Becoming Your Best | The Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

How to Survive and Thrive During Hard Times     In the midst of this crisis, I am grateful to have spring coming because it has so much symbolism! There will be a time of rebirth coming out of the Coronavirus.  Just like there are things that you can do to prepare for springtime as you come out of the cold of the winter, so are some steps that you can take i...

“These are the times that try men's souls” and true leadership will make the difference of how we come through it. It's our opportunity to really have an impact. These events are upsetting and extremely disruptive, so how can we navigate all of this that is currently happening throughout the world?  The purpose of  today’s episode  is to introduce - and review&nb...

  It’s a pretty tough world in which we live right now, and we could all use more kindness in our lives. By genuinely helping people, we not only improve their lives, but ours too, in the process, and we can live a much happier, more fulfilled and deeply satisfying life.     In today’s episode,  I share with you a couple of stories that prove how kindness can change y...

Companies now are spending millions of dollars a month on marketing. Last year, digital spending overtook TV, radio, and print. In this fast-paced world, people prefer watching a video than reading an article or an instruction manual, so in order to keep up with your competition, you have to get creative.  Video really makes it more interesting and attracts more attention. The...

People have forgotten how to ask questions and one of the reasons is the online culture that has been spoiling us to have things set and catered to our exact preference. Everything needs to look the way we want it to look, and therefore, if people don’t fit in that perfect cookie-cutter model that we have designed – our comfort zone – then they’re a threat.  That is not true! Even if there is...

A lighthouse symbolizes a steady and grounded structure that guides people to safety and represents strength and hope. And if you think about it, the wonderful lighthouse doesn’t just sit there – it comes in a time of storm as well.   So how can you become the light that guides people to overcome the obstacles in their lives?  In today’s episode,  I am sharing with you a s...

Across the world, our collective culture is designed to make it easy for us to focus on ourselves, on our own game, and on what we can do to fill our personal buckets. While it’s extremely important to take care of ourselves, there is one thing that can help us find the true happiness that we’re all searching for.     Listen to  Episode 216  of  Becomin...

Setting expectations is great!  However, more often than not, we tend to tie our happiness to the way we imagine things SHOULD go, and feel disappointed and frustrated when they aren’t how we envisioned.   It’s time to throw away our scripts and realize that our peace and balance should not depend on the movie-type expectations...

Adopting and incorporating the language of those who win is essential for becoming our best and changing the results we get in our life, both personal and professional.     Those who consistently win have a certain dialect of conviction, of confidence that whatever they set out to do is going to result in victory. They figured out the power of self-mastery and they’re champions...

How do you stay focused rather than setting a New Year’s resolution that just trickles away after a few weeks?   There are three keys to being productive and highly successful in your personal and professional life: writing down a vision, setting your roles and goals, and committing to constant pre-week planning.  In today’s episode,  we discuss each and every one of them, and...

Gratitude can be a game-changer on our motivation, our feelings, and our happiness, as we move forward to becoming our best and to make a difference both in our personal and our professional life.   Making a habit out of being grateful every day for all the things that we have can help us live in peace and balance – a trait that every highly successful person has.  &n...

How long does it take for you to schedule meetings or daily activities?   We are what we choose to spend our time on, and learning how to be more productive can give us the freedom to do what we enjoy most.  On today’s episode,  Tim shares with us the story of Woven - an intelligent calendar that helps busy professionals maximize the most valuable asset they...

Every beginning of a fresh year brings new challenges and opportunities. 2020 will never repeat itself, so how can you make it the best year you’ve had so far?  The answer is pretty simple, and you can accomplish whatever you set your mind on, by being determined to constantly use three powerful tools: having a personal vision, setting annual goals, and doing pre-week planning.&nbsp...

Would you like to have greater happiness, joy, closeness, and deep love in your marriage or partnership?  In our study of 40 years, we documented the things that help people become successful leaders, and we discovered 12 Principles that are universal and produce a predictable result. The good news is that these principles work perfectly well in your personal relationships too,...

Are you truly listening to what other people say when you’re having a conversation?    Whether we don’t understand a subject because we’re not paying attention, or we misunderstand a situation because we already think we have the answer, it all comes down to one thing. In order to be efficient communicators, we first have to master the ability to listen.    A lot of people thin...

One of the most amazing gifts that we’ve been given, is the power of choice. No matter the situation, we have the ability to choose how to respond and we can either take it personally and let it affect us in a negative way, or we can look at it with a positive upbeat mindset.   Think of the alternative to happiness, peace, and productivity. The alternat...

Since the birth of the Internet, a lot of things have changed in the way we handle business, and to keep our organizations on top, we have to rapidly adapt and see a few steps ahead.  Disruption isn’t something you turn on and off at your convenience, and it’s very uneven, so you never know when it’s going to hit. That’s why you have to always be on the lookout for it because when it comes, t...

“A funny thing about life – once you begin to take note of the things you’re grateful for, you begin to lose sight of things that you lack.” – Germany Kent  Gratitude can change your life by shifting your focus on what is wrong with yourself - and the world around - to what is right, and being grateful every day for every little thing makes a huge difference in how you let the chaos of l...

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” - Ernest Hemingway    Making mistakes is human and we all deserve second chances if we are willing to right the wrong, but sometimes people are not given the opportunity to do so. As a parent of two children who got involved with drugs and were in and out of jail, Joseph saw firsthand how incre...

If you want to look at a country’s future, look at what is going on in the classrooms, and you’ll get a great snapshot.   The education system in America is still far away from being perfect - children often don’t feel safe in schools, there’s a great gap between students coming from different environments, parents have to put a lot of effort to make sure their child receives a...

To really drive change as a leader, you have to think through it strategically.  Learning how to communicate data is a critical skill that you need to add to your tool belt because you wind up moving from an individual contributor to a trusted advisor, and becoming a trusted advisor is like the gateway drug to becoming a leader.   In today’s episode,  Nancy shares with us...

Hard work has always been rewarding for those who keep going and don’t quit if success seems far away. All the powerful and influential people have gone through years of grinding and working 70-80 hours a week, in order to follow their dreams and get to where they are now.  Jimmy knows the value of sacrifice and hard work, and he has managed to form great relationships, to get incre...

For four years, we’ve been doing this podcast, with the intent to bring value and add value to your life, whether it’s your relationships, your finances or your business.  Now, as we’ve reached the 200th episode, we want to give you exciting news – what we think is one of the most significant movements we’ve done with Becoming Your Best – and, at the same time, we want to...

Setting an example for those around you is really the power of influence.  By having your life built on the foundation of correct timeless principles that produce high-performance outcomes, happiness, joy and strong relationships, you set a powerful example that radiates out, and the immediate people that it hits are those around you. Through your example, you create a culture that defines yo...

Are you happy with where you are right now financially?  Are you happy with your relationships?  Are you happy with your health?  Are you happy with the direction in your life?  If you answered “no” to any of these questions, then what needs to change?  On today’s episode,  we are talking about the legacy that each one of us leaves behind, and how we ca...