This marks the first episode of a new series here on the podcast: Meaningful Mondays. 
These new Meaningful Monday episodes will usually be shorter and faster-paced than my interviews and audiobook summaries. I decided to start Meaningful Mondays because I thought about how de-motivating Monday mornings can be for so many people... 
Especially if you're punching the clock every morning at a job that doesn't fulfill you.
My hope is that this new addition to the show can give you something positive, powerful, and inspiring to start your week with.
Here's the first of what I hope to be many Meaningful Monday episodes, and it's inspired by an old Jim Rohn speech I used to listen to whenever I felt like I might be making excuses for not bringing my best on a daily basis; whenever I was faking it, and perhaps not being the best "me" that I possibly can be (at work, at home, at the gym, anywhere). I hope you enjoy listening to this episode. But more importantly, I hope you *do* something with it.

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Transcript
*This transcript may contain grammatical errors, because it was transcribed directly from my recording... so please be gentle on me if it's not perfect :-)
How easy is it to get up in the morning when you know you're not doing all that it takes?
 
Not very easy at all… You can just lay there awake thinking — oh "what’s a few more minutes in bed, it won’t matter much anyway"
 
WRONG — it does matter. It will matter.
 
NOW, how easy is it to get up in the morning when you're pouring it on, doing the best you can, anxious to get going to make progress toward your dreams.
 
it's a whole different story.
 
when you're resting to renew your reserves it's much different than
 
resting to avoid your day
 
when your psyched up and excited for your life,
 
when you're excited for what you plan to accomplish for the day,
 
it's amazing you'll wake up before the alarm clock even tries to startle you awake
 
your successes fuel your ambition
 
your successes give you extra energy
 
your successes pave the way for more success
 
it's the snowball effect with one success you're excited to meet another
 
and another and another… and pretty soon
 
the disciplines that were so difficult in the beginning,
 
the disciplines that got you going are now part of your philosophy.
 
How do you know when you're successful?
 
Do you have to be a millionaire?
 
NO,
 
all we ask of you is that you earn all that you possibly can,
 
if you earn 10,000 a year and that's the best you
 
can do that's enough...
 
God and everything else will see to it that you're OK
 
the key is to just do the best you can
 
if it's ten thousand a year — wonderful.
 
if it’s a hundred thousand a year — wonderful.
 
if it's a million a year — wonderful.
 
it doesn't matter if it’s $10,000 a year or a million a year
 
it doesn't matter — as long as you've done the best you possibly can...
 
EARN the most you possibly can,
 
BE the most you possibly can,
 
and here's why: the essence of life is GROWTH,
 
the essence of life is growth--to do the best you can!
 
… and here's what's interesting — humans are the only life form that will do LESS than they possibly can,
 
humans are the only life form that will settle for less,
 
every other life for me except human beings drive to its maximum capacity...
 
how tall a tree grow?
 
as tall as it possibly can!
 
you never heard a tree growing as half as high is it could,
 
no, trees don