There is nothing worse than running confidently in the wrong direction. This is a thought I have had about multiple leaders over the years. To see someone absolutely certain about their “rightness” without regard for the outcomes and without proper research on the likely outcomes of their decisions ...

I have studied leaders and leadership over the last several decades and found some trends in their creation. The first thing I have noticed is that some people are more naturally drawn to the front of the crowd as leaders. When a person is young, they will often have a stronger jawline and appear to...

From the first time I read the writings of Marcus Aurelius, I was hooked. The wisdom shared in his Stoic philosophy can help to guide a person to live an incredible life. Incredible doesn’t mean without struggle. Instead, it means a life full of meaning.

Perhaps the most important lesson in his wri...

We spend most of our lives striving to fit in with the world around us. We dress like the people around us. We talk like the people around us. We even strive to know the same information as the people around us. Admittedly, much of the conditioning we are given pushes us toward this sameness with ou...

One of the phrases that I began using early on in my entrepreneurial life was “Be in business, not busyness.” We spend so much time doing things that don't actually move us toward our desired end goal. We allow others to dictate what is urgent instead of taking charge of what is important. By doing ...

In our lives, multiple laws govern the outcomes we experience. The law of the vital few is the premise that there are only a few things we do that produce the majority of the outcomes we experience. The opposite is true as well. The law of the pointless many states that there are lots of things we d...

It doesn’t matter if you are talking about making your business better or your family better; getting traction can be tough. Traction is a reference to what it is like to work hard without moving forward versus working hard while moving forward. One of the common mistakes we make is to think that th...

Each of us creates a rhythm for our life. This rhythm is the pattern of habits we create that end up running our lives. These patterns can be altered anytime we desire. However, most people simply accept the rhythm given to them through their conditioning. When we are young, we see examples of what ...