The 200% Life

This week, Adam talks about watching your energy and owning how you show up in any situation. Practicing centering your energy can be powerful for succeeding as a leader. Adam also shares the importance of intention and coming from a place of service or contribution.

This week, we shared a recent talk from Hallie about how to hire the right assistant to force multiply your business. She first identifies what a force multiplier is and how they benefit the executive and vice versa, how to find one, setting clear expectations, what a force multiplier can do, and what they shouldn’t be expected to do. Whether you’re looking to hire an executive assistant or person...

In this bonus episode, Adam talks about selfishness, and what it could really mean to those around you if you become more selfish with your time. Adam also shares 6 ways you can take more ownership of your life by discovering your true motivation, overcoming indecision, managing your relationships, and more.

Your alarm goes off at 5 a.m. You’re tired. It’s cold and blustery outside. You begin negotiating with your mind about sleeping another few minutes… or maybe until 6 a.m. But the thing is, you told yourself the day before that you were going to wake up early and get started on your goals. So what do you do? This week, we talk about building up your willpower so you can, and will, do what you’ve be...

What if you could accomplish your biggest goal for the year in the next 12 weeks? This week, Adam will walk you through nailing your biggest goal in record time. He will guide you through the concept of The 12 Week Year, and get you on track and motivated to get started with crushing your goal now. Grab a pen and paper, and treat this episode like a workshop. Today, start thinking differently and...

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of decisions that you make. The average individual makes 35,000 decisions a day. As a leader, you can make major changes in your organization by focusing on making quality decisions that propel your business forward. After all, as a leader, decisions are your product. This week, Hallie and I discuss how to best set yourself up to make quality d...

You know diet and exercise are important for your health and wellbeing, but how about your business or career? On this bonus episode, Adam takes you through 4 reasons why prioritizing your health will help you succeed at work, and how to implement these challenging changes in your life today. Get motivated to show up for yourself today, so you can change your future!

There has been a lot of uncertainty and pivoting in business over the past two years. As we get settled into 2022, it’s time to turn our focus on the individuals we work with, and how to best support them in the coming year and beyond. This week, Hallie and I talk about the top five leadership trends we believe will help businesses thrive this year and how you can get ahead of the game to have a c...

On this bonus episode, Adam talks about the relationship between hope, fear, and faith, and how to cultivate a strong mindset that can handle the challenges you will face as a business leader. Adam frames the discussion through the survival story of Admiral James Stockdale, who was a prisoner of war for almost 8 years during the Vietnam war. 

If you reflect on 2021, I bet you learned a lot. This week, I wanted to share some of the lessons I learned that I believe strongly apply to leading yourself and others in 2022. Hallie and I talk about why these lessons are important and how we bring these lessons into our lives every day. We talk about the concept of meaningful work, taking ownership of your peace and joy, growing your awareness...

There is no such thing as good or bad emotions. In this short bonus episode, learn to identify when you are blocking emotions, when emotions become destructive, and how to operate from a neutral place for clarity in decision making.

Everyone loves a good game of “would you rather,” especially one that helps focus your goals in the new year! This week, Hallie and I jump into the question — would you rather get rid of one bad habit, or add a good one? Both are great resolutions, so get clear on which route will best serve you. First, we discuss why so much of what you do every day is actually a habit, and how making small chang...

Attracting the right talent to your organization also means communicating that your company is not the right fit for everyone. You want someone to join your team who is excited about the vision and culture of your organization. In this short bonus episode, Adam shares how to begin screening new hires from the moment you write the job ad. He also shares tips and best practices for screening intervi...

With over four million people leaving their jobs in just one month in 2021, how do you not only retain top talent during this time of resignation but also keep people enthused and energized? This week, Hallie and I talk about the top five steps that you can take as a manager or leader to first understand why most people are leaving, how you can provide resources to help them stay, and how to creat...

In this short bonus episode, Adam talks about the importance of getting enough sleep. He also goes over the ways you can begin optimizing your sleep so you can get the most out of this essential activity that you spend about one-third of your life doing. Top performers need to get enough sleep so they can keep up with the competition! Lead yourself first by taking sleep seriously.

How do the greatest entrepreneurs create a rhythm in their lives that allows for strategic thinking and creative planning? Bill Gates, for example, was known to take extended solo vacations twice a year. No phone, no social events, just time to sit and reflect. This gave him the space to develop a strategy for the next six months of his life and business, and to make big moves instead of just reac...

Does having more money really make you happier? Some may feel like the answer is an obvious yes. Money can buy you more vacations, nice meals out, fancy cars, but beyond basic financial security for you and your family, how much joy does more and more money add to your life? This week, Hallie and I discuss why money may make you happier at the moment, but it doesn’t necessarily mean more fulfillme...

One-on-one meetings. Some people love them… some people could live without them. But, we have found in our organization that these meetings are key when the right model is followed. There is a right way and a wrong way to hold these regularly-scheduled discussions, so this week, we dive into six ways to hold an effective and productive one-on-one meeting.   We start with the biggest mistakes...

Be grateful for what you have. That’s a phrase we hear a lot of, especially during the holidays. But we often don’t reflect on the reasons why it is so important to have a gratitude practice as a leader. This week, Hallie and I talk about why having a gratitude practice makes it much easier for you to do the real work on yourself. You’ll get a few easy (and free) practical ways to bring more grati...

In Part 1, we tackled a topic that people seem divided on: Do you (or should you) think of your company as a family? To address the pros and cons of this way of thinking, we first defined what we mean by work, talked about the conditions that accompany a work family vs. a traditional family, and discussed why it’s important to be thoughtful with the benefits you provide in your organization. This...

This week we tackle a topic that people seem divided on: Do you (or should you) think of your company as a family? We have been seeing this topic everywhere lately and Hallie just finished reading the book Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone , which has kept this question top of mind. When we polled our social media followers, it was split 50...

Feeling like you are always in a time crunch and constantly running down the clock? You aren’t alone. Time is a man-made tool derived to help organize our lives and create structure, but it’s common to feel that there’s not enough of it, especially for the important things. This week, we focus on becoming clear in your intentions for how you want to spend your time, so you can get strategic and be...

Where are the workers? If you have been seeing “now hiring” signs up all over the place, your coworker(s) or employee(s) recently quit, and your favorite restaurants have been closed at odd hours, you are not alone. This week, Hallie and I first discuss why millions of people have left their jobs in almost every industry over the past 18 months in what has been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” We g...

The word “work” has developed a pretty negative connotation in our modern world, but don’t let that hold you back from enjoying what you do! We need to change the way we think about work and recreate the mindset that we, our families, friends, and coworkers have around this thing most of us spend a ton of time doing in life. It all starts with you. The energy that is joy is already inside of you,...

This week, I talk about the two fundamental questions that can drive how you think about life: are we all spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience, or are we physical beings experiencing consciousness? I talk about why your answer to this question matters and has everything to do with how you ride the waves of life and take in each day. I share why I believe we are spiritual beings...