5 Reasons Business Owners Get Stuck and What To Do About It If you're in business, at some point there's a good chance you're going to get stuck. Here's why it happened to me and why it might happen to you. 1. - You Start Coasting Starting the business was hard but [...]
I Used To Think My "Happy go Lucky" Attitude Benefited Me But Finally Realized it was Holding me Back For most of my life, I've been a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. You know the type. Whatever happens, happens. No big deal. I would wake up each day saying "Okay life. What do [...]
Want to Perform at a Higher Level? Master These 6 Habits If you're an entrepreneur you know there is always a next level and it's my guess that you continually look for that extra edge. What is high performance? High performance is best described as: Succeeding beyond standard norms consistently while maintaining [...]
You Have Plenty of Time You're Just Using it Wrong You have the time to do whatever it is you want to do. You don't have to make time. (You can't do this.) You don't have to find time. (It's already there.) Everyone Has 24 Hours Each Day Have you ever wondered [...]
Try DUMB Goals Instead We've been told for years that we should be doing SMART goals and that our goals should have these 5 characteristics: S - Specific M - Measurable A - Achievable R - Relevant T - Timebound It is a good way to go after goals that are ho-hum, [...]
On May 15th, 1982 I made the easiest decision of my life. I married the love of my life and we've been together for almost 40 years. Since then, decisions haven't come as easily to me. I found myself procrastinating on making decisions or delegating them to someone else. This kept up until [...]
How do you describe life? What word picture comes to mind when you think of your life? The words you use have meaning and that meaning defines how you perceive things to be. Here are some examples. Maybe you can relate to one of them. None of them are right or wrong but [...]
Having Situational Awareness is Critical Lightning struck nearby and I fell off the bike into a cactus. I had gone riding in Sedona earlier in the day and the weather report called for a perfect day of sunshine and scattered clouds. I had ridden about 15 miles and was finishing up on [...]
When You're Riding Through Mud, Keep Your Mouth Shut I have always liked playing in the mud. One of the things I really like about mountain biking is that it is so much fun to hurtle yourself down a small trail between the trees. Even more fun is when there are mud [...]
You Can Go Faster and Further With a Team I was on a forty-mile road bike ride and was struggling. I was riding alone and the hills were killing me. My average speed was only 15 mph so it should have been a leisurely ride. My legs and lungs were telling me [...]