PUBLIC SPEAKING

When you want your event to be a success, you need to be able to rely on your speaker to deliver a message that will inspire, entertain and create positive change.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

When you want your event to be a success, you need to be able to rely on your speaker to deliver a message that will inspire, entertain and create positive change.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Are you looking for a dynamic speaker that will make your next event a stunning success? Do you want entertaining and educational training that will leave your attendees raving long after the event? We've got you covered.

Summer Dey On Stage

When you hire Summer Dey for your conference, company, or church event, you don’t just get a bland, canned presentation. We customize every message specifically for your audience in order to achieve your desired outcomes. We get to know your organization, and your attendees, so that the message creates long-lasting results. Only material that is relevant to your audience is considered.

Summer Dey’s straight-from-the-heart delivery, passion and energy, inspires audiences to go beyond their real and perceived limitations… and step into their God-given potential. With charisma, warmth and humor, Summer Dey, delivers the right message for your unique audience.

As a premier Keynote Speaker and leading authority, Summer Dey is a sought-after presenter who translates theory into bottom-line results for her clients. Rest assured, your people will love it. And they will be inspired to achieve more for themselves, your organization and your clients.

Our speaking schedule fills quickly, so we encourage you to contact us so we can set up a 15-minute call to determine if we are a good fit for each other.

Relationship Success Secrets

Relationships are a vital part of a happy life. They enable us to connect, feel understood and be loved. Because relationships are so significant, it is necessary to make an effort to create strong bonds.

Relationships require work, patience and understanding, commitment and communication. In this exciting workshop you’ll discover how to experience more fun and deeper intimacy with the people you love, including:

  • The Science of Healthy Relationships

  • Communication Skills for Couples

  • How to Fix the Problem Without “Fixing the Blame”

  • The Success Secrets of Happy Relationships

  • Dating, Mating and Relating

Summer Dey International Speaker

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Are you looking for a dynamic speaker that will make your next event a stunning success? Do you want entertaining and educational training that will leave your attendees raving long after the event? We've got you covered.

When you hire Summer Dey for your conference, company, or church event, you don’t just get a bland, canned presentation. We customize every message specifically for your audience in order to achieve your desired outcomes. We get to know your organization, and your attendees, so that the message creates long-lasting results. Only material that is relevant to your audience is considered.

Summer Dey’s straight-from-the-heart delivery, passion and energy, inspires audiences to go beyond their real and perceived limitations… and step into their God-given potential. With charisma, warmth and humor, Summer Dey, delivers the right message for your unique audience.

As a premier Keynote Speaker and leading authority, Summer Dey is a sought-after presenter who translates theory into bottom-line results for her clients. Rest assured, your people will love it. And they will be inspired to achieve more for themselves, your organization and your clients.

Our speaking schedule fills quickly, so we encourage you to contact us so we can set up a 15-minute call to determine if we are a good fit for each other.

Relationship Success Secrets

Relationships are a vital part of a happy life. They enable us to connect, feel understood and be loved. Because relationships are so significant, it is necessary to make an effort to create strong bonds.

Relationships require work, patience and understanding, commitment and communication. In this exciting workshop you’ll discover how to experience more fun and deeper intimacy with the people you love, including:

  • The Science of Healthy Relationships

  • Communication Skills for Couples

  • How to Fix the Problem Without “Fixing the Blame”

  • The Success Secrets of Happy Relationships

  • Dating, Mating and Relating

Fire Your Fear Book

Download your FREE GIFT NOW!

Fire Your Fear by Summer Dey

This eBook is one of Summer Dey's most popular publications

available as a free download.

In this book you will learn how to stop letting fear & anxiety rule your life by:

  • Shifting the Words You Speak.

  • Winning the Battle in Your Mind.

  • Trusting God's Word.

  • Putting God Above Your Fear.

  • Finding Freedom in Forgiveness.

Download your FREE GIFT NOW!

Fire Your Fear by Summer Dey

This eBook is one of Summer Dey's most popular publications

available as a free download.

In this book you will learn how to stop letting fear & anxiety rule your life by:

  • Shifting the Words You Speak.

  • Winning the Battle in Your Mind.

  • Trusting God's Word.

  • Putting God Above Your Fear.

  • Finding Freedom in Forgiveness.

All The Tools You Need To Build A Successful Life & Business

Want thorough training to help you master your trade, but can’t imagine it fitting into your busy schedule?

