Win the Day Big goals typically are not achieved in a day. I cannot lose 40lbs today. I cannot go from out of shape to marathon ready in a day. I’m probably not going to double my income today. We cannot climb a mountain by taking one big step. However, we can climb that same […]
Poking holes in the other side of the life raft
November 17, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Poking holes in the other side of the life raft Imagine being in a life raft, poking holes in the other side of the life raft, and then laughing because those people are getting wet. That would be a very short sighted strategy. So, how often have we applied this strategy? Have you ever taken […]
Minnows, Whales, and Books
October 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Minnows, Whales, and Books When we hang around minnows we stay small. When we hang around whales we grow. A great success strategy is to be around and be influenced by world class performers – people who see bigger possibility, more opportunity, more abundance, more solutions, know things we don’t, have greater kindness, and the […]
Shoulds hold us in the past
August 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Value of one push up
August 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Value of one push up One push up. Does it really matter? By itself, one pushup is insignificant. It isn’t going to change our bodies. But we cannot have a lot of pushups without a bunch of individual insignificant pushups. So, maybe one pushup isn’t so insignificant after all. Each one matters. Each one we […]
Unfolding Perfectly
August 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Unfolding Perfectly Being in Alaska has given me several opportunities to reflect on my life and how it has perfectly unfolded. Looking back, I can see those forks in the road where if I had turned a different direction, my life would look very different than it does now. Laura, who took us on a […]
Insight into action
August 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Insight into action We can have insight all day long but if we don’t put it into action. . . The more volume of action we have, the more chances we have to hit home runs. Even the great creative geniuses were a volume play. Inventor, Thomas Edison, accumulated 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions. […]
Owning our value and expertise
July 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Owning our value and expertise I got a call today from a past client. She was very excited because she had collected two nice checks in the last week for something that she used to do for free. She had learned to appropriately value her own expertise and experience. She had learned that she is […]
The right amount of rest
July 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The right amount of rest Every year we climb the Manitou Incline http://www.visitcos.com/manitou-incline-near-colorado-springs-colorado when my daughter comes to visit. The incline is 1 mile of stairs going straight up the side of a mountain and then a 4-mile hike back down. Yesterday Sabine decided not to go so it was just Sierra and I. We completed the […]
Work the Plan
June 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Work the Plan Work the plan or work the system is common advice. Work this exercise and diet plan and you will slim down. Work this system and you will grow your business. And sure enough, there are many people who have worked it and got the desired results. However, there are usually far more […]
