How to Crystallize a Life: This or Something Better
One of the biggest stressors I had about my upcoming move to California (other than the obvious emotional ones surrounding the goodbyes...
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- Sep 9, 2019
- 2 min
How to Make Better Videos That Get Seen
people aren't reading anymore. They are scrolling, scanning, viewing, and listening.
- Aug 22, 2019
- 1 min
Podcast Interview with NAPO
As a mindfulness expert, I have often discussed the importance of managing one's space. In fact, one of the nine areas of focus in the...
- Mar 19, 2019
- 1 min
How to Make a Compelling Video
How does one make a great video that will be watched, and more importantly, acted upon? It’s just like with any other sales presentation...
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Stop Thinking, Start Doing
As a professional speaker, corporate comedian, and author, I often meet people who want to be a speaker, do stand-up comedy, or write a...
- Jan 27, 2019
- 2 min
What Bob Seger Taught Me
I recently saw one of the final shows from a God of Classic Rock. While I'm not a rabid Bob Seger fan (I’m more into Bruce & Bruno), I...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 1 min
Getting Past the Ugh
Truth time: It often sucks to stop what we are doing in order to help somebody else. It wasn't like we were sitting around doing nothing,...
- Jan 7, 2019
- 1 min
Taking the First 762 Steps to Success
My mother ran her own business for over thirty years, and on nearly every one of those days, she would go into the bathroom each morning...
- Nov 16, 2017
- 2 min
Celebrate the Successes of Others (While Creating Your Own)
The ladder of success has no room for jealousy. I have a client/fellow speaker/wildly talented friend named Nancy Dahl. This week Nancy...
- Nov 6, 2017
- 2 min
Metrics Are Your Friend (That You Sometimes Hate)
Last night my teenage daughter and I went to dinner to celebrate my upcoming birthday. We have a tradition in which we gussy up in our...
- Sep 30, 2017
- 2 min
My Favorite Stress-Busting SuperStrategy
As a professional keynote speaker, my job is to share value-rich content in an entertaining, informative, and actionable way. My...
- Feb 13, 2017
- 3 min
Mindful Mentorship: Learning From the Leaders in Your Field
Who are the people that are the best in your field? Do you personally know them, and do they know you? Are you learning from them on an...
- Feb 4, 2017
- 2 min
Do You Have What It Takes To Jump?
It’s your moment of truth. You are standing on the edge of the high dive platform that ominously towers thirty-plus feet above the water...
- Feb 1, 2017
- 3 min
Don’t Let Donald (Or Anyone Else) Distract You
Wow. There is A LOT of chatter swirling about regarding the change in leadership in the world’s highest position. It’s been less than two...
- Jan 21, 2017
- 2 min
DON’T Do What You Love (If You Want to Succeed)
We’ve all heard the sayings: “Do what you love and you’ll never have to work another day in your life”, “Follow your bliss”, and other...
- Dec 27, 2016
- 2 min
When Setting Goals, Be Unreasonable
As I put the finishing touches on my 2017 business plan and corresponding Statement of Intention, I am reminding myself of one of the...
- Oct 20, 2016
- 4 min
Coaching to Your Hidden Core: Going Deep to Grow a Bigger Business
Most people don’t know this, but last year I was seriously considering giving up my career as a full-time keynote speaker (which, by the...
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