Welcome to the Year of The Tiger: If you want to win, you have to live dangerously.

Orlando, Florida, January 9 2010, 11pm Watch the video Listen to the Podcast Happy New You, no matter how old you are! Congratulations! You made it through 2009. Take a bow. I’m serious. I want to give you props. You endured a cataclysmic year. You rolled with the punches. You came back from the brink.…

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Lessons of 2009: What this magnificent savage of a year has taught me.

We’re almost at the finish line. That gorgeous Christmas break is just a few short weeks away. I can smell the holly. I’m exhausted. No I’m not. I’m excited. No I’m not. I’m happy. No I’m not. I’m doing my best work. No I’m not. I’m anxious about the future. No I’m not. I’m healthy. No I’m not. I’m loved and appreciated. No I’m not. I’m a Champion. No I’m not. I’m going to win. No I’m not.

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Be a Personal Alchemist: Create the Chemistry of Success.

Motivational Speaker Mike Lipkin, introduces his new program Personal Alchemy – Ten Steps to Creating the Chemistry for Success in Brutal Times.

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Gravity is your friend. Zero Resistance will kill you.

Toronto, 5.21pm, Sunday, August 23 2009 Watch the Video It’s always hard conjuring up the right thoughts to enable my readers to be remarkable. No matter how often I write these blogs, it never gets easier. The blank screen is always an intimidating sight. Finding the relevant words and organising them into compelling sentences and…

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It’s summer time and we’re heading for a Great Fall.

7.10am, Friday, August 7 2009 We’re into the Dog Days of August. Long, slow, humid, hot days washed down by cold beers is the way it’s supposed to be. This is a time for languid movement and luxurious reflection. It’s summer time and the living is easy. It’s the hiatus before the storm as we…

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I Want To Be Like Paul

Toronto, July 16 11.20pm Last weekend, I attended the Paul McCartney concert in Halifax as a guest of my friend, Barb Stegemann. From 9.00pm to about midnight, McCartney wowed the audience of 50,000 people. He looked lean, fit and tanned. He is 67 years old but he looks younger than me at 51. For three…

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Through all the Confusion and Change, Inspire Others With Your Presence

Motivational Speaker Mike Lipkin gives you his recipe for personal presence. Through all Confusion and Change, Inspire Others With Your Presence.

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Beware of the slump becoming the new normal. It`s so easy to lose it. Be on-purpose. Act deliberately.

Listen to this blog post Watch the video Toronto, Sunday, May 31 2009, 8.30pm I`m a little ashamed. Actually more than a little. It`s been four weeks since my last blog. I`m the champion of disciplined consistency, and I`m the one who falls off the wagon. Typical. How many people do you know who used…

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Your Resilience & Idealism will set you free. Or your Cynicism & Fatigue will kill you.

Toronto, May 5 2009, 11.OOam Here’s Lipkin’s Paradox: The quieter the times, the louder you need to be. In quiet times, the majority of people go quiet. When demand is low, their morale is low. Crushing times crush people’s spirits. The work isn’t diminishing but people are being diminished by the work. Just look around…

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No matter how fast you go, there is no shortcut.

Toronto, April 25, 9.30pm Give Yourself More Time For The-Things-That-Will-Create-More-You The Main Thing is to do the thing the way the thing is meant to be done. The more skilled you become, the faster you may be able to do the thing. Or not. There is a gestation period for everything. Sometimes the gestation period…

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