You Cannot Expect Someone to Succeed if You Haven't Clarified How? I believe that every human being wants to feel like they matter, and that they can succeed. I simply don’t buy that there are people (in general) who wake up in the morning and want to do a poor job....
“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” While that is often attributed to a Spiderman/Peter Parker wisdom, this adage has been around for many centuries. As it relates to leadership, we’re going to look at power from the standpoint of influence, as opposed to...
If You aren’t Getting Criticized, It’s Time to Look in the Mirror I mean it. Criticism is so cheap, easy, and readily available in today’s world, how could it be that you couldn’t be getting any? It could only be that you are doing what everyone else wants you to do....
Self-Discipline is a Super Power. Plato supposedly said “The first and best victory is to conquer self.” No doubt about it. We are our own best friend and/or we are our own worst enemy. If you look at most of the things in your life that you are not pleased with, you...
Do You Ever Wish Your Life Was a “Walk in the Park?" I work out pretty intensely 6 days a week. My workouts have two distinctly different sections to them: 30-45 minutes of intense body weight resistance training, and then 30 minutes of interval aerobic training on a...
How Do You Figure Out What to Change? It has been said that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Technically this isn’t true, but practically it hits pretty close to home. The caveat I would add, is given...
You Can’t Youtube WHY I was staying at a friends house this past week as part of a trip to do some leadership training. While I was there, my friend was telling me about some home improvement/rehab stuff he had been doing on some properties he purchased. Being...
What Do You Worry About? What a question that is to ponder! Since that one is too all encompassing and overwhelming, let’s add these six words to it: “that you can do something about.” So now we have “What do you worry about that you can do something about?" This is...
It's Pretty Hard to Be Negative and Hopeful in the Same Breath You see, true hope is a feeling. A feeling of optimism about something you want and reasonably expect to occur in the future. Since it’s essentially an emotion, and it’s hard to have two specific and very...
So What is "IT?" Whatever you are trying to accomplish is IT. We all have multiple "ITs" in our lives as we try to improve our quality of life. These might be trying to get fit, lose weight, or just be healthier. Or it could be trying to become more successful in our...
