Cowboy Up! You see it. You own it. You're driven. Your baggage is aligned. Why won't you do it? The last piece of the puzzle is true grit. Stones. Cojones. Step up and do it already! Need help? Dig in. My non-Christian brothers and sisters, please find no offense here, the intent is to inspire. I'll dig as far back as the Read More
Alignment Part II: Beliefs, Anchor or Propellant? I post often about how I BELIEVE that everyone is where there beliefs have allowed them to stop. One thing I see consistently, including from myself, is someone arguing against their own success. I’d lose weight, but I can’t stop eating bread, chocolate, and cheese. I love them soooooo much..... I just finished talking about values in the last post. Read More
Alignment PART I of II: Eliminate Pull, Drag, Snags, and Diversions What? Like driving a car with a soft tire, a front end out of alignment, unbalanced tires, your performance can be pulled off the road just like your car. How? Through conflicting values and beliefs. This post will address values. Part II will hit beliefs. Values: Ones principles or standards, what one holds Read More
Igniting your Drive: Passion to Succeed Three very simple things I learned from living a dream, and then reading about it from the scientific perspective (Drive: Daniel Pink). Drive, or motivation, is comprised of 3 basic parts. Know them, play to them, and your motor will burn towards your success...even on those “down days”. To put it in perspective for chasing the new years resolution of fitness for me, Read More
New Year’s Resolution: Step 2, Take Responsibility! P. R. I. D. E. - Personal Responsibility In Doing Everything. I never got that as a kid. It was a giant acronym painted underneath the BEARS logo and mascot in our gymnasium in high school. It was at all the entrances of our gymnasium as well. How could I have missed such a valuable tool when Read More
Core: Lighting the Fire Wonder why your new years resolutions have failed in the past? I'll tell you why mine have. They lacked the nuclear powered core to carry it through to reality. It doesn't matter what your next New Years Resolution is, or that the ones past have failed. This Blog is headed down that Rabbit Hole, and I am putting my credibility on the line as a Read More
Does Your Brand Serve You? Yup, I’ve wandered off the path into marketing. Brand You. So, does brand you bring the results you are looking for? When you drive down the road and you see the McDonalds sign, or the Target Sign, Home Depot, etc, what comes to mind? If I said Harley, what comes to mind? Black and Orange logo, tattoos, leather, loud pipes.... So, when you think of your personal brand, Read More
Resiliency: A Path Through Grief My post yesterday talked a bit about the lessons my dog Gus had taught me, what his life was to me in example, and how I appreciated him, loved him, and will miss him. Writing about him was part of the cure. Grief hurts. I'd be willing to bet if we all sat in a room and pointed to the spot grief hurt it Read More