Black Belt Leadership

The height of the mountains you will summit in life is predicated on the amount of time you've put in training, preparing, and getting ready.  Are you prepared to summit your own Mt. Everest?  A powerful leadership lesson from climber, Allison Levine in this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

By focusing on the 80% of things they are good at, individuals and organizations neglect to focus on the 20% of things they are GREAT at.  They are playing to their weaknesses, not their strengths.  How do we flip that?  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

Parkinson's Law says that work tends to expand to fill the time allotted to its completion. How do we "hack" a Law?  How do highly productive, highly successful people use this Law to their tactical advantage?  That's the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" Black Belt Leadership Podcast.

Why do we point the finger at others and avoid taking personal responsibility for what isn't working? That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.  In this week's leadership lesson, I'll share the two C's to avoid, and the two C's to embrace. 

Indecision is costly.  SurePayroll estimates the productivity loss to business due to indecision at $1.8 Billion annually.  In our personal lives, indecision can cost us our health, wealth, relationships, or career.  It's a failure to lead ourselves well and make good choices.  How do we fix that?  In this podcast episode, I share five action steps to end indecision.

Are you running away from your calling, or toward your destiny?  This week's "MASTER Your Life" podcast focuses on a powerful leadership lesson from the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven."  

Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do sometimes, or not at all. If you want to experience more success in life, you've got to do THIS first.  What is THIS?  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

What can you learn from Steve Urkel, the loveable, nerdy character from the 1980s TV Sitcom, Family Matters?  In reality, a LOT!  When you refuse to accept personal responsibility for your failures, you're essentially telling yourself that you're not to blame.  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

Leaders go first, and when the leader is struggling with logical-emotional conflict, they can become paralyzed. This is procrastination. Why we do this, and how we overcome it is the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

FOMO, the "Fear of Missing Out" is a highly addictive behavior that can negatively affect your health, wealth, and relationships.  It's become one of the leading causes of stress, anxiety, and depression around the globe.  So, what's the cure?  That's the topic of this installment of "MASTER Your Life".

Self-sabotage is fighting with your successful self, and losing on purpose.  Stop fighting with yourself...here's how to do that!

When parents fail to lead themselves, they are failing the young, impressionable lives they are raising. This is a failure of leadership at the fundamental level. What's the solution? That's the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" podcast from Black Belt Leadership

Poor leadership deprives those they're leading of seeing success modeled before them.  This is how leaders steal from those they are leading, and it sadly happens all too often.  How do we fix that?  That's the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" Black Belt Leadership blog.  Listen, apply, and share.  

The story of how an obscure, rookie stockbroker turned 120 paperclips into $5 Million of new business in 18 months, and the lessons we can learn from that. Little habits, done daily, can yield BIG returns. (An excerpt from James Clear's book, "Atomic Habits" - a Must Read for Any Black Belt Leader!)

Yeast is a transformational catalyst for change.  What can we, as Black Belt Leaders learn from yeast that will help us become more effective at leading?  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.  Listen, share, and enjoy.

Another senseless act of violence, again pointing to the fact that far too many parents have abdicated their roles as the guardians of their children's innocence and moral upbringing, their obligation to prepare them for success in life, and their responsibility to be the protectors of their children's future. Here's how we change that. #beablackbeltleader #blackbeltparenting #livebyexample

Homeostasis is the process by which the brain regulates our bodies, such as temperature and respiration. It keeps our bodies in a state of being where they can function properly. It also regulates our behaviors, and this can be problematic with our desire to learn, grow, and become a better version of ourselves. Homeostatis fights against our desire to grow, but leaders challenge homeostasis...

The Law of Reciprocity is simple to understand.  The seed you sow into the lives of your Team will bring forth a harvest of like kind.  There is something hard-wired in our DNA that causes us, as people, to want to reciprocate in like manner to others.  How do leaders use the Law of Reciprocity to create a desired outcome?  That's the topic of this installment of the Black Belt...

There is but one cure for the generational curse of poverty and lack plaguing the world.  It's a change in how people think and see themselves.  How do you do that?  That's the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" podcast.

What are you rewarding?  It's an essential question you must answer if you want to lead yourself and others at the highest level, and the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" leadership podcast.

Values are the moral compass that determines how we live in right relationship with those around us.  Based on this definition, we have a HUGE leadership deficit in America and around the world.  Why?  Because people no longer value people.  What's the solution to this problem?  A return to values, and that's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life...

Did you know there's a GAP in your life?  It's a WHO Gap.  Leaders work to close the gap between WHO they are now and WHO they want to ultimately become.  How do they do that?  That's the topic of this week's Black Belt Leadership "MASTER Your Life" podcast.  Enjoy and share.

There will ALWAYS be problems. It's NOT that we won't face problems, it's whether or not we're prepared to face them when they come. That's the topic of this installment of the "MASTER Your Life" podcast Enjoy and share.

We all struggle with self-doubt, and at times we question ourselves. That's normal. But when we can't shake it and it holds us back from moving forward, it may be Imposter Syndrome.  What is imposter syndrome and how do we overcome it?  That's the topic of this week's "MASTER Your Life" podcast.  

Is your business INVISIBLE?  Do the customers you want to attract really know what you do, how you uniquely do it, and the unique benefits and advantages of working with you vs. one of your competitors?  It's a messaging problem, and here's a tip to help you fix this in your business in this short Black Belt Leadership moment.