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.

There are two ways we can measure our progress, Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy tell us in their book The Gap and the Gain.

The first way is … 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.

Twenty-five years ago, driving to and from work, I listened to a set of cassettes I had purchased from the Strategic Coach, the world’s #1 entrepreneurial coaching program founded … continue reading

1: The rowing team from Great Britain had not won an Olympic gold medal since 1912. 

“By all measures, they didn’t have a good rowing program,” Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy write in their book The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

Then everything changed. 

During the training for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the members of the British rowing team began … continue reading

1: One evening, author Ben Hardy had a realization.

He and his wife, Lauren and their six children lived in Orlando, Florida. 

“In my mind, we would live in Orlando for the next 2–3 years until I reached a certain place in my career, and then we’d move on to the next place,” Ben reflects in The Gap and the Gain, which he co-authored with Dan Sullivan. 

He … continue reading

1: There are two ways we can measure our progress.

The first way is to compare where we are now against our ideal, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain.

“Ideals are like a horizon in the desert,” the authors write. “No matter how many steps we take forward, the horizon continues to move out of reach.” 

When we measure this way, we are living … continue reading

1: Trevor Lawrence was one of his generation’s outstanding high school and college quarterbacks.

He had 52 wins and 2 losses as a high school five-star recruit. As the quarterback at Clemson during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 seasons, he won 34 games and lost only two. 

In April of 2021, as the projected #1 NFL draft pick, he told Sports Illustrated he didn’t “need” football to feel worthy as … continue reading

1: In his fourth Olympic games, in his final race, Dan Jansen won his first-ever Olympic medal, finishing first with a world-record time. 

Yesterday, we explored Dan’s emotional gold medal-winning race.

“Before the race, [Dan] decided to compete with a completely new mindset,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

Rather than think about … continue reading

1: “Dan Jansen is considered by many to be the best speed skater to ever live,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

“But he seemed to be jinxed,” the authors note.

Dan competed in his first Olympics in 1984 when he was 16 and finished fourth, one spot off the medal podium.

“Over … continue reading

1: Imagine a sheet of paper. At the top of the page is the word “Ideal.” At the bottom is the word “Start.” 

The word “Achieved” is in the middle of the page. Achieved is where we are now. It’s what we’ve accomplished since we started. 

When we measure our progress backward from where we started, we live in what Strategic Coach founder Dan Sullivan calls “the GAIN.”

Our tendency, … continue reading

1: “Let’s say our starting point is 1 and our goal is 30, but we only get to 22,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in The Gap and The Gain: The High Achiever’s Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success.

If we measure ourselves against our goal of 30, we are 8 short. 

If this is where we choose to focus, we are in the GAP. 

When we measure … continue reading