Many of you know I spent November (yep, the entire month) in Australia and New Zealand. It was the trip of a lifetime, and like all great journeys, it taught me many things. Lesson One—turn pain into gain. I’d been talking about going to Australia forever, but kept putting it off. It was so far, […]

Less than half of all Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Few people (less than 5%) have written goals for their lives. We all seem to agree on the importance of planning and goal setting, but actually doing it for ourselves is a completely different matter. Making New Year’s resolutions is really just an annual goal […]

Some people won’t even make New Year’s resolutions anymore. Not because they don’t want to improve their lives, but because they’ve tried and failed so many times, they’ve given up. It’s not the resolution maker who’s the failure, it’s the methodology we’ve been using to try and bring about radical change in our lives. To […]

Many of you know I have to do a major “out of my comfort zone” thing every year. And I challenge all of you to do the same (at least promise me you won’t go to the SAME beach again this year! There’s a whole world out there – go see something new!) This year […]

You read everywhere that the world has changed; things will never be as good as they were; we have to get used to the new reality. Get faster, do more with less, implement more technology—run, Forrest, run! I’m not so sure about that. I think the basic principles for success are the same as they […]