1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Last week [here and here and here and here], we learned how to set and achieve goals to make 2026 the best year of our lives.
Goals that inspire and motivate us, driving us toward the person we want to become.
But we’re not done yet.
Articulating our goals is the critical first step.
But it’s … continue reading
1: Hurry. Hurry. Hurry.
That’s the reality of the life we know.
“If there’s anything we pick up from reading the four Gospels,” however, John Mark Comer writes in The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, “it’s that Jesus was rarely in a hurry.”
“Can you imagine a stressed-out Jesus?” he asks. “Snapping at Mary Magdalene after a long day, ‘I can’t believe you dropped the hummus.’ Sighing, and saying to … continue reading
1: What if someone were to stop us in the street and ask us to share our top three priorities?
What would we say? Can we answer quickly and confidently?
“This is the very first question I ask anyone I’m coaching,” says Google productivity expert Laura Mae Martin in her book Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing.
“The first step for productivity is defining clearly what … continue reading
1: “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important,” said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
This quotation provides insight into one of the most accomplished individuals of the 20th century.
He “was a highly effective leader and executive. He became known for his prolific, almost superhuman productivity,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth.
Here are some of his … continue reading
1: “I can’t do this anymore,” Dan Martell‘s finance said. She laid her engagement ring down on the counter.
His “once future wife” wanted out “four months shy of my wedding day, on a seemingly normal day when I’d been working since the crack of dawn,” Dan writes in his book Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.
“Apparently,” she reasoned, “if … continue reading
1: Fred Kofman was in Shanghai. It was Day 2 of a workshop he was leading for executives at a financial services company.
“Before I could say ‘good morning,’ one of the participants said he wanted to share something,” he writes in his book The Meaning Revolution. He was so eager that I gave him the floor.”
One of the topics the group had explored the prior day was … 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.
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
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
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 I am working on, or we are doing at PCI in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Last Friday, I wrote about my experience articulating my purpose, which I first did … continue reading
It starts with mindset. We begin by saying “prepare to be amazed.”
Next, we focus our attention on listening fully to the other person. As Stephen Covey suggests, we listen with our ears, our eyes, and our heart.
We put aside the clever thought which pops into our head. Instead, we choose to listen.
Importantly, we resist the urge to prepare what we are going to say while the other … continue reading
