Motivational stories stay with you, coming to mind when you are faced with a challenge. Stories that motivate are stories that show you the way toward success, improvement, happiness, and connection. Turn to motivating stories whenever you need a boost on your life journey.
Despite being underestimated at every turn, she built IT Cosmetics into a billion-dollar brand by turning every no into a yes.
A professional poet provides tips on healing your life by adopting a poetic mindset.
As 2020 comes to a close, Guideposts pauses to remember some of the inspiring individuals who left us this past year.
With social distancing still going strong, stay connected and spread some cheer with personalized letters or Christmas cards.
Deemed 100 percent disabled, she thought her life was over. Then she met Moxie.
Carol Schultz shares how her Norway spruce was chosen from thousands to be the most famous Christmas tree in the world.
In this story from October 1971, author and NFL legend Gale Sayers pays tribute to the courage and indomitable spirit of his dear friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo.
When he saw his fitness rapidly fading, this former Ivy League athlete resolved to do something about it.
How a few words of support can make all the difference in a day—or a life
In this pair of videos, the founder of IT Cosmetics recalls how her faith in God sustained her as she strove to get her business off the ground and shares three tips to help you pursue your dreams.
Join a faith community, turn off that screen, and other ways that this writer, mom and chaplain’s wife learned to overcome loneliness.
Her alcoholic father had burdened her with a negative body image. She finally got fit when she let go of the past.
The acclaimed—and outspoken—author, blogger and television personality shares how faith helped her forge her own path.
In this story from September 1972, the country music legend shares a lesson from his father about recognizing the good in people—and in himself.