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If You’re Living for Friday, What About the Rest of the Week?

It’s Friday again, and my Facebook and Twitter feeds are lit up with Friday celebration messages. I have to wonder how many people hate what they do so much that the only joy they get is on the weekend when they are off? It’s a common complaint I hear from people I coach regarding their […]

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How to Get Started as a Life Coach

Many of my coaching clients are people who want to become life coaches. It’s an appealing field, especially for older men and women who have a lot of experience to share with the next generation. The most common question I get is, “How do I get started?” While every situation is different, this article describes […]

Achieve Personal Growth Through a Better Diet

Everyone is familiar with that age-old adage “you are what you eat.” Unfortunately, many of us still underestimate precisely how much of an impact adopting a healthy diet has on our health and wellbeing. The key to personal growth, in general, is identifying any bad habits that we have become accustomed to and starting slowly […]

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 […]

Lessons from Being Called a “Scammy White Guy”

I asked for some feedback the other day on our new recommendations page on our website and got this response. Looks like a recipe for “overconfident white guy gives scammy advice.” Ouch. A Defensive Reaction My knee jerk reaction was to point to the tens of thousands of followers who follow this site, and to […]

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. […]

3 Tips for Leaving Your Comfort Zone Regularly

A few weeks ago I chatted with fitness icon Tony Little on Twitter. Yep….the “Technique! Technique!” and “You can do it!” guy. He may have been the most energetic fitness guru ever. Plus he has inspired tens of millions of people worldwide to be fit. He is iconic. Tony and I exchanged tweets, and after […]

How Meditation and Mindfulness Helps Us Achieve Personal Growth

The beauty of meditation is that it helps us bring our mind and awareness back to the present moment. We spend so much time ruminating over the past or worrying about the future, that we are neglecting to seize the moment, and we forget that all we have at any one time, is the present. […]

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 […]

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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