Summer Dey offers high quality online video training that you can watch on your own time. So you can learn on your own time – and grow on your own time. We pour passion, knowledge, and practical pointers into all of our videos. Which means the trainings won’t just engage you; they’ll also change you.

What did Michael Jordan, Princess Diana, Michael Hyatt and Oprah Winfrey all have in common? They all used coaches.

Even at the peak of their careers, great leaders continue to use coaches to help them achieve more. If you are ready to take action and create the outcomes you want, we offer coaching programs to assist you in the process. Improve your performance and your results! Check out our coaching services designed to accelerate your success.

When you want your event to be a success, you need to be able to rely on your speaker to deliver a message that will inspire, entertain and create positive change. You want more than temporary motivation… you want to create permanent transformation! After all, it’s your responsibility to make the event memorable, and you don’t want to leave anything to chance. Summer Dey delivers skill-building content and cutting-edge insights that will educate and energize your audience.

Mastering Your Mouth

Mastering Your Voice

Crushing Fear

All The Tools You Need To Build A Successful Life & Business

Want thorough training to help you master your trade, but can’t imagine it fitting into your busy schedule?

Summer Dey offers high quality online video training that you can watch on your own time. So you can learn on your own time – and grow on your own time. We pour passion, knowledge, and practical pointers into all of our videos. Which means the trainings won’t just engage you; they’ll also change you.

What did Michael Jordan, Princess Diana, Michael Hyatt and Oprah Winfrey all have in common? They all used coaches.

Even at the peak of their careers, great leaders continue to use coaches to help them achieve more. If you are ready to take action and create the outcomes you want, we offer coaching programs to assist you in the process. Improve your performance and your results! Check out our coaching services designed to accelerate your success.

When you want your event to be a success, you need to be able to rely on your speaker to deliver a message that will inspire, entertain and create positive change. You want more than temporary motivation… you want to create permanent transformation! After all, it’s your responsibility to make the event memorable, and you don’t want to leave anything to chance. Summer Dey delivers skill-building content and cutting-edge insights that will educate and energize your audience.

Mastering Your Mouth

Mastering Your Voice

Crushing Fear

On The Blog

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Balance

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated...

Reward Accomplishments if you Break your Habits

Life becomes more worth living when you know that for every good thing that you did, a reward is bound to come your way. By this time, you already know...

How to Plan and Achieve Your Goals

So now you have the goal, you need the plan. To do this, look at where you are now and then look at all the things you would need to build the life you are picturing.

Burning Out

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

December 13, 20227 min read

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Burn Out

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Achieving success at the expense of your health is not a very wise idea. It is equally unwise to neglect your family and friends in the process. While it is true that sacrifices will need to be made, your health and relationships should not be one of them. In short, it will be much easier to motivate a healthy mind and body.

Pay careful attention to these 5 areas that are often neglected in the pursuit of success:

Nutrition

How, when and what we eat, has a huge bearing on how well our bodies will perform under pressure. It is easy to begin to neglect your diet when you are focusing all your time, energy and resources on becoming successful. Purchasing cheap junk food might be convenient now, but you are not looking ahead to the disaster coming your way. A large percentage of the illnesses we face are in fact nutritional disorders that could have been prevented if we paid more attention to our diets.

Nutritious food helps our bodies to grow, gives us energy and helps our bodies to repair themselves. In order for our bodies to functional optimally and not burn out, we will need to consume the recommended amount of each nutrient. But there is no need to become jittery about your diet and make any rash decisions. Here are a few suggestions to make eating well a lot easier.

  • Avoid foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar

  • Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and avoid overly processed foods

  • Read food labels before you consume the item

  • Include food from each food group in each of your meals

  • Drink more water and less carbonated beverages

  • Don’t skip meals

  • Replace your snacks with healthy options like fresh fruits and nuts

  • Never try to replace meals with dietary supplements

Rest

The average human being needs about 7 – 9 hours of rest each day. Getting sufficient sleep is one of the most essential aspects of finding the right work / life balance. Unfortunately, with the demands of earning a living, caring for your family and pushing yourself to meet your goals, sacrificing sleep might seem like the only logical solution to getting everything done. In fact, some people even reason that sleepless nights are synonymous with success.

