Blog #414 – If people talk behind your back…
..they are in the right place. BEHIND YOU. Here is something I want you to understand, you need to pay little to no attention to what most people have to say about you. If they
Blog #413 – Choose Wisely: Learning or Performing Mindset
It appears to me that far too many people these days are afraid to fail at anything, and this keeps them from attempting new things in the first place. Maybe it is the over-exposure that
Blog #412 – Greatness and Balance don’t go together…
We have all heard for a long time that work/life balance is very important to a healthy lifestyle. Please allow me to be the one to blow that idea apart for you. I'll start this
Blog #411 – You Earn Your Stripes Once You…
...have enough Scars. No one gets to the top unscathed, it just doesn't work that way. People are only an "Overnight Success" after years of toiling in anonymity. That musician that has a hot song
Blog #410 – Your Survival Rate so far is…
one hundred percent for all that you have been through. Steve Harvey I hear this quote from Steve Harvey and thought is was a great way to look at life. Because it is true,
Blog #409 – “Success is just a pile of…
...mistakes that you end up on top of instead of buried underneath" Dave Ramsey I can attest to the fact that failure is part of the process of getting better at anything. You need
Blog #408 – Simplicity is Bliss…
There are a lot of things I love about my life, but one of them has to be its' simplicity. I have set this up by design, as I have learned through trial and error
Blog #407 – The Equation is Simple…
Quality Input means Quality Output...or Garbage In means Garbage Out You don't want to put the cheapest gas in your Ferrari, so why would you do this to yourself? Not a tough concept to grasp,
Blog #406 – Top Six Things to Learn Now instead of later…
"I wish I knew back then what I know now..." The famous old line lamenting the fact that our lives are so much harder until we learn and figure things out. I want to help
Blog #405 – Imposter Syndrome means one thing…
...you are on the right track. I heard Jordan Belfort (the guy the movie The Wolf of Wall Street was about) sharing this idea with Ed Mylett, who is a famous entrepreneur and motivational speaker
Blog #404 – Find your Zihuatanejo…
In case you didn't recognize the iconic movie poster photo I chose as the cover picture for this blog, this is from the classic Shawshank Redemption. Ask any Gen Xer and we will tell you
Blog #403 – Having a “Have To” and a “Get To” job
I have done a few talks around AZ on this same topic, but I thought I would write about it today from a different angle. So many people have a job they "have to" do;
Blog #402 – Living in the right ratios…
I am not sure when I first heard this, but I can tell you for sure I never heard it soon enough or often enough. This is a key principal to financial control and success,
Blog #401 – Stop Sedating Yourself…
Far too many people are guilty of this, of settling for their current place in life and then just complaining about it. Lots of people are guilty of sedating themselves with things like video games,
Blog #400 – Peace through Pain
In honor of blog #400, I chose this less than flattering photo of me doing something I am in the middle of, and that is a cold plunge challenge. I HATE cold water, always have,
Blog #399 – Money DOES buy Happiness…
I am sure you have heard the opposite, and if you are a Christian who reads the Bible, you may have been left with the impression that money is the root of all evil. The
Blog #397 – I am not extraordinary, however…
I am an ordinary guy who figured out how to do some extraordinary things. This means that you can too. I didn't come from a wealthy family, far from it at times. I wasn't born
Blog #396 – The Disease of Validation
This is something I suffered from for a chunk of my life, and oddly enough it really only subsided once I started making some real money. Before, I was busy trying to convince the world
Blog #395 Are you willing to take the first step…
...when you can't see the whole staircase? When I was 19 I got the chance to do a really cool thing, and some of those memories are etched so deeply in my brain it is
Blog #394 – An Educated Guess is as Good As It Gets…
When it comes to living your life and planning out your future, an Educated Guess is as good as it gets. There are no guarantees, and the future is promised to no one. The best
Blog #393 – Anxiety is the gap between…
...the expectation you have for your life and the reality of where you are. That one hit different, as I had not thought about this in such a manner. I, like almost everyone, deal with
Blog #392 – Single Tasking…my secret to getting stuff done
This seems to be a lost art these days, and maybe not having grown up with social media and everything accessible through my phone lends itself to this skill. But it certainly is skill you
Blog #391 – The High Cost of Low Living
This is such a true statement, as most things that you wish to bend the outcome in your favor take planning and preparation in advance. Whether it is studying for an exam, a job interview,
Blog # 390 – Winning is more fun than fun is…
I think it was Tim Grover who said this quote, and it actually goes like this: "Winning is more fun than fun is fun" True and concise, with a funny twist to it. But it
Blog #389 – Ancient Wisdom that is Spot On…
It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a largely sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti Since I am guessing it is a safe bet that you do not know who this
