Sometime in mid July 2010 I asked my friend @LisaMilesBrady to write a guest post for this blog. Lisa is a powerful writer and amazing coach so I knew the post would be good and it would cause a stir (in a good way) within this community. It did. I remember getting unsubscribe notices just…
Category Archives: Personal Development
Get Your Butt Over Here and Help Me Tame This Gremlin!
We’ve talked a bit about productivity and focus around here lately. By the looks of it, a good amount of us struggle with both. As my friend Michael Schechter points out, we often squiggle from chaos to clarity and, at times, you have to lean in in order to move forward. I think he’s right, even though by…
No More Waiting For When
Yesterday morning I received an email that was a swift kick in the balls. It was from Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a friend and guest blogger here. The email was titled “Waiting For When” – I’m hoping some of you follow her and received the email as well. I wasn’t right all day long after reading…
How Your Mindset Determines Your Blog’s Success: Part Three
For the last week or so we have been looking how mindset plays a role in the success of our blogs. We have discovered that: 1. A mindset that is focused is the foundation on which we build a successful blog. 2. A mindset of persistence is what drives us forward in our blogging endeavors….
How Your Mindset Determines Your Blog’s Success: Part Two
In Part One of this series we talked about Focus . Today we are all about Persistence. I love taking a word and finding it’s full definition. I’m a dictionary geek that way I guess. Let’s look at persistent: “Persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.” “lasting or…
How Your Mindset Determines Your Blog’s Success: Part One
In past posts on mindset, I have always emphasized my belief that it is the very foundation upon which everything else is built. Without a good, healthy mindset you have what Zig Ziglar calls “stinkin’ thinkin’”. In my book, stickin’ thinkin’ killed the golden goose. What role does the proper mindset play in the success…
Blues and the Sin of Procrastination
Well this is a different kind of morning. Here I sit in the midst of another Midwest heatwave drinking iced tea at 6:45am because it’s already 89 degrees outside. Pop Tarts go down so much better with iced tea when it’s hot. I’m listening to some blues from Muddy Waters and thinking about procrastination, sin…
Energy Depletion and Upcoming Remarkable Fabulosity
Ever had one of those days where you just couldn’t find the energy to think or move? The kind of day where every brain cell hurts along with all the muscles in your body. Tired, tuckered, pooped, kaput. Yeah, me too. It happened over the weekend. I woke Saturday morning (barely morning) and simply couldn’t…
You Can’t Think Outside The Box if You’re Still Inside It, Or Can You?!
This is a guest post by Billy Delaney photo credit: HikingArtist.com “Well there you are! but where are you?” Location is a critical piece of the thinking puzzle and most people don’t know where they are. The Catch-all phrase that has more than lost its appeal, is one that pretty well states the location of…
How To Drum Like Fabeku Fatunmise or Read Like Chris Brogan
Wow – it has been a while since I did a video for you guys. Yep – they are still all down and dirty – no glitz or glam. But they deliver the mail when it comes to getting us all to think about a single important topic. Today that topic is dedication. Dedication…