Once again, sacrifices will need to be made to reach your goals, but sleep should not be one of them. Not getting enough sleep will mean that your body will not get enough time to repair and charge itself up. We are basically like dead batteries when we do not get enough sleep. This means that our minds will not be able to work optimally if we are sleep deprived. A lack of sleep has even been linked to depression. How can you motivate a mind that drained? Get enough rest and your mind will be ready to conceive your success.

Exercise

There are very few people in this world that enjoy exercise. Thankfully, that number is steadily increasing as more and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of doing so. Constantly feeling fatigued and achy is a sign that you may need to get more exercise. One of the main reasons why people dread exercise is they fear it might be too hard. They assume that they have to start with the difficult things and it will just gradually get worse.

That is really not how it works, nor is it what is recommended. If you are new to working out, you will need to start small at first and gradually work your way up so to speak. You may even hurt yourself by pushing to do too much, too soon. It is also best to vary your workout. Monotony will only make this task a lot harder than it has to be. Find what works for you and engage your mind by mixing up your routine. You would be surprised how much good just exercising for a few minutes each day will do.

In fact, here are a few benefits of getting sufficient exercise:

  • Regular exercise helps to strengthen your bones

  • People who exercise often sleep better at nights

  • The condition of your skin will improve as you sweat and excrete waste from your pores

  • You will be better able to manage your weight

  • Exercise also reduces the risk of suffering from certain ailments like diabetes and heart disease

  • You often feel better after you exercise because working out releases the hormones that will improve your mood

  • Regular exercise can reduce stress

Family

Your family is your strength. The stronger the relationships in your family unit, the happier you will be. When you lovingly make time for your family despite your endeavors to be great, they will in turn lovingly support your hopes and dreams. You cannot surround yourself with the right people if you keep pushing away the only group of people who are determined to watch you succeed. Making time for the ones you love should always be a priority. This is especially so if children are involved. A child will not understand that you are busy now because you are trying to build a better future for them.

They only think about the here and now. And the fact that right now you are not here for them can have serious implications on the kind of person they will become. Money cannot buy you happiness and all the successful accolades in the world will not make your children love you anymore. Motivation can soon turn into selfishness if you do not take the time to care for the ones who are entitled to your time. Plus, when you have the loving support of your family, you will have the kind of support you need to push yourself to achieving your goals.

Recreation

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”- John Wanamaker
Believe it or not, recreation plays a very important role in your success. While it is true that goofing off when you should be working on achieving your goals is a bad idea, recreation can be quite beneficial. Taking the time to have a laugh, smell a rose or even let your hair down may be just what you need to keep motivated.

A life without recreation will not be very enjoyable. And a miserable, depressed mind is one that cannot focus on achieving anything. If you push yourself too hard and do not take some time to enjoy life you will burn out quite easily. Take some time to enjoy the fruits of your labor with the ones you love. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how these simple ways to practice better self-care can make a huge difference in your life.

How happy will you be when you achieve your goals when you have lost your health and loved ones in the progress? Many of the greatest minds have made that mistake and have publicly declared how much they regret that choice. Being motivated to achieve your goals should not come at such a high personal cost to you. How could you ever enjoy the fruits of your labour under those conditions? Remember, personal success it not just about achieving your goals, it also involves being happy with the result as well.

Back to Blog

What People Are Saying

Les Brown

Les Brown

Summer gives you the skill set so that you can create an experience with an audience and take them to a place IN themselves that they can't go BY themselves...

She allows them to have a vision beyond their abuse, a vision beyond the things that they’ve gone through, a vision beyond all of the chaos, the fear, the anxiety, and the hopelessness that so many people experience.

Jean Marie Kaehler

Jean Marie Kaehler

"I struggled with anxiety, depression and unworthiness for over 15 years. I tried all the "right" things - from counseling to personal development. Not matter what I tried I couldn't seem to get breakthrough to stick. Then I started coaching with Summer and I got more healing in her 90-day program than I did in 15 years of therapy! And I am happy to report that over a year later, the results are still sticking."

Shannon Eckhoff

Zach Lowe

"Summer Dey is the best, she has a great ability to get people more confident, more clear, be incredible speakers, and learn how to use body language in their speeches.. We love having her as a speaker at our events and a part of our team.

Karen Mettam

Karen Mettam

"Summer created a safe space for me to share my fears, my breakthroughs, my failures and successes. I learned so much through the forgiveness model and God taught me so much about myself through this.

I would recommend any woman to invest in themselves and to do this course. You are worth it!"

