1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Last month, I shared my proven annual goal-setting process. For the past six years, I have selected ten yearly goals. Which I call “The Ten.”
2: In 2024, seven … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
As the calendar flips over, it is a good time to do a quick retrospective on RiseWithDrew for 2024.
I started writing RiseWithDrew back on the week of May 4th, … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week [here and here and here and here], we’ve learned how to create and put forward goals to make 2025 the best year of our lives.… continue reading
Question: How do we “develop a real plan for a better life?”
Answer: We create personally meaningful, powerful goals for the upcoming year.
This week, I’m outlining my straight-forward approach to set forth a motivating set of goals for the coming year, based on a methodology first outlined by Trent Hamm.
So far this week, we’ve selected the areas of our lives on which we want to focus (Step One), … continue reading
This week, we are exploring a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm called “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.”
Yesterday, we looked at STEP ONE: Selecting the areas of our lives we want to focus on.
Today, we turn to steps two, three, and four.
STEP TWO begins with blocking off some quiet time to do the necessary work.
“While it’s great to give this process some off-the-cuff thoughts, … continue reading
That’s the opportunity.
How?
First, set powerful 2025 goals.
Next, achieve those goals through a simple process designed to optimize follow-through.
Over the past five years, I’ve utilized a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm titled: “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.” Implementing Trent’s framework has resulted in the following:
o The decision to get married and create our blended family (six kids, y’all)!
o Transforming our business at … continue reading
1: Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Searching for a bit of wisdom as we push to end 2024 on a solid note and start 2025 with a bang? Read on!
Imagine we adopt a new puppy from the pet shop, suggests Peter D. Kaufman, CEO … continue reading
1: James Clear‘s book Atomic Habits has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
“To put this in proper perspective,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x, “out of the millions of books published each year, less than 20 will go on to sell over one million copies. The average U.S. book sells less than 200 copies per year and less than 1,000 … continue reading
1: The year was 2002. Chad Willardson was one of 100 trainees who started the financial advisor training at Merrill Lynch in Southern California. He was 24 years old.
The success metric was clear: Achieve $15 million under management within 18 months or be fired.
“It was a brutal and intense growth curve,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More … continue reading
1: Imagine our goal is to raise $10 million.
Which is a better approach? Would we rather solve 100 problems at $100,000 each?
Or, attempt to solve a single $30 million problem?
Dr. Alan Barnard, one of the world’s leading experts on constraint theory and decision-making, believes the second approach is a far better strategy.
Why? “For multiple reasons,” Alan believes, as quoted by Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy… continue reading
