If the only thing that's out of your mouth is how bad the world is, how terrible the government is, how hard your life is, then you mitigate the time you could be speaking blessings over your life and the people you love.What you spend your time talking about becomes the programming that influences everything in your world. So if you are constantly speaking lack, that's what you end up with. Lack.And that's all you focus on all day.And that becomes all you see and hear in the world.And that makes you resentful.And that erodes your Spirit, your mind, body, ...

Learn to face every day with positive expectations. Even if the day doesn't turn out how you planned, be grateful you had the day to try, and that tomorrow brings new opportunities, new horizons, and another chance to expect something good. This is the mindset of people who embrace their Given Greatness every day. This is the discipline, the commitment, the pledge to oneself. The first victory every day is simply to believe. No matter the challenge or how long the journey, stay in your disciplined mind. Stay in the grace you have been given. Stay mindful of who the hell you are. Go. Be. Epic. JMFor more, ...

Let me be clear... the weakest, most destructive people on the planet are those with A CONQUERED MIND. A CONQUERED MIND seeks to conquer and rule over others because they have failed to figure out how to overcome their own fears and doubts. A CONQUERED MIND doesn't seek accountability, but rather is quick to blame others for problems they should have handled themselves. A CONQUERED MIND needs other CONQUERED MINDS to support and supplant the fear they have bowed down to willingly. A CONQUERED MIND will swallow a lie before it will sip the truth. And yet... A CONQUERING MIND...Understands the journey ...

I wanted to say a few things about rejection.Somewhere in Columbus, Ohio is a file box. In that box are 125 rejection letters I received for my book. I kept every single one of them. Not out of some pained need to keep experiencing that feeling, but to remind me that these people who said no were not the end of my story.Many years later when I decided to become a screenwriter, I would get three times that number of rejections on various projects, stories, and ideas from a slew of people who, again, were not the end of my ...

Let's keep it real today. Like Gut-Check Real. I don't give a damn about your past, your parents, your hurts, your fears, your weakness. I give a damn that you try. Your excuses are not badges you hold up at a group meeting. They are the bricks you will use to reach your destiny.But some people want to walk around and cry, "LOOK AT MY BRICK!!! MY PAIN!!!! MY EXCUSES!!!" And quite frankly, no one gives a damn about them. DON'T BE that person sitting around all butthurt because the people you started with are much further down the road to success ...

One of my new Tenets of Living an Epic Life is disciplining myself to be selfish about the start and end of my day. Basically, THE FIRST AND LAST HOURS of your day must be sacred and given only to YOU.Now, I understand, that's tough if you've got a family and/or a career, and I'm not ignorant of the fact that life comes rushing at you the very second your mind engages.But here's the thing. You gotta be SELFISH. YOU must CONTROL what you take in, see, and hear, in the first hour of your day. You must utilize this time... ...

The next time you find yourself caught up in fear and doubt about your ability to achieve your dreams, I want you to ask yourself a question: Do you have a Driver's License?Some of you may not understand this if you've only received this item, but for those of you who've been behind the wheel for more than two decades, I want you to consider something. WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT, you get behind the wheel of a half-ton of metal with the ability to maim, kill, and wipe out lives in seconds...and you MASTER IT. Completely confident and without fear. ...

You must align your mind with your grind.There are important choices to be made.Will you choose humility or pride?Will you feel gratitude or envy?Will you desire progress or stagnation?Will you embrace challenges or surrender to doubt?Will you trust yourself or concede to fear?Will you chase your potential greatness or choose complacency?Will you be proactive or listen to those who say you can’t?Will you be a victor of adversity or victim of circumstance?Now that you’re out of bed which path will you pursue?Go. Be. Epic.JMFor more, checkout "Go Be Epic: A 21-Day Workbook & Journal for a More Fulfilling Life" by ...

Nothing like seeing your work recognized by a respected screenwriting professional!Check out #ScreenwritingTwitter right now! #GratitudeAnd now, back to writing...JM

MAN ON A MISSIONRoadmap Director of Diversity James Moorer on living an epic, fulfilling lifeInterview by Jennifer KimIf you’ve worked with Roadmap Writers and attended any of James Moorer’s sessions, you know what an incredible person he is, a man with immense talent and an even bigger heart. Beyond helping people reach their dreams through Roadmap initiatives, James is a screenwriter, producer, author, actor, former DJ, and authority on pancakes.His new book, co-written with Aaron Silverman, is available now – Go Be Epic: A 21-Day Workbook & Journal for a More Fulfilling Life. Designed to help you build the habits and discipline to ...