I disagree with self-help gurus on a ton of topics. There’s one in particular that bothers me – the idea that fear isn’t real.  Yes, fear is a product of your imagination, but that doesn’t make it imaginary. Your reality is perception. The way you experience the world dictates what the world is in a literal […]

I’m not a big fan of habit porn. You know what I mean — the guides that say “you must wake up at 5 a.m. or else!” Habits are important, though. Build the right ones and they can change your life. If I had to pick one habit that can not only make a huge […]

“Tell me where I’m going to die so I never go there.” The sentence above describes a superpower few people have. It’s one I’ve only been able to exercise ten percent of the time, but that ten percent creates most of the positive results I get in my life. What’s the superpower? Restraint. Success, happiness, […]

I used to be a slave. I was a slave to what the world wanted me to be. I was a slave to my mind, my emotions, that little voice in my head telling me who I could and couldn’t be or what I was or wasn’t worthy of. I’ve been there — that rock […]

Have you ever read something that fundamentally changed the way you view the world? These books all have a telltale sign — not only do you want to read them again, you have to read them again. Because they’re not easily summarized, the ideas are woven in a way that sends you into rabbit holes of thought, […]

This is all useless,” I thought. I’ve had this scenario occur several times throughout the process of formal schooling. I felt it in high school while learning the “SAS” rule to compute angles for a triangle. I felt it in college when I had to listen to my professor — who never had any business experience […]

Strengths and talent matter most. Forget about passion. Passion is like a unicorn in the wild. You’ve heard it exists but you’ll spend your life searching for it with no success. Instead of focusing on passion focus on strength. When you find something you’re good at, practice, and get better at it, you’ll start to […]

You want more for your life. I can guess that about you because everybody wants more for their lives. There’s nothing wrong with wanting more — a better job, a better business, the right partner, great health, more opportunity, more reach more impact — but we all have a natural tendency to go about it […]

What’s your relationship with fear? Can you tell the difference between healthy and debilitating fear? There are situations where fear is unnecessary. But there are also times where fear isn’t just warranted, it’s a prerequisite for success. “Holy S***, I Can’t Do This.” I spoke at a TEDx conference last year. Like all the other […]

I hate positive thinking. Well, I don’t hate positive thinking in and of itself, rather the idea it magically works on its own. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Really? I’m dreaming of running a marathon, can I skip the training part? I want to create the next Apple or Google, can […]