Mindset
Take Control of Your Life With This One Word
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford Your thoughts dictate your actions. This isn’t a revelatory concept. And yet, many of us are sabotaging ourselves on a daily basis with our words and thoughts. There is one word in particular that’s beating us before we even begin. A…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question in Any Negotiation
Negotiations, you either love’em, or they inspire such awkward dread that you curl into the fetal position and simply give up before ever actually advocating for yourself. There’s something unique about the American perspective on negotiations. In most other places around the globe, haggling is the norm. In fact, for many people, it’s all part…
Read MoreThe Secret to a Winning Morning Routine
The quest for improved productivity is Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our weird, strange…
Read MoreThe Socratic Method for the Modern Leader
I love answering people’s questions. It fills my ego with an almost perverse sort of glee when somebody comes to me with a question I definitively know the answer to. The joy my ego derives is directly linked to the unspoken power I now wield over the other person. Now, you might disagree, thinking the…
Read MoreThe 4 Ways of Getting More Done By Doing Less
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi Earlier this week I sat at a big conference table alongside some really smart people, with many important tasks vying for their attention, and (like all of us) too little time to complete them all. I’d…
Read MoreThe Reason Most People Fail To Achieve Their Goals
Coaching The Negative There’s a reason the majority of New Years Resolutions fail. It’s because goal-setting is easy. Following through, on the other hand… well, that’s something else entirely. For most of us, setting a goal is initially met with a swell of motivation. That’s the brain rewarding you with little dopamine-kisses. Filling you with…
Read MoreA New Sort of Motivation
Motivation is a fickle beast. Some days I beat the sun out of bed and meditate my way to the coffee machine while doing Pilates. Then I sit down at the keyboard and words drop from my fingertips while my mind cycles through a monk-like-zen that doesn’t snap until a handful of hours have passed…
Read MoreThe 4 Steps to Mastery
“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.” Michelangelo When I started out writing, I knew nothing. Well, no…maybe not nothing. So, just enough to get myself into trouble. I knew how to put words on a page. And I knew how to string together…
Read More3 Investments to Make in Yourself Today
How many hours this week did you invest in yourself? How you spend your time is the clearest indicator of what you value in life. Make it yourself.
Read MoreBreaking the Multitasking Myth
Raise your hand if you think you’re an above-average multitasker. Okay, so obviously I can’t see you through the computer, so I have no idea how many of you actually raised your hands (hopefully it was more of a mental hand raise than a physical thing anyhow). Lucky for us, I’m not the first person…
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