SAX IN THE MORNING

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and I wanted to take today to talk about how important it is to recognize the tremendous sacrifices of those in the armed forces to keep us all safe. It is especially meaningful to me because my son, Captain John Sax, is a pilot and an officer in the Marine Corps.  My son has d...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. We’ve all had a bad day or a bad week in our lives where it feels like we can’t do anything right. But how about a bad six months! That was the case with the Los Angeles Dodger’s Cody Bellinger, who hit .165 in the regular season. Yet when the season ended, he wiped the slate clean, started over in the...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. In executive coaching one of the things I always emphasize to my clients is the necessity of curiosity. This desire to learn and understand new ideas and concepts is key in leadership because it creates an open mind and thus a team that is willing and encouraged to bring new ideas to the table.  One ama...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. It’s my last day of looking at positivity and authentic happiness and today I found a study that was particularly important to me. A study by a researcher at Johns Hopkins University found that people with a positive outlook on life had a 13% decrease in their chances for a heart attack or other coronar...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. As I continue our week of looking at authentic happiness I found a study that showed how happiness and a joyful sense of purpose actually dramatically increased life expectancy. The American nun study published by the University of Kentucky looked at the autobiographical essays written by 180 nuns in th...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. What does it mean to be authentically happy? That is going to be the subject of all three of our shorts this week as we look at three studies which show the positive long term effects of true happiness and contentment in people’s lives.  Today we take a look at the famous yearbook smile study, where res...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Once you set a goal, once you are on the path to a change in your life it can be easy to get distracted and fall back into old habits or get overwhelmed by everyday life. There is a very simple and practical tool you can use to combat this distraction and to remind you of the commitment you made to your...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. There is a problem we see all too often in society, sports or business, it’s people doing things halfway. Doing things halfway might keep you from getting fired but it will never allow you to reach your goals and to thrive. To thrive you have to find those things you are passionate about and commit to t...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. It’s playoff season in baseball and people ask me all the time, “Were you ever nervous when you were out there?” or “How did you handle the pressure of those big moments?” Well, let me tell you, I always had butterflies in my stomach when I got up to bat, but butterflies aren’t necessarily a bad thing....

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. On today’s full-length podcast I talk with Jahon Jamali, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Sarson Funds. Sarson funds is an investment company that specializes in the education and investment of cryptocurrency and Jahon is on the front lines of educating the media, financial advisors and the pub...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Balance is a popular buzzword when it comes to people improving how they feel about their lives. But so often people view the term “balance” as a need to do less or slow down, when that is not always the case. What balance really means is that each of us must analyze our lives to figure out what we need...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. There are lots of different kinds of leaders in life, but there’s one type whose credibility doesn’t even carry as far as their voice as they tell everyone how to live. I’m talking about the locker room lawyer. You all know this person, trying to pump people up with words backed with zero action. They l...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Success doesn’t happen overnight, and it almost never happens with the first idea you have or on your first attempt to create something new. Just about every wildly successful person you can think of went through some failures and often lots of failures. Stephen King had his first book “Carrie” rejected...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. What does it mean to lead with a servant's heart? Certainly it means to think of others in your life or organization first. It means sacrificing personal time and even personal gain for the betterment of those around you. But maybe the most important action a good leader can take is to shoulder the...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. One of the most basic tools used by successful and organized people is the “to do list.” Every night I make a “to do list” for the next day and I’ve done this for decades. It gives me a clear plan for my day from the moment I wake up. The reason to get in this habit is simple, if you don’t make a shoppi...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. How many of you are stuck feeling unmotivated or even defeated in parts of your life? We’ve all felt this way at times and that feeling can perpetuate itself and keep us down. The antidote to this feeling is taking a small positive action right now, today. If you make the choice to do one positive thing...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Balance in our lives is very important in the long run, but sometimes it takes a burning desire and a relentless, almost stubborn belief that we are going to succeed to achieve our goals. When I was young my only focus was being a Major Leaguer. There was no plan b, no other option and I knew that I was...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. So many of us spend time worrying about the things in life we can’t control. Today I am going to give you four tips that I used when stealing bases that will make you a better employee, spouse, parent or whatever other role you have in your life. The first three (preparation, attention to details, and d...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Something I have found to be true in my life and in the lives of the people I have coached is that what you focus on expands. What do I mean by that? Well, whatever you put your attention to is going to be the thing that drives you decisions, your mood and your successes or failures. You can use this to...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. All of us face obstacles and challenges in our lives. Sometimes we face sudden huge, devastating changes that we never saw coming and that throw us completely off track. When this happens it’s easy to wonder how something so terrible could happen TO us, but oftentimes these big changes happen FOR us. On...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Vulnerability, transparency, empathy. These are not words people often associate with strength and personal growth. But I have found that these qualities are absolutely key to connecting with other people and fellowship with others is the foundation of personal growth. I discovered this by accident when...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Making big changes and setting big goals can be daunting. Too often the goal seems unattainable, the steps to get there are unclear and we begin to be fearful and doubt if we can succeed. When we do that we begin the process of failing before we even get started. A big part of success is believing that...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Most things in life are not black or white, on or off, they are nuanced and have lots of room for interpretation. But to me commitment is not one of those things. When it comes to commitment you either are or you aren’t. Think about it this way, would you accept wedding vows from someone who said they w...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Have you ever met a successful pessimist? I know I haven’t. People who are successful ignore the odds, overcome the hardships and stay focused on the prize. Just take the story of Wilma Rudolph who contracted polio as a little girl, which left her with a brace on her leg and pessimistic doctors  telling...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Sometimes people see others who are successful and think to themselves, “Oh they got lucky,” or “They must have had it easy.” What they don’t see is the patience, hard work and relentless effort these people put in to achieve those results. I remember in 1989 when I was playing for the New York Yankees...