The Power of Asking Yourself WHY
The WHY of whatever you’re doing is such an important question to ask. My friend Scott Dinsmore of Live Your Legend is a big proponent of this way of thinking. Check out his stuff here. Simon Sinek recently published a…
The Courage to Change – One Habit at a Time
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle Life is about dividing and conquering. Small steps, done consistently over time, lead to big performances. Leo Babauta, of Zen…
Exploring Your Passion
“20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.…
Decision Making Simplified
"When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice." William James Decision making is hard. We tend to get stuck and are afraid to jump in and make the decision. The “what…
Deliver Your Best Speech or Presentation Now (and the power of association)
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt Have you ever watched Steve Jobs speak? If…
35 Years, 35 Lessons Learned
"You have to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you got and remember what you had, always forgive, but never forget, learn from your mistakes, but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just…
It’s Okay to Say No
"Often, he who does too much does too little." Italian Proverb When's the last time you said No to someone? I met with the lead pastor in my church, Joel Kovacs, for lunch today. We had a great conversation…
7 Ways Crossfit Helps you Crush your Workday
"It's imperative that you push through resistance. Embrace the challenge." Let me introduce you to Keith Simon. He's a Crossfit trainer and overall bad man. This is him at the Crossfit Regional Competition a few weeks ago. Keith pushes himself…
A Brief Story on Perspective
You never know what someone’s going through. I had a situation this weekend that I feel compelled to share with you. I learned a valuable lesson on Saturday. I was driving with my kids in the back. They were…