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This week Miss Riley died. It wasn’t a tragic death—like when you hear of a senseless accident on the roads, or when a climber, doing what they love, makes one mistake and then never comes home.
There is something about committing to others that is different from making a personal commitment.
Especially friends.
On a vacation, just like in life, everyone knows the end is coming. The difference with a vacation is we plan for it.
I’m reading a self-help book, it’s a new release (which means hard cover prices), and getting lots of good reviews, so I added it to my morning reading.
But there’s one problem I can’t seem to get by.
For years I taught workshops intended to help people be more productive while somehow having more free time. As my war chest of advice got bigger my PowerPoint decks got longer and handouts got thicker.
What I didn’t appreciate was how it was possible to do less and have more.
In life there are three buses. They come along all day, but take you in very different directions.
There comes a time when life gives us less choices. It could be your health fails you, your attention goes to caring for a loved one, or you simply don’t have the energy. In the meantime, we all have more choices than we know.
I know people who have those certain jobs but are addicted to porn, get blasted on cheap wine every weekend, and haven’t had a shred of exercise in years. They’re highly skilled at their job but lacking the basic skills for making life changing decisions.
Like a cow tirelessly chewing its cud, we endlessly ruminate about the past, driven not by biological necessity, but by the stubborn habits of the mind.
Chew, chew, chew.
Goals are the backbone of change and achievement in sports, business, life - even love. But what if you don’t know what the future holds, or what you want, or what your market wants?
Late last year, I taught my Small Wins framework to a small group of volunteers - it was an experiment. For over two years I have been presenting Small Wins on stage, but never in a one-on-one setting. And the results blew me away.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maybe you need to ask for money, drop some annoying weight, leave a destructive relationship, or stop pouring that …
I’m not good at asking.
Perhaps growing up in a large family over-sensitized me to come across as greedy. Or maybe pride gets in the way…
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…
When I got into the business of speaking I actually didn’t know it was a business. I thought public speaking was something …
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…
We all have gaps in life. You may want to exercise more, eat better, earn more, find a path through a forest of …
This morning I lined up a podcast, hit play, and headed out the door for a run. This wasn’t some extraordinary…
I’ve noticed a problem I think we all share. It’s an insidious disease that seems to have infected pretty well everyone…
Like so many years recently, this one felt pretty messy. Our news feeds were full of wars, surprisingly blatant criminal …
I volunteer. For all too many years, I was head-down, obsessed with business. My family was young, I needed income…
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…
Anyone who takes a ‘we’ll figure out how to profit in the future’ attitude to business is being ridiculous.” - Jason Fried, Rework
I was in a car the other day with a radiologist and a neurosurgeon talking about hypertension. This conversation…