Why do we stick to some goals and drop the ball hard on other goals? Why is motivation so short lived? From my experiences I’ve come to learn that most people’s motivational reasons are external versus internal.  When it’s a very personal internal reason, it becomes more of an inspirational factor, and creates a bigger [...]

*This blog post initially started as a private email to a small group that I am training right now, but as I got into the meat of my advice I realized this could help even more people, such as my blog readers. The short story of my group is that they have just completed 4 [...]

It’s easy to fall into the trap of mindless working out.  Thousands and thousands of people exercise just to exercise, and sometimes that’s a good thing because honestly everyone should be exercising to reap the benefits.  However, just like any endeavor in life, if it doesn’t have a purpose then the activity will come to [...]

Yesterday I shared my reflections on 2010 and some of the lessons I’ve learned.  So today, I figured I’ll just lay out the rest and get on with it. * Technology Is A Double Edged Sword – with today’s coolest gadgets from the iPhone, iPad, Droid’s, etc you would think that the ability to multi-task [...]

This blog post is a reflection on the many lessons learned and relearned in my frenzied and furious year of 2010, in which, if you also follow the Chinese zodiac was the Year of the Tiger. The year of the Tiger represents explosiveness, disagreement, disasters, but also big and bold moves, and that no task [...]