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Two Traits I Yearn to Find
First, high internal standards, motivation that springs bountifully unbidden from within, drive for excellence that wells up without having to summoned. Second, the willingness to…
October 19, 2023
Success Scares Me
Why do I find success scary? Because right behind success comes overconfidence. Call it what you will: resting on your laurels, calling it in instead…
October 17, 2023
Greatness is a Grind
By ‘grind’ I mean achieving (and maintaining) greatness is long, hard slog, a relentless repetition of the basics, day in and day out, a never-ending…
October 12, 2023
An Act of Far Greater Power
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than hanging on or defending.” – Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your…
September 26, 2023
Boring, Boring, Boring
What gets a triple boring headline? The Path to Success. Yep, you heard me right: the pathway to the mountaintop is full of ordinary routine,…
September 12, 2023
What is Your Creed? Here is Mine.
Creed: Guiding principles; a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way people live. My creed is pretty simple really, basically a small…
September 7, 2023
The Key that Opens Doors
Like many, at times in my life I’ve struggled with the concept of discipline. I mean ‘Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.’ Does that…
August 22, 2023
Pressure is a Privilege
What does “pressure is a privilege” mean? Yes, it is a post-game quote from Novak Djokovic and the title of Billy Jean King’s memoir but…
July 27, 2023
The Easiest and yet the Hardest Thing
Rome was not built in a day and many an “overnight” success was decades in the making. We all have the same 24 hours; it…
July 20, 2023
How Strong is Your Soul?
Like most everything else, your soul is only as strong as it is nurtured. The adage “Energy flows where focus goes” is certainly true here.…
July 11, 2023
Can You “See the Work”?
To “see the work” means can you see what needs to be done without being told. It further means do you have the ability to…
July 6, 2023