I’ve always done my best to keep up with the latest research in goal achievement. I not only want to learn from it myself, I also want to distill the lessons for fellow leaders. But the tricky thing about science is that it often causes us to reevaluate our assumptions. That reevaluation can be uncomfortable, […]
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Goal-Winning Strategies of 3 Top Athletes
Discover Their Personal Secrets for Achieving Peak Performance
Few of us run races at the Olympics or score touchdowns in the NFL. But we all play a metaphorical sport in our professional and personal lives. Simply put: we want to succeed and thrive. To win, we must set big goals and work toward effective and influential results. Problems seldom arise from our goal-setting […]
How Celebration Fuels Achievement
3 Powerful Byproducts of Celebrating Your Wins
“Positivity” tops my Strengths Finder test. So I like to celebrate—often. But does celebration fuel progress? Will it produce greater results? From my experience, yes. It does so by bringing three powerful byproducts to you and your organization, all of which are vital for growth. 1. Celebration brings energy Purposeful celebration brings an energy to […]
3 Ways to Go Further, Faster
The Secret Power of Sherpas, Experts, and Coaches
What is the single most important thing you can do to make your dreams become reality? In this post I share a critically important success principle and three ways to apply it.
Why I Decided to Publish a Paper Planner
Achieve Your Greatest Goals by Keeping Them in Your Day-to-Day Routine
A few years ago, I read David Sax’s book, The Revenge of Analog. The premise? After years of being pushed aside by digital solutions, analog applications have been making a surprising comeback. That resonated with my own experience. Most of my audience knows me as a techie. But I was in the book business for […]
Why Greater Productivity Leads to More Income
(And What That Means for Your Impact in the World)
Productivity doesn’t just increase your efficiency. If you do it right, it can also increase your income. The problem is that traditional systems get productivity all wrong. They define productivity as the ability to do more and do it faster. But that approach just accelerates the hamster wheel we’re already on. Instead of getting ahead, […]