Why Are You Even Here?
I recently heard an Instagram influencer (meaning he has 2.6m followers) who said, “You were MADE for greatness! You were BORN for greatness. You weren’t made for average or ordinary.” So, what exactly does it …
Good leaders do THIS, but don’t do THAT.
What is it that really sets good leaders apart from everyone else? Now, I’ll admit that I’m no expert on the matter, but I’ve got a few … uh, decades, of learning and observation under …
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
According to the site Quote Investigator, an anonymous filler item in a Plainfield, New Jersey newspaper in September 1936 included the following quote: They say hard work never killed anyone but some of us are …
To Have Effortless Resilience You Need Effortful Practice
“Baseball is 90% mental, and the other half is physical.” Even if you aren’t a baseball fan, you’ve at least heard the name of the ‘comedian’ who said it: Yogi Berra. Yogi was entertaining, both …
What Your Pumpkin Flavored [ANYTHING!] Can Teach You About True Leadership
For this and the next few episodes of Better Mind, Better Life, I want to tackle the subject of leadership, and, HOPEFULLY, offer you some ways of thinking about the subject that both encourage and …
4 Ways the Best of the Best Get Better and Better
What does it take to “make it,” to be successful? Honestly, there are probably tens of thousands of unique definitions from countless numbers of books and lectures throughout history. The trick is knowing WHERE to …
There Are Two Types of People in the World
Did you know that there are only two types of people in the world: Promotion-focused and Prevention-focused? That’s the gist of this fascinating book called “FOCUS” by Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tori Higgins, a …
There [*probably*] are no absolutes in marketing.
Recently I listened to a podcast where a well-known sales guy talked passionately about his philosophy and tactics. He has a very successful business and gave mounds of concrete statistics and anecdotal evidence to support …