(Mental) Edge.

What gives you the (Mental) Edge?  This weekend, I played in the Lifetime Fitness Tennis tournament.  For a detailed score list, click here.  Each time I step on the court I am reminded that the game is really played between the ears. Great players have a great (Mental) Edge.  It’s something I am fascinated with [...]

The Essence of the YES.

I’m reading a really great book, entitled The Yes Man, by Danny Wallace.  Like many of us, Danny’s gone through life avoiding things.  Unconsciously, of course.  Or at least that’s what he’ll have you believe.  The basic premise is that Danny’s miserable.  Avoids going for a beer with his “mates,” let’s the voicemail or caller-id kick into [...]

Sabotaged by Success?

Is it possible that too much success can actually sabotage the results you are looking for?  Think about it, you start exercising, dieting, curtailing the booze.  The pounds start to drop away.  Great.  Then you try to figure out the “break-even” point of how of much can I cheat in order to still succeed.  The [...]

Do. Or Do Not. There is no Try.

As the great Jedi-master, Yoda, said to his young protégé Luke. Some of the best advice about commitment and goal setting that I have heard. It’s in the power of language. The choices you make when you state – emphatically – to do something. Or not.

This time of year is filled with resolutions that are [...]

A Life Re-do.

If given the chance to start fresh, would you? It’s a question that was prompted from my reading of Rules for Renegades by Christine Comaford-Lynch this morning. Interesting. The original questions stems from author, Diane Conway, asking people this very question, “How many of you would start over if you could?” [...]

Who’s in your Circle?

It’s not another wireless ad – but it’s all about connection and networking.  
Everyone’s got a Circle, whether you call them that or not.  These are your trusted advisors. Your mentors. These are the people you seek out for advice. And it’s the first group you want to run to and share your successes.  So, [...]

Fake it till you make it – instead, try this…

How about this instead, “Live as if…”  Live as if it’s already occurring in your life.  Live as if, you have already achieved it.  Live as if…(you fill in the blank!).
This phrase, as opposed with “Fake it til you make it” allows you and I to be real, authentic and live life with intergrity and [...]

Excellent Habits.

On the elliptical machine at the gym, a women wore a shirt with this phrase – “Excellence is not an act.  It is a habit.” Last night I was reading in The Power of Focus, the precursor to Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles, a chapter of creating habits.  Interesting concept.  Habits are those things I’ve [...]

Enhance your PMO – positive mental outlook!

From the great cop shows – everyone’s got an MO.  And, everyone’s got a PMO.  Positive Mental Outlook.  If you’re thinking this is another way to say, “is it ½ full or ½ empty” well, it’s that – AND more!  There has been a lot written about positive mental attitude and how it contributes to [...]

Play today.

Last post was about improv and innovation to improve the quality of life and take a couple steps closer to the Point of Passion. The POP is a state where Improv, Innovation and the concept of Play coincide and bounce together to create the type of life you – and I – desire.  A life [...]