Best-In-Class with A.J. Madden

Send us Fan Mail Best In Class Product Review:  Coach Icon Racer Jacket The Coach brand has a rich history that began in 1941 with the founding of a family-run leather goods company in New York City Dream It Real -Supports young people from historically underrepresented and marginalized communities through grants, mentorship, product, and volunteer time -121,000 HOURS SPENT SERVING COMMUNITIES GLO...

Send us Fan Mail Seven Business Lessons From Ristorante Pesto (The #1 Restaurant In Philadelphia and #4 in the U.S.) The definition of Best-In-Class:  100% commitment to the HIGHEST STANDARDS in everything you do.  How you do anything is how you do everything. 1.  Be brilliant at the BASICS  2.  Sweat the SMALL STUFF  3.  Honor YOUR WORD 4.  Do a little EXTRA  5.  Be an EXPERT LISTENER  6.  Be KIN...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Corey Phelps—Dean at Penn State Smeal College of Business on Elite Strategy For Your Work and Life Learn how to apply high-level business strategy in a simple way to your work and life! Corey Phelps is an award-winning business school professor and executive educator with deep expertise in strategy, innovation and leadership development. His decades of academic research combin...

Send us Fan Mail The 5 Habits of The Most Effective, Respected, and Admired Managers  ⭐️Manage checklists, deadlines, and standards not people.  These three things are black-and-white, yes or no, binary.  They always let people know where they stand. ⭐️Relentlessly identify and coach up your lowest performing team member in terms of attitude and/or performance in a way that inspires them and let...

Send us Fan Mail The 3 Vital Roles of a Winning CEO (Or Any High-Impact Leader) 1.   Learner-In-Chief Spend fifteen minutes to an hour every day learning from the best of the best experts. “Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading; cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.” -Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway  2.  Head Coach Coach up...

Send us Fan Mail The Two Keys To Learning At An Elite Level That Will Transform Your Life  1.  Model Mt. Rushmore  STUDY AND MODEL the absolute best of the best in your discipline or field.  Make your thoughts, words, habits, and days look like theirs. 2.  Learn From The Best Of The Best Coaches And Mentors Once you identify someone as a true expert who has something important to teach you, SHUT U...

Send us Fan Mail Two Simple Proven Tools To Instantly Elevate Your Mood, Turn Around A Bad Day, And Feel Great  Tool #1:    Gratitude, Get Moving, Give and Serve Whenever you need a boost, focus on one or all three to instantly feel better. 1.  Gratitude.  Think of one thing you’re grateful for.  Think about how whatever is happening to you, someone else has it worse. 2.  Get moving.  Get up and m...

Send us Fan Mail The 12 Best Life Habits For Health, Wealth, and Happiness 1.  READ BIOGRAPHIES of people who had great successes and who have overcome great challenges. 2.  Plug all your personal and professional activities into a DAILY SCHEDULE and work off that, not a to-do list. 3.  TRACK YOUR SPENDING and follow a MONTHLY BUDGET, SAVE AND INVEST at least 20% of your income, have at least ONE...

Send us Fan Mail The Secret of Life In Two Words Does this bring me joy and/or growth? The Elevated Choice:  Act like the highest and best version of yourself. 1.  Be kind and useful  2.  Do hard things  What would the highest best version of myself do? Highest = Be kind and useful  Best = Do hard things  Growth:  Elite Minds by Dr. Stan Beecham  Joy:  The How of Happiness by Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky...

Send us Fan Mail The Twelve Hard Truths Of Leadership You Must Embrace To Succeed  “Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.”  -Jack Welch We must stay as objective as possible and face the reality of our situation as the top leader.  The following are twelve unique truths you must face and embrace in order to succeed:  1.  You will have doubts and fears, but you can never sho...

Send us Fan Mail The Varallo Family—Owners of Ristorante Pesto (The #1 Restaurant In Philadelphia and Top-5 in the U.S.) Key points we discuss  -Life is short and not guaranteed, be happy with your work and family  -Be nice to everyone, you never know who you’re talking to  -What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger -You have to love what you’re doing so that every day is meaningful  -Have a sense...

Send us Fan Mail Eric Kuhn—From Heroin Addict To Award-Winning Entrepreneur Key points we discuss ⭐️Ask for help ⭐️If you’re just in it for money, there’s no way you’ll be the best ⭐️It makes your life easier if you love what you do ⭐️Service is doing the things you don’t need to do, but want to ⭐️Look at challenges as something you can learn from or a way to toughen up ⭐️No one is going to...

