“Just do it…” That’s been Nike’s slogan for years, expressing our inner athlete. The desire within us to win, to achieve, to accomplish what we didn’t think possible. But it’s much more than that. It’s actually the Golden Rule of Success. We are all familiar with the Golden Rule, the one taught to us by […]
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As a child, I always dreamed of becoming a black belt in Karate… Little did I know that I would begin chasing that dream at the “tender” age of 38. As it so happened one of my clients at the time was opening his Dojo in the area and with my son asking me about
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Movies can be great teachers… More than most people give them credit for. Personally my first movie was Star Wars at the tender age of 4. I don’t remember it at all, but my parents told me I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was jumping up and down on the seat in the movie theater making
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde… That’s who I feel like at times. For those of you who know me, you probably know me as someone who is caring yet stubborn, serious yet goofy, caring yet aloof, strong yet a pushover. I’m all of those things and more. I guess I look at life as someone
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“Success is a few simple disciplines practiced every day…” That has to be one of my favorite quotes of the man I consider my mentor, Jim Rohn. Success is not magical. It’s not voodoo. What’s most amazing is it is quite predictable. And yet, most people never achieve what I consider true success. To me
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Life is war… I’m speaking metaphorically naturally, but it is true that we must fight for what we want in life. The woman of our dreams, the job we seek, the credentials we desire, success, money, fame…none of these just fall out of the sky. We must fight for them. The other day I came
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Trust is important… Much more than most of us realize. Think about it for a second. How do we choose what movie to watch? What car to buy? What to invest in? Who to ask for advice? Trust is the single theme that rings true to the answer of each of these questions. We often
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Simplicity is underrated… Take a look at some of the great success stories of the past decade. Google, Apple, Facebook…all making life simple. Google redefined search, Apple developed the smartphone and FB took on social media. Back in the early 90s life was simple. And then the Internet went and changed all that. Now me…I
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Helping people isn’t easy… I’m amazed at how often people ignore good advice. Movies, gadgets, restaurants, relationship advice, or investments…people seem to have a built-in force field that prevents them from listening to good suggestions. Just the other day as I jumped on the train, I happened to notice the young lady next to me
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All leaders are readers… Harry Truman once said that but as a child I wouldn’t have believed him. The books I read in school were mostly a chore and I couldn’t see how they applied to my life so I turned to the time-honored tradition of watching movies instead. Two hours instead of two weeks.
