Category: Thoughts

There’s a sales blog I read regularly, creatively called ‘The Sales Blog’, published by the incomparable and prolific Anthony Iannarino. Iannarino talks a lot about capturing mindshare with your customers. When your customers think about the problems that your product solves, they think of you. It’s a great sales strategy. Mindshare is another way of… Continue reading How to Capture Greater Mindshare with Those You Love

I’ve been following some sort of annual planning process for the past 10 years or so. One thing I’ve learned over that time is that the more goals and different projects or whatever that I have, the more difficult it is to get traction. The old saying, “Man who chases two rabbits, catches none” would… Continue reading Guard 3 Goals and 3 Priorities with Your Life (and forget the rest)

Workout 1: 45 minute interval walk / jog. 30 second jog, 4:30 walk. Workout 2: – Abs / Indoor Cardio + Peaceful Warrior Yoga Practice (Yoga with Adriene) Diet: Whole30, also Day 17 Reading: pages 43-53 – Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin I have violated Whole30 by weighing myself. I started this… Continue reading Day 17 – 75Hard Challenge

Hard work – or taking decisive action – is one of those traditional values that everyone loves to praise, but few people want to pursue. We do, most assuredly, live in a quick response, microwave, tap an app and your driver shows up type of society. Hard work isn’t something that many westerners actually have… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Working Hard Should Be Celebrated

I’m publishing this one month into 2021 about my attempts to keep my New Year’s commitments. It can apply any time you commit to making an improvement in any area of life. While I was out on my walk this morning at 5am, I wondered if I would continue to keep my New Year’s commitments.… Continue reading How Removing Decisions Improves Success

I’m writing this at the beginning of a year (2021), but this practice is something I’d recommend for anything you do or at the end of any time period. Developing an after action review (AAR) habit can have a powerful effect on everything you do. Whether you’re evaluating your day before you climb into bed,… Continue reading Challenge Yourself with an Annual After Action Review