Recent videos from John Neal Jr.
The Power of Positive Thinking (Time To Get It Monday)
The power of positive thinking is important! Why because it allows one to accomplish a lot through perseverance and willpower. What does the power of positive thinking consist of? It means to hone everything in your being to be positive. Channel your energy and focus toward your thoughts in order to achieve a favorable outcome. Do you believe that humans have this type of power? Are we capable of determining outcomes, such as the power of positive thinking? Have you ever heard of a time when athletes where preparing for a monumental event and visualized expected outcomes before the actual ...
Holiday Toy Drive | Randall Children’s Hospital
The Inspire team and John Neal Jr. believe in giving back to the community by supporting Randall Children's Hospital and it's staff. Our goal is to raise awareness and to make sure that we can uplift these children and make their holidays just a little more special. We realize that everyone isn't born with the best of health and in the best situation financially, therefore it is important for us to raise awareness and encourage others to give. This past Christmas we were able to raise enough toys to give to Randall Children's Hospital through Chemeketa Community College, our staff ...
How To Land Your Dream Job
How does one land their dream job? It is not hard to land your dream job as long as an individual is willing to do the groundwork to understand what their dream job consists of. First, one must have the educational understanding and formal training, then, one must have the education to go along with it. Don't forget the awesome attitude, good hygiene and work ethics. A person is ready for their dream job whenever they feel that their heart is there. For some people, it could be at the age of 18 for others it could be 25 to ...
Overcome Adversity (Time To Get It Monday)
Whatever you are facing in your life, is it easy for you to overcome adversity? Well chances are, it's not. Unfortunately, we are faced with adversity everyday in our lives. The key is not to run from it but to face it head-on. When we deal with adversity everyday, it could be something as small as dealing with our day-to-day, mundane routines, dealing with our children or our homework assignments at school. It also can be dealing with some sort of conflict. Everyone deals with conflict on a daily basis because it's a part of life. If one could deal ...
Your Professor Speaks To College Leaders
Chemeketa Community College leaders are one of my favorite groups to speak with. Every time I speak with them, it is a completely different experience. It is amazing to know that we have leaders within our college that are willing to take the responsibility to help other students and people in our communities. There is no feeling more gratifying than this. As a motivator, this is one of the most amazing rewards that comes with uplifting and inspiring others, especially students. I will continue to motivate leaders as long as I am employed at Chemeketa Community College and even beyond my ...
Don’t Hold Yourself Back (Time To Get It Monday)
What seems to be holding you back in your life? Is it a relationship? Is it a job? Is it the area where you live geographically? Only you have the answer. What if there's a way that whatever was holding you back, was moved out of the way. What if you had the ability to remove the obstacle? Would you do it? Some people go through a lifetime without making the decision to move the obstacle out of the way. Will you decide to take charge of your life? What is it going to take? You have to find your 'why,' the ...
Take Responsibility For Your Life
Now is the time for everyone to take full responsibility for their life. What does that mean? First and foremost it means to not blame others for your shortcomings. No one in life is perfect. We are all faced with trials and tribulations. Everyone has obstacles and everyone has ups and downs. There is no such thing as a perfect life. It is only when we feel sorry for ourselves when this mindset occurs. We also tend to let other people hold us to a standard of being unaccountable. Sometimes we enjoy a good old-fashioned pat on the back. However all in ...
Stop Looking For Easy (Time To Get It Monday)
Many people are looking for easy in life if things don't go their way. They are looking for the easy route and this happens more times than not. Are you looking for easy in your life when faced with any kind of obstacle? What happens when things get difficult for you? Can you think of a time when you're faced with challenges and obstacles? And when you are faced with these obstacles, what do you do? Have you ever asked yourself, why me? Have you ever played the role of a victim when faced with challenges? Well, if you have, ...
Are You Chasing The Dragon?
When I say chasing the dragon, what do you think that I mean by that? Chasing the dragon is a metaphor for many things in our life that aren't good for us. It could be drugs and alcohol, a bad relationship or a job that isn't going anywhere. And chasing the dragon is continuously doing the same thing over and over again, even though it's detrimental to our mental and physical health. When does this occur in our life? It occurs everyday unfortunately. It happens because we settle in life. We typically don't address the situation or problems head-on and ...
Develop New Habits (Time To Get It Monday)
Developing new habits are really important as relates to our progress in life. One should always consider developing new habits when it comes to trying to accomplish new goals. New habits can also give us new perspectives in life. No one is ever too old to develop new habits and a new understanding when it comes to life and habits, therefore positivity is what we should strive for. Your quality of life usually improves when you develop new habits from a relationship standpoint, it allows one to grow in many ways. It is important to establish and develop new habits ...
