Category: Performance & Productivity
Surrender seems like the opposite of success. Surrendering feels like giving up. Like quitting. Like going back on your word. It feels wrong. Like you’re leaving behind your life’s purpose, your mission, and your mantra. But what if surrender is actually the doorway to achieving those things? Being courageous enough to learn from whatever life …
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Here’s the thing about working hard. It’s hard. And while that makes obvious sense, I have found that I’m not really good at making what is hard a little bit easier. That’s part of the crazy mindset that I’ve been trying to fix over the last few years. I used to revel in doing things …
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Massively successful people focus on one thing. Period. Think about the times in your life when you really needed results.
Make no mistake, there is no achievement without effort. There is no forward progress without activity. Where is no championship without work. You get to decide how important that achievement or progress is to you. You get to decide if you’re willing to sacrifice for what you want or if you’re willing to let what you want become that sacrifice.
I often joke from the stage that my mom used to tell me “If you can’t do something brilliant, just don’t do something stupid.” By this time in my life and after hundreds of keynotes I’m not actually sure if it was my mom or someone else that told me that. Maybe it was a …
Continue reading “THE COST OF SMALL BAD DECISIONS.”
The cost of greatness is glory — at least in the short-term. When you making decisions based on how you look or how the situation will appear to other people that you want to impress
It’s inevitable that you’re going to face setbacks. You’re going to wake up some mornings and feel like nothing you’ve been doing is working.
You know you want to change. You know you want to be better. You know that you want the rewards of a life lived epically.
You can’t make progress without uncertainty. That’s tough to hear. It’s tougher to go through.
If you can solve a complex problem with easy answers, then do that. If you can make a lifetime of bad choices disappear by pushing a button, that’s the wise choice.
Today Dan and Broc interview Miles Austin from Fill the Funnel — the guy, Dan calls the “Smart Tech Nerd in Business.”
David Hamman talks about what he hopes to accomplish with Ripple Club.
The quality of your momentum is directly tied to the quality of your daily habits. Improve one and you will improve the other.
When you think about momentum you probably immediately think about what you should be doing.
There is one undeniable truth about value that we all have to admit.
If you’re not willing to be uncomfortable you won’t be successful.
No matter how much — or little — you earn, getting by is a struggle for most people.
Have you ever noticed how your rate of change is directly related to your level of urgency and intensity?
