Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Growth, Life Hacks, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Stress Management
Work stress comes from many areas: You hate your job You hate your boss You hate your commute Your job under pays you Your job is boring Your job is not secure You hate your co-workers You hate your customers The work itself is stressful The pace is too slow The pace...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Life Hacks, MACTalk, Marketing, Motivation, Networking, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Back between 2005 and 2009 I taught quite a few military-to-civilian transition classes up at Fort Meade in Maryland. Since the traffic was horrendous, I’d leave my house really early and arrive on base at 6:30 AM. Class didn’t start until 8 so I had some time to...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Life Hacks, MACK Hacks, Motivation, Never Quit, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
A few years ago, me and a couple of colleagues ran a free workshop designed to equip people with the necessary skills to start their own business. I started the workshop off with a talk on what behaviors and mentality an entrepreneur needed to be successful. My...
Goal Setting, Life Hacks, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development, Travel Hacks
We live in a reactive society. It means that most people go about their normal routines until something interrupts them. Then they work feverishly to try and adapt and when they fail, blame everyone and everything around them. That’s what we call the REACTIVE...
Goal Setting, Life Hacks, Motivation, Personal Mastery
One of the most common question I get asked by managers when they talk to me about poor performers is WHY are my people performing poorly? There’s a simple model I use that helps us diagnose great performance. It’s called the 3-Legged Stool of Great Performance™. In a...
Goal Setting, Life Hacks, Personal Mastery, Professional Development
A few years ago, I was approached by a company to write a time management course which I would then deliver at a conference for HR reps with the Department of Veterans Affairs. When I asked them what the objectives were for the course (kind of important if you want to...
