Destination Lasts a Second, But the Journey…

Don AlleyMarch 27, 2017All, Motivational, Personal Development, Rambling, RelationshipsLeave a Comment

Ramblings from my journal this morning. Stay focused on the goal. What’s the goal? More businesses? More companies? No…The JOURNEY is the goal. Not the destination. There is no, “Once you accomplish X, then you will have arrived,” or, “once … Read More

Tell Me Something Good!

Don AlleyMarch 18, 2017All, Business, Motivational, Personal Development, Staff TrainingLeave a Comment

Every staff meeting I have, I always start it the same way. “Tell me something good!” I usually follow it up with, What are you happy about? What are you excited about? What are you grateful for? Every day, every … Read More

Since Our Time Here Isn’t Unlimited…

Don AlleyMarch 12, 2017All, Miscellaneous, Motivational, Rambling, RelationshipsLeave a Comment

I want to care more. I want to touch more. I want to love more. And I want to judge less. Because our time here, unfortunately, is not unlimited. I want the people around me to know that I care … Read More

Give Yourself Permission to Suck

Don AlleyDecember 26, 2016All, Motivational, Personal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

Give yourself permission to…. To be bad. You don’t always have to look the part, act the part, be the part. What is it that you want to try? What is it that you want to do? What thing is … Read More

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