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Some things never cease to amaze me. I speak with entrepreneurs, executives, and businesspeople every day and have concluded that many lack the skills or drive to plan their day, let alone their lives. This neglected skill is what drives 80-hour workweeks and dull lives.  I’m not talking about anything complicated here. It’s not very…

Last week, I was interviewing a young woman, a recent college graduate, for a position in my business coaching practice. She was great! She came to the meeting prepared, dressed for business, and had done her homework. It was so refreshing that I caught myself smiling.  I was smiling because this sharp young woman was…

Fear is a scary thing.  Fear can paralyze us, and fear can energize us. Fear is a psychological drug affecting us all differently. We can fear failure. We can fear embarrassment and rejection. Worse yet, we can fear life, and we can fear death. And, with every step, we limit our potential.  Fears of any…

I’ve come to believe that one of the most significant deterrents to success, rampant within our known galaxy, is the simple fact that some people take too many precautions in life. They double-check, and triple-check, and they double-check their triple-check. They think, and they overthink. Often, this happens because a person is trying too hard…

I had a nightmare the other night. In my sleep, I lived in a world where I could not trust anything I heard or saw, because everything, EVERYTHING, in our world was based on non-human thinking and logic. Artificial Intelligence runs the world.  And then, I breathlessly awoke, shaking and covered in sweat, with the…

If success is influenced by learning to laugh at your mistakes, then sometimes, I would be absolutely hilarious. In my entrepreneurial career, I’ve made many mistakes. In fact, I’ll admit that some of them were world-class doozies.  But one of the most valuable lessons about personal and professional success I ever learned was this simple…

Optimism is overrated. Dreaming is as well.  I first wrote about this in 2021. Fast-forward to today, and I believe more than ever that optimism is hard work. Having the gumption to dream is even more challenging. Life is not always easy when I’m my usual upbeat self.  There can be a high cost to…

I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get back to you. I…was…abducted by aliens and held for a week…yeah, that’s it, I was kidnapped. I don’t know about you, but I’m not too keen on people who always have an excuse. When I work with one of my business coaching clients and all I get…

It’s 1 am or so. I’m not really sure what time zone I’m in. I’m at 35,000 feet somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on my way to Dublin, Ireland, where I’m presenting a keynote speech in two days.  I can’t sleep. Everyone around me is.  Not me. I’ve tried everything. I’ve already watched two bad…

No one likes a whiner.  Please, if you don’t like something, don’t whine and blubber to everyone who will listen. Just shut up and do something about it.  I don’t do well around whiners. Coping with them is nearly impossible. Whining is a form of weakness, insecurity, and low confidence. I’ll even take it a…