Tammy Price

Tammy Price

I have learned so much from the work we do in our private Facebook Group. The community critiques and feedback on my video's has really transformed my abilities as a speaker and communicator. Taking Summer Dey's Master Your Voice course has really helped me improve my confidence in speaking in front of others as well as my ability to convey a message on social media AND in person in front of a crowd.

Shannon Eckhoff

Shannon Eckhoff

"I was completely lost in life. I felt terrified and alone because I was barely functioning and was always in survival mode. Then I joined Summer's Fear Into Faith Coaching Program and I implemented the steps I learned. I now feel incredible confidence, freedom, and self-love. I finally have pride & joy in being WHO I WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.

The BEST decision I ever made was finally investing in myself and joining this program. It literally saved me life!"

On The Blog

Burning Out

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

December 13, 20227 min read

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Burn Out

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Achieving success at the expense of your health is not a very wise idea. It is equally unwise to neglect your family and friends in the process. While it is true that sacrifices will need to be made, your health and relationships should not be one of them. In short, it will be much easier to motivate a healthy mind and body.

Pay careful attention to these 5 areas that are often neglected in the pursuit of success:

Nutrition

How, when and what we eat, has a huge bearing on how well our bodies will perform under pressure. It is easy to begin to neglect your diet when you are focusing all your time, energy and resources on becoming successful. Purchasing cheap junk food might be convenient now, but you are not looking ahead to the disaster coming your way. A large percentage of the illnesses we face are in fact nutritional disorders that could have been prevented if we paid more attention to our diets.

Nutritious food helps our bodies to grow, gives us energy and helps our bodies to repair themselves. In order for our bodies to functional optimally and not burn out, we will need to consume the recommended amount of each nutrient. But there is no need to become jittery about your diet and make any rash decisions. Here are a few suggestions to make eating well a lot easier.

  • Avoid foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar

  • Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and avoid overly processed foods

  • Read food labels before you consume the item

  • Include food from each food group in each of your meals

  • Drink more water and less carbonated beverages

  • Don’t skip meals

  • Replace your snacks with healthy options like fresh fruits and nuts

  • Never try to replace meals with dietary supplements

Rest

The average human being needs about 7 – 9 hours of rest each day. Getting sufficient sleep is one of the most essential aspects of finding the right work / life balance. Unfortunately, with the demands of earning a living, caring for your family and pushing yourself to meet your goals, sacrificing sleep might seem like the only logical solution to getting everything done. In fact, some people even reason that sleepless nights are synonymous with success.

Once again, sacrifices will need to be made to reach your goals, but sleep should not be one of them. Not getting enough sleep will mean that your body will not get enough time to repair and charge itself up. We are basically like dead batteries when we do not get enough sleep. This means that our minds will not be able to work optimally if we are sleep deprived. A lack of sleep has even been linked to depression. How can you motivate a mind that drained? Get enough rest and your mind will be ready to conceive your success.

Exercise

There are very few people in this world that enjoy exercise. Thankfully, that number is steadily increasing as more and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of doing so. Constantly feeling fatigued and achy is a sign that you may need to get more exercise. One of the main reasons why people dread exercise is they fear it might be too hard. They assume that they have to start with the difficult things and it will just gradually get worse.

That is really not how it works, nor is it what is recommended. If you are new to working out, you will need to start small at first and gradually work your way up so to speak. You may even hurt yourself by pushing to do too much, too soon. It is also best to vary your workout. Monotony will only make this task a lot harder than it has to be. Find what works for you and engage your mind by mixing up your routine. You would be surprised how much good just exercising for a few minutes each day will do.

In fact, here are a few benefits of getting sufficient exercise:

  • Regular exercise helps to strengthen your bones

  • People who exercise often sleep better at nights

  • The condition of your skin will improve as you sweat and excrete waste from your pores

  • You will be better able to manage your weight

  • Exercise also reduces the risk of suffering from certain ailments like diabetes and heart disease

  • You often feel better after you exercise because working out releases the hormones that will improve your mood

  • Regular exercise can reduce stress

Family

Your family is your strength. The stronger the relationships in your family unit, the happier you will be. When you lovingly make time for your family despite your endeavors to be great, they will in turn lovingly support your hopes and dreams. You cannot surround yourself with the right people if you keep pushing away the only group of people who are determined to watch you succeed. Making time for the ones you love should always be a priority. This is especially so if children are involved. A child will not understand that you are busy now because you are trying to build a better future for them.

