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Give Yourself Permission to be Yourself

We’re at our best for others when we think most about ourselves. Bold claim. But there’s a lot going on there, so let me unpack it for you. You’re best able to tackle and overcome obstacles when you take on challenges that are inherently inspiring and meaningful to you. To be precise, those are the […]

Higher Mind Lower Mind Deep Cuts

Ever wonder why you end up experiencing your unique set of challenges in life? Many people experience life in a way that appears to repeat over and over again in cycles, themes, or recurring “lessons.” You guys asked us to start to include content that goes deeper into the meat of things so I asked […]

How to Know If You’re a Fake Guru

There are tons of slimy “personal coaches” out there who are only interested in your credit card number. And there are also tons of entrepreneurs who know how to stand in their value and are dedicated to changing the world while being compensated fairly for it. Sometimes the line between those two things can be […]

How to Set Goals Like Donald Trump

“If you can’t say the downsides of a goal, you don’t have a goal.” If you want to achieve anything meaningful, in life or in business, you need to have a goal based in reality and not on fantasy. The goal needs to be articulated, investigated, and broken down into incremental steps that you can […]

How to Set Goals That Matter in Life and in Business

If you set goals that you don’t have direct control over, you will fail. Here’s a delusional goal: “This quarter, we’re going to increase profits by 10%.” If that’s all you’ve written down, achieving it will be a matter of luck. Unless you’re going out picking people’s pockets, you don’t have direct control over your […]

How to Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

It all comes down to values. Whether I’m giving a talk to a high-school, running a multi-day event, or leading my team, you better bet I’m going to bring up the idea of values. Why? Well, I could fill up your entire feed with the reasons why, but the short answer is that if you […]

How Your Labels Hold You Back

Morally labeling things is a one-way ticket to emotional fragility. Because moral labels are absolute and one-sided, whenever someone does something that isn’t congruent with the label, we’ll react accordingly. Here’s an example: let’s say you label “spilling coffee” as a bad thing. Because it has that label, whenever it happens, you’re going to be […]