How You React Is Your Karma
Some people are having a bad day. Some people are just a-holes. Learn the difference. Walk away from one. Don’t trade your integrity for compensation.
A Dream You Dream Together Is Reality
When I ask a client about their dreams (not goals — dreams) I sometimes get funny looks. But when we put a plan against the dream and work it year over year, miracles manifest.
Choose Growth Over Safety
A baby bird in the nest appears safe. Until it flies, it’s actually the most vulnerable. Go forward, even when the way is difficult.
Hope is Not a Plan — But It’s the Power Behind One
100 names on your desk. Call them all and success is inevitable. Is that hope, or faith, or just math?
Wimp Junction: The Herculean Choice
Sports psychologist Pete Grieder had a concept: at every moment, two roads diverge. The easy one. The hard one. Take the hard one.
Belief Over Accuracy: The Deep Roots Never Doubt Spring Will Come
A PhD dissertation taught me that confident wrong people beat truthful uncertain people. Why your business plan needs belief baked into it.
Play to Win, or Get Off the Ice
If you play hockey, you might as well win. If you’re in business, you might as well work to win. Hit the gym early. Hit the office at 7am. Or get off the ice.
Why Beats How
Nietzsche knew it. A single parent working 60 hours a week knows it. The new salesperson making 100 cold calls knows it. A strong enough WHY conquers any HOW.
Not Wholly Good Nor Bad
Shakespeare was right: there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Binary thinking is preschool-level — the real world demands nuance.
Level Up
If life were a video game and you could improve your stats, what would the best version of you look like?