Week 26, 2023
If you haven't much to show for this year yet, there is still enough time left in 2023 for it to be "the year that changed it all" for you. What is today you going to do for tomorrow you?
Things change. That's what they do. Being afraid of change is like being afraid of death. They are both inevitable, so you might as well get comfortable with them.
I want to be a builder of new things until the end. I enjoy the freedom and the security of the things we have built, but I don't want to spend all day "protecting my comfortable situation."
Week 25, 2023
We each have our own type of intelligence based on our bodies, our experiences, and our instinctual response to external stimulus.
But what I think will be truly magical, and what I think will cause humans to possibly earn the right to be a multi-planet species, is when our culture comes to fully recognize, respect, and focus on developing the multitudes of different intelligences.
Week 24, 2023
Week 24 of 2023 has arrived... Dunked into the slow moving Dutch canal of your life like a fictional Rebecca Welton. I was wondering... What do you want? Seriously. I have my own agenda... which primarily is: Motivating people to put the blood, sweat, tears and time into the work of being their best, most interesting, weirdest selves, while at the same time striving to personally live up to the above, while respecting my responsibilities as a Husband, Father, Son, and Friend. This is my mission both because it's incredibly rewarding, and also... I want to live in that world! So... What can I do to help? More emails? Different topics? Motivational posters? Videos? Podcasts? Something I haven't even thought...
Week 13, 2023
Start something. SOMETHING. ANYTHING. Do something... for a while.
Work. Learn. Grow. Repeat. Happiness.
Showing up.
Week 12, 2023
Here is the thing, and I don't mean for this to be a heavy burden, but... The Universe needs you to be striving. Striving to be a better: human, dad, mom, business person, neighbor, etc.
The only way to lead is by example, and that means being better. I want to live in a universe where you expect greatness from me, and I expect greatness from you.
Not as a contest among mortals, but as extreme ownership mutually shared among divine beings.
Week 11, 2023
Big heroic gestures really get our juices flowing... they make great movies and, with the right soundtrack, are usually home run heart-string-tuggers. And yet, all the durable wins are in daily actions, repeated over years... the rest is just background noise.
Week 10, 2023
Life is crazy, and there is too much to do. When you want to make a change, how can you possibly fit in the time to become an expert: nutritionist, trainer, business coach, investor, parent, care giver, etc, etc.
We all need a map for this type of roadblock to change. I think the solution is...:
Week 9, 2023
Profit is important, no doubt. Actually valuing your customers usually protects and improves your profit.
Show up for the people in your life with ACTIONS. Your customers, your friends, your neighbors... Words are wind.
If you do that, the profits will take care of themselves.
Week 8, 2023
Everything is a choice, even if you deny that you are choosing. Everything is changing, even as you struggle in vain to keep it the same. So, acknowledge that you are choosing... and know that with each choice you step closer to that person. Every time you choose to do the hard thing, you are stepping towards being the person who isn't afraid of hard things.
Week 7, 2023
The difference between terror and exhilaration is often just whether you are standing on your heels or your toes. The same experience can be vastly different just based on your attitude.