Posts Tagged ‘self-improvement’
The Six Most Important Areas Of Your LIFE
You have some areas of your life that you OWN– meaning you have them down. Then, there are other areas where you struggle. You may have great health, but your business life suffers. You may have work or business down, but you struggle with your relationship with your spouse. Maybe your relationship with your wife…
Read MoreGood Dog, Bad Dog!
I married Debbie Babbington on the island of Maui in 1980. A few weeks after we returned from our honeymoon, Steve, an old friend from high school, stopped by our house. Steve was a blue-collar, regular type of fella with a big heart. He carried a cardboard box and inside the box there was a…
Read MoreDon’t Get Caught Up in the BullSh*t
The purpose of your business is to support you and your lifestyle. Go back to why you started the business to begin with. What do you want? Was it to serve the community, you, your team, or some combination? What did you want your business to provide for you and your family? Back then, were you thinking about financial…
Read MorePlaying by the Ballpark Rules
Most of our life we live playing in someone else’s ballpark. Simply put, we live by rules we didn’t create. Think about it. You drive a certain speed someone else set as the speed limit. You pay taxes someone else decided were the right amount. You have to obey rules at work that you didn’t…
Read MoreLove: The Greatest Emotion?
How do you love a homeless person? How do you love a child? How do you love a patient? How do you love a customer? The answer to each of these is that we love them by serving them. We love them by taking care of them. We don’t wait to “feel” love for…
Read MoreThe Strangest Secret
Who controls your life? At first, you might answer, “I do, duh!” But upon closer inspection, you might be surprised at the real answer. Men and women today suffer from a unique problem: Not taking time to think. In general, we get so busy “doing” that we forget to take time to think about why, or…
Read MoreThe Two Skills of Leadership
What makes an entrepreneur do what he or she does? How do you dare to risk everything in order to create something? It can’t just be about the money. If that were it, there are easier ways. What gives you the courage to try against incredible odds? The answer: A little bit of crazy mixed…
Read MoreNothing Really Matters
One of my mentors, Darren Hardy, wrote an article on his blog about decreasing stress. I love some of the things Darren talks about. Some of which I would like to talk about as well, so I wanted to make sure he got credit, while additionally adding my own flavor to this topic. One of the things…
Read MoreAn Easy Secret to Success
I’m not sure how long ago it happened. I cannot tell you exactly what it was that prompted it. It may have been something that happened to me, or it may have been something I read or heard. This much I do know: It dramatically changed my life forever. Since discovering this secret, nothing in…
Read MoreHow Was Your Year?
Every year, I disappear for about 4 days. It has become known as “hibernation,” probably because my wife thinks I act like a bear most of the time. I literally go away and cannot be found for 4 days. These are my days. I am not available. I do not answer emails, text messages, or…
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