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Some Things Are Not Optional It happens to all of us. We're going about our day, hot on the trail of checking off items on our never-ending To-Do list. Then, we discovered that we didn't get everything done before time ran out.  When my Son was entering the workforce, we would often find time to catch up on weekends. He was trying to navigate the business world while balancing his life. He had a fast-paced job and had become a productivity ninja. He was proud of his color-coded To-Do list and calendar, but he had a problem - "Dad, no matter how organized I am, I still can't get everything done. I'm writing everything down, and I'm working through it, and I still run out of time. What am I not doing right?" My first thought was how happy I was that he had the clarity of mind to look beyond the obvious solution. Then, I had a few questions - You say you have accounted for everything. How much time did you allocate for eating lunch or running down to the coffee shop today? How many times did you visit the restro

Are You Pushing Too Hard? Have you ever found yourself in a motivated state of mind and pushing through the day?  Do you feel like everybody is hitting you with everything they have?  Blocked. Stalled. Frustrated. It is easy to want to push harder. When I was a teenager, I liked to play football, not with the school team. Uniforms and protective equipment made that too easy. It was more fun to get together after school for a rough and tumble. A game of shirts and skins with the same guys who typically wear protective gear was much more fun. One afternoon, in a particularly spirited game, though, I wasn't having as much fun as I usually did. My attitude that day was one of total domination. I arrived at the field of battle with the absolute intent of pushing as hard as possible and winning the day. The only problem was another player had the same intention. And he was knocking the crap out of me with every hike of the ball.  Play after play, we would crash into each other as much force as we could muster. Neit

Self-Inflicted Changes ROCK A couple of years ago, the world changed when we were all introduced to Coronavirus. It was as if we were racing down the Interstate at 75 miles per hour, slammed on our breaks, and directed off the nearest exit on an undefined detour. It all seemed to happen in an instant. The pandemic caused real pain and loss for some. Fear and stress for others. Still, as surreal as it was, it wasn't long before most people began to notice the craziness of our previous lives replaced with a 'new normal' - one that felt more like a 'new nothing.'  Much to our surprise, life slowed to a crawl, schedules changed, and we found contentment by not chasing every shiny object that life presented. The pandemic pause caused people to reevaluate life from the inside out. While it happens all the time, this time, we noticed it. How many times have you found yourself in an impossible situation that ended with one action?  You paid off debt, quit a job, you said goodbye to a bad relationship? How many times

Powerful and Purposeful Goal Setting   I've always believed goal setting is the heartbeat of our lives.  Goal setting is one of the most powerful tools you have to create your best life. My question to you is… do you know what your best life is supposed to be? I came upon my belief not from a book or a guru but from a realization I had many years ago. I found I was happy when I was chasing something bigger than myself that was also in alignment with how I felt on the inside. I was unhappy when I was checking items off my list and not honoring my true self. After years of pondering, I concluded that a purposeful outcome would eliminate frustration and boredom and generate excitement and enthusiasm.  That leads me to the two definitions of goals: 1) The end toward which effort is directed. 2) An area or object toward which players in various games attempt to advance a ball or puck and usually through or into which it must go to score points. Most people treat goals like the number two, a To-Do list, with a shor

What? The Best Death Ever? You are a goal-setting machine. That’s not to say you are setting, working toward, and accomplishing more goals than anybody else. It’s the way your brain is wired. If that’s the case, why is it that reaching your goal can leave you feeling lost? In 2006, I had a life-changing moment that happened in the middle of the night. My wife, Sheryl, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and my world crashed. Even worse, they told me there wasn’t anything I could do about it.  In my world, those are fighting words. The following six weeks were a whirlwind of miracle-searching activity, including a trip to Costa Rica for alternative treatment. As the weeks passed, the reality of what was coming became real. Sheryl would not survive. We called Hospice. In the coming days, we settled into a routine that no family ever wants to go through, and that gave me the idea to call a meeting. I proposed a new goal with my kids around my wife’s bed.  “If this is going to happen, why don’t we make it the bes

