by Carrie Jackson | Dec 20, 2015 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Get Motivated, Life Lessons
I love the renewal I feel with the coming of a new year; new hopes, new possibilities, new dreams. Or maybe old dreams, newly realized. I recently had one of my dreams realized – I got myself back to Petaluma. Life sometimes takes you in directions you don’t...
by Carrie Jackson | Nov 9, 2015 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Get Motivated, Life Lessons, Peak Performance
Self-sabotage. It’s all too common – and most of the time – you don’t even realize you’re doing it. So why do you do it? Are YOU the only person keeping you from accomplishing your goals? Why do we end up sabotaging our goals and how the hell can we just...
by Carrie Jackson | Oct 11, 2015 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Peak Performance
What happens when you get to the big event and it is immediately apparent that you are going to have to adjust your original goal? This topic is big on my mind right now. I’ve been talking with several folks, both friends and athletes I am working with, about...
by Carrie Jackson | Sep 7, 2015 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Get Motivated
On May 6, 1954, a young medical student did what many people thought would be impossible to do. At the time, there were even doctors that claimed that the goal this young man had in mind was something that the human body was incapable of doing. In fact, there were...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 9, 2014 | Achieve Your Goals, Peak Performance
Anyone that’s ever worked with me knows that I love giving people homework. I love making people write things down. When I give my athletes homework and ask them to write things down, most of them are willing participants in the process. But every once in a...
by Carrie Jackson | Nov 29, 2013 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Life Lessons
Are you ever blown away by the thought of how many inspirational stories there are in the world? It never ceases to amaze me when I hear about another amazing achievement and I love to share and teach through these stories. I’m also fortunate to know some of these...
by Carrie Jackson | Jul 24, 2013 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Confident, Get Motivated, Peak Performance
Have you noticed how sometimes it seems that as you grow older, your dreams grow smaller? Maybe your priorities change over time as your responsibilities increase … Or maybe when you think about a potential dream or a big goal you start to calculate the...
by Carrie Jackson | Apr 30, 2013 | Achieve Your Goals
If you are committed to a goal, giving yourself a clear deadline can help create some accountability for getting things done. I was taking a little vacation and hanging out in South Lake Tahoe and I used Redbox for the first time. If you are on my email list, you know...
by Carrie Jackson | Aug 13, 2012 | Achieve Your Goals, Get Motivated, Life Lessons
Last week an incredible feat was accomplished. The robotic explorer “Curiosity” endured an incredible journey to safely land on Mars. “Curiosity” travelled over 350 million miles. At the end of the 8 ½ month long journey, once it hit the top of the atmosphere, this 1...