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Read Blog Posts by Category:
Passion: Articles that deal with the inner drive that we all need to want to MOVE from where we currently are to where we dream to be.
Preparation: These posts reference articles, books, documentaries, speakers, quotes, and other inspirational and formative ideas that I have found that helped me and the people around me.
Practice: Articles in this category have a heavy sports and performance training lean.
Performance: These articles focus on how you go about your work. From networking to communications to finding a better way to do what you do.
Perseverance: Articles in this category speak to the mechanics that we go through both mentally and physically to stay on track and not get STUCK.
Lead With Enthusiasm and Success Will Follow
In leadership, where vision and strategy often take center stage, one crucial element frequently goes unnoticed—the Gift of Enthusiasm. This powerful trait can transform not only the leader but also the entire team, igniting a fire that propels individuals toward shared goals.
Stacking Your Professional Deck
Like always, I transposed the topic of poker to having a successful life. In life, like in poker, the way the cards come out is random. In magic, you use a sleight of hand to manipulate the deck to get what you want. To control your success, you must control the factors that allow you to have all the success you want when you want it.
Stop Procrastinating … NOW
The dread of doing a task uses up more time and energy than doing the task itself. – Rita Emmett
Have you ever been around a person who says, “I’m great under pressure”? Did you do a follow-up question and ask them, “Why were you behind in the first place?”
It’s those people who think that they can keep putting things off until the end, and then finish the project with seconds remaining, which in the long run will have a negative impact on the overall success of your company.
Getting UnStuck
I’m a self-starter. I didn’t need any prompting to begin to write a program for an upcoming offseason program. No one needs to fire me up to write a blog.
When I left coaching, I was already writing my book. As I wrote Move or Die, I was setting up speaking outlines. As I finished Move or Die, I had already started putting together ideas for a second book, which is in research right now.
My point is that I have the type of personality that has no problem with starting and finishing ideas. I’m in the minority. Too many of us have great ideas. We have great plans and ambitious dreams. But that’s as far as it goes. These ideas, plans and dreams all die on the vine. I love Don Shula’s quote that defines this action, “It’s the start that stops most people.”