Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)
BSc, MBA, PhD
Official Guide
Achievement Expert

Joel Simms (Dr. Mo) Quick Facts
- Career Focus
- Thinking SkillsTtrainer, Writer, Momentum Achievement Coach ( MoCoach)
- Affiliation
- www.maintainmomentum.com
MISSION:
To help clients stay the course in initiatives through thick and thin, achieve their goals, and keep their initiatives going FOREVERMO!
ACHIEVEMENT MAINTENANCE EXPERT: I have been providing guidance, support, training, and coaching to individuals and groups to help them maintain momentum in important projects, programs and initiatives and achieve their goals for over 20 years. Prior to that I spent 20 years in industry as an executive and consultant.
WRITER: I am the author of Momentum Mind: Achiever’s Mind, an interactive 35 lesson training program that is available on the website, as well as an ebook with the same title that will be available Spring 2013.. In addition I blog regularly at www.maintainmomentum/blog, write articles on the website www.maintainmomentum.com, post often at www.facebook.com/maintainmomentum, tweet at www.twitter.com/DrMoToGo, and contribute articles on achievement, momentum thinking, motivation, inspiration, and goal maintenance on this website.
MOMENTUM COACH: I am known as Dr. Mo by coaching clients, members on the maintainmomentum website, colleagues and thousands of people around the world who read my morning email AmMo, and my blog, posts on facebook, and messages on Twitter. I have dedicated my life to helping individuals, groups, and teams keep the gains of their initiatives, projects and programs going over the long haul. I provide coaching service offline in my office practice and online through the Live! Video feature of www.maintainmomentum.com.
MAINTAIN MOMENTUM: I created www.maintainmomentum.com to provide powerful, and cost effective interactive support, resources, advice, coaching, and training services to individuals, groups, and organizations anywhere in the world. Maintain momentum is the only website on the internet that is specifically designed to help individuals, groups, and teams stick with their initiatives, reach their goals, and sustain their benefits.
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5 Negative Thinking Patterns To Eliminate
MoHow Posted By Dr. MO In my opinion life is much better for each one of us when we are able to identify negative thinking habits and replace them with positive ones. Negative thinking is much too prevalent in our communications and our thinking and most people are actually unaware of it. The key to more happiness is learning how to spot these thoughts and then replace them with positive ones. When you do, you’ll notice a huge difference in your life. So let’s take a look at 5 common negative thinking patterns, and how to replace them with positive thinking ones.
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7 Ways To Develop An Attitude Of Gratitude And Improve Your Life
MoHow Posted By Joel Simms It’s amazing how some simple, easy, positive actions can improve life. Saying "Thank You" and being grateful are two examples that have enormous power. In fact, they have the power to change your life in the most profound way.
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10 Simple Steps To Develop More Patience In Your Life
MoHow Posted By Joel Simms Over the years I have been asked many times by many people how I remain calm and patient in situations where others become agitated, frightened, frustrated and angry. My answer has been, “I have learned to be patient by learning a range of skills that anyone can acquire if they have the desire and are prepared to practice.” If impatience is a problem for you, one you want to address, here are 10 skills that work for me. Practice them and they will help you become calmer, more tolerant, and more patient……
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***How To Deal With Adversities In Your Life
MoStory Posted by Dr. MO Each of us faces problems, challenges and difficulties in in our lives. In today’s post I am sharing story that is an allegory or fable, a story that provides insights into how to deal with an important part of life. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
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Learning to Think
We often regard thinking as the act of “pondering’ something. In this article I look at another kind of thinking that happens all day long, is very important, and that many of us are unaware of, it’s called “SELF-TALK”. It is the thinking we do as we describe our perceptions and feelings in our everyday lives by talking to ourselves.
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How To Deal With Work Stress
Stress is a killer and can easily build up when we don’t address address it routinely. Here are some ways for you you install “pressure relief valves” in your life: 1. Learn how to better manage your time. do your work during the workday. Make this feasible by taking on fewer tasks and setting work and home boundaries. 2. Learn to be more assertive. Use this skill to that you can be more comfortable expressing your thoughts, needs and wishes, and more able to say “no”, without feeling afraid, or guilty.
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How To Use Optimism To Improve Your Life
MoHow Posted by Dr. MO Even as a child, James was described by teachers and his parents as a happy optimist. As the story goes, one day his parents decided to play a joke on him and test his attitude by requiring him to spend an afte oon cleaning deserted stables at what had been a local racetrack. Returning after two hours, James' parents observed him singing while happily shoveling manure.
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How to Achieve More by Keeping Your Goals in Mind
Posted in: MoHow by Dr. Mo At the beginning of every year, I write down what I want to be remembered for… what I want people to think about me…what I want to achieve in my life. This writing is my long-term vision. Along with this, I write my goals for the year. These goals are the large steps I will take to achieve my vision. And then each day, I write my daily to dos, the required small steps to reach my goals and achieve my vision. When you have alignment between a big picture vision, more specific goals and very specific to dos, you simplify your life.
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The Death Of Limitations - The Birth Of Possibilities
MoStory Posted bt Dr. MO One day all the employees of a large company reached their head office and when they walked through the front entrance they saw a big notice board on which was written: “Yesterday the one person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to come to the funeral that will be held at noon today at the church at the corner of Pine Avenue and Main Street.”.
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***How To Use Momentum Thinking Tools To Deal With Adversities
January 4, 2013 Posted in: MoHow By: Dr. Mo Life serves up all kinds of situations that most people call problems. For most people these problems are sources of upset, dismay, and they are often dealt with in unhealthy and destructive ways. In this post I will describe three momentum mind techniques that have proven to be powerful and effective in dealing with adversities of all kinds. Here they are:
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***Ten Ways To Motivate Yourself When You Are Feeling Down
10 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Regain Momentum when You Are Feeling Down Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Posted in: MoHow By: Dr. Mo Sometimes you feel down…that’s normal. It comes with the territory called “being alive”. Life is like a wave; and just like the wave, it has both troughs and crests. There has never been, and there will never be a wave that does not have a top and bottom, an up and a down. Sometimes, you may feel so low that you think that “being up” or “feeling up” again is impossible. If you do, you are not alone…we’ve all been there…
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***Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum
Lighten Your Load And Boost Your Momentum December 18, 2012 Posted In: Momentum By: Dr. Mo We think thoughts all day long and sometimes these thoughts cause us great dismay and worry. When you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and nervous it’s important to practice the skill of listening to your thoughts. By doing this you will often discover that what you have been doing, in your thinking, is making the proverbial mountain out of very little…out of the proverbial molehill.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” “If I am for myself alone, what am I?”“If not now, when?” - Hillel
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful.Conceit is self-given. Be Careful.” – John Wooden
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – A Landers
“The time to mend the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy
Contacting Joel Simms (Dr. Mo)
email: joelsimms@maintainmomentum.com
email: drmo@maintainmomentum.com
blog: http://www.maintainmomentum.com/blog
linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/maintain-momentum
facebook: www.facebook.com/maintainmomentum
twitter: www.twitter.com/DrMoToGo
tel: (416) 924-0757
How to get started
To get started click on www.maintainmomentum.com and complete the Free Thinking Assessment. You will get results, recommendations and a FREE Membership giving you full access to all the features and tools of the member site including my AmMo morning email, a 5 Lesson Momentum Mind Intro Course, and my blog, to help keep going, through thick and thin, in any initiative you begin.