I read lots of books. One of the things that happens when you read so much, is that you forget the lessons from one book if you don’t immediately apply them, or even worse you mistakenly combine lessons from one book with contradictory lessons from another another and...

“I don’t know what I want!” is a lament that I get from clients all the time. They know they want SOMETHING, but often times that comes in the form of “shoulds” that have been prescribed by someone else: parents, teachers, self-help gurus, industry standards, or the...

Alabama football coach Nick Saban wins football games. He also wins national championships...with regularity. During the eleven years Saban has served as head football coach, Alabama has compiled an overall official record of 146-21, 14 bowl game appearances with 10...

When it comes to achievement, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that we are often talented in the area of our giftedness. For instance, I believe that one of my gifts is that of being able to quickly a) see the path to a solution for a client and b)...

For many years now I’ve had a regular workout program. This program changes over time, but I rarely go for long periods without working on some “program.” For a long period of time (nearly three years) I was training for the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race. Before...

Okay, don’t STOP learning. I’m a HUGE advocate of learning. I listen to up to 7 different podcasts each week. I read 20-30 books a year. (Nobody reads 52 books a year) I subscribe to several business and coaching specific newsletters and feeds that I comb through...

In the early 2000’s I was introduced to a book by David Allen called Getting Things Done. At the time, the book was something of a cult- classic, and many of the people whothat I interacted with on a regular basis were raining praise on this new system of organizing...

In his book, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, Gary Keller implores us to ask the question: “What’s the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?" The idea behind this question is...

Well folks, it’s that time of the year again. As we roll into December and start preparing for Christmas, many of us are also looking forward to the New Year. It’s time for setting high hopes and making new lofty goals, right? New Year’s Resolutions are a pretty big...

I’m certain that the developers of the iPhone had nothing but the best intentions when designing the life-changing device. The ability to communicate from anywhere, organize your life on the go and even take all of your personal entertainment with you could really...

Each year, starting in around October, my family is forced (by me) to watch hours upon hours of Christmas Movies. I generally ease them in gently with movies that aren't overtly Christmassy like Home Alone, Love Actually and Gremlins (yep, it’s a Christmas movie), but...

Man, oh man, do I like breakfast! There’s nothing better to me than three eggs, tons of bacon, and a few pancakes smothered with butter and REAL maple syrup. Well, maybe nothing better EXCEPT being able to share this deliciousness with another person. Back in 2010,...