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.”

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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

1: Compared with our ancestors, we are significantly less likely to die by homicide, automobile accident, plane crash, a fall, or in a fire.

So far this week, we’ve examined multiple areas with much to celebrate.

There is, however, one area of accidental death where the news is not good: Poison (solid or liquid).

Because this category includes drug overdoses.

2: 98 percent of the “poison” deaths are … continue reading

1: Our leadership team has gathered for our quarterly strategic planning meeting.  

We’ve done a check-in.  We’ve reviewed our annual goals for the year.  We’ve had a frank discussion about what’s working and what needs to change.  We’ve taken what we learned over the past quarter to come up with quarterly goals that will put us in a position to achieve our annual plan.

The next step is critical and perhaps unexpected.… continue reading