People matter. If we intend to go far in life, we can’t go it alone. Are you able to take risks, pursue opportunities and achieve more because of the people in your life? That has absolutely been true for me. Without my family, friends, colleagues and especially my wife…well, you wouldn’t be reading this. I am able to accomplish my goals and pursue my potential thanks to the relationships I have. Hopefully the same is true for you. But, one thing I’ve learned is that thriving relationships don’t come easy.
Category Archives: Personal Excellence
Let Go Of What You Can’t Control And Reap Massive Rewards
Frankl relays to us that we have the ability to choose our thoughts, our emotions and our actions.
One Word You Never Want to Leave Off Items On Your To-Do List
Spring is almost here for those of us in the four-season-belt of the U.S. Flowers bloom, birds sing and life returns as the chill of winter subsides. Despite the budding all around us, many people find this to be a grueling time of the year. The holidays seem ages ago and summer vacation seems eons away. Oh, and those New Year’s resolutions, how are those coming along? I’d say it’s time for a booster shot to get us refocused, energized and taking actionable steps toward our goals again.
3 Tactics to Corral Nervousness and ACE Your Next Performance
Should You Keep Your Goals A Secret?
Retrain Your Resistance: 3 Steps to More Productive Thinking
3 Myths That May Be Suffocating Your Potential
Strengths: No Longer a Secret Sauce
5:00 AM: Up And At ‘Em (How Incremental Change Made It Happen)
What I Learned About Change From A Walk On The Moon
To begin our adventures in 2013, my wife, Laura, and I took a walk on the moon. Okay, well, not quite. Actually, we visited White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. Prior to our exploration of what seemed like another world, we surveyed the exhibits and learned about what makes White Sands so special. We learned that these beautiful gypsum dunes are constantly moving and changing. While some dunes move only a few feet per year, others are making strides of up to 30 feet per year. That just blew me away. The dunes that move the furthest are changing the most and do so as they gain and lose tiny particles of the gypsum every day. It happens little by little.