Insights through words aimed at helping you make an impact.
You are consuming more information than ever before. Still, you are learning less than ever before because unless you intentionally make an effort, almost all the content is content you are already agreeable to.
Only consuming agreeable content, especially in short form, prevents you from learning.
To relearn the art of learning, you need to be intentional about applying the steps in this article.
Read MoreIf you move through life at the pace of everyone else, you will experience life like everyone else. If you experience life like everybody else, you should expect to get the same results as everyone else.
So, if your goal is to get better results than everyone else, you must experience life differently.
Here are some examples of the fruits of living differently from a recent trip to Colorado.
Read MoreWe are always told not to make assumptions, but should we never assume anything? What are some good assumptions to make? Here are 7 assumptions you should make if you want to live a better life. #bestlife #winning #bestself
Read MoreTo raise children who become self-sufficient adults who are decent human beings. Self-sufficient meaning they can manage their own emotions, provide for their own needs, and live in mutually beneficial relationships with others.
This article covers 10 things you are doing that are hurting your ability to lead your kids to success.
Read MoreSo, the true gateway to increased productivity and greater success is to stop living in fear. 10 things you can do to make the most of your 24 daily hours. #productivity, #discipline, #lifehacks
Read MoreTaking the mindset of giving 100% of all you have, especially when it is less than 100% you have to give, helps avoid procrastination and creates forward movement. You will be surprised how good it feels to accomplish small things when you start from a place of believing you can’t accomplish anything. This article talks about how to do it. #habits #momentum #impact #forward
Read MoreTaking the time to reflect will lead to a better life. Here is encouragement to reflect and a path towards making it worth it.
Read MoreWisdom is deciding not to make a decision based on whether or not to pursue something new based solely on the initial cost. Everything worth doing requires an initial investment. Some of those costs might even cause you to reconsider if it is worth it.
Here is a process to help you determine if it is worth.
Read MoreSetting healthy boundaries leads to better outcomes. Boundaries are required for you to be sustainably generous and a great leader. Great news is you control your ability to create boundaries. #boundaries #mentoring #leading #successful #generosity
Read MoreBeing a winner instead of a not loser; isn't just a play on words. There is a high difference between living your life to win and living your life trying not to lose. Four things are highlighted here. #lifehacks #success #habits #winningatlife
Read MoreThere is joy all around you, even when things aren’t going your way. Choosing to see it is a mindset you control. I encourage you to look for and find joy in whatever you experience today. It actually does make bad situations more tolerable, plus joy is contagious. Here are three examples from my own experience.
Read MoreIf your 2023 is a year of greater focus, your 2023 will be more incredible. Don’t measure yourself by how much you do or how busy you are; instead, measure yourself by how profound your impact is and how engaged in life you are. Here are steps to take to bring more focus to your life.
Read More2022 was a year to practice being courageous. Here is what I learned from that pursuit. #lifeprinciples #communicating #relationships #learning #leadership
Read MoreEffective communication, core beliefs, values, beliefs
Read MoreA healthy marriage is one of the biggest blessings that you can experience. An unhealthy marriage can be one of the most significant burdens you will ever endure. You get to choose.
A hard reality is that your marriage will impact the lives of generations of individuals, some you know and some you will never meet. The question you must ask yourself is what do I want that impact to be (positive or negative), and am I living out my marriage in an intentional way to get there?
Here are 7 factors that if you apply them intentionally to your marriage, you will achieve lasting positive impact and leave a legacy worth repeating.
Read MoreHaving experienced the reality of barely surviving (more truth than hyperbole in that statement) the stress, discomfort, lack of control, and fatigue of moving. I on fully on board with the research that concludes the physical, mental and emotional demands of moving lead it to being one of the most stressful events in your life.
Read MoreWe all receive feedback continuously. Everything from projects we are working on to teams we are a part of to the apps we use involves feedback loops.
Since feedback loops are everywhere, it is not whether or not they exist that dictates the effectiveness of the feedback, but how we choose to engage in the loop and react to the feedback that dictates if we move closer to or further from achieving a new future state with better outcomes. Meaning YOU own if the feedback becomes a tool or a weapon.
Read MoreLet me share a brief personal story with a broadly applicable life lesson. Our youngest daughter is adopted. She joined her forever family at the age of 6.
Read MoreI had the great opportunity to join Cara North and Joe Suarez to talk about best practices for leading creative teams. It’s 37 mins of conversation on topics including: the basics for leading all teams, the evolution of the creative professional, getting through episodes of Imposter Syndrome, autonomy at work.
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