“People do not decide their future; they decide their habits and their habits decide their future,” says leadership guru John Maxwell.
To experience better results and a better life, we are wise to focus on our habits, philosopher Brian Johnson tells us. Creating better habits involves answering five questions: who, what, why, how, and when. Â
Today we focus on… WHY.
Why is the magic question.
“He who has a why … continue reading
“People do not decide their future; they decide their habits and their habits decide their future,” says leadership guru John Maxwell.
To experience better results and a better life, we are wise to focus on our habits, philosopher Brian Johnson tells us. Creating better habits involves answering five questions: who, what, why, how, and when. Â
Today we focus on… WHAT.
The first step is awareness.
Always awareness.
We pause. We … continue reading
It’s the littlest decisions that shape our lives.
Imagine two friends: Brad and Charlie.
They live in the same neighborhood.  They have similar sensibilities. They each make around $75K a year.  Both are married and are of average health and weight, Darren Hardy shares in his wonderful book The Compound Effect.
Brad makes some small, seemingly inconsequential changes.  Every day he reads 10-pages of a good book per day … continue reading
1: Over the last several days we’ve examined the components of philosopher Brian Johnson‘s self-mastery formula.
Self-Mastery = Willpower + Habits + Algorithms.
Our goal is to use “our willpower wisely to install habits that run on autopilot.”
But what happens when we don’t? What happens when we fall short? Because we will.
With our behaviors. Our thoughts. And, certainly with other people.
Like the director in our own movie, … continue reading
1: Philosopher Brian Johnson tells us there are three steps on our path to self-mastery.
Self-Mastery = Willpower + Habits + Algorithms.
We aim to use “our willpower wisely to install habits that run on autopilot.”
Monday we explored the role of willpower. Yesterday we looked the power of habits. Today, we turn to the third component: algorithms or autopilot.
2: There is a supercomputer inside our brain called the basil … continue reading
“I won’t let fear of a possible ‘no’ interfere with my telling,” writes Peter Guber in his terrific book Tell to Win about how we can use storytelling to achieve our business goals.
The trick is not to eliminate fear, but to use it. We channel the adrenaline instead of resisting it.
Philosopher Brian Johnson tells us courage is not the absence of fear, but being aware of fear and … continue reading
If we tell a story we don’t believe in, our audience will sense it immediately.
Like intention, authenticity and energy can’t be faked.
This week we are looking at how to best deliver our message utilizing best practices from Tell to Win, Peter Guber‘s book about storytelling. Peter quotes Williams College professor George Marcus who has studied the role of unspoken communication in the success and failure of … continue reading
The balance sheet is a key component of any business.
We also have a personal balance sheet. Yes, this includes our cash in the bank and investments. But these financial assets aren’t our only assets. We also have our strengths, our passions, our personality, our skills, our experiences, and our memories.
This week we are exploring the power of gratitude to increase our happiness and success. Yesterday we examined the … continue reading
That’s the opportunity.
How?
By setting powerful 2021 goals and then achieving those goals through a simple process designed to optimize follow-through.
Over the past three 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:
o My family creating wonderful memories during the last year of my wife Julie’s life when she was fighting cancer… continue reading
This week we’ve been exploring how to architect what philosopher Brian Johnson calls “masterpiece days.”
We think of our day like a canvas. We focus first on the parts of the day where we have maximum control: the PM bookend and the AM bookend. Next, we take action to optimize our energy, our work, and our love.
We then bridge the gap between our current level and our ideal. … continue reading