They only think about the here and now. And the fact that right now you are not here for them can have serious implications on the kind of person they will become. Money cannot buy you happiness and all the successful accolades in the world will not make your children love you anymore. Motivation can soon turn into selfishness if you do not take the time to care for the ones who are entitled to your time. Plus, when you have the loving support of your family, you will have the kind of support you need to push yourself to achieving your goals.

Recreation

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”- John Wanamaker
Believe it or not, recreation plays a very important role in your success. While it is true that goofing off when you should be working on achieving your goals is a bad idea, recreation can be quite beneficial. Taking the time to have a laugh, smell a rose or even let your hair down may be just what you need to keep motivated.

A life without recreation will not be very enjoyable. And a miserable, depressed mind is one that cannot focus on achieving anything. If you push yourself too hard and do not take some time to enjoy life you will burn out quite easily. Take some time to enjoy the fruits of your labor with the ones you love. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how these simple ways to practice better self-care can make a huge difference in your life.

How happy will you be when you achieve your goals when you have lost your health and loved ones in the progress? Many of the greatest minds have made that mistake and have publicly declared how much they regret that choice. Being motivated to achieve your goals should not come at such a high personal cost to you. How could you ever enjoy the fruits of your labour under those conditions? Remember, personal success it not just about achieving your goals, it also involves being happy with the result as well.

Back to Blog

What People Are Saying

Les Brown

Les Brown

Summer gives you the skill set so that you can create an experience with an audience and take them to a place IN themselves that they can't go BY themselves...

She allows them to have a vision beyond their abuse, a vision beyond the things that they’ve gone through, a vision beyond all of the chaos, the fear, the anxiety, and the hopelessness that so many people experience.

Jean Marie Kaehler

Jean Marie Kaehler

"I struggled with anxiety, depression and unworthiness for over 15 years. I tried all the "right" things - from counseling to personal development. Not matter what I tried I couldn't seem to get breakthrough to stick. Then I started coaching with Summer and I got more healing in her 90-day program than I did in 15 years of therapy! And I am happy to report that over a year later, the results are still sticking."

Jean Marie Kaehler

Zach Lowe

"Summer Dey is the best, she has a great ability to get people more confident, more clear, be incredible speakers, and learn how to use body language in their speeches.. We love having her as a speaker at our events and a part of our team.

Karen Mettam

Karen Mettam

"Summer created a safe space for me to share my fears, my breakthroughs, my failures and successes. I learned so much through the forgiveness model and God taught me so much about myself through this.

I would recommend any woman to invest in themselves and to do this course. You are worth it!"

Tammy Price

Tammy Price

I have learned so much from the work we do in our private Facebook Group. The community critiques and feedback on my video's has really transformed my abilities as a speaker and communicator. Taking Summer Dey's Master Your Voice course has really helped me improve my confidence in speaking in front of others as well as my ability to convey a message on social media AND in person in front of a crowd.

Shannon Eckhoff

Shannon Eckhoff

"I was completely lost in life. I felt terrified and alone because I was barely functioning and was always in survival mode. Then I joined Summer's Fear Into Faith Coaching Program and I implemented the steps I learned. I now feel incredible confidence, freedom, and self-love. I finally have pride & joy in being WHO I WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.

The BEST decision I ever made was finally investing in myself and joining this program. It literally saved me life!"

On The Blog

Burning Out

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

December 13, 20227 min read

Avoid Burning Out By Finding the Right Work / Life Balance

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Burn Out

I am sure you have heard the saying, ‘you cannot pour from an empty cup.’ This is why you need to learn to take care of yourself. Keeping yourself motivated is an inside job. You might do an excellent job at creating the right environment and getting the requisite resources to succeed, but if you are not taking care of yourself, you will not be able to stay motivated for very long. It is hard to keep pushing yourself to do more when your body is already falling apart under the pressure.

Achieving success at the expense of your health is not a very wise idea. It is equally unwise to neglect your family and friends in the process. While it is true that sacrifices will need to be made, your health and relationships should not be one of them. In short, it will be much easier to motivate a healthy mind and body.

Pay careful attention to these 5 areas that are often neglected in the pursuit of success:

Nutrition

How, when and what we eat, has a huge bearing on how well our bodies will perform under pressure. It is easy to begin to neglect your diet when you are focusing all your time, energy and resources on becoming successful. Purchasing cheap junk food might be convenient now, but you are not looking ahead to the disaster coming your way. A large percentage of the illnesses we face are in fact nutritional disorders that could have been prevented if we paid more attention to our diets.

Nutritious food helps our bodies to grow, gives us energy and helps our bodies to repair themselves. In order for our bodies to functional optimally and not burn out, we will need to consume the recommended amount of each nutrient. But there is no need to become jittery about your diet and make any rash decisions. Here are a few suggestions to make eating well a lot easier.

  • Avoid foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar

  • Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and avoid overly processed foods

  • Read food labels before you consume the item

  • Include food from each food group in each of your meals

  • Drink more water and less carbonated beverages

  • Don’t skip meals

  • Replace your snacks with healthy options like fresh fruits and nuts

  • Never try to replace meals with dietary supplements

Rest

The average human being needs about 7 – 9 hours of rest each day. Getting sufficient sleep is one of the most essential aspects of finding the right work / life balance. Unfortunately, with the demands of earning a living, caring for your family and pushing yourself to meet your goals, sacrificing sleep might seem like the only logical solution to getting everything done. In fact, some people even reason that sleepless nights are synonymous with success.

Once again, sacrifices will need to be made to reach your goals, but sleep should not be one of them. Not getting enough sleep will mean that your body will not get enough time to repair and charge itself up. We are basically like dead batteries when we do not get enough sleep. This means that our minds will not be able to work optimally if we are sleep deprived. A lack of sleep has even been linked to depression. How can you motivate a mind that drained? Get enough rest and your mind will be ready to conceive your success.

Exercise

There are very few people in this world that enjoy exercise. Thankfully, that number is steadily increasing as more and more people are beginning to realize the benefits of doing so. Constantly feeling fatigued and achy is a sign that you may need to get more exercise. One of the main reasons why people dread exercise is they fear it might be too hard. They assume that they have to start with the difficult things and it will just gradually get worse.

That is really not how it works, nor is it what is recommended. If you are new to working out, you will need to start small at first and gradually work your way up so to speak. You may even hurt yourself by pushing to do too much, too soon. It is also best to vary your workout. Monotony will only make this task a lot harder than it has to be. Find what works for you and engage your mind by mixing up your routine. You would be surprised how much good just exercising for a few minutes each day will do.

In fact, here are a few benefits of getting sufficient exercise:

  • Regular exercise helps to strengthen your bones

  • People who exercise often sleep better at nights

  • The condition of your skin will improve as you sweat and excrete waste from your pores

  • You will be better able to manage your weight

  • Exercise also reduces the risk of suffering from certain ailments like diabetes and heart disease

  • You often feel better after you exercise because working out releases the hormones that will improve your mood

  • Regular exercise can reduce stress

Family

Your family is your strength. The stronger the relationships in your family unit, the happier you will be. When you lovingly make time for your family despite your endeavors to be great, they will in turn lovingly support your hopes and dreams. You cannot surround yourself with the right people if you keep pushing away the only group of people who are determined to watch you succeed. Making time for the ones you love should always be a priority. This is especially so if children are involved. A child will not understand that you are busy now because you are trying to build a better future for them.

They only think about the here and now. And the fact that right now you are not here for them can have serious implications on the kind of person they will become. Money cannot buy you happiness and all the successful accolades in the world will not make your children love you anymore. Motivation can soon turn into selfishness if you do not take the time to care for the ones who are entitled to your time. Plus, when you have the loving support of your family, you will have the kind of support you need to push yourself to achieving your goals.

Recreation

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”- John Wanamaker
Believe it or not, recreation plays a very important role in your success. While it is true that goofing off when you should be working on achieving your goals is a bad idea, recreation can be quite beneficial. Taking the time to have a laugh, smell a rose or even let your hair down may be just what you need to keep motivated.

A life without recreation will not be very enjoyable. And a miserable, depressed mind is one that cannot focus on achieving anything. If you push yourself too hard and do not take some time to enjoy life you will burn out quite easily. Take some time to enjoy the fruits of your labor with the ones you love. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how these simple ways to practice better self-care can make a huge difference in your life.

How happy will you be when you achieve your goals when you have lost your health and loved ones in the progress? Many of the greatest minds have made that mistake and have publicly declared how much they regret that choice. Being motivated to achieve your goals should not come at such a high personal cost to you. How could you ever enjoy the fruits of your labour under those conditions? Remember, personal success it not just about achieving your goals, it also involves being happy with the result as well.

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