Time to Reset

We love to talk about how busy we are. You ask people, “How was your weekend?” They’re going to say, “Same as usual, busy.” “How’s life?” “Busy.” It basically means fine. The state of being fine is defined as having a great deal to do. The issue of going around talking about how busy we are though is that we start to believe it. We start to believe that we don’t have time for the things that are i...

Marketing is undeniably an essential part of the business. It reaches potential clients and enriches your entire business. However, cracking into this specific process is not as easy as carrying a sign saying, “We’re here.” It’s about getting deep into building connections and relationships in order to reach goals. Business marketing mentor Tom Poland is the author of the book called Leadsology®:...

We all know that life is not always sunshine and butterflies. Sometimes, we find it hard to even find that slightest glint of light. We feel hopeless and unhappy. As an expert in various fields and a poster child for diversity, Dr. Marissa Pei has a lot to say about how to overcome that sadness and turn it into joy. She talks about her new book, 8 Ways to Happiness: From Wherever You Are, showing...

Perfectionism is an obsession to work something to the end, to do one more thing, to overdo, to over function, to over-perform when it’s really not necessary and when it’s not adding any additional value. But how do we know when it’s good enough? In order to avoid perfection, we need to define ahead of time what’s good enough so that we don’t get caught up in perfection. We set those criteria so w...

Habits are key to getting where you want to go in a shorter amount of time. Everything we do is about the habits and the standards that we create. Those habits can be productive or unproductive habits. They run on autopilot, and that can be a good thing if you don’t have to think about doing the right thing at the right time. However, if it’s automatically doing what keeps you from getting to wher...

If you are like me, you might be stubborn at times to listen to others advice or shut down because you are so stuck in your thinking. In this episode, I share three ways to be your own coach to help you get unstuck, overcome resistance and access new approaches to challenges or getting to the next level of success. One of these methods is one I use with my private clients and have never shared bef...

There’s are so many other areas in life when things don’t go our way, but that doesn’t mean we retreat. It doesn’t mean that we stop. Executive coach, leadership speaker and bestselling author Dom Faussette has been to hell and back, but retreating was never an option for him. He says when we’re faced with challenges, we should take the next steps and use all the tools we have at our disposal and...

Emotions impact what we do with our time and how we show up for our time. We are driven by our emotions and it impacts everything that you do throughout the day. To bring the best of ourselves in the way that we show up with our time is to eliminate emotional distractions. It’s a matter of managing emotions and how we deal with the emotional side of our brain so that we can show up at our best for...

People easily get attracted to things and they want to try it right away to see if it works. They look at an industry or something that catches their eye and they say, “I’m going to do that.” They find out later on that their heart is just not in it. Strategist and consultant Keith Wayne MacGregor helps entrepreneurs and executives develop and achieve wealth-building, mission-based milestones by u...

The most important part about selling is listening. Public speaking coach and keynote speaker Ben Gay III says if you’re a sales infiltrator and you listen, the prospect will almost always tell you what they want, how they want it sold to them, how they want to buy, and what they’re willing to pay. Ben has been called a living legend in the sales world. After 50 plus years in professional selling,...

Many people get stuck and keep themselves stuck for whatever reason. When they find themselves unable to move forward, they stay where they are and continue doing the same things they were doing that got them stuck or is keeping them stuck. They’re called ditch diggers. They’ve dug themselves a ditch and can’t find their way out. If you find that you’re a ditch digger, the quickest and best way to...

With all the busyness in our daily grind, we’re all looking for the answers on how to avoid burnout. Why do we experience burnout anyway? One of the most common reasons why people get burnout is because they say yes too much. We say yes to avoid conflict, or we want to be a nice person, or we just want to get through the day. When we say yes too often, we take on too many obligations that are not...

One of the challenges today is so many people are caught up in reactive tactical mode that they aren’t purposefully creating and approaching things in a way that would create greater productivity and greater results for them. One little tip that’s going to support you in getting more out of your week is a time management strategy called front loading. From a daily scheduling perspective, front loa...

In business, how can you create more with less? Terry Ogburn, renowned owner and lead business coach of Ogburn’s Business Solutions, talks about optimizing sales process by thinking more strategically rather than just tactically. Terry’s proprietary coaching system and personal devotion to the development of others has contributed to the success of hundreds of small to large business ventures. Ter...

A great influence on our productivity really often gets forgotten but is absolutely crucial is environment. How you manage your environment is paramount to how you show up for your time. There are lots of different triggers and things that are connected in our environment. We need to understand what triggers are in our environment and how that environment is influencing us, either in a positive wa...

People always aspire to make changes and they want to grow but they struggle as they’re looking for something new in their life. Prosperity strategist Chris Salem believes it actually has to do with overcoming limiting beliefs. Chris has experienced much success over a 26-year career as a senior sales executive selling media, aircraft, investing in businesses, and implementing residual income plat...

Some people resist structures because they feel like it doesn’t give them flexibility. They fall off the wagon and don’t use those structures or frameworks. However, they realize that when things aren’t working for them, it’s typically when they’re not using the structures that they put in place. People need to realize that it’s really the structures that support you in your day-to-day life that h...

Motivation isn’t always what we think it is. A lot of people want to connect to what’s important to them and why it’s important. That can absolutely create a greater motivation and deepen it and spark the fire within to get really clear why it’s important. But sometimes, we understand our whys but we’re still not doing it. We can find strategies to help us move forward. Strategies are different fo...

It’s not hard to succeed when a team is able to create leverage when they come together and collaborate. Creating leverage is important so that people can accelerate and exponentially expand results. Ridcardo Palomares is an expert in this space. Ricardo is a leadership expert, TEDx speaker, author, consultant, and explorer. He is an incredible speaker and has a unique and deep perspective around...

When things aren’t going well or we feel like we don’t have enough time, then we work harder. It’s an impulsive instinct because we’re not accessing the logical side of our brain at that time because we’re stressed, and when we’re stressed we go into fight, flight or freeze mode. That means that we lose access to the important logical part that helps us know how to solve problems. It keeps us stuc...

Let’s face it: it’s getting harder and harder to escape overwhelm now than it was twenty years ago. We have more triggers in our immediate environment than there used to be. We absorb more information in a day than our grandparents saw in a month, and nobody is trained to deal with the sheer volume of information on the internet. Data is like oxygen. And according to Francis Wade, author of Perfec...

Imagine being born eight weeks premature. How well do you think you’ll fare in the outside world? Now add cerebral palsy to the mix. Will you resign to the fate dictated by society, and simply give up on your dreams? Or will you wipe away the tears, scrape off the dust on your knees, and awaken the beast within? Nathan Todd lived this life exactly as described. As an individual with cerebral palsy...

Mitch Russo is constantly building something new. He enters a new field and immerses himself in it, gets good at it, and then rises to the top in most cases. Mitch is a CEO, a business leader and a business coach. He’s also a bestselling author, a podcaster, and an excellent photographer. As a CEO, Mitch loves helping small business owners and high net worth individuals find their way and get thei...

When we say yes to too many things, we over-commit. That can create great stress, great frustration, and can have us lose integrity when we don’t show up to deliver. That integrity can impact not only ourselves, how we feel about ourselves, our confidence, the potential that we’re creating for ourselves and also spreading ourselves too thin, but it also has an impact on how other people see us whe...

Boost business profitability with CIO Magazine-featured author Tony Bodoh’s Productivity Zone Framework. With his book, Prophet Ability, Tony reveals the ultimate secrets to succeed in business. Tony is a #1 bestselling author and the founder or co-founder of five companies ranging from customer experience consulting to small business training to television. He easily navigates the international s...