Motivation

He Turns 18 Today. I’m Still Learning What That Means in This House

By Shelby Skrhak / April 8, 2026 /

I waddled into this Plano house 18 years ago, five months pregnant and running entirely on Tums and overconfidence. I had color-coded spreadsheets for every project planned for this 1980 house. I probably would have done the same for parenthood if it had occurred to me at the time. What I didn’t fully grasp is…

Motivation Moment: Retrain Your Thinking To Bring Fulfillment

By CandysDirt / November 5, 2024 /

What do you do when you find yourself at the top of your game, achieving every goal you set for yourself, but still lacking fulfillment? Do you believe you can retrain your thinking to bring fulfillment? Or are you better off changing your circumstances? CandysDirt.com turned to renowned leadership expert Mark Johnson, former CEO of JPAR…

New Year’s Resolutions 2023: Keeping It Real

By Elaine Raffel / January 8, 2023 /

Covid has changed the way we all think about resolutions. One thing has become increasingly clear: The desire to keep it real in 2023.

Why Work Without Rest Is Harming Your Productivity (And Everything Else in Your Life)

By Shelby Skrhak / November 10, 2021 /

What makes you productive? Is it hard work, long hours, and multiple cups of coffee to keep going? That’s doing more harm than good, says Dr. Shane Creado with the Daniel Amen clinic in Chicago. Creado is a board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician who studies the connection between sleep and mental health. Mark Johnson,…

Coach’s Corner: For Exponential Growth, It’s as Simple as a Game of TAG

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 7, 2021 /

By Mark JohnsonCEO, JPAR – Real Estate Have you heard this quote before?  What is measured improves. What is measured and reported back exponentially improves. There was a study of Olympic-level figure skaters. First, the skaters trained on their own, in their usual ways. They attempted 60 elements (jumps and spins) in 1 hour of training.…