Always Compete, Get Better, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
I just finished watching the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It won some awards. I think Brad Pitt won an award. I thought it sucked. Well it didn’t SUCK, but it was just a weird film. Growing up in Southern California during the time period depicted, I...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Life is full of annoyances. Mine revolve mostly around travel. Years ago, I wore the badge of Road Warrior with honor. I remember back in 1997 when I was in the Navy, I flew TAD to Washington DC to attend a Total Quality Management Train-the-Trainer workshop. On...
Get Better, Goal Setting, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
If you read any business blogs, you often find authors prefacing their thoughts with the excuse “as an Introvert, I…” and then talking about how special they are because they overcame their near-paralyzing shyness or social awkwardness. Are they REALLY an...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
Last year I jumped on the latest New Year bandwagon, adopting a word-of-the-year instead of the traditional resolution. It seemed like a better way to approach the year, with anticipation and a plan vs. just a set of painful changes to make. So my 2019 word was...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
The other day, my wife and I had a debate about music while driving in the car. Our Sirius channel was set to The Highway which plays today’s hot country songs. I told her I didn’t like country music anymore. I didn’t like the hip-hop fake drum tracks, the guys...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
I always knew from a young age that I would one day want to be my own boss. While I always fit in working in groups and being on teams, I never really imagined working for someone my whole life the way my parents did. When I joined the Navy in 1983, it became very...
