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May 1, 2020
#109 Make It Matter
Too often we fail to give importance to The most important things in our lives. We get busy and distracted. We get passionate about things that don’t matter and passive about things to do. We know that certain things should …
April 24, 2020
#107 Fear is the true pandemic
When the dust settles as it is already beginning to do most of us will see that fear caused far more problems than COVID-19 ever did. With the best of intentions many people and significant leaders made decisions to close do…
April 15, 2020
#105 The BEST Way to Get The Results You Really Want
This is what leads great people to greatness. You know when you have periods in your life when you’re doing something or seeing something repeatedly and a lesson becomes blatantly obvious and clear? I’m reading Hamilton and …
April 9, 2020
#104 Increasing your capacity to do MORE with LESS stress and strain
I know this sounds crazy but I see it all the time! There are literally ways that we can accomplish more in less time and with less stress and strain. You’ve probably already experienced this in your life when you realized t…
April 7, 2020
#103 How to Fill Your Life With Hope and Happiness
Are you feeling hopeful and genuinely happy? Is your home filled with hope and happiness? Too often we only feel hope and happiness when things are going our way but begin to feel hopeless and unhappy the moment anything goe…
April 3, 2020
#102 Baby steps are for babies, not for you
And of course they produce baby results. So please tell me why so many capable adults are still taking baby steps! We are living far below our potential in our capacity. And yet we are obsessed with taking baby steps. Why?! …
March 21, 2020
#100 Stop acting like you’re on vacation—the economy is dying
I hope I’m wrong but I think the economy is going to get smashed. It’s already happening. People are being let go and laid off. They’re being told to file right away for unemployment. The government is getting ready to spend…
March 18, 2020
#99 This Crisis is YOUR Chance
Every crisis is an opportunity and this one is yours! We can see this as a problem or is a privilege. We can sit in our house is killing time, sedating ourselves with entertainment, or we can use this time to lift ourselves …
March 13, 2020
#97 Facing fears and coping with anxiety in times of uncertainty
Are you worried about coronavirus? Are you stressed about missing work or economic fallout? Are you wondering how to talk to your kids about all the craziness? How do you face your fears or even replace your fears? Do you ha…
March 12, 2020
#96 The 6 Core Human Needs
There are six core things that every human being needs. When these are missing or not met, it leaves a void in our lives. Then we begin feeling unfulfilled and frustrated and unmotivated. The six human needs can actually be …
March 1, 2020
#94 Why does my life suck?
Most of us have aspects of our life that are frustrating or disappointing. Why is that? Why is it that that part of our life sucks? Honestly, because we suck at it! That’s actually really great news because once we realize t…
Feb. 21, 2020
#92 Your choices LEAD to freedom or LIMIT freedom
Almost every single choice we make will lead to freedom or limit freedom. Each of us has the potential freedom to lead life on our own unique terms. But many of us make choices that drastically limit our freedoms. This is tr…
Feb. 9, 2020
#90 Will You Be Broken or Beautiful? Picking up the pieces of your life.
What will you do with the broken fragments of your life? Each of us experiences many things in life that feel broken and irreparable. That gives us a choice. We can amass a pile of rubbish or erect a pillar of beauty! You an…
Jan. 27, 2020
#87 The First Thing That MUST Happen Before Any Success— Awareness
Most people are unaware that they are unaware. I was! But awareness is the first ingredient in the recipe of success and happiness! We absolutely must become perfectly aware of the connection between our thoughts, feelings, …
Jan. 16, 2020
#85 The REAL risk of living an Unfulfilling and Unexciting life and what to do about it
The risk is real! We are all at risk of living in unfulfilling, disconnected, and unexciting life. That is unacceptable for high performers! But if we are not deliberate and intentional about setting up systems, practices, a…