Author: Dayne Pilgrim

At a young age I learned impatience.  I learned to want something and want it now.  That can be a bad thing but I was also taught to be kind, respectful and honest.  So in my pursuit of achieving, I acted in accordance with fairness without trampling on others, which served me well in times…

You have something to say that people want to hear.  Start talking.  Start delivering the message you have for the world.  The ears and hearts it’s delivered to may be few to start but you are reaching people.  Keep talking and keep sharing your message.  There are billions of people on earth, you are certain…

During my wife’s pregnancy we went to visit a friend who told us what no one else did.  He said “you guys aren’t ready for children.”  How are you going to afford it.”  At the time he knew our financial situation was not one that could keep up with the demands of having another dependant…

We don’t know how what we do will impact people.  We know the impact we would like to have but how what we do affect others is unknown to us.  With all the avenues of instant communication open to us today it is easier to touch lives without even being aware of it.  I have…

An attitude of gratitude builds character, perseverance and profits the whole self.  There was a time in my life when I almost lost everything closest to me.  I came home to see an eviction notice on my apartment door followed by a seizure notice for my car in the mail.  To make matters worst, my…

The year was 2011 when my wife and I learned that we were going to be parents.  I was ecstatic!  My head almost hit the ceiling, which was 6’5” where I stood in our basement apartment at the time.  We were very excited.  We were feeling good about our situation.  I was working, she was…

“Fight for your life!”  That was Bobby Umar’s closing remark at Discover Your Personal Brand 2015 conference.  He encouraged people to fight through their challenges, not to them, something that is a trait of everyone who succeeds.  The thing about fighting through challenges is that getting through to the other side of it is never…

In my teens and 20’s I travelled many places doing what I enjoyed doing.  I had and still do have a love for basketball.  I enjoyed travelling and seeing many places because of it.  One of my most memorable lessons from playing basketball on a semi-pro level is, it has to be fulfilling. In 2009…

Writing gets people talking and reading gets people thinking.  There’s nothing like a book to provoke imagination and deep thought into the picture drawn out by words.  The imagination is one of our most effective tools in shaping our lives.  Without it, there would be no proactive people, only reactive people.  The power of words…

“What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill Our thoughts, feelings and visions are the most powerful tools we have.  What dominates our mind is what we see manifesting into our physical reality.  That’s why advertising works so well.  Advertising creates a visual with imagery that is appealing to you –…