Knowing Your Why AND Why Not Getting what you want in life will be two things… It will be easier than you can imagine or harder than you ever thought possible. The journey will be exciting and scary. Looking back, you will be glad you did it, yet wonder if you will ever do it again. That's why WHY is so important. You must know WHY you are doing anything to sustain your efforts. And it must be YOUR why, not somebody else's. You must own your WHY, understand your WHY, and live your WHY. Many folks are not clear on WHY, or they do it for others or other reasons. Sometimes, you might put up with one thing, hoping you'll get something else. I’m sure that you’ve found that's not the way it works. Remember, what you focus on expands. That means you’ll get more of putting up with stuff if that's what you focus on. It's true. Knowing WHY you don't want to do something is as essential as knowing WHY you want something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leveraging Life Cycles My friend Louis Gates introduced me to his Life Cycle theory years ago. I’m in an inspiring year.  Where are you? Cycles begin at birth and advances every nine years like this: Year 1: You decide what you want and start asking for it.   Year 2: As the pieces come together, you narrow your focus. Year 3: The resources you need begin to arrive.   Year 4: You find yourself moving toward your purpose in life. Year 5: Re-evaluation begins. Toss out what you don’t need and keep what works. Year 6: Your focus intensifies, and you work with the resources you’ve decided will benefit you. Year 7: You take stock of things that no longer serve you. Year 8: Clearing the clutter begins. It’s almost time to start the next cycle. Year 9: You explore and decide what you want to do in the next cycle. Look back on your life and notice how your Life Lifecycle is always in play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life-Changing Success Habits Whatever results you want in your life will be produced by your thoughts, actions, and daily habits. Most people work hard every day to make their world better. But, no matter how hard you work, life will get in the way. That’s life. That’s life’s job. That will always be life’s job. No matter how much you try, life will get in the way - and you may have noticed - you can’t think your way out of it.   But what if you didn’t have to? What if you could stop life from getting in the way of what you want? In a survey of 233 self-made millionaires, there was a huge difference in what they do daily vs lower-income earners - and they do it automatically.   They use the power of habit—figure out what they want and how to get it, and keep repeating until they get what you want. Set it and forget it. Right now, you might be sleeping in, reading occasionally, and going with the flow instead of focusing on your flow. Successful folks get up early, read a lot, and spend 15-30 minutes daily on

Focusing ON Focus  Here we are, entering the most distraction-filled time of the year.   How can you keep moving toward your goals when everything else is in the way? With Singular Focus. Singular means extraordinary, remarkable, and exceptional. Focus is a central point of attraction, attention, or activity. It’s time to focus on one activity that will move you forward. You simply won’t have time for everything else. How do you get Singular Focus? 1) Reduce your things-to-do Universe. Choose an essential item and get it done during the upcoming busy season. 2) Remember. You can have everything, but not at the same time.   3) Reduce as much interference as possible. With all the buzz coming, plan small amounts of time to work on your goal. It’s a simple truth - When you are busy with life, too many extras will bog you down. Apply Singular Focus to your most important goal. Save the others until next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Success Principles You Need You may have heard that you will elevate your station in life to the degree that you elevate yourself. Since you are reading this today, consider yourself elevated. Even more so if you do these: 1) Acknowledge that all emotions come from within you. 2) Seek out someone you respect. Let them keep you honest. 3) Recognize there is life after failure. 4) Read purposefully. Apply your knowledge. 5) Challenge yourself to be brutally honest in everything you do. 6) Reflect on what you spend the most time on. 7) Remind yourself that you weren’t meant to procrastinate. 8) Put the phone away. Be present. 9) Time is your most precious resource. Fact. Can you imagine how much you can change in your life when you live by those principles? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Waking Up With Gratitude I woke up this morning with an incredible zest to expand my feeling of gratefulness. Well, there is not so much to expand as to recognize all the things I am grateful for but haven’t thought about lately. That’s the thing about living in a fast-paced world where our daily activities, big and small, fly by and are quickly forgotten. It’s always been that way. There is nothing new in the world. That got me thinking about one of my favorite quotes — “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” —Robert Brault As a no-regrets guy, I admit to sometimes not living in gratitude. Thankfully, the wisdom of others is always making sure I remember what is important— Here are a few of my favorites. “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.”—Frank A. Clark “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” —Eckhart Tolle “Who does not thank

You Will Change When You Wear Yourself Out Many have said, "Life is a marathon, not a sprint."  But what happens when you find yourself doing both at the same time?  If you've been living on this planet for any time, you've figured out life is a long game made of day-to-day sprints.  You make small deposits over time if you want a big bank balance. If you want to lose weight, you make small reductions over time. If you want to get a promotion at your job, you do well every day.  The challenge happens when you have not defined the marathon you are running. A lack of a specific goal can only lead to daily activity that may or may not get you to your destination. If that happens to you, you may feel worn out, frustrated, and wondering when things will turn around.  There's good news. That kind of thinking means you are on the right track to success. Certain stamina is required to reach any goal. And society today celebrates your ability to put in the hard work no matter what.  There's only one problem.  If it's

Why You Should Set Impossible Goals I recently attended a conference where I enjoyed a presentation by Psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy. Honestly, I’ve been a fan of his work for a couple of years and am familiar with most of his working concepts.  This time… one stood out. In my day-to-day work, it’s not uncommon for clients to struggle with narrowing a goal to one with enough meaning to propel them into action. In most cases, it’s a struggle between the important and the impossible. A goal must be important enough to excite you, but that can also make it seem impossible and scare you. But that’s what you want and need. According to Dr. Hardy, when you limit your goals to only the most important and almost impossible from where you are today, you are forced to use a very tight filter to figure out how to make it happen.  In other words, taking random action will not help you reach an impossible goal.  Only a highly filtered, very disciplined, and nearly surgical approach will make it happen. If you are doing

