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Snap Out of the Excuses
We all know someone who consistently does the “Yeah, but…” thing. They complain about something in their life, and when solutions are offered, they tell you why each one won’t work. It’s maddening to listen to them and yet you want to show them what’s possible. Of...
Create a 5-Star Life
Off the top of your head, what’s the coolest thing you can imagine creating for yourself in the next year? What would be the most magnificent thing you’d want to experience in the next two years? Now, identify your top three passions. The stuff you geek out on or...
A Radical Strategy for Epic Relationships (of All Kinds)
Being a coach and loving the art of effective communication would seem to give me supernatural powers in my relationships. At least that’s what I thought! It turns out that oftentimes it takes more than communication to get a team, client, friends, or family on the...
What Exactly Are You Afraid Of?
I think everyone is capable of success… in any area of their life that they’re passionate. If you desire something, all the resources you need to make that desire happen are available to you… if you’re willing to look. So, if everyone can have whatever they desire,...
Shift Your Mojo
When life throws you poop bombs… you gotta have an arsenal of strategies to recover. In my early twenties, I was a participant in a coaching program where the facilitator used to say, “When in doubt, focus out.” I loved that phrase… and still use it today with my...
What’s Your Stress Tolerance?
Have you ever tolerated pain in an area of your business or life for way too long? It’s easy to tolerate levels of success, wealth, or love that are barely okay, rather than exceptionally fulfilling. Upgrading your life isn’t just about the big stuff. Small things you...
Dealing with Big Decisions
Every day we make dozens if not hundreds of decisions. They can be as simple as what to eat for lunch or as complicated as to where to invest your money. You can make a decision with minimal thought or go round and round in your head about something that’s not really...
Don’t Be Serious About Your Goals
Every new year I view as a clean slate in which to create. Create anything I want. It doesn’t matter what goals I didn’t get or did get last year. I get to dream and plan for this year with no baggage from the past. I take the lessons learned and make some new success...
Is Your Inner 8-Year-Old Running Your Biz?
The following is a powerful interview with Master Certified Coach, Cynthia Loy Darst. She was one of my trainers back in 1995 at the Coaches Training Institute. We were also on the board of the International Coach Federation and the Personal & Professional Coach...