2 Simple Strategies to Master Your Responses

Stimulus Response

We all experience plenty of negative situations and people. The key is to be prepared to consciously respond to these negative inputs. One way to help keep your emotions in balance regardless of the circumstances is to use the simple 5 × 5 Rule: If it won’t matter in five years don’t spend more than…

9 Things You Need to Stop Doing Today

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One of my long-standing clients, National Motor Club, is a provider of roadside assistance and other safety and security benefits for its members. Soon after Matt Krzysiak was promoted to CEO, he showed leadership courage by rolling out an initiative called “the dumb things we do.” It was a lighthearted, non-threatening way to uncover goofy…

Quit Managing Your Time… Manage Your Attention

Video of BP9IBrgx7eA No matter what you do, time marches on at its own pace—tick, tick, tick—and there's nothing you can do to change that (unless you can go pretty close to the speed of light). Time is the great equalizer; it runs at the same speed for everybody, rich or poor, jet pilot or…

Express Yourself

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James Pennebaker, a professor at the University at Texas, has spent 40 years researching the link between writing and processing emotions. In studies, he has divided people into two groups, asking some to jot down emotionally charged experiences, and others to write about whatever daily occurrence popped into their mind. Both groups were tasked with…

Chances of Success

Chances of Success

Since we have written three books on the topic of perseverance and sticking to it, this graphic from The Entourage really caught our attention. So, we are sharing it to hopefully inspire you to take the next step on your success journey which starts in your own mind. Here is our perennially best selling book,…

Leadership Integrity

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Thomas Jefferson said, “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” Being an inspiring coach is as much about who you are as it is about what you do. Your character is rooted in  your values, those things that are vital to you and reflect your uniqueness…

What Does Your Story Reveal?

My dad always had cantaloupe-size calves.  He was a hairy man except for his shoulders which were hairless.  I never knew why until later in his life. The mystery was solved when he shared this story of one of his early jobs when he returned to New York from Italy at the age of fourteen.…