How Purpose and Passion Make a Better Life From the time I was very young, I've been drawn to living a passionate life - no matter what gets in the way.  I've also had a solid purpose to impact people's lives while living a passionate life positively. Something can be challenging to archive 100% of the time. But isn't that the point of Passion and Purpose? Isn't it something that you just DO? Amazingly, for all the focus on living a purposeful and passion-filled life, there has been very little research. A solid definition has only been agreed upon in the last few years - and it says a lot. I'll let it speak for itself. Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, find important, and in which they invest time and energy.  Purpose is defined as a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something personally meaningful and, at the same time, leads to productive engagement with some aspect of the world beyond the self. As I've always said, "If you don't know your purpose,

Start With Definiteness of Purpose The more days that I leave footsteps on this planet, the more I realize that everything we need to know to become a better version of ourselves has already been invented.  Not only that, but everything that you could use to improve yourself has been tested by millions over thousands of years. It has either proven to be effective… or not.  Napoleon Hill’s The Law of Success is one of those that works. While it is filled with action steps to achieve whatever success you desire, my personal experience, and that from working with others, has convinced me that if you get the first one right, everything else falls into place.  Definiteness of Purpose. Specify EXACTLY what you want. Specify EXACTLY when you want it. Specify EXACTLY what you are willing to do. Specify EXACTLY why you want it. Yes. It can be confusing and frustrating to figure out your Definiteness of Purpose. But when you do, your life changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unleash Your Potential with Anticipation I love how kids live in the moment while also getting excited about the next fun thing coming. Maybe it’s time we all begin acting like kids again. Since you were young, special events excited you enough that sheer anticipation would drive you all day and keep you up at night. Would you like that back in your life?  The trick to harness the power of anticipation is to keep a steady stream of exciting moments in your future. I call this the Anticipation Engine. There are two things to keep in mind: 1) Your energy is dependent on getting excited about your future. Keep your list long. 2) Once an event passes, your excitement will disappear. Enjoy the current moment. Don’t rush ahead, but always have something fun coming next. Living a life of anticipation always gives a natural energy boost. If your life is bland - schedule something fun and get excited again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Embrace the Power of Goals and Live with Purpose Are you feeling excited to be alive today? It might be an excellent opportunity to become an intentional goal-setter. Goals are the heartbeat of your life.   They are tangible expressions of your Values. There's nothing more satisfying. You will always enjoy pursuing goals that align with the most significant Values. Goals are also automatic. Others will set them for you if you don't set them for yourself. You haven't set meaningful goals if you're not enjoying your life. It's simple. Decide what you want. Set a Goal. Create a plan. Set a deadline. Get to work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Invisibility to Prominence By Tooting Your Own Horn When I was a teenager, I was a weekend moviegoer. It was the age of Rocky and Star Wars, after all. While the experience was fun, something has stuck with me. The movie theatre always ran a commercial during the previews before the film. They wanted local business owners to buy an ad before every show. It went - "What happens when you don't advertise? NOTHING!" Yes, that's a great lesson for business owners. But what about YOU? If you want something more in your life, you need to toot your own horn so others can help you get it. That's how you manufacture endless opportunities in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Should be Unapologetically Unreasonable Are you a reasonable person? Maybe it is time for you to change. A reasonable person settles for the mundane and says, "It IS what it IS!"   An unreasonable person says, "That's fine, but I don't like it that way, and I don't accept it!" They change people's perception of what is. They create a different reality. They don't accept the norms.  Someone once told an off-color joke at a dinner party being held by Maya Angelou. She stopped the party and said, "I don't have that in my house. You will have to leave. Even after an apology, she stood her ground. "That's fine, that's for another time, but for today, you have to leave."  Some people are so afraid to offend that they are willing to be reasonable.  Be UNREASONABLE about your beliefs.  Take a stand and become known for it!  The world wants you to be reasonable and fit in. Don't do it. Be unreasonable! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Proven Methods for Maximum Productivity With only so many hours in the day, let’s start the week with a few ideas for being more productive. 1) Avoid meetings if possible. If you must, keep them short and sweet. 2) Incoming communication is nothing more than somebody else’s to-do list. Do your stuff first. 3) Organize your daily interruptions. They will never go away. You might as reasonably expect them. 4) Never schedule more than 50% of your day. That way, you can finish what you started. 5) No more multi-tasking. Finish one task before the next.   BAM! You just added 50% more productive time to your day.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices