One Way To Become An Extraordinary Human Being
Getting great at being a great human being involves being fully present. Presence is rare these days – and a phenomenal gift to give those who intersect your days. Being fully present and genuinely engaged (versus checking messages or rehearsing your answer) as you hear the speaker makes the other person feel important, understood and […]
The High-Performer’s Perfect Refuel
When you get out into “the wild” (I love to do a one hour nature walk at the end of my work day but the wilderness for you could be a quiet room in your home or running through your neighborhood), your brain waves slow down from beta to alpha. When this happens–amid solitude–the part […]
The 60/10 Method For Superhuman Productivity
Good research confirms that what makes the best athletes the best in the world is not what they do in their sport but how effectively they recover. For example, it was the rituals that star tennis players did in between points that made them stars. What made the Russian weightlifters so undefeatable was their “work-rest […]
The Spiritual Beauty of Deep Difficulty
All adversity carries with it greater opportunity. Understand that the real reason for your life is to use what happens as fuel for your growth. As I wrote a fair amount about in The 5AM Club where Mr. Riley is teaching his students how to “enter the magic” while they meet on a vineyard in […]
To Lead is to Serve
The more people you enroll in your mighty mission and the more lives you serve, the more good things will unfold in your future. And the more humans you help the more fortune will help you.
Purify Your Heartset To Maximize Your Power
To heal an emotional wound you need to feel the emotional wound. Our society encourages suppression and repression of natural feelings. And so the majority escapes from this unconscious “field of hurt” into distraction, procrastination and addiction.
1 Daily Ritual That Predicts Success
Learn one of Robin Sharma's SOPs [standard operating procedures] that he encourages you to wire into your daily life through consistent practice, because as you know so well: Consistency is the Mother of Mastery.
One Way To Understand People Who Have Hurt You
Learn to forgive those who have hurt you. Everyone is doing the best they can, based on where they are at on their human journey. Their criticism is awesome soil within which to grow your faith in yourself. And your ironclad trust in your finest instincts. Bless them rather than cursing them. For they are […]
The Twin Cycles of Elite Performance
Elite performance without deep recovery leads to the depletion of your productive assets. Rest isn’t a luxury—it’s an absolute NECESSITY [for growth and the full expression of your gifts + talents]. There’s a full chapter in The 5AM Club on the model that has been so helpful to the titans of industry, sports superstars and […]
Bulletproof Your Interior Life To Become Undefeatable In Hard Times
For those who have been doing the early morning work to fortify their 4 Interior Empires of Mindset, Heartset, Healthset and Soulset this period of deep volatility will present opportunities to create, grow, strengthen and serve.