Our desire and need for perfection is a belief, not the truth.
Derek Sivers said, “Don’t be on your deathbed someday having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of...
One important element of true professionalism is conquering the fear of making a mistake. In certain situations, like public speaking, that fear can freeze you like...
When’s the last time you let fear get the better of you? Whether we want to admit it or not, fear keeps us from doing a...
Fear and success don’t usually go together. When we look at who we believe to be successful, they look so confident and sometimes less like ourselves....
As we all know, the last two years have been very interesting. As someone that consults and advises leaders around the world, to say that I...
How and why are your fears the limiting factors that impede your behaviors and thwart your plans? A form of emotional energy (just like passion), fear...
You hear it all the time…. you just have to follow your dreams. They make it sound so easy, but if it were easy, everyone would...
I can’t believe I’m writing about a pandemic in 2020. At the time of this writing, millions of people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and...
I remember the day in vivid detail. I was on a weekend trip visiting my girlfriend at the time in Arizona. She had decided that we...
The most important purpose of fear, which is to help us stay safe, has served humankind faithfully ever since the first people roamed the Earth. It...
Would a race feel fair if there were no starting gun? Imagine you are crouched at the starting line of a race along with all the...
It always seems to happen the same way. You start a new habit. It’s a great habit. It’s making your day better. In fact, it seems...
Many people believe that high performance people such as Michael Jordan, Elon Musk and Michael Phelps are just blessed with superior genetics. But that simply is...
Think about the positive emotion you felt when you watched or listened to a successful businessperson you admired. You thought to yourself how amazing their success...
Experiencing fear is good. It shows that you’re human and that your natural survival instincts are working just fine. Imagine a fearless person about to swim...
As I’ve gone through life, I’ve spent a great deal of my energy working to overcome my fears. From everyday fears like rejection and judgment to...
Making excuses comes from a fundamental lack of concern regarding our responsibility. It’s just like when you used to excuse yourself from the family dinner table,...
When it comes to finding success in life our limiting beliefs can be one of the biggest trip-ups we face. They wall us in and continually...
In one way or another, fear affects everyone’s decision-making from time to time. If you’re a full-time entrepreneur, then you probably felt some fear when you...
Whether change is good or bad, it can be scary, and that’s ok. The thing we need to be able to do is conquer that fear...
We can’t help it. When we read an interview with a high flying, successful person, we secretly compare ourselves to them with our mind making little...
Messages about overcoming fear in order to be successful are built with good intentions, but they may be making fear your enemy instead of your friend....
With the current state of our society, the violence, the hate being promoted and the unrest of the world and it’s relationships with one another, one...
Every entrepreneur is guilty of experiencing a time at some point when you think you’ve hit rock bottom. Getting to the top is a process which...
Everything is a test in life. Defining moments like graduation, job, marriage, house, relationships, failures, and pain are daunting moments. Our conscious mind dwells on living...
If you were to ask women who work full-time and want to start a business, why they haven’t done so yet, what do you think their...
So you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up, huh? Join the club. Most people I know just ‘fell into’ their current...
Can responsibility ensure greatness in our lives? We are held responsible from a young age to ensure we provide results. From being held responsible to do...
In a recent Q&A to a group of amazing individuals, one of the questions I was asked was around the fear of being judged. It made...
