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Setting Boundaries and Expectations Imagine how your life would improve if everybody understood what to expect. Expectations are powerful. You get to decide how you approach the world. Pay attention to these three questions: 1) What do you expect of yourself?  2) What do you expect of others? Clearly, understand what you expect of others. That allows you to avoid surprises - and toxic relationships. 3) What do others expect of you? When you let others know what they can expect of you - and walk your talk - you are living with integrity. Your life will always be more comfortable when you know what to expect of yourself and others.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unavoidable Stages of Competence When I was young, stupid, and wondering when I would understand life, I often turned to Zig Ziglar for a road map.  Zig's Stages of Competence was what I needed: 1) Stage One is where we begin. We are "Unconscious Incompetent." We don't know what we don't know. 2) Stage Two is called "Conscious Incompetent." I spent a lot of time there. I used to say, "I have no idea what I'm doing - but at least I admit it." 3) Stage Three is "Unconscious Competent." People who have no idea how good they are.  4) Stage Four is "Conscious Competent." That is your goal. To know what you are doing - and OWN it!  Most people continue to another level that some call "Conscious Competence." The ability to recognize and develop Unconscious Competence in others. You will become who you were meant to be when you learn how to get there, do the work, and recognize your achievement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purpose Based Goals Are you a goal-setter?  Goals are the heartbeat of your life. Without Goals, life tends a meander with no real direction.  Goals are GOOD. But what happens when you miss your Goal?  Yes, you might want to give up, but it’s not the end of the world.  Missing a deadline doesn't always mean you missed your Goal.  Missing a Goal only means that you are using a particular result to define achievement. You might consider using outcome-based goal setting when your Goal doesn't need a specific "How" or "When."  In other words, you'll get there when you get there. Better yet, always make sure that your goals are fueling your purpose. When you do that, time doesn’t matter anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life Changing Questions I'll keep it quick today. Besides, you'll be busy thinking after you read these questions. (Now would be a good time to pull out your journal and make a few notes.) 1) What do I want to do? 2) What do I want to have? 3) Where do I want to go? 4) What contribution do I want to make? 5) What do I want to become? 6) What do I want to learn? 7) Who do I want to spend my time with? 8) How much money do I want to earn, save, and invest? 9) How much time do I want off? 10) What will I do to create optimum health? Your mind is now officially in a different place. Enjoy the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How To Create More Time in Your Day How would you like more time in your day - or at least to feel that way? I hope to enjoy a fantastic weekend that will feel like a month. Like a vacation as a child that seemed to last forever.  Wouldn't it be cool to capture that feeling every day? It is possible to enjoy your own time machine when you understand that time is relative. Your perception of time will determine how you experience your day.  Try this: 1) Embrace anticipation. Focus your excitement on what is to come instead of what is in the past. 2) Slow down. Being busy for the sake of being busy will make time seem to pass quickly. So will life. 3) Introduced LOTS of sensory input for your mind to ponder. Complex thoughts, colorful visuals, and even music will make it seem like your day is never-ending. You may not be able to stop the world from spinning faster and faster. That doesn’t mean you have to participate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behavior Hacks That Change Everything Your mind is the most powerful super-computer ever created. Here are a few ways to hack it and transform your life. 1) Start using a "Good Enough" approach. Perfectionism is doing nothing to move you forward. 2) Use your ONE mind to do ONE thing. Multitasking is splitting your focus and energy. It's also delaying your success. 3) Let go of control. Some things are not up to you. Figure out what they are and move on. 4) Say NO to anything that does not directly support your Goals. Do what you KNOW will get you what you want. Don't do something in hopes of getting what you want. 5) Hang out with supportive, positive, and nurturing people. Let toxic people create their own group. 6) Be willing not to be liked. If you avoid making folks unhappy, you're not moving toward your dreams. 7) Focus on the story of YOU. Minimize social media and television. When you do, you also minimize the influence others have on you. Notice how most hacks are simply relying on yourself first.  Le

