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Is Goal Setting Failing You?
We all have ‘gaps’ that rub up against our ideals and irritate our best intentions. Often a little curiosity (“What will this cost me?”) can fuel a small flame that might just light up what you were looking for all along.
Struggling With Your Goals? Do This Instead
We all have ‘gaps’ we want to close and resistance we need to overcome. For five years I wanted to update my book and for five years I danced, dodged and procrastinated about getting started.
Who Are You Becoming?
We can either follow someone else’s music and hope it leads somewhere nice or decide now to become the kind of person who marches to their own kazoo.
What Events Light Up Your Life?
Life is sort of like watching a movie. You’re left with a whole bunch of feelings, but you can’t remember big chunks of it.
No Small Thing
We live in a world where screen time has replaced time outdoors, social media has replaced being social and youth are being influenced by memes instead of mentors.
Embracing Resistance
We all face resistance - that invisible force that loves to grab the hand brake before we get rolling. Maybe it’s cold calling a prospect, signing up for your first yoga class, or doing your taxes.
Why You Need to Stop Thinking and Take Action
Maybe you need to ask for money, drop some annoying weight, leave a destructive relationship, or stop pouring that …
Humble Pie
Every time we fail we get a choice—admit defeat, or roll up our sleeves and get to work. Either way, it’s a lesson…
My Million-Dollar Lesson About Public Speaking
When I got into the business of speaking I actually didn’t know it was a business. I thought public speaking was something …
Time Management is Broken—Here’s What to do Instead
I admit it - I was lying. For more years than I care to admit I promoted the well-worn myth that there is time for everything…
The Spiral and the Flywheel
We all have gaps in life. You may want to exercise more, eat better, earn more, find a path through a forest of …
The magic of boring routines
This morning I lined up a podcast, hit play, and headed out the door for a run. This wasn’t some extraordinary…
How to get started on your goals with small wins
I’ve noticed a problem I think we all share. It’s an insidious disease that seems to have infected pretty well everyone…
Goodbye 2023
Like so many years recently, this one felt pretty messy. Our news feeds were full of wars, surprisingly blatant criminal …
I am a volunteer
I volunteer. For all too many years, I was head-down, obsessed with business. My family was young, I needed income…
My cartoons are (yikes!) online.
It’s been a while. Earlier this year I was writing a lot. Most blog posts. A couple of book ideas came and went and then…
How to sell your business for more money
Anyone who takes a ‘we’ll figure out how to profit in the future’ attitude to business is being ridiculous.” - Jason Fried, Rework
What, me worry?
I was in a car the other day with a radiologist and a neurosurgeon talking about hypertension. This conversation…
The Art of Asking for What You Need
When I was a kid my Dad was my hero. He wore a 3-piece suit to his accounting office, was always in control, and could fix anything.