1: The year was 1990. Jim Carrey was a struggling young comic.
Sitting in his car high up in the Hollywood Hills overlooking the lights of Los Angeles, he took out his checkbook and wrote himself a check for $10 million. He dated it five years in the future: November 1995. In the notation, he wrote, “For acting services rendered.”
Five years later, just before Thanksgiving of 1995, he … 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.
Last month, I shared my proven annual goal-setting process. For the past six years, I have selected ten yearly goals. Which I call “The Ten.”
2: In 2024, seven … continue reading
1: The 80/20 Rule or Pareto Principle tells us that 80 percent of our results come from 20 percent of our effort.
“Bluntly, 20 percent of our focus is producing 80 percent of our best and most desired results,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.
And, “80 percent of our focus is producing a mere 20 percent or less of our best results, … 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, we’ve been exploring ideas from Jeffrey Fox‘s terrific book on sales, How to Become a Rainmaker.
2: For the last 16 months, I’ve been leading … 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.
Let’s say our goal is 30.
We start at 1. Now, we are at 22.
If we measure ourselves against our goal of 30, we are eight short.
However, … 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
