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Crescendo Living
Crescendo is a musical term for a passage played with a gradual increase in volume or intensity and in other context means any steady increase…
November 17, 2020
There is no Finish Line
There is no finish line, only another day and another race. Yes, death awaits us all but I am speaking of the finish line in…
November 3, 2020
Three Questions That Determine the Success of Your Pitch (And That Your Boss May Not Realize They Are Asking Themselves)
Quite frankly, ideas are a dime a dozen, even good ideas. It’s in the EXECUTION that most ideas succeed or fail. And odds are that…
September 17, 2020
An Invincible Summer
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus, 1913-1960 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, @…
August 4, 2020
Success = Intense Desire + Intelligent Action
“Goal achievement is more about depth and strength and power of one’s desire than aught else. Laser intensity and long hours combined with openness to…
June 25, 2020
Time is Not Created Equal
All minutes are not the same! The value of a minute varies according to the time of day and YOUR corresponding energy levels. If you…
January 21, 2020
The Easiest Way is often the Hardest Way
Why? Because the easiest way out of most difficult situations is the quickest way back in! Quick fix “solutions” (painting over rust) don’t last. When…
December 26, 2019
31,557,600 Seconds
There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year or 525,960 minutes or 8,766 hours. We are all granted the exact same amount of seconds, minutes, and…
December 10, 2019
You Attract Who You Are
How do you feel about that? Are you ok with what you are attracting? The world around you will begin to change as you begin…
November 5, 2019
What Makes You You?
What makes you you? Different from everyone else? What are your unique skills, interests, and talents? Your fears, your hopes? Your strengths, your weaknesses? What…
September 19, 2019
Default Mode v. Choice
What do you think about when you think about nothing? What do you do when you have nothing to do? What do you do when…
August 20, 2019
Ordinary Thinking Gets You an Ordinary Existence
Ordinary thinking is what passes most of the time for thinking i.e. “the action of using one’s mind to produce thoughts”. Ordinary thinking requires little to…
August 15, 2019
Mental Contrasting: A Motivational Secret
We usually think of motivation as being about Desire or Want Power or Will Power and all those are or can be significant components. But…
July 25, 2019
10 Things the Most Successful People Are Always Doing
1) Planning their Lives, Working their Plan. Ordinary folks with a plan will go further than a genius without a plan. Most folks go the…
January 31, 2019
Count Your Blessings: Make it Truly a Day of Thanksgiving
Want to cheer yourself up? Find energy on even the darkest days? Count your blessings! Enumerate all the things you have to be thankful for,…
November 20, 2018
There is This Place
And then it happens… A morning dawns and you realize that all is good. All is as it should be. Your mind is calm. Your…
October 9, 2018
Buttons
“Most of us respond like machines when life or people push our buttons. Freedom, wisdom, growth, maturity: they all lie in that space between…
October 2, 2018
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got
Too often we focus on our lacks, our weaknesses, on barriers that are in our way and thus flirt with creating a victim identity. If…
September 13, 2018
You Don’t Want to Hear This
You can do more, accomplish more. No matter how busy you are, there is always a way. A way to become better at doing what…
September 11, 2018
Slow Down to Go Faster
Folks, I’m the original “Fire in the Belly, Burning Sense of Urgency” guy. I’m a hyper-active entrepreneur who likes to hit the ground running and…
August 9, 2018
My Advice to a New Parent
NSC, First time parent with twins on the way. I know you’re busy, so feel free to ignore this as I will eventually learn and…
July 24, 2018
Seven Ways to Sabotage Yourself
Sometimes looking at opposites brings things into greater clarity… Be Reactive: Give away your personal power; hold others responsible for your emotions and reactions. See…
July 19, 2018
Energy Management Trumps Time Management
What you focus on expands, thoughts held in mind attract in kind. Stop managing your time; start managing your focus, your thoughts, and your energy.…
July 10, 2018
The Phrase That De-Powers: “I’ll Try”
Trying isn’t doing. As Yoda said, “No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” Saying “I’ll try” is a weak response that does not create confidence; “I’ll try” is almost a pre-excuse for…
July 5, 2018
Are you Running on Default Mode?
Default mode is taking the easy way out, the path of least resistance, accepting the status quo without question or meaningful demur. People tend to…
May 22, 2018
Heart Like a River
Take a handful of salt and pour it into a drinking glass of water and the water becomes bitter, undrinkable. Pour the same handful into…
May 17, 2018