Do You Even Know You’re Already Competing Every Day?
"Compete every day? No, that's not me. I don't like to compete." Does that response sound like something you'd say? I used to hear it quite often at tradeshows with the...
How I Killed My Excuses – And So Can You
"Excuses are lies we tell ourselves so that it doesn't have to be our fault." - Chris Creed There are a million excuses that I can whip out of thin air...
How to (Actually) Be Better Than Yesterday
Do you know who you’re competing with? Who are you looking toward as your competition? Who do you see on a daily / weekly / monthly basis as your measuring...
Finding Motivation When You’re In a Rut
A friend recently asked for help getting out of his rut. He’s been a competitive athlete the last decade and due to injuries and changes in his life, is no...
Why Now Is Better
I used to believe that if I didn’t start at an earlier (“better”) time, then there was no use starting now. Because, I knew that if I had started when...
How to Manage Your Gap
I think a lot of people can relate to the idea of starting fresh and starting over. The “getting ramped up and getting moving” sucks. For example, when I started...
That Moment
We’ve all had that moment. You know which one I’m referring to, right? The one where we quit. It’s that moment when we stopped pushing ourselves because it got really...
What If There’s Nothing Special About Me?
But there’s nothing special about my story. I remember telling my coach that early in our time working together. I was new to public speaking and had hired his team...
Until You Can Do What You Want
I tore my Achilles almost seven weeks ago during a men’s basketball league game. As anyone who has gone through this recovery process can attest, it has not been a fun...
No One Is an Island
“For a long time, I convinced myself that I could will my way to a dream. As long as I wanted it bad enough, I could make it happen. But...