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

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

“Every next level of your life will require a different you.” -Leonardo DiCaprio

1: Most people get stuck in a 2x mindset. They struggle to manifest 10x in their lives.

They have it backward, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.

When we choose a 2x goal, we choose “doing the same things we’re doing now, … continue reading

1: It was the 1990s. DBS Group CEO Piyush Gupta was working at Citibank and was halfway through a three-year assignment within the bank.  

One afternoon, he sat down with his executive coach, who asked him to identify the A, B, and C players on the team he was leading.  

Piyush had some A players.  But many of those on his team were B and C players.

“The coach bluntly … continue reading

1: Imagine walking through a forest.  

“The diversity of trees you’ll see can be quite dazzling,” write McKinsey consultants Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra in CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.  

“Douglas fir, white pine, Aspen, red maple, and oak soar toward the sky, each individually competing with the others for sunlight and space.”

Is this true? Actually … continue reading

This week, we’ve been exploring the concept of going 10x in our business and in our lives, as outlined by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy in their book 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less. Today’s post is a powerful narrative of bringing this idea into reality.

1: It was 1983.  Shortly after getting married, Linda McKissack and her husband, Jimmy, … continue reading

1: The 80/20 Rule or Pareto Principle tells us that 80 percent of our results come from 20 percent of our effort.

“Bluntly, 20 percent of our focus is producing 80 percent of our best and most desired results,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.

And, “80 percent of our focus is producing a mere 20 percent or less of our best results, … continue reading

“The only way to make our present better is by making our future bigger.” -Dan Sullivan

1: Marketing expert Joe Polish asked his mastermind group of entrepreneurs this question: “If you wanted to improve your profits by ten percent, how would you do it?” 

Each group member spent 10 minutes writing down their best answers, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs … continue reading