A Simple Yet Uncommon Way to Win
One of the primary reasons that people and organizations fail to get to greatness is that they try to be too many things to too many people. I’ll use the Confucius quote I often use here: “Man who chases two rabbits catches neither.” The most successful human beings are wildly focused. They have a very […]
Commit to Craft Mastery to Lead Your Field
Be a master of your craft. Titans of their fields get that elite performance takes years of deep training. They see themselves as apprentices, learning the skill (often at the feet of a master) step by step, day by day. They commit to their education. They ritualize the discipline. They understand greatness takes time. To […]
Leave People Better Than You Found Them
To be great is to be of use. And an instrument of service. May each of us reclaim our power and then deploy it to produce beautiful work that inspires our neighbors, lifts our communities and upgrades humanity. To lead is to simply refuse to allow excuses to demean your genius. And may each of […]
One of the Biggest Lessons Life Has Taught Me?
All fortune begins within—with you loving who you are, embracing your talents, taking really great care of you by avoiding toxic influences, ensuring that you are well treated by others and nurturing your body through exercise, exposure to nature, a healthy diet, sunlight and lots of deep rest. Few things are as valuable as you […]
Victims Love Entertainment + Extraordinary Producers Adore Education
One of the things I adore about my readers is their unusual love of reading. …in a culture of entertainment and celebrity, they good deep (to get really strong). …at a time when cyber zombies rule the earth, my brave readers carve out time as the sun comes up to consume great books (that upgrade […]
One Rule to Reclaim Your Highest Glory
Your excuses are liars, your doubts are thieves. The more times in a day that you rationalize why you can’t become all that you wish to be or handcraft the life that your best self wants, the more you’ll hardwire the neural circuit of that belief into your brain. And that which you keep practicing […]
Keep Moving Forward [KMF]
We all experience seasons in the wilderness where we feel alone, confused, and challenged. Yet, please remember that turbulence is necessary for transformation. And things must fall apart for things to be built up in a greater way. The suffering will morph into strength. The wounds will grow into wisdom. The volatility will—eventually—yield a more […]
How [Real] Superstars Grow Better Daily
The titans of business fully understand that the way you run your day sets up the caliber of your focus and the quality of your performance. To dominate your domain you absolutely need to learn the daily rituals of superstardom. Once you do, nothing will ever be the same for you. To help you stay […]
Be Anti-Superficial for Life Victory in 2022
Most of my free time is spent on personal growth, family activities and conversations with my friends—many of whom are artists. If you allow naysayers and people who minimize your ideas and creations, your productivity will be restricted. And over time, you’ll begin to operate like them. You see: —even a single conversation with someone […]
The Hidden Danger of Success?
When you become really popular in your marketplace, it’s really easy to stop doing the very things that made you popular and successful. That is one of the key things I really want you to think about and almost deconstruct in your mind. What is your "winning formula", and how can you continually be innovating […]