Are You Investing in Your Career or Business?
Most of us contribute faithfully to our retirement plan each paycheck. But have you considered that there may be much better investment opportunities? The Math Behind Investing in Yourself Consider your career or business for example. The average income for a US worker is $908/week according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of […]
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Are You in Love with Your Business or Are You in Love with Business?
One of the members of a small business mastermind group I was running posed this question to the group the other day. “Are you in love with your business or are you in love with business?” That might seem like the same question, but the difference in those two statements is enormous. As a business […]
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How to Create an Advisory Board for Your Business
If you look at any major public company in the world, you’ll notice one common thread. They ALL have a board of directors or an advisory board. Most have one board of directors and multiple advisory boards. The majority of companies start with a single person or a few individuals, the founders. These are the […]
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Why I Use a Personal Trainer When I Can Teach the Class
My personal trainer was sick the other day, and I found myself helping others in the gym that he usually trains through all the exercises. I knew them by heart after doing it for years. So why do I continue to work with a personal trainer? It’s the same reason companies spend boatloads of cash […]
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Book of the Month: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris
Is it possible to create a life where you only work 4 hours a week yet make more money than you do today? Maybe. Our personal development book club selection of the month is The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris. Out to debunk the myth that working harder is the best way to riches, Mr. […]
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Why Compete When You Can Co-Create?
Don graciously invited me to guest post on his blog. We have promoted one another for years. We co-create because you and I live in abundance. No shortage exists. No lack exists. Save in the human mind. Entrepreneurs foolishly believe in scarcity, lack, limitation and loss. Such lines of thinking create an alien concept of […]
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3 Things I Learned by Working with Multi-Millionaires
As an executive coach, business owner, and former bank director, I’ve had the pleasure of working with and becoming friends with several multi-millionaires, and even decamillionaires. Here are three things I’ve learned from my time with them. 1. Decamillionaires Do Not Become Rich Solely by Saving The evil Mr. Scrooge, pinching every penny. That’s how […]
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What happens when you get past a million views on your blog
Sometime this morning this website, which started as a personal blog where I shared some of my experiences and blossomed into a community of people interested in personal development, passed a million views. I had already reached that milestone many times over on several of my social media profiles, but this was on the core […]
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Why the idea “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” is a poor way to live life
You have probably heard the saying, “you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” What it means is that you can’t enjoy two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. You can’t eat your cake and have that same cake look like new. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” The problem with this […]
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Personal Development Book of the Month: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Born in a year of famine in a tiny Austrian town to becoming one of the most widely recognized names on the planet, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s life story is a study in what it takes to become the best, and some of the pitfalls along the way. Seven-time Mr. Olympia winner, four-time Mr. Universe winner, Golden […]
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