Significant Outcomes in the Face of Adversity

## How to love the journey!

Posted by Dave Cooke on Oct 8, 2025 in Commitment, Focus, Passion, Purpose, Uncategorized, Vision | 1 comment

“Every road on our journey isn’t direct, fast, easy, or clear. Our progress is not defined by the path we take; but, it is defined by our commitment to be on the right path.” I share the analogy with many here in Phoenix, that the fastest road to LA is Interstate 10. Generally speaking, hopping on Interstate 10 here in Phoenix will put you somewhere near the beaches of LA in a little over five hours. You may find...

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## Redirected in Iowa

Posted by Dave Cooke on Aug 10, 2025 in Accomplishment, adversity, Celebration, Uncategorized, Vision | 0 comments

Despite the best of efforts to plan a safe and concise route round West Des Moines this morning, I still ended up adjusting my route and found myself off course. As in life, these things happen. Click here for the story and my perspectives on...

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## When You Are on Your Path…

Posted by Dave Cooke on Jul 23, 2025 in Commitment, Focus, Uncategorized, Vision | 0 comments

Like everyone else I have those moments in my life where I need some inspiration, too. Most of what I share with you via these posts are the conversations I have been having with myself. Instead of keeping these conversations private — between me and my head — I make them public hoping you will find an inspirational resource in them much like I usually do. Over the past few weeks I have had a couple of powerful experiences...

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## When You Understand Your Vision…

Posted by Dave Cooke on Jul 16, 2025 in Accomplishment, Celebration, Change, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Vision | 1 comment

Inspired transformational change involves living in passionate commitment to our vision. Life’s most inspiring choices and what leads to the most compelling results is when we realize that accomplishment is success by addition. Success by addition. I repeated this because I would like for you to think about that for a moment before reading on. People talk about realizing a goal, celebrating an accomplishment, or getting to an...

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## Change Starts With A Challenge

Posted by Dave Cooke on Jul 9, 2025 in Accomplishment, Celebration, Commitment, Passion, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Vision | 2 comments

“Challenge yourself! Success is not defined by achieving a big goal; it is realized in pursuit of a clear vision and the consistent celebration of little accomplishments!” Most recently I kicked off a 100Day Challenge through a Facebook Group. The purpose for the Challenge was twofold: to discover how a community of like-oriented people would engage around sharing their vision and commitments and to learn more about what...

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## Every Day Is a Celebration!

Posted by Dave Cooke on Jun 25, 2025 in Accomplishment, Commitment, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized, Vision | 0 comments

“Embrace everyday as an opportunity to celebrate, learn, grow, and love – live positively and trust the outcome.” Coming off the high of my most recent speaking engagement in Germany, I have been tempted to figure out a way to make that happen again. Once I remind myself how indirectly that success came to me, I adjust my mindset. I have every intention of living that incredible experience again. I simply need to remind myself that...

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