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- The Greatest Sports Comeback Story And 3 Secrets To Winning All High-Performers Live By. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - High performance. You know it when you see it. It’s one of those stories you can tell a dozen times and still be excited each time. It’s captivating to watch. More of an experience than just an event or an occasion. The comeback story of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Superbowl LI …
- The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Real Change In Your Life This Year. Posted in: Business & Career - Change is hard. But it’s something that you want and know that you need. The beginning of the year spawns this romantic feeling of possibility. Regardless of where you are in your life, the end of a year marks a time of automatic introspection and thoughts about what might come next. That usually starts with …
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- You Were Never Promised That It Was Going To Be Easy. Just That You Can Make It. Posted in: Energy & Health - Thuuuuuuuud. It was the middle of the night. Steve was jolted awake in the middle of a raging storm. In the dark and stormy unknown of the Atlantic Ocean. It had all started as a race. He had planned to race his sleek, 6.5m sloop, the Napoleon Solo, from England to Spain and then back …
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- 8 Ways To Stop Letting Fear Keep You From Being The Person You Were Meant To Be. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - Ever since my youngest daughter was born seven years ago I wake up from time to time with a reoccurring dream. Somehow, I’m backing over my little girl with the car that I’m driving. In my dream, I’m not paying attention, while she is doing something cute and not noticing that I’m leaving — and …
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- To Change Who You Are, You Have To Change Where You Are. Posted in: Business & Career - Where you are, determines what you do. It doesn’t matter how cold-hearted or foolish you might be, you’re going to change your behavior when you’re in a church or around someone you feel is especially religious. The same is true for how you act on vacation away from the office. It’s different — and so …
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- The Greatest Sports Comeback Story And 3 Secrets To Winning All High-Performers Live By. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - High performance. You know it when you see it. It’s one of those stories you can tell a dozen times and still be excited each time. It’s captivating to watch. More of an experience than just an event or an occasion. The comeback story of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at Superbowl LI …
- You Were Never Promised That It Was Going To Be Easy. Just That You Can Make It. Posted in: Energy & Health - Thuuuuuuuud. It was the middle of the night. Steve was jolted awake in the middle of a raging storm. In the dark and stormy unknown of the Atlantic Ocean. It had all started as a race. He had planned to race his sleek, 6.5m sloop, the Napoleon Solo, from England to Spain and then back …
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- To Change Who You Are, You Have To Change Where You Are. Posted in: Business & Career - Where you are, determines what you do. It doesn’t matter how cold-hearted or foolish you might be, you’re going to change your behavior when you’re in a church or around someone you feel is especially religious. The same is true for how you act on vacation away from the office. It’s different — and so …
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- Taping Your Feet Back On So You Can Try One More Time. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - Ahead of him, Mertz turned around, hearing the same sound himself. It was the look on his face that shook Douglas to his core. A gaping hole in the snowbridge showed a crevice 150 foot deep where a husky lay whimpering with a broken back. There was no other sign of their companion, Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis, or the sledge.
- You Are What You Do. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - In 1936, Berlin, Germany held the world’s attention. Athletes from around the world traveled to the center of German power, led by Adolf Hitler, to display their athletic prowess in the XI Olympiad. It was the year American Jesse Owens captured four track and field medals — the first American to do so, cementing his …
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- The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Real Change In Your Life This Year. Posted in: Business & Career - Change is hard. But it’s something that you want and know that you need. The beginning of the year spawns this romantic feeling of possibility. Regardless of where you are in your life, the end of a year marks a time of automatic introspection and thoughts about what might come next. That usually starts with …
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- You Were Never Promised That It Was Going To Be Easy. Just That You Can Make It. Posted in: Energy & Health - Thuuuuuuuud. It was the middle of the night. Steve was jolted awake in the middle of a raging storm. In the dark and stormy unknown of the Atlantic Ocean. It had all started as a race. He had planned to race his sleek, 6.5m sloop, the Napoleon Solo, from England to Spain and then back …
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- Taping Your Feet Back On So You Can Try One More Time. Posted in: Mindset & Purpose - Ahead of him, Mertz turned around, hearing the same sound himself. It was the look on his face that shook Douglas to his core. A gaping hole in the snowbridge showed a crevice 150 foot deep where a husky lay whimpering with a broken back. There was no other sign of their companion, Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis, or the sledge.
- How To Know When It’s Time To Give Up. Posted in: Business & Career - Walking down Shotwell St in San Francisco, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the thin, nondescript brown building with its two businesses splitting the narrow front.
- The Magic Of Knowing That You’ll Make It Out Alive. Posted in: Leadership & Influence - There is nothing more powerful than believing that you are going to make it. Not just believing. Knowing. Knowing that no matter how bad you feel right now that you are tough enough to make it through to the other side. To survive. And thrive. If you are struggling right now, you know the sense …
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- 1 Epic Victory And 10 Lessons Learned About The Power Of Words From The Greatest King Who Ever Lived. Posted in: Business & Career - It’s not good enough to be right. Or to do what you think is right. The hard truth about leadership is that to be effective you have to master the power of words. You have to master delivering those words in the right tone. A good example of this comes from perhaps the greatest ruler …
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The Power of Saying No Posted in: Podcast - This episode of Dan's podcast will remind us that clarity comes from activity and not the other way around. You can't wait to know what you are going to do perfectly before you get started.
What Do You Want Posted in: Podcast - This podcast episode talks about the importance of knowing our purpose in life. As we age, this purpose that we focused on might change. 
On Being Effective Posted in: Podcast - "Being effective is not just doing more work but stop it, put yourself in a position where you can look at where you are and know if it's working. " - Dan Waldschmidt
This episode talks about being effective versus being efficient. Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort, Being effective is about doing the right things while being efficient is about doing things right.
As you listen to this episode, try to ask yourself this question, Is this getting me closer to where I want to be?
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