Embrace the challenge We are all in some stage of recovery. We appear competent, but we have plenty of cracks and flaws.  And as the light of success shines on us, those flaws become illuminated. We won’t hide the flaws.  We’ll accept and deal with them as personal home improvement, as work in process.  We…

The life which is not examined is not worth living. – Pablo Picasso Nor the life not well-lived. We need time for introspection, and we also need time to move out of our head, and take action.  If we don’t have the time, we must jettison what’s in the way and make some room. We…

The shortfalls of will “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”   Time-worn conventional wisdom. We’re not strong enough to push through solely on will.  Determination might be the starting point, but it alone won’t take us to the finish line. Will needs to be strengthened with habits, routines, preparation and persistence.  It needs to be…

Learn to like not feeling it Because whether feeling it or not feeling it, you have to do it anyway.  That’s how things get done. That’s how you get where you want to go. That’s how you become more today than you were yesterday. Because when you’re not feeling it, you get to look inside…

The world is yours when you are up before the enemy. – Jocko Willink There are few distractions at 5:00 AM, and fewer yet at 4:30.  That’s your first-riser advantage.  No traffic, no phone calls and texts, no relentless emails.  You make your moves before anyone knows what’s happened.  BAMMM!  You’re on the offense, not the defense.  You’re proactive, not reactive.  You’re…

Nothing replaces face to face Not email, or texting, or making a call.  Nor Skype or FaceTime, or some digital equivalent. There is no social media or virtual reality equivalent to being in the same room and making the human connection.  People trust and embrace you because they get to know you.  They get to…