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Stay On Course
I’ve written about it before when I was in the final stretch of finishing my Biology degree and I was down to the final five weeks before...

Mark Craven
Sep 4, 20182 min read


Tired
Just push a little more… Keep pushing… Pick your head up… Come on… Lets go… Move… I have no more push left man. I’m done, I’m tired,...

Mark Craven
Aug 28, 20181 min read


Moments of Searing Doubt
“Do you really think you can make it?… I mean, really? … Financial freedom? … A life of luxury? … You really believe this can happen for...

Mark Craven
Aug 20, 20182 min read


Passionless
I think this would be the worst way to live a life. Waking up every day with dread. Waking up every day with hate. Miserable with the...

Mark Craven
Aug 13, 20182 min read


Regaining Wonder
I just finished reading the book, Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, and started his other biography on Albert Einstein. If you want a...

Mark Craven
Aug 13, 20183 min read


I Need Your Story To Help My Hope
Every one of us has a story to tell and strength to share with that story. People get too caught up on the story to tell and forget about...

Mark Craven
Aug 2, 20182 min read


suicide
Disclaimer: I am NOT planning on committing suicide. If I were, I’d tell you. You’re my reader, I tell you everything. I remember being...

Mark Craven
Jul 12, 20185 min read


I've Suffered Enough
It’s good to come to a place where we realize we’re not alone in our suffering. We’re not alone in depressive thoughts or anxious...

Mark Craven
Jul 10, 20183 min read


I AM SUCCESSFUL
I have to admit, lately I’ve linked being truly successful with only one reality. That of being financially free. Success is not...

Mark Craven
Jun 29, 20182 min read


The Good Experience
Life should not be an irritation. Life is an experience. Food, sights, smells, sounds. Some people wake up everyday like, “Again?” Our...

Mark Craven
Jun 18, 20183 min read


You’re Not As Old As You Think You Are
It just hit me today that I’m closer to my twenties than I am to my forties. No offense to my forty-year-olds but you’re probably closer...

Mark Craven
Jun 12, 20183 min read


Traveling Salesman
This past weekend I spent Saturday and Sunday meeting with clients in Philadelphia. That’s about four hours away from where I live in...

Mark Craven
Jun 10, 20182 min read


People Are Made Great Only By Those That They Have Around Them
Thank God I have a choice with who I get to have in my life. Because, at the first sign that someone sucks, I can just stop texting them...

Mark Craven
Jun 7, 20182 min read


If You Win Your Morning, You’ve Won The Day
All of your day’s potential power lies in the first couple hours of when you wake up. If you get yourself up rather than hit snooze for...

Mark Craven
May 31, 20182 min read


My Now
First, put this track on in the background before you read further… (I always listen to either classical music or movie scores when I...

Mark Craven
May 27, 20182 min read


THE CRAVEN EFFECT
Sounds like a pretty self-serving title doesn’t it? But it is also kind of catchy, maybe that’s just because it’s me. But the thing is, I...

Mark Craven
May 24, 20182 min read


Big Heart
So, I don’t know anything, and I mean ANYTHING, about sports. Don’t let my big shoulders confuse you, I know nothing about sports. It’s...

Mark Craven
May 20, 20183 min read


How I Wrote A 500-Page Book
When I wrote my first book I was almost embarrassed because the page count was barely over 100. And the same thing happened with my...

Mark Craven
May 12, 20183 min read


Still Going After It
Something I’m noticing as I’m studying these various people that have become successful is that they’re still running after their...

Mark Craven
May 3, 20181 min read


Mirrored
It was Wayne Dyer that I was listening to when I heard this idea. This thought that life is a mirror. Dr. Dyer was saying if you’re...

Mark Craven
Apr 28, 20182 min read
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