Sure, we’re all about success. There’s little point in trying anything new (other than just for fun) if success were not the desired outcome or at least a possibility. But too many of us overlook how vital the role of “failure” plays in our subsequent successes. Yes…there are actually some substantial benefits to failing.   [...]

Are you kidding me? We’re well into the New Year and you haven’t written down your goals yet? Determining and writing down your goals and objectives are two of the most important actions you can take towards improving both your physique and your life.   Yes, I am repeating the most basic, elemental strategy for [...]

If you’ve ever subjected your skeletal system to the bone threatening pressure of a heavy barbell during a grueling set of squats, bench press or dead lift or taken on a supremely challenging goal or objective you likely did so for a highly compelling reason… GROWTH! That pressure is called PERTURBATION which happens to be [...]

Whether you’re a competitive athlete or just working on chiseling down for the beach, you have, in large part placed the fate of your success in the palm of someone else’s hands. Like it or not, once you’ve stepped into the public eye or worse yet, once you’ve slapped on the last coat of tan, [...]

It’s like that with our goals. We think we know what we want and even have an internal map of how to get there – but somewhere along the way we wind up confused, lost and chaotic. That’s when Anarchy does its best dirty work. If your objective or goal is even remotely cloudy, vague, and ambiguous this saboteur will slip in and begin destroying your ability to achieve it.

One of the phrases I use frequently in my talks and even in the coaching process is “How You Do Anything – Is How You Do Everything” It’s one of my favorite expressions because – although we don’t like to believe it or admit it, if we half-ass the stuff we don’t want to do [...]

I’ve been quoted as saying “All achievement is based first on the strength of your WILL.” The strength of will I talk about of course is the WILL to start, the WILL to go on, to be more, and to achieve at the level of our potential and the Will to WIN. We witness it [...]

Have you ever had a partner, coach or friend who pushed you a little harder than you actually wanted to be pushed?  I mean they demanded more from you perhaps than you yourself even thought you had? When I was training for competition I always had a training partner and the very best training partners [...]

He almost talked himself out of it… A few weeks ago one of my coaching clients had traveled to the Big Apple on what was designed to be a reconnaissance mission.¬† The goal was to scout out the right location for a customer and client reception party that was going to take place in conjunction [...]

Masking your insecurities by presenting an inauthentic side of yourself– your crusty truth– your false face, only leads to losing rapport with yourself and the sight of your true inner core. BE REAL. There is only one you. In terms of microeconomics 101 supply and demand, that makes you a HOT COMMODITY!