Letters To My Son

A toxic interpersonal environment whether it shows up as undermining, backstabbing, incivility or low trust is a breeding ground for burnout because it requires so much emotional effort just to cope with the situation. Role conflict which occurs when the expectations of one role that’s important to you conflict with those of another also increases risk of burnout this might happen when the demands...

You simply decide how you’re going to see something you can see a catastrophic loss in your life as empowering because there’s something for you to learn or you can simply see the loss you get to decide what you see in that. And once you realize that life really is about cause and effect that the things you decide to see the things you decide to focus on are going to determine the very quality of...

It’s the people who dare to believe, it’s the people who allow themselves to believe that, it’s the people who cultivate that belief fanatically more than they think about anything else they think about how capable they are, they imagine themselves doing it.

Every day we deal with doubts with feeling overwhelmed with frustration and anger with loneliness and disconnection with stress and anxiety with discomfort and change and in times of trouble we deal with the uncertainty of death, massive change, illness, loss of jobs, collapsing finances, growing debt, incredible fears a shifting economy and turbulent politics. It’s enough to make us want to give...

There’s no way to just do it - you’ve got to find something in you that you believe in so much that you’re willing to push yourself that hard. You’ve got to construct a story about not only who you are but what you can become and when that narrative is so compelling that it pushes you forward then you will have the kind of change that you want in your life but first you have to believe that you ca...

If you’re willing to do that and be real with yourself about whether or not you’re making progress then your dreams really can come true and that’s what I want for people to believe it to the core of their being. You can do anything you set your mind to and if you need encouragement let this be that encouragement. You can do it, it is possible, it can happen.

You have to decide what is a life that’s worth remembering, what is a life that’s going to give you that sense of self. What are you going to have to do to earn that because you have to earn it, there’s no way to stumble through life hoping that it will somehow add up to something that makes you feel good inside.

In the movie coach Carter, there are 104 words that I think about all the time. These 104 words have left an indelible mark on me “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people...

No matter what is happening in your life at any moment right now, in the depths of a depression, in something going on terribly in your life, you can choose right now to think about the things you’re grateful for. But it’s a choice. One is as though nothing is a miracle and the other is as though everything is a miracle. And what choice are you making?

Neil Swindale played professional basketball for 12 years and a considerable amount of his youth playing basketball. He grew up in a team environment. Some teams were championship teams and other teams they could barely win 5 games all season. Since coming to America, he started VendCentral with zero experience but knew that if he built a team he could be successful. His role on the VendCentral te...

One cannot learn what they think they already know. And that’s the danger. That’s how people get themselves in trouble.

You’re going to become the things you fear, you’re going to become the things you dread. If you’re thinking about all the things you’ve done wrong in the past, you are going to simply continue that cycle. On the other hand, let this be true.

In 1965, 17 year old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours. That’s 11 days to see how he’d cope without sleep. We’re only beginning to understand why we sleep to begin with, but we do know it’s essential.

Mike is a 30-year veteran in the unattended retail industry. What an amazingly intelligent and self-aware resource to anyone interested in buying or selling their business or want to know the ins and outs of being profitable in the industry.

Reducing stress rather than engaging with it productively does little to promote the capacity to respond effectively to adversity.

The people that you see that win at the highest levels they are the ones that didn’t give up. They’re the survivors. And you have to ask yourself am I a survivor type am I the type of person that continues to push through when it gets hard when it gets boring when I feel lost when I don’t know what I’m doing?

You just have to do it. You have to go. You have to take that first step, you have to push you have you have to strive you have to drive every time to get a little better.

How this co-Founder chooses to lead his start-up to stay grounded in their mission and stay true to what they hold valuable and meaningful.

San Francisco based start-up has nearly 800 stores deployed to a variety of locations, from headquarters like Tesla and LinkedIn to hospitals, non-profits, Educational institutions.

“Burn the boats” does present itself as a fine example of what unwavering commitment truly is. And all of us can do with a little commitment now and then.

To fail is deeply human-as is the capacity to inspect, learn from, and transcend failure. The lessons they teach have implications for humility, maturity and empathy.

I find myself at 58 the perfect fit for this new world. I want to share with you my experience, what I’ve learned, and what I’m learning everyday.

Far too many salespeople are willing to cut their price to land a piece of business and close on a transaction. Is the salesperson cheating on the new customer and all of their other customers?

Customers will pay a premium for your confidence. Confidence sells! I can’t emphasize this enough and especially now with the economy behaving the way it is. The confidence I’m talking about is not just your own confidence, but more importantly the level of confidence the customer has about you and what you’re providing them. Customers will buy anything if they have a reason, and it starts with a...

My public declaration of what I hold as important.