ONE Important Thing
I have a question for you. What is your ONE most important activity? What is the ONE core activity that, if you do, everything else is fine? What is the ONE core activity that, if you don’t do it, causes everything to fall apart? Many people focus on anything but the most critical activity in […]
Freedom Between the Lines
Are you a fun-loving, carefree person who prefers to drift with the wind? Are you happier following the rules and staying within the lines? Whichever you are, happiness and success will arrive when you combine both: 1) Too much flexibility in life doesn’t allow for compounding your life experience. Like money in the bank, leave […]
Born to Do YOU
Can you imagine what might happen if you dared to think like your true self, act your true self, and share your true self? That makes you smile – right? Or you may feel that living from the inside out and being fully authentic with the world is self-centered and egotistical, not how you should […]
Conflict. Confusion. Clarity.
Are conflict and confusion driving your life? Are they keeping you on an endless search? Everybody has challenges in life. Solving them is easy when you know what is driving you. Three things will keep you on edge. Understand them, and you’ll move forward: 1) Internal. Everything you do produces personal feelings. Only you can […]
You Need Two Mission Statements
Mission Statements communicate a purpose to an organization. There is no reason why you can’t use them to accomplish your dreams. But you need more than one. I know. It’s difficult enough to create a single Mission Statement for your personal life or business. Why do you need two? Because the first is your Internal […]
The Strongest Why Wins
You have no doubt heard that goals require you to understand WHY you’re going after them. What’s your WHY? The main reason to know WHY is that everything is always more complicated than you initially imagined it would be. Without a strong WHY, you might give up. But, many folks forget that your real WHY […]
Amping Up Your Productivity
Do you ever run out of day before you run out of To-Dos? Getting what you want in life is often blocked by simple habits that are getting in your way. There are two that everybody tend to miss: 1) The first productivity super-charger is to understand that tomorrow begins today. Planning ahead and setting […]
The Strangest Secret
Earl Nightingale created one of the great motivational works of history. The Strangest Secret began as a tool to motivate his insurance company sales force. It is now a motivational standard. What is the Strangest Secret? 1) You become what you think. 2) You must pay the price. 3) We must control our thoughts. 4) […]
Build Your Side Hustle
Every day, I spend time on the phone with excited folks who know they are close to getting what they want but can’t figure out how to get it. Let’s start with: 1) Anything you want in this world is owned or controlled by somebody else. 2) If you want their help, you must get […]
Stop Burnout Now
Steven Covey called it sharpening the saw. If you take a break to sharpen the blade, you will always cut more wood. The same applies to life. My formula for stopping burnout is Ritual, Rest, Rejuvenate, Reactivate, Repeat. 1) Success comes when you perform ritual actions every day. Figure out what works and do it. […]