Improving Self-Discipline & How to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do – Part 1
“What do I do in those moments where I know what I should be doing but I just don’t want to do them? How do I get myself to do the things I don’t want to do?” These are some of the most common...
View ArticleImproving Self-Discipline & How to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do – Part 2
In Take the Stairs, I wrote “the amount of our endurance is directly proportionate to the clarity of our vision.” Not too long ago I was speaking for YPO down in Bogota Columbia and one of the men in...
View ArticleImproving Self-Discipline & How to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do – Part 3
We all have moments of weakness. Moments when we simply don’t want to do the things we know we need to in order to accomplish the things we said we wanted. 12 years ago I remember being confronted with...
View ArticleImproving Self-Discipline & How to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do – Part 4
When faced with that daily dilemma of doing the things we know we should be doing (i.e. Take the Stairs) and giving way to the seemingly easier route most of us lose the battle before we even get...
View ArticleStop Pretending
You are wearing me out. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to communicate with someone who has convinced themselves of their own strengths that aren’t really true. It’s hard to have an...
View ArticleThe Success Trap
If we are not careful today’s success becomes tomorrow’s prison. For many of us determine what is possible for our futures predicated upon what we have accomplished in our past. Just as a failure or a...
View ArticleProcrastination Creditor
We eat too much… It makes us sick. We let angry words fly… We regret them afterwards. We don’t pay our bills… We pay extra later. We delay on taking action… We miss out on our goals. We always pay a...
View ArticleHow to Create a Culture of Discipline – Lesson 1
Recently while I was speaking in Australia I was interviewed by a young but incredibly sharp and challenging television reporter for Sky News. He was well read in the field of personal development and...
View ArticleHow to Create a Culture of Discipline – Lesson 2
2. Create a clear vision and game plan for each person and how they’ll advance We can hope, wish, and assume that people are motivated by helping others…but generally they are not. People primarily are...
View ArticleHow to Create a Culture of Discipline – Lesson 3
3. Create clear expectations of every single individual in your company You want people to exceed expectations right? Well then you need to clarify what their expectations are! Here’s a tough lesson...
View ArticleIt’s Hard to be Nervous When Your Mind’s on Service
A standard door is about 7 feet high and 3 feet wide but if you are a door-to-door salesperson it represents something much bigger than that. Each door is one more monumental challenge of having to...
View ArticleThe 3 Keys of a “Clean-Up Conversation”
Conflict in relationships is not only an inevitable part of being human; it is a fundamental necessity of strengthening any team. Any team that creates a culture that embraces conflict between people...
View ArticleRory Vaden: Three ways you can