Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
If you know me, you know that two people were instrumental in my development. No, it wasn’t mom and dad or even a teacher. I was inspired by Greg Nelson, but I’m driven by Jon Davies. Greg Nelson was one of my first Bosses way back in 1986. He pushed me to be a...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Luke Skywalker: Master Yoda, moving stones around is one thing, this is totally different(as he tries to retrieve his space ship from the water telepathically) Yoda: No! No different. Only different in your mind. You must unlearn…what you have learned. Luke...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
My dad never completed anything he started. He had lots and lots of ideas. Starting a T-shirt printing business. Run a decollating business (this involved using an old machine that separated office documents from the carbon backing – way before we had copy...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Recently I jumped into an Uber, heading to the Charleston, SC airport to fly home to Nashville. I don’t like to take afternoon or evening flights since they are inevitably delayed by weather, particularly during the Spring and Summer. Fortunately, this would be a...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
One of the best things about the days I spent working for somebody else was the ability to gripe. I did it before I joined the Navy, as a stock clerk at the Ralph’s grocery store in Tustin, CA. I did a bunch of it during my time in the Navy. I did it while working in...
Always Compete, Gaining an Edge, Get Better, Go Full Speed, Goal Setting, Growth, Motivation, Personal Mastery, Problem-Solving, Professional Development
Crash goes the backpack against the side of my head. Just another clueless passenger making their way down the center aisle of the Southwest 737 I fly nearly every week. You see, when you’re walking down the aisle with a backpack on your back, you whack the person in...