Mindset Shifts for a Better Life "On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become." — Anonymous You're smart. You're not going to let that happen to you - right?  Here are seven mindset shifts to make sure you are living on purpose right now - 1) Live a good lifestyle. Eat good stuff and exercise. 2) Think long-term. Find your groove and stick with it. 3) Play BIG. Small thinking is not why you were born. 4) Be responsible. No more excuses. That’s the only way to be happy. 5) Learn to be more flexible. Stop being hard-headed. Go with the flow to get what you want. 6) Embrace hard work. There is no Magic Bullet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Don't Need Failure For Success Have you ever wondered how to succeed in a long-term Goal?  Without endless nights of crying yourself to sleep? It won't help to remind you that everything is hard before it gets easy. Or that if it were easy, everybody would do it - right? Try this: 1) Know what you want. Easy peasy. 2) Find a Coach and train, train, train. Get a real Coach. Counting on Google to help you master your new skill is not a good plan. 3) Trust your training while you practice, practice, practice. You'll get better. I promise. 4) Commit to continuing until you reach your Goal - no matter what. Yes, it will be hard. Then again, you'll soon be one of those lucky people are blessed with a life others envy. Finally - Be sure to trust your most important Coach - YOU! Listen to your gut, what is calling you, and keep moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Big Do You Dream? How big do you dream? I hope it's not tiny. That would be a bummer. Dreaming big is not really what you think. Please don't feel like you must save the world or be a Rock Star. Making millions of dollars doesn't always fit into that category, either. Don't believe me?  Why are so few folks unable to do that? Living a stress-free life, spending time with family, or doing an excellent job for your employer is pretty big - right? Dreaming big is about imagining something important to YOU - not anybody else.  When you dream big, it becomes easy to set goals and take action to live your dream life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get What You Want… FAST! Would you like a shortcut to getting anything you want in life? Would you like to get there quicker, faster, and easier? Since you're a mover and a shaker, you know the value of using goals in your day-to-day life. Goals are those magical gems that give you the power to turn your dreams into reality. Here's the simple secret to achieving massive success with your goals. Commit yourself ONLY to take action that moves you closer to your goal. Period. Stay focused, say "No," and slice and dice the day to create motion in the direction of your choice. Keep going until you get there.  Once you succeed, keep perfecting your actions until they run on autopilot.   Your next great adventure can wait until you complete your current journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Others See Your Greatness  Whether in business, having a job, going to school, or living your life, your ability to present well will supercharge your success. Here are five tips I use every day: 1) Understand that most folk only expect you to wow them. They are not expecting bad. You shouldn't either. 2) Join the conversation THEY already have inside their head, not the one YOU are having. 3) You'll move faster if you drop the small talk and dig into the meat of your communication. You can fill in additional information later. 4) The sooner you get people to suspend disbelief and engage with you, the sooner you will succeed. 5) Stop overkill. Find the first best place to take your exit and bring your meeting to an end. You're going to be amazed at how well this works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Do You Procrastinate? Are you a member of the Procrastination Club? If so, you participate in one of the most popular groups ever devised. Everybody joins eventually. So, what is procrastination? "The intentional and habitual postponement of an important task that you should do now." Is it possible that you are not procrastinating?  Maybe you're just forcing yourself to do something you don't need or want to do anyway? Maybe you're getting caught up in the caught up? Making busy, keeping up with the Jones? There's so much you can do today. How many are you procrastinating, and how many should you toss off your list? Remember… When you do what fuels your soul you’ll never procrastinate again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stop Letting Others Control You This morning I received an email from a member I haven't heard from in years. Many years. He wanted to update me on his life. This kind of thing happens all the time. Folks jump into the Personal Development game and hang out for a while. Eventually, they disappear. I never worry about it because it means they must put what they've learned in place. In his note, he thanked me for giving him a nugget that turned that was the catalyst he needed to begin his journey. I said. "If you don't take control of yourself, somebody else will take control of it for you." I wonder? Is it scarier and more frustrating to have somebody else pulling your strings - or pulling them yourself? You already know the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Primary Morning Focus I love the quiet, peaceful mornings, but I'm not too fond of mornings happening so early. Still, the focus, creativity, and feeling of momentum that comes with getting up before the chickens have such value that I needed getting up a bit easier. My solution is to drop the complicated and establish a simple routine.  I begin by deciding the area I'm currently prioritizing and choosing a "first thing" task to move me closer to my goal. Next, I set myself up for success the night before. Depending on my task, I make notes, organize my desk, and get my gym clothes ready - whatever it takes to prepare. Finally, when I wake up, I get licked by the dogs, take care of my personal needs, read something inspirational for five minutes or less, and start my day. No distractions. No email, social media, or news. Just start. My goal is to make my primary focus the first thing I do in the morning before life gets in the way. It works like a charm. There's a reason the Marines do more before 9 AM than e

