Self-Forgiveness As a Productivity Accelerator
Forgiveness is a productivity accelerator and understanding is the gateway into forgiveness. And you can't give to the world what you don't give to yourself, right? All humans have an inner monologue—a voice within that either lifts you up or tears you down. This inner dialogue is formed by what our parents, teachers and friends […]
A Potent Practice to Help You Release Magic Into the World
Balance matters when producing the projects that most speak to the greatest part of you. To spend time with beauty is to enrich your relationship with beauty. And the more your sensibility around what magic looks like increases the more you’ll be able to bring such magic into your work. Yes the world is […]
The Best Way to Upgrade Your Happiness Is to Trust Life
I have learned that life shows up always for your fortune and never for your failure. Yes: the best way to upgrade your happiness is to trust life… …the universe does have your back.…your higher power knows what it’s doing.…good things happen to people who do good things. And karma is real. If you’d like to learn the […]
How Iconic Performers Shift from BUSY to PRODUCTIVE
Don’t confuse busy with productive nor movement with progress. The best of the best—especially in the creative and athletic fields—generally only work 5 hours a day. Yet, the hours they are working are filled with peak work versus distracted toil. I’ve explained “The 5 Great Hours Rule” in my latest book The Everyday Hero Manifesto […]
The Saint and the CEO? [Grow Your Self-Love to Scale Your Empire]
You can be part saint and part CEO and business titan. By learning how to appreciate, respect and honor yourself MUCH more. By growing in self-love you’ll: …refuse to accept mediocrity in your work because you know you deserve to push magic into the market. …avoid dealing with people who don’t see your greatness and […]
The #1 Method to Build Self-Respect
The one thing the world's most successful producers all have in common? They lean into the things that make them feel scared – because greatness comes from the consistent doing of hard things and the discomfort of growth is always to be preferred over the illusion of safety. If you’d like to learn the tools, […]
The Team of Picassos Concept [Decode the #1 Strategy to Hire Top Producers]
Monumental leaders are brilliant at hiring top producers and this brilliance was born through the failed hiring of terrible producers. They understand that if they are talking—in frustration—about a difficult employee to their spouse each evening, it’s a clear sign it’s time to (respectfully) let that teammate go. You simply cannot build an A-Level company […]
One of the BEST Habits a Human Being Can Install?
Getting up at dawn and spending an hour making yourself wiser, calmer, stronger and deeper is one of the best habits a human being can install. How you perform under pressure depends on how well you’ve prepared for the battle. Legendary athletes will tell you that games are won before a foot is set on […]
The High Excellence Cycle + The Deep Refuelling Cycle
The masterful artist’s life isn’t always in the world. Peak creativity occurs by relaxing into the two main seasons of high-productivity. If you're serious about becoming a virtuoso, balance periods of being in the world with periods in the wilderness of isolation, contemplation, reflection and renewal. Such times are not a waste. Actually, it’s essential […]
Relentlessly Devote to Becoming a Great Master At Your Art
The secret of mastery (arguably) lives in a single word. Minimalism. I’ve been teaching this for two decades. Saying that “minimalism isn’t just a design vibe. It’s a lifestyle.” Encouraging human beings in fiery pursuit of their private Mount Everests to do less to achieve more. …To stop chasing complexity and obsess with simplicity. …To […]