As we enter 2025, let's shift our focus from resolutions to setting actionable goals driven by a strong self-image. Research shows only 8% of people succeed with New Year's resolutions. This highlights the importance of a strategic approach and self-belief in achieving our goals. Start by choosing Just ONE Goal! [...]
I decided to go way back in the vault to find these two articles today. The first one originally appeared here in October of 2010. This one has to do with the problem of trying to build a successful organization without first developing a strong culture. It's titled: CULTURE AND [...]
Over the years I have encountered a wide variety of problems in need of solutions with my clients. It’s hard to rank them in order, but one that would certainly be at or near the top would be a lack of belief. Whether it is a team or an individual [...]
For seven of the last eight years I have written articles on why New Year’s resolutions fail and how to get better results. I highly suggest that you take a look at all of them before reading this article (or after if that is more practical for you). They can [...]
Before I get started, if you did not happen to see the football game between UCLA and Washington State this past Saturday night, I highly suggest you watch the Pac-12 Network’s 60-minute replay of it, you will not regret it. With just under 22 minutes remaining in the game UCLA [...]
For the past seven years I have written entries on why New Year’s resolutions fail and how to get better results. I highly suggest that you take a look at all of them before reading this article (or after if that is more practical for you). They can be found here, [...]
We live in a society thats default way of thinking is: More is always better than less. I can super-size my lunch for an extra 59-cents or I can get a 36-ounce soda instead of a 16-ounce soda for a quarter more. This has not led to people enjoying [...]
If you watched any of the Olympics in Rio over the past couple of weeks, you probably saw several post competition interviews with athletes. It is also quite likely that in a large percentage of those interviews, you heard the athlete credit their “gift” or “the talent they were blessed [...]
Leo Manzano and Galen Rupp of the United States Olympic team each won a silver medal in their individual events this past week in London. On the surface this may not sound too impressive, as Americans routinely bring home gold medals in track and field at the Olympics. However, in [...]
As I wrote about here nearly a year and a half ago, Roger Federer’s fall from the top spot in the world of tennis was precipitated by a loss of confidence, not a diminution of his tennis playing skills. Federer, not surprisingly, has failed to win a single Grand Slam [...]