Category: self-help

What’s right now? Today, what’s the one thing in front of you?  What’s that one goal, that if you completed it today, would take you closer to the tipping point for your big goal? Today, what’s the one chief action you can do that will enable you to accomplish today’s goal? Today, why not give…

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.” –  Thomas Jefferson Today, in election events across America, some politician will win, another will lose.  Today, make sure your future is not determined by the crowd-pleasing promises and plans of any politician. You know what…

Fall 7 times, get up 8.  (from Paulo Coelho) Today you get a free pass to screw up, to make mistakes, to fail and try again.  Today you get to suspend all self-judgment, silence the inner critic, and let go of your inner censor. Fall seven times, get up eight.  What matters is that you…

What’s your next step? Too many create elaborate to-do lists, goals that fail to describe what’s doable, what’s next.  Too many get so focused on the longer term big picture that they fail to see what they need to do today.  They get lost in the clouds. Extraordinary achievement is about taking the stairs, not…

Opportunities show up as work They come disguised as effort, engagement, and challenge. They don’t show up as mystical dreams, or a flash of lightning, or some game show host knocking at your door, handing you the keys to your wonderful future. You do the work, you uncover the opportunity within the challenge, you create…

Persist Screw-ups happen. The opportunity you were waiting for somehow escaped your reach.  The flight was cancelled, you missed the phone call, someone didn’t keep their promise. That’s when you reach inside.  That’s when you reach for your disciplines – the enabling habits and behaviors you maintain no matter what happens. The grit to persist…