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Something to Do in 2023 To Live a Better Life
Live Life on Purpose To be happy, life must have meaning, a direction, a focus… but the meaning of life is not a question we…
December 27, 2022
Showing Up Clean
At its simplest level, “Showing Up Clean” means having an open mind. Easy words to say but the ability to calmly hear opinions you disagree…
December 1, 2022
In Praise of Philoponia
Philoponia is a concept associated with the Stoics and its literal translation from the Latin is “a love of work”. But in the Stoic philosophy…
November 10, 2022
What is Better than Perfect?
Excellence! Excellencism is a healthy alternative to perfectionism. Excellence is achievable, perfection is not. Perfectionism is control, excellence is flow. Perfectionism is often born of…
November 1, 2022
The Art of Thinking from the End
It is necessary to have an end in mind for without it we drift rudderless on the sea of life. The meaning of life, our…
October 27, 2022
You have to Walk the Valley to get to the Mountaintop
Deny me the lessons of the valley and I will not learn the skills I need to traverse the highest mountains. Sometimes you find yourself…
October 25, 2022
Pssst! Want to Hear a Secret?… The Secrets of Success Are Dull and Boring
And what is more, you probably already know them! You just aren’t doing them! Why? Well, there are also lots of “secrets of success”; each…
September 20, 2022
5 Simple Steps That Virtually Guarantee Success (Yet Few Do Consistently)
Goals: Written, Specific, backed up by Action Plans with Deadlines/Accountability Checkpoints; Reviewed Regularly to ensure what YOU want, reflect YOUR passions, not social/parental/peer programing. Yes,…
September 13, 2022
The Power of “Yet”
Three statements: I don’t know how. This isn’t working. There isn’t a way. Three statements, oh so slightly, yet so powerfully different: I don’t know…
September 8, 2022
Define Your Average as Above Average
When you are average, you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top. There are many things in life that are…
August 16, 2022
Do YOU think YOU are Worthy? And Worthy of What?
As Marianne Williamson famously said: “You playing small doesn’t serve the world.” We are put on this world to be our best selves, to develop to our fullest potential…
August 9, 2022
We are Made for More than the Easy Road
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift” and “The best we can be, we must be” are two quotes that…
August 2, 2022
It’s Your One and Only Life, Right? So Own Your Days. Totally.
Everything is connected. Every action you take, every thought you have, every word you speak has consequences. Individually small perhaps, but collectively incredibly powerful. So…
July 7, 2022
Powerful People Perpetually Prioritize Prioritization
“I don’t have time” is often a soothing self-lie; the hard truth is that it is not a priority: if it were, you’d find the…
June 28, 2022
Eight Powerful and Very Learnable Traits of Highly Confident People
They are voracious learners Insatiably curious, confident people continuously seek out new knowledge, ask intelligent, interesting questions, and listen to the answers. As lifelong learners,…
June 21, 2022
The One Thing You Can’t Teach
Wanting. Wanting is the most difficult thing to teach. Wanting to grow, wanting to be your best, wanting to learn, wanting to improve. That burning…
May 19, 2022
What’s The Agenda?
Life is full of distractions, side roads, and dead ends; drama that may grab our attention but are not aligned with our purpose, our mission,…
April 26, 2022
If This Isn’t in Your Mental Toolbox, You Are Handicapped
I’m a big believer that solid, steady progress wins most races over the long haul and that the mastery of the basics, day in and…
April 19, 2022
To Live your Greatest Life, the Most Important Trait is…
Courage. The willingness to enter the cave you fear, to do the hard thing first, now, not later. To step, no, RUN out of your…
March 1, 2022
Two Questions Highly Productive People Ask
1. What are the highest value tasks before me? Value is usually more of an emotional call then aught else, especially once beyond the base…
February 3, 2022
Self-knowledge: The Ultimate Super-Power
How well do you know yourself? Or perhaps better put, how well do you WANT to know yourself? Someone once defined a successful relationship as…
February 1, 2022
The Remarkable Resource Every Successful Person Cultivates
Imagine: You debut as a starting NFL quarterback and your initial pass is intercepted and returned for a TD. Your next play, you botch a…
January 11, 2022
How Bad Do You Want It?
At The Collier Companies we have a long tradition of Book Clubs which typically read 3 or 4 books a year. Which is good and…
January 4, 2022
New Year’s Resolutions are for Novices; Here are Hints for Being a Pro
First and Foremost! Start Small, Build on your wins. Make it hard to quit, build in rest stops, plan for plateaus! i.e. I will play…
December 30, 2021
It’s Not as Easy as You Think
There are probably over 5,000 athletes playing Division 1 college football. Every year maybe 250 get to go to the NFL. Five Percent. Max. One…
December 21, 2021
If You Are Standing Still, You Are Running Backward
To live your best life, continuously strive to improve your skills, broaden your knowledge, revise your internal maps, challenge your comfort zone. Talent is just…
December 14, 2021