Send us Fan Mail The 3 Biggest Mistakes First-Time CEOs (And Other High-Impact Leaders) Make 1.  Wasting time and wasting words.  2.  Whining about others. 3.  Staying an ignorant amateur.   The Three Habits 1.  Master the most important. 2.  Make the elevated choice (do hard things and be kind and useful) 3.  Model Mount Rushmore Comment below with your number-one takeaway. Listen now on YouTube,...

Send us Fan Mail Best-In-Class Product Reviews:  GoRuck Rucker 4.0 https://www.goruck.com/ Comment below with your number-one takeaway. Listen now on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes. Please like, share and subscribe if you find it useful! I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people dramatically elevate their performance and achieve life-changing goals. My clients includ...

Send us Fan Mail Best-In-Class Product Reviews:  New Balance 992 Comment below with your number-one takeaway. Listen now on YouTube, Spotify or iTunes. Please like, share and subscribe if you find it useful! I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people dramatically elevate their performance and achieve life-changing goals. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, exe...

Send us Fan Mail John MacLaren, Navy SEAL—How To Transform Your Life In 72 Hours Key lessons  -Excellence is not intuitive, you have to train it -We are either building up or breaking down -You can live in the rear view mirror or you can live in the windshield  -Find a coach is obsessively nuts about your success  -It’s not about “them”, it’s about how your brain navigates life  -You can’t find yo...

Send us Fan Mail Seven Business Lessons From Acqualina (The #1 Hotel and Resort In America) 1.  Be Brilliant at the Basics  2.  Sweat the Small Stuff 3.  Do What You Say You’re Going To Do  4.  Do A Little Extra 5.  Be An Expert Listener 6.  Be Kind And Useful  7.  Get 1% Better Than Yesterday  Acqualina Resort received the Forbes Five-Star Award for the hotel and spa for 11 consecutive years, the...

Send us Fan Mail Three Leadership Lessons From Acqualina (The #1 Hotel and Resort In America) Best-In Class Leadership  1.  Heroic Mission  2.  High Excellence 3.  High Warmth  Acqualina Resort received the Forbes Five-Star Award for the hotel and spa for 11 consecutive years, the title of TripAdvisor’s #1 Beachfront Hotel in the U.S., and top awards from USA Today (including the #1 Best Destinati...

Send us Fan Mail Best-In-Class Product Reviews:  The Brixton Black Full Zip Hoodie from Robert Barakett To sum it up, we want to create beautiful garments that complement the man, make him feel good about himself and be comfortable in his own skin." —Robert Barakett “The Brixton Black Full Zip Hoodie from Robert Barakett is made from a premium technical knit for everyday comfort. It features...

Send us Fan Mail Seana Lois on Service—Award-Winning Entrepreneur and CEO Key lessons we discuss  -Practice self-accountability  -Be humble  -Listen before you speak -Listen to your team members  -Be flexible and roll with the punches  -Give 100% 100% of the time  -Move your body every day -Use an electronic calendar with reminders  -Never stop learning -Find time to quiet your mind daily Seana Lo...

Send us Fan Mail BEST-IN-CLASS product reviews:  Moose Knuckles GOLD SERIES LINDEN BUNNY Please like, share and subscribe if you find it useful! I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people dramatically elevate their performance and achieve life-changing goals. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athlete...

Send us Fan Mail BEST-IN-CLASS product reviews:  Canada Goose Stormont ¼ Zip Sweater Please like, share and subscribe if you find it useful! I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people dramatically elevate their performance and achieve life-changing goals. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes an...

Send us Fan Mail John MacLaren—Navy SEAL, Coach and Mental Performance Specialist   Key points we discuss: -How you start is how you finish -Not being in a hurry for the first 30 minutes of your day will change your life  -What we say and how we say it matters  -Am I adding value to my surroundings? -One core value I have in everything I do:  Everyone wins.  Always leave a room better than you fou...

Send us Fan Mail Michiel Mulder—How To Develop Bulletproof Confidence and Real Self-Protection Skills Key takeaways  -Find your passion and build people with what you’re good at -Go to the highest standard and learn from the best -Step out of your comfort zone  -Hang out with people better than you (it rubs off) -Do not allow negative self-talk -Chest up (be proud of what you are) -People will tre...

Send us Fan Mail Best-In-Class Product Reviews:  Odd Sox and Socksmith https://www.socksmith.com/pages/community-impact https://www.oddsox.com/ I am a high-performance specialist and 7x author who helps successful people dramatically elevate their performance and achieve life-changing goals. My clients include CEOs, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, law enforcement leaders, professional athletes...