1: For the first twenty-plus years of my adult life, my morning routine revolved around this question:

What is the absolute last possible minute I can set my alarm where I have time to shower, shave, and still make it to the office on time?

When I say the “absolute last possible minute,” I mean Absolute.  Last.  Possible.  Minute.

There’s a better way.  And a better life.  It starts with … continue reading

The stats tell a sobering story.

Obesity is a national epidemic. Rates of depression are at an all-time high. More than 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Personal debt continues to skyrocket.

In his book, The Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod shares statistics from the Social Security Administration: If we take 100 people at the start of their career and follow them for the next 40 years until they … 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 a straightforward approach to set motivating 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), outlined … 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 … continue reading