I think the idea of “shoulding all over yourself” comes from Tony Robbins. In other words, instead of doing stuff that would improve your life, they remain as “shoulds”… I should walk 5000 steps a day…I should email 5 new…
Category: Encouragement
The photo attached gives all the details. Share this idea with your friends and on December 31, 2021 you could go through each of the slips together…you read one of yours, they read one of theirs. That could be…
I recently discovered a nice video from Barbara Sher doing a Tedx Talk in Prague… According to Barbara Sher we have to change our common understanding of why we so often fail to bring our dreams into reality – blaming…
I heard a great concept the other day… “If you want more coming in… you’ve got to increase what’s going out.” One author I’ve read calls it sending out “ships”. Remember that saying… “my ship has come in?” That’s…
In Tony Robbins latest book he introduced me to the phrase “asymmetric risk/reward”. It’s a fancy way of saying “risk a little to make a lot”… risk $1 to make $5. You can be wrong four times out of five and not…
As the snow falls outside my upstate NY home I thought it the perfect time to think about income streams for the Spring and beyond. My friend Mike McGroarty has been selling plants from his backyard for the better part…
I woke up this morning to an interesting email… An online blogger asked his readers to tell him how they would go about earning an extra $100 in 30 days…he used the example of missing your rent payment if you…
Wanna bet? I read an interesting article last week about a unique way to keep yourself motivated to reach your goals. You make a bet. The focus of this particular article was weight loss but I’m sure it can be…
I was listening to an interview with author Tim Ferris yesterday and he mentioned his concept of “fear setting” as a replacement for “goal setting”. Here is my transcript… “One of the reasons so few people do bold things is because they…
“Goals are for losers” is the title of a section in my new favorite book… “How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.” The author is Scott Adams, the cartoonist…