Be a Personal Alchemist: Create the Chemistry of Success.

Motivational Speaker Mike Lipkin, introduces his new program Personal Alchemy – Ten Steps to Creating the Chemistry for Success in Brutal Times.

Gravity is your friend. Zero Resistance will kill you.

Toronto, 5.21pm, Sunday, August 23 2009 Watch the Video It’s always hard conjuring up the right thoughts to enable my readers to be remarkable. No matter how often I write these blogs, it never gets easier. The blank screen is always an intimidating sight. Finding the relevant words and organising them into compelling sentences and…

I Want To Be Like Paul

Toronto, July 16 11.20pm Last weekend, I attended the Paul McCartney concert in Halifax as a guest of my friend, Barb Stegemann. From 9.00pm to about midnight, McCartney wowed the audience of 50,000 people. He looked lean, fit and tanned. He is 67 years old but he looks younger than me at 51. For three…

Through all the Confusion and Change, Inspire Others With Your Presence

Motivational Speaker Mike Lipkin gives you his recipe for personal presence. Through all Confusion and Change, Inspire Others With Your Presence.

Beware of the slump becoming the new normal. It`s so easy to lose it. Be on-purpose. Act deliberately.

Listen to this blog post Watch the video Toronto, Sunday, May 31 2009, 8.30pm I`m a little ashamed. Actually more than a little. It`s been four weeks since my last blog. I`m the champion of disciplined consistency, and I`m the one who falls off the wagon. Typical. How many people do you know who used…

Your Resilience & Idealism will set you free. Or your Cynicism & Fatigue will kill you.

Toronto, May 5 2009, 11.OOam Here’s Lipkin’s Paradox: The quieter the times, the louder you need to be. In quiet times, the majority of people go quiet. When demand is low, their morale is low. Crushing times crush people’s spirits. The work isn’t diminishing but people are being diminished by the work. Just look around…

No matter how fast you go, there is no shortcut.

Toronto, April 25, 9.30pm Give Yourself More Time For The-Things-That-Will-Create-More-You The Main Thing is to do the thing the way the thing is meant to be done. The more skilled you become, the faster you may be able to do the thing. Or not. There is a gestation period for everything. Sometimes the gestation period…

I see my light come shining (with credit to Bob Dylan)…

Toronto, April 13 2009, 10.20pm I won’t lie to you, it’s been a tough few weeks. I’ve questioned myself. I’ve questioned my power. I’ve questioned my business model. I’ve questioned my future. Although about 6.5 billion other people are being impacted by the global economic meltdown, it doesn’t make it any easier for me to…

Lipkin’s Top Ten Ways To Win in 2009

Toronto, Monday March 30 2009, 9.00am Watch me talk about this blog post on YouTube Listen to me speak more about this blog post on my podcast It’s been one heck of a month. In March, I spoke to almost 10 000 people in Europe, America, South Africa, UK and Canada. All of them are…

When Nothing Is The Safest Option, Luck Favours The Brave

Toronto, March 18, 10.13pm The Call To Inaction is growing louder by the day. “When in doubt, do nothing” is the new mantra. Hesitation, equivocation, indecision, fence-sitting, hedging, and avoidance are becoming habitual responses to the Economic Crisis. Survival Instincts are smothering bold initiatives. Wherever I go (and I go to a lot of places)…