How to change what you think about exercise

What do you believe? I just returned from a week of working with clients in Maryland and Pennsylvania and as I’m flying home I realized I was able to exercise 4 out of the 5 days.  Maybe for some of you that’s not a big deal but for me it’s signified a total lifestyle change. […]

How to Make Your Ideas Happen

What’s Your Take Away? On my flight home from Boston I finished the book Making Ideas Happen.  Something that is totally exciting for me is that it was actually a book my son Andrew discovered, purchased and now I’m benefitting from his development.  It’s very cool to see your kids grow and become amazing adults!  I’m typing this blog […]

Using Nozbe to Increase Your Productivity

I just discovered a new app called Nozbe and I’ve finally gotten to the point of “mind like water”.  If you’ve ever been there, you know how freeing it can be!  Here is one simple idea that I’m using to free my mind: Capture Every Idea and “To-do” into a Trusted System Here is how I do […]

Combing your Passion with a Plan

2 Keys You Need for Top Performance For our memorial day we spent the day in downtown Greenville to witness the U.S. National Cycling Championships.  This is a 4 hour race through the downtown streets and nearby mountains of the upstate of South Carolina.  As I’m watching the race, sitting at a small restaurant with […]

Why Focus is Important

A Story that can Change your Life When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline. The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold. They decided to […]

How to Take Your Passion to the Next Level

Your Passion Creates Your Destination Passion is so powerful because it’s intrinsic.  Many times when leaders try to motivate people they do it extrinsically, “more money” is the classic example.  The problem is, this hardly every works.  Try connecting with your why and the how-to will appear.  Your why is attached to your passion, It’s […]

How To Do Your Best Everyday

Here are 4 quick ideas to make this year, your BEST year! Wake up early everyday The early bird always gets results while others sleep.  You’ll never hit your goals without planning time and the best time for this is before your day starts! Love what you do everyday If you don’t love it, you […]

How To Craft A Mission Statement!

The Power of a Mission Statement Mission statements are those inspiring words chosen by the leader to clearly communicate the direction of an organization.  This is a great method to communicate your intentions and motivate your team to a common vision.  With a mission statement you can define your organization’s purpose and objectives.  The key […]

How to get better so your business gets better

When You Get Better, Your Business Gets Better Last month I was a part of Michael Allosso’s workshop, “You on Your Best Day”.  If you ever get the opportunity, don’t miss the chance to be in one of his trainings!  A large portion of the day was devoted to working on your personal presentation skills. […]

Incorporating the 3 Vital Concepts of Top Performing Organizations

I wanted to give everyone a preview of my new webinar series, “Strategy Execution”.  In researching high-performance organizations I’ve found 3 attributes: Top Performance Organizations are Learning Learning is the pathway to continual mastery in any endeavor.  It’s only through learning that we continually re-create ourselves.  A learning organization is one that continually expands it’s […]

How You Can Stay out of the Drama Triangle

Last Thursday I spoke at the Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce.  Many of the participants told me that one of their major take-aways was an understanding of how not to enter the The Drama Triangle.  I think it works with people, the way the Bermuda Triangle works with planes.  We’ve heard of planes entering the Bermuda Triangle […]

How to Change in Order to Grow

One of the fundamental rules in problem solving is that you rarely come up with a solution until you understand the cause.  Whenever I’m working with people I try to get to the root before I change the fruit.  There is a reason why and discovering it, is half the battle!  After decades of working […]