One of my favorite quotes seems especially appropriate for the world today: “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” And if he was around today, he’d also tell you that

Perspective and point of view are far more important that we usually give them credit for. How we see something will drive the actions we take.

The new year comes with resolutions, big goals, new ideas...But what happens to most? A resolution to go to the gym on January 2, falls off by February. A goal of starting that business you’ve been dreaming of fades off into the background in a few months. A new idea to launch lacks priority amidst the day to day. Why?

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Every kid has dreamed of super-human powers. Do you remember yours? However fanciful those superpowers may have been, there’s a particular genre of superheroes that I think actually has some truth to it. Let me tell you what I mean.

There is one thing, and one thing only, standing between you and the breakthrough results you want to achieve. You probably already know what that one thing is…

I couldn’t find any races locally so I made my own and affectionately named it the Hawkins Classic Century Ride. Now, you might be wondering, why did I just up and ride 100 miles?

Can you imagine saying no to revenue? It doesn’t sound right, does it? Ironically enough, that’s exactly what might be necessary to set you and your business up to achieve success.

The classic “your truth” from just about every coach out there is a false idol and will inevitably steer you wrong, in business and in life…

Hunting discomfort is critical to preparing a successful TED talk, even more so after you’re accepted. And with how exclusive TED talks are to give…

This is about the discomfort you need to hunt, not only to give a TED talk, but to give a successful TED talk…

Hard work alone doesn’t lead to company growth, success or anything else. It may even lead to something on the other side of the spectrum, burnout or even the end of a company or a career.

I’ve been studying growth lately -- human growth and company growth -- and the most common models out there seem to be a bit misleading. Or, at the very least, incomplete. You’ve probably seen something that looks like this:

Transformative growth isn’t something that you can just do. If you could, wouldn’t you have done it already? As it turns out, we’ve been going about growth and transformation exactly backwards: just trying to get somewhere or arrive at some result… What any of us is trying to achieve is available to all of us right now, under any circumstances, ironically though, it just doesn’t happen by only working on the goal itself. Breakthroughs ONLY happen by having the right 5 culture systems in place.

Putting something at risk as a leader not only drives your performance, it can dramatically impact the performance of others.

Constant awareness of where you are combined with an ever-growing mindset is a necessary balancing act.

Have you ever taken a moment to think about why you’re doing what you’re doing? I mean, who it’s actually for, who you are serving? And who do you have around you that you can trust?