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Blog postPhoto by Sam Knight on Unsplash 4 Scientifically proven ways to boost your energy throughout the day A few years ago while I was building my agency I had a problem. I had no clue how to attack anything in my life with energy. I was working long hours, not sleeping well, and couldn’t motivate myself to do more. Success felt a world away.
I was smart enough to know that I needed to change something, but I was in a vicious sleep-deprived cycle.
You know the -
Blog postHow to determine when you should pivot your start-up according to a Stanford University Professor By definition entrepreneurs are not quitters. We persevere, push through barriers and succeed. But the most successful know when it’s time to quit.
When I say quit, I don’t mean throwing in the towel and giving up. That’s not it at all. It’s deciding to go a different direction.
We can often get caught up in the well thought-out plan but sometimes, actually, o -
Blog postPhoto by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash Why finding like-minded supportive people in your life can become your super power. Here’s why you need to find your tribe.
Today I was in a relay race. Seriously. I was on a two-person team. We had to do an inch-worm, a bear crawl, and well …you get the idea. It was awesome.
The average age of the participants? Probably close to thirty-five. I smiled the entire time. After the relay race, we had a push-up contest. Yep. I’m seri -
Blog postPhoto by Erik Dungan on Unsplash These habits that have been holding you back from the success you deserve. We all want to be successful, but we don’t want to face what’s holding us back. Many of us ignore blind spots, only to fall prey to our shortcomings down the line. So how can we trim the fat, cut our faults to the bone, and get into the habit of success?
Here are 10 toxic habits you need to destroy to allow success to find you:
1. Idolizing those who have alr -
Blog postIt’s been a remarkably awful year. A global pandemic, unscrupulous politicians, biased media pundits. You can be comfortable with being uncomfortable, but 2020 has been insanely difficult to motivate even the most resilient among us.
Not only is your work suffering, but your mind is starting to feel the heavy weight of life crashing down around you. Right now, things seem to be the worst they’ve ever been. Right now, you must dig deep to motivate yourself. Or you’ll start slippin -
Blog postYou have no interest in platitudes or fast track schemes. You work hard to get where you want to go. You lay a foundation of habits that support your biological system.
That foundation supports your intellectual system. When you feed that intellectual system it craves more. When that system craves more, it sparks creativity. That creativity feeds your spiritual system.
But you can only march in the direction you point.
You can point toward ordinary.
You can stay up -
Blog postHow to stay motivated in 2020 I’m not here to patronize you. We know if you walk with better posture, force a fake smile, or get a new haircut you can trick your brain and boost your self-confidence. Perhaps for 20 minutes, you’ll think you’re the next Richard Branson.
I’m here to tell you there are proven ways to improve your self-confidence that will drive real, long lasting change in your life.
1. Meditate When we feel insecure, it manifes -
Blog postI’m an avid reader. It’s the best way I know to “sharpen my axe”and continuously improve. Last year I read 40 books. Included among them is a favorite that I’ve read three times already. Carol Dweck’s Mindset: “The New Psychology of Success.
In her book Carol outlines the distinction between a Fixed Mindset vs. a Growth Mindset.
Those with a Fixed Mindset believe that intelligence is static. They avoid challenges, give up easily, and see effort as fruitless. They also ign -
Blog postI’d like to challenge you to extract all hyperbole from your new years resolutions.
Make no unatainable claims. Make no bombastic declarations of life changing mastery.
Instead I’d like to challenge you to be brave and address these 7 key anchors to having a better year. They’ll take daily time and attention, but they’ll have the greatest impact.
1. Get in your own skin.
Read the last email you sent at work. Ask yourself if you were writing to your s -
Blog postWhy You Need to Stop Asking For Permission We’re all guilty of it. Feelings of insecurity creep into even the most self-assured mind. You weren’t always that way. Yet, somehow you find yourself doing it. “No, I couldn’t do that.” You’ve gotten v-e-r-y comfortable in your routine.
You used to be filled with hope and vision. Now you realize that things aren’t what they seemed. So you toe the line. You follow the rules. You lay low, and stay off the radar. You try not to cause your boss
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Your World is Exploding: How Social Media is Changing Everything—and how you need to Change with it.
Jan 22, 2012
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