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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 5, 2020

#95 What it means to be a REAL man

With so many misconceptions about what it means to be a man, and so many men living far below the standard, we all need to put forth the greatest effort to help boys and men be real men! "At each moment in man's life, he is …
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…
Feb. 26, 2020

#93 The state of your brain determines the state of your life

If we don’t understand how the brain works, we don’t understand how life works. New brain scanning technology is revolutionizing what we know about human performance and how the brain is affecting our bodies and our lives. …
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 …
Feb. 18, 2020

#91 Life Changing Lessons From Thailand

There’s nothing quite like an international adventure to be a pattern interrupter, a wake up call, and a reality check. It’s when we are exposed to new and different things, and to wonderful people that we remember to think,…
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 …
Feb. 5, 2020

#89 Living In Joy

It’s TOTALLY possible, though still surprisingly rare, to live in real joy day by day. The kind of joy that permeates your being and radiates through you and from you; that feeling—no, more than a feeling—that flows through …
Feb. 1, 2020

#88 Overcoming Doubt, Discouragement, Distraction, and Disobedience

Those four D words represent the sources of so much heartache and disappointment and failure. And we are all plagued by them at some point in our lives. How many dreams have been wasted, how many hopes abandoned, how many …
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. 24, 2020

#86 Everything you do has a cost!

Very few people accurately do the math to figure out what their choices and actions are costing them. In fact, most people are completely unaware that every thought, every word, every choice, every action, and every habit h…
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…
Jan. 11, 2020

#84 How Do You REALLY Measure If You Are Truly Successful?

How does one measure progress, status, growth, improvement, standing, high-performance, wisdom, greatness, and true success? How do I see past my Blind spot’s, my erroneous perceptions of myself, my mistaken conclusions? W…
Jan. 6, 2020

#83 Pursuing Your Potential

As a human being you have the incomparable privilege of pursuing your potential! Sadly many of us go along through life unaware of the privilege and so we merely exist in survival mode and ultimately fall far short of where…
Dec. 30, 2019

#82 BEWARE These Pirates & Hijackers That Rob You of Focus, Freedom, & Joy

Many of us are being attacked by pirates and hijackers on a daily basis! They are subtle and cunning. They rob us of our focus, our freedom, and our potential. As a result, we end up living in perpetual self-sabotage and sl…
Dec. 29, 2019

#81 An extraordinary marriage is a matter of choice, not chance

Many people sit around hoping their marriage will get better, wishing things will change. But transforming your marriage will happen by choice, not by chance! You have far more power to improve your marriage than you think …
Dec. 25, 2019

#80 The BEST Thing You Can Do For Those You Love

I love giving gifts and doing things for the people I love most of my life! I’m sure you do too. We spend a lot of time and effort thinking about gifts that we can give and about ways we can serve the people we love. But we…
Dec. 21, 2019

#79 The Truth is... You’re Afraid

Is fear holding you back? Do you find yourself burdened or even consumed by fear, worry, doubt? It’s easy to slip into a dark negative space we were constantly afraid of what might happen or what others might think. We get…
Dec. 15, 2019

#78 Putting Family First ... For Real

We often say that our family is the most important thing in our lives, but we don’t always show it. The reality is that we prove our priorities with our actions. I want to invite and challenge all of us to put our families…
Dec. 11, 2019

#77 The ‘I Don’t Know’ Syndrome

Have you ever used ‘I don’t know’ as a way to escape answering a tough question? If you have, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common answers to challenging questions. But more often than not it’s just an escape. It’s…
Dec. 9, 2019

#76 Are You Actually Doing What MUST Be Done?

I blew it. 10 years ago I wrote down in my journal the thing I knew I needed to do. But I didn’t do it. I had good reasons a.k.a. excuses. I told myself stories to justify and to rationalize why I couldn’t get it done. But …
Dec. 5, 2019

#75 How to Get Into The BEST Health of Your Life And Stay There

Your body is your vehicle for life. Therefore much of the quality and outcome of your life will be determined by the condition of your vehicle. The more you care for your body the more you will get out of life! It’s totall…
Dec. 4, 2019

#74 Seven People You Need To Have In Your Life

We all need to have certain people our life, especially if we want to live an extraordinary family life! There are 7 people that we ideally want to have in our lives. 1. A friend 2. A partner 3. A dependent 4. Someone to …