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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
What’s the most useful feedback you’ve ever received?
What’s the most useful feedback you’ve ever received? Professionally and/or personally? And did you listen? Act on it? What did you do with it/about it?…
October 3, 2023
Have You Entered the Cave Lately?
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell That which we most fear, that which scares us greatly also…
September 21, 2023
Success is Dangerous
Success carries its own set of pitfalls, chief among them over-confidence. Success tends to breed contented self-satisfaction, a belief that you got it all covered,…
September 19, 2023
There are No Secrets to Success
There are no secrets to success… or to happiness; just stuff you don’t want to do! Particularly over and over and over again! The ‘stuff’…
September 14, 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
A Brutal Truth Few Speak Of
A good heart is not enough and that is a hard truth that few openly acknowledge. Yes, for sure be a good-hearted, good-natured, well-intentioned, kind…
August 15, 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
Top 25% is the Top 1%
Everyone on Wall Street wants to be the “Alpha Dog”, the best of the best, top of the heap, the Top 1%. Well, I want…
July 25, 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
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