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When One isn’t Enough

We all know there are times when one isn’t enough.

One potato chip. One day of vacation. One hour of sleep. Not enough. Well, today, we add one more thing to the list…

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Give up the Exception, Get your Results

We all live lives and run businesses that are committed to something. But it often isn’t what we think or have posted on the company vision page or in the mission statement. Without slowing down and understanding what we value most…

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The 2 Options You Always Have (and one is definitely more powerful)

No matter what the situation, the challenge, the headwinds or the tailwinds, you always have exactly two options to move ahead (yes, yes, in both business and life). One of the options will leave you with the status quo – about what you have right now. The other will be transformative...

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10 Reasons to Buy Hunting Discomfort

I could give you a long list of reasons why to buy my new book, Hunting Discomfort. The research-backed argument for why you need discomfort. How to use discomfort to effectively reach your goals. The real life examples of how it all works in practice. Exercises to create breakthroughs for your business and your life. And of course…

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Walking the Walk of Your Goals

Goals are easy to think of but harder to achieve, aren’t they? I mean, isn’t that the nature of goals to begin with? What’s missing between…

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The Answer is in the Cards

Do you collect sports cards these days? Or, did you as a kid? I was the keynote speaker at the Topps Industry Conference (just acquired by Fanatics) this past Monday, an industry gathering by one of the few companies that actually make the cards. And if you didn’t know…

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Pre-Order my New Book, Help Ukraine.

The world doesn’t wait on anyone. I’ve spent years of research, countless hours proving out the #NoMatterWhat process with people and companies and a tremendous amount of effort from many behind the scenes... You can imagine how excited we’ve been about the launch of Hunting Discomfort…

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Don’t Go Another Day Without These 4 #NoMatterWhats

What should you be committed to #NoMatterWhat? It’s a question I get asked by people from nearly every company and every conference I work with. I’ve been doing this for a while now and I’ve noticed some trends. Through keynote speaking to hundreds of thousands all over the world and asking them what’s important – I’ve found that critical #NoMatterWhats boil down to four main categories: Health, wealth, relationships and ultimate (don’t worry, I’ll explain this last one in a minute).

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Live a #NoMatterWhat Life Challenge

What does living a #NoMatterWhat life look like? It’s a big question we’ve been asking ourselves and others to get to the heart of what really makes a difference for people. Of course, there are those big goals and highlight reels we want to share when we reach them… but more importantly, what does the day to day look like that got you there?

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The Necessary Trifecta of Evolution (Beyond Survival of the Fittest)

Survival of the fittest! An evolutionary truism for animals, businesses and even each of us. But instead of the binary (and somewhat ominous) option to survive or not… There's more to the book of evolution that we can take a page from if we want to truly evolve ourselves….

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How to Fight the Medusa of Challenges

Perseus famously cut off the head of the snake-haired demon, Medusa, while cleverly avoiding the Gorgon’s direct gaze that turned all who looked into stone. It’s a Greek myth many of us have heard, but how can we use this approach to vanquish what stands in our way?

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You Have Your Goals, Now Here Are 3 Ways to Commit

If you want results, you have to commit. Even more important if you’re a leader (or want to be a leader). There just aren’t any ifs, ands or buts about it. When you commit in a way where there’s no going back, we call it…

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11 Ways to Live #NoMatterWhat in 2022

New year. New goals. New opportunities. Welcome to 2022. What separates the high-achievers that actually reach what they strive for from those that don’t? Even in the face of assuredly new challenges, limits and obstacles…

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Avoiding Discomfort Means Living with It

“I have enough discomfort in my life! Whenever I introduce the concept of ‘Hunting Discomfort’ there is always someone who initially bristles at the concept and insists they don’t have to hunt discomfort, they’re already surrounded by it, thank you very much! And…

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Find Inspiration to End the Year. Not Just Motivation.

The last month of the year is almost upon us. Even without a calendar, I can tell we’re pushing into December from all the motivational end-of-year rally cries from companies and influencers. Can’t you? “Make the final push!”, “Keep going!”, “Don’t give up!”. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but…

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5 Ways to BE Grateful #NoMatterWhat

“Grateful” and “Gratitude” seem to be a buzzwords this time of year, at least in the U.S. with Thanksgiving approaching. As popular as it is to say, “I’m grateful for…” it doesn’t always…

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Navigating the 3 Stages of Problems (and what to do at each stage)

Challenges aren’t merely challenges, however much they might seem that way. And problems aren’t merely problems, even if they present themselves as such. There are stages that challenges or problems go through, evolving each step of the way. And as they evolve, there’s a way to discern the best type of action to deal with them to get the best result….

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This 1 Phrase is Standing in Your Way

You might be shooting yourself in the foot when it comes to the innovation, positive change and even the growth you’re looking for. By that I mean, you may be making those results you’re looking for even more difficult to achieve. Results of…

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Deal with Burnout #NoMatterWhat

Emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress is better known as burnout. 75% of workers have experienced it and 67% of people think it has worsened over the last 20 months. If you’re not…

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