Don’t Be Your Own Biggest Problem: Three Ways to Freedom
I decided a long time ago that life holds enough challenges without the handicap of me not being fully on board, fully committed to loving…
What is Your Prime Directive?
What is your Prime Directive? What is your Driving Force? Your North Star? Your Rationale for Existence? Your Controlling Principles? Your Mission Statement, Your Purpose?…
Coming up Against Our Edge
We all have “edges”, areas we do not go, areas we hold back from, areas we are not comfortable in, areas we shut down in.…
Seven Things Most Successful People Have Given Up
1) Successful people watch less TV, spend less time aimlessly surfing the internet. Successful people tend to lead disciplined, focused lives. 2) Successful people release…
In Search of (Productive) Dissatisfaction
Ah! Why would anyone go in search of dissatisfaction? Well, complacency is the biggest enemy of champions. As Andrew Grove, the founder of Intel, famously…
Three Questions That Determine the Success of Your Pitch (That Your Boss May Not Realize They Are Asking Themselves)
Quite frankly, ideas are a dime a dozen; even good ideas. It’s in the EXECUTION that most ideas succeed or fail. And odds are that…
What is a leader? How do you identify them? Are they made? Can they be made?
In its simplest definition, a leader is anyone with followers. But how do you get followers? Which takes us into the two basic different kinds…
Count Your Blessings: Make it Truly a Day of Thanksgiving
Want to cheer yourself up? Find energy on even the darkest days? Count your blessings! Enumerate all the things you have to be thankful for,…
Five Mindsets That Will Speed You Onward to Your Fullest Greatness
1. Own BFF Mindset: To achieve your best self, you MUST learn to believe in yourself, in your potential, in your inner greatness i.e. you…
Reference Levels: Invisible Rules that Govern Your Behavior
Aware of it or not, we all have “Reference Levels” for all areas of our lives. Our Reference Levels powerfully impact our behavior, our actions…
The Difference that Makes The Difference
A very smart investor (Howard Marks of Oaktree) once wrote a book titled “The Most Important Thing” which contained 17 chapters, each chapter titled… “The…
What is Your Belief System About Yourself?
What do you believe about yourself? Of what do you think you are capable? Who do you see yourself as? How do you see yourself…
Big Windshield, Small Rearview Mirror
There is a reason your car has a BIG windshield and a small rearview mirror: You are going forward, not backward! Where you are headed…
Buttons
“Most of us respond like machines when life or people push our buttons. Freedom, wisdom, growth, maturity: they all lie in that space between…
You Don’t Want to Hear This
You can do more, accomplish more. No matter how busy you are, there is always a way. A way to become better at doing what…
It’s a Daily Challenge for Me
“Daily challenge for me….much needed : ) Thanks!” was the response of a reader to the “I Can’t Have That” v. “I Don’t Want That”…
The Demon Within
Simona Halep, #1 ranked in women’s tennis, flamed out in the 1st round of the 2018 US Open in Flushing Meadows, losing in straight sets.…
“I Can’t Have That” v. “I Don’t Want That”
How we choose to see the world powerfully impacts our responses. The way we interpret events, the worldviews we select as our own, all come…
4 Ways You Hold Yourself Back
1. Self-doubt. We tend to judge ourselves by our rough-hewn insides and others by their polished exteriors. You are greater than you know; you have…
3 Questions, One Intent, 3 Answers
…the question you ask often impacts the answer you get 1. “What problems does it have?” 2. “It doesn’t have any problems, does it?” 3.…
Three Things That Stand Between You and Greatness
1. Unfocused Desire The #1 reason people do not become their best self/do not live their greatest life is a Lack of Desire or more…
Doing it Scared
Doing it scared means doing it before you are fully ready because we are rarely, if ever, fully ready. Doing it scared means pushing your…
Seven Ways to Sabotage Yourself
Sometimes looking at opposites brings things into greater clarity… Be Reactive: Give away your personal power; hold others responsible for your emotions and reactions. See…
The Phrase That De-Powers: “I’ll Try”
Trying isn’t doing. As Yoda said, “No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” Saying “I’ll try” is a weak response that does not create confidence; “I’ll try” is almost a pre-excuse for…
Most Ideas About Leadership are Wrong
Leadership is NOT a position; rather leadership is a frame of mind, an attitude. Most think that leadership flows from positional power yet in an…
The Joys of Seeking Desirable Difficulty
Why would difficulty ever be desirable? Because in overcoming difficulty we grow stronger. Just as the athletic trains by lifting ever greater weights, so too…