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...
Date with a Master

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.

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:...

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...
The Force of Resistance

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...