I am watching a comedy on Hulu now. Someone blames their failure on growing up in certain circumstances. A few minutes prior, I saw an ad on YouTube. Presidential candidates talking trash about each other filled my screen. I spied a host of negative influences walking around Manhattan today. Although people mean well, way too
I set an intent a few months ago. Live and let live. I held an intent to allow my wife to live her life. My dad could live his life, too. Ditto for my mother in law. I let her live her life. From friends to family, I simply allowed people to live their lives
My daughter Emma is 19, almost twenty, and she’s a coach. No, not a life or business coach, she’s a vocal coach who gives vocal lessons in Springfield, Illinois, and runs a vocal studio that she started several years ago. I’m more than twice her age, but you wouldn’t want to hire me as a vocal
For 30 years of my life, I worked a job to pay bills. At least until 2008. I lost my security guard job. Life opened up. I could work from home and be free. But stronger inner pulls goaded me to get a job ASAP to pay bills, although I ignored the nudges. Why? I
No matter how much you bury fear and pain, and believe you outfoxed the energies, you will pay the price down the road. Take it from a former world class repressionist. Life seemed OK. On the outside. But deep down, beneath my humorous veneer, I vibed pain and fear. I suppressed difficult trauma from childhood.
I recall horribly envying a highly successful blogger 10 years ago. Dude seemed to have it all. He seemed happy. 6 figure earner, soon to be 7 figure entrepreneur. Pretty wife, big home and super successful online. Doesn’t it feel easy to hate successful people, before you figure out how jealousy works? Pay close attention
How many times have you learned a concept and mastered the idea after one exposure to the idea? Like zero times, right? Why do you expect clients to master stuff after a single exposure? Let’s be real, guys and gals. Coaches sometimes lack patience because we forget what it felt like to be the client
I had another no show for a free consultation last night. I’m a business coach, and part of the drill is hopping on calls with prospects to get new customers, so that type of thing comes with the territory. I called the lady after a few minutes of staring at the blank screen, and she said, “Now
I just broadcast a live video walking across Brooklyn Bridge in NYC. Fun times. 8 years ago, I set a realistic intent: travel the globe with my wife while working my blogging business. My definition of “being realistic” differs from most people because I chose a different meaning for “realism”. Why? Well….why not? Have you
I recall watching an interview with Bill Gates. He noted putting in many hours of work to get Microsoft off of the ground. In the next breath, he proclaimed “he got lucky” when his company took off. Any person who has been one of the wealthiest folks on earth – for *decades* knows luck had
