don't break the chain

Don’t Break The Chain (And Other Habit Hacks)

Don’t break the chain. That’s the mantra I keep repeating whenever I reach for a donut, bread, or french fries. And I am not going to sugarcoat it. Despite the fun stuff in my career, achieving physical fitness is challenging. At five-foot-ten and weighing 215 lbs, my BMI is roughly 31. Gaining excessive weight has … Read More

quiet desperation

Are You Living A Life Of Quiet Desperation?

Do you ever feel like you could be doing so much more with your life? When you started out, you dreamed big. Do you remember You woke up each day filled with excitement for the possibilities of tomorrow. Then life happened.  Days became weeks. Weeks became years. And now, decades… Are You Living A Life Of … Read More

go big in 2019

New Years Resolutions Suck: How To GO BIG In 2021

New Years Resolutions suck. And if you’re like most ambitious people, you just spent the last few weeks thinking about how you’d like to go big in 2019… You thought about who you are and who you want to become. And maybe for the first few days (in the New Year) you actually took some … Read More

overcoming fear

Overcoming Fear: How I Almost Cried At My Bachelor Party

Over the years, I’ve taken some calculated business risks that usually turned out okay. So you’d think I’d have some good strategies for overcoming fear. But I never anticipated how my idiot friends would surprise me on my bachelor party. On the day of my party, my best man convinced me we were going golfing. … Read More

If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get

If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

When I was in college, I took a job selling spas at a local carnival so I could pay for classes. Having had no prior sales experience, the first few weeks on the job were tough. People go to carnivals to ride rides and eat ice cream. They don’t go to carnivals to buy ten-thousand … Read More