Springtime, summertime, wintertime…anytime is a good time to clean your mind. Use the proven technique of 5-S to get your mind ready for a year of goodness. It all begins in our mind, so make sure it is clean.

Main idea:  yesterday’s skills and projects become our “old pictures hanging on the wall” of today.  Memories of days gone by.  Today is the day to consider if you are living off the past.  It may be time for an upgrade.

Overcome inertia.

Welcome to Saturday Morning Coaching on WTIC radio. Has life settled? You satisfied with just getting by? Time to bust out of the comfort zone and up your game. Newton's law states that a body at rest stays at rest until acted on by another force. Get that force back, stay in the game and thrive in life.

Can you describe your picture of success? Successful people can. Join us on this week's STARPOWER and learn the six claims of successful people. Master these and you are well on your way. Saturday morning Coaching on WTIC radio begins now.

Get great with goals.  When goals are written down they focus attention and improve performance.  Hundreds of studies tell the same story...written goals increase success.  Get busy getting successful and write those goals down.  Welcome to Saturday Morning Coaching on WTIC Radio with Coach Davis.

Academic researchers McCabe and Trevino report in a recent survey 87% of undergraduate business students admit to cheating on exams.  Another study of engineering students shows that academic dishonesty starting in high school carries over into the workplace.  Is your compass pointing true north?  Have you given your GPS a good address?  Buckle up, we start right after weather and sports.

It’s time to get into action.  No more excuses, no more, “If only.”  Take accountability for your life and start to reframe those excuses that keep you tied down.

Perception is key to resilience, Ray: Do you conceptualize an event as traumatic, or as a chance to learn and grow?  This one little trait can change the entire trajectory of your life, and the good news is, you can learn it.  These past two weeks have presented a lot of tough challenges for people.  You want to pull the blanket up over your head and just give-up, or maybe, we can find the strength to marshal on?  Be here after weather and sports as we explore the works of Victor Frankl, Norm Garmezy and others on the power of bouncing back.  Right here on WTIC your Coaching Connection.

Let's go back to 2012 and see how you did with these affirmations.  Remember them?  It's time for a new look at how we will go into 2018.  Time passes...make sure it is doing what YOU want.  Take control with six positive affirmations to guide your thinking.