Get Yourself to Take Action People often ask what steps are needed to increase productivity and get more done. That’s easy. It always comes down to understanding how the action moves you forward. Like any good story, life IS a story. All actions have a beginning, middle, and end. Anything else is stumbling along - which is easy to do if you’re not paying attention. Here’s how you sum up actions in three steps: The beginning is “Access Actions,” which determine the steps needed to get your project moving. The middle is about momentum and achievement. “Advancing Actions” move you toward benchmarks and help you monitor your progress, and make iterations and adjustments. “Achievement Actions” are those steps required to complete your project with no loose ends. Taking action. It’s not about getting things done so you can work more. It’s about getting things done so you can play more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diagnosing How To Help Others Have you ever felt the desire to help others? Do you want to help them figure things out? Make more money? Recover from a bad experience?  Maybe you want to make a difference in the world yourself. I’ve always believed that our power to help others is a side benefit of being ourselves - and having a structure to follow - 1) A person in need desires an outcome. It makes no sense to offer advice until we know what they seek. That puts us on the same page. 2) Next, find out their problems, actions, and results. Then, relate them to what you have found works.  3) Now that you’ve heard their struggle, you can make specific recommendations to move their life positively. Helping others is a lot like being a Doctor. Listen. Examine. Prescribe. Take action. Follow up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness Walks For years, I've built a reputation for being a guy that never misses a chance for a good conversation. Sometimes I head out the door for a good old-fashion "Talkabout" - an ode to Crocodile Dundee's "Walkabout." I'm not sure when it began, but since exploring life's possibilities is a core value, I know why; there is no better way to learn something new than striking up a random conversation with another human.  But there are rules: 1) You must be focused on exploring and open to following whatever direction the conversation goes. No judgment. No challenging.  2) Your mouth should be open as little as possible. Everything you say should focus on learning more from the person in front of you. 3) No matter what you hear, remember that you checked your ego; you are here to listen and learn. When you feel the need to make it about you, it's time to move on to the next conversion. Maybe I should start calling them "Listenabouts." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's Your Life Vision? Do you have an image of what you would like your life to be - except when life gets in the way? There's no doubt that daily life events have a funny way of distracting us from reaching goals. It's just too easy to put them on the back burner. That's why you need to become the keeper of your vision. Every day thousands of opportunities will arrive on your path and detour you from what you want. That's why it's up to you to guard your vision by asking a simple question -  Will this opportunity move me closer to the lifestyle I desire or further away? Simple. Know YOUR vision. Defend YOUR vision. Live YOUR Vision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living a Curated Life Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to live an authentic life that looks the same from the inside and outside. In other words, can you walk your talk and have everybody understand what you are saying?  My wife and I visited St. Augustine a few weeks ago and spent several hours in the Lightner Museum. On the surface, it was an interesting collection of stuff that didn’t seem to go together - except that it did. Like all good museums and lives, it was well curated. Our day-to-day lives are much the same—a collection of experiences and things we understand but others may not. We may also feel fear over expressing ourselves. We may not even believe it’s possible. Then again, you’re already doing it anyway - right? Another fear we have is what others will think about the crazy lives we’ve built - which can hold us back too. That’s why it’s time to curate your life. When you walk into the Lightner Museum, it is a collection of collections. Each individual is unique, with nothing to do with oth

So, What Do You Do? Two people came into a restaurant and walked up to the bar. While it sounds like the setup for a joke, what's about to happen is much more serious. My friend and New York Times Best Selling Author, Joel Comm, has a favorite question for times like these - So, What Do You Do? Asking that simple question can propel hours of conversation - as proven by my client. While attending an event, she was standing at a bar when the gentleman next to her asked, "So what do you do?" Her quick response was to say, "Anything I want!" Obviously, her answer caused question marks to rise from her new friend's ears as curiosity rose. Frankly, my client's answer wasn't the defacto narrative she had spewed for years. She's nearing an early retirement, and her next phase is unclear. Still, she knew one thing— she wasn't going to talk about the past-- and that scared her to death. She was also fearful of what others will think, say, and do about her response. She should not have been. Asking, "So, what do you do"