Permission Granted
A while back I did an exercise where you had to make yourself permission slips. I didn't think much of it at the time. But it must have sunk into my subconscious because as I have been going through my day to day the word permission keeps coming up. I'm using it on my...
3 Steps for Shutting Down Overwhelm
The first definition that comes up when you google overwhelm is to bury or drown beneath a huge mass, which made me laugh and is not far off from what it feels like when you are overwhelmed. It's like we are caught in a flood and we are doing everything we can to keep...
Why I Forced Myself to Take a Time Out
I'm back! I've actually forced myself not to write over the last two weeks. I needed to take a time out to shoot some video! I finished B-School, which was a great experience. Thanks to my accountability group, and Shauna Lay our fearless leader, I was able to stay on...
The One Thing I Forgot To Tell You
This was so funny. One of my good friends and clients was telling her networking group about Accountability Works and they were curious to know more so she reached out to me for good resources on accountability groups. I figured I'd written several articles on the...
Date with a Master
One of my favorite things in life is to be told a good story. The story is important yes, for sure, but the storyteller can be just as important or even more so. I went to see Malcolm Gladwell speak at the Arlington Theater here in Santa Barbara last week, not knowing...
The Road to Awesome
Yesterday, I was reminded by one of my long time clients, that mastery is a process. He is a talented young man who has dedicated hours and hours, week after week to his passion. I know this because he makes commitment on top of commitment to stay the course, to...
Grit, the big secret is out.
I caught this TED Talk by educator Angela Lee Duckworth and it struck me when she said the biggest predictor of future success in students was not talent or IQ, but instead grit. Yup, grit. If you aren't sure what that means, here's her definition: "Grit is sticking...
My Strategy for Creating Good Habits
I got an email from Robin Sharma, suggesting that we institute the 90/90/1 habit. This means for the next 90 days, spend the first 90 minutes of your day, working on the 1 best opportunity in your life. I loved the suggestion, and I immediately thought, I'll add that...
The Force of Resistance
How do you get through resistance? I was reading the War of Art by Steven Pressfield this week and I loved what he had to say about Resistance. He capitalizes it so I will too. He said that we all have to confront Resistance. He talked about the different forms of...
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