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Friday, August 27, 2010

Activities

There are only two activities:

1. Ones that make you money

2. Ones that don't make you money

Not being very smart, I vote to only do the ones that make us money!

Question:

  • Do you know what activities make you money? (intentionality to this process)
  • Do you only do those and discard all the rest?

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

TT

My oldest son Teddy started kindergarten yesterday!

The journey has begun....speaking of the journey here is what I have found about my own journey:
  • The destination is so secondary to the lessons learned as you stroll down the path of life

Sometimes very painful. Sometimes they sting. Always uncomfortable. But critical in our growth and development in character and as people.

What lessons are you learning now?

Monday, August 16, 2010

Dumpster Fire

One of the critical areas I have been working on for the last few years is this:

  • Throw away non productive activities!


My time is a limited and valuable resource. So is my focus. So is my energy. I have to maximize all of these and I can't do it with non-productive wasters. I need to throw those in the dumpster.

So every week I audit my behaviors and time to make sure I throw away all non productive activities. You will be amazed when you audit your time and behaviors on how much waste and energy sucking activities we allow. Throw those in the dumpster today!

Saturday, August 07, 2010

Teddy at Yankee Stadium

I just wish Teddy and I had more fun at the Yankees Stadium...joking of course.

But this is the reason why I own a business so we can enjoy these types of times where we mix work and play together...but it's really not work because I love what I do. Win-Win!

And doesn't it make sense to have a career and absolutely love what you do for a living?

As one of my mentors taught me: Find what you love and you will never work another day in your life. That made so much sense I followed that advice with everything I had. We have hosted 7 events in the last 10 days...that's 42 hours of speaking...a ton...but not once did it ever feel like work. That's called the hitting the sweet spot in life!

How about you? Do you love what you do? Are you following your passions? Are you living by default or design? Are you making your dream job a reality?

If not, why not? What are you waiting for?

The future is coming one way or another...so in two years doesn't it make sense to do what you love? So start today and start making that a reality!

Monday, August 02, 2010

Invisible and Visible

It's our invisible the leads to our visible.

Where are you at today with your invisible?
  • Dreams
  • Desires
  • Vision
  • Good Ol' Fashion Guts
  • Attitude
  • Emotional Fortitude

Do you have a raging burning fire deep in your guts driving your behavior towards something very specific?...or just going through the motions.

If not, what are you waiting for?

If so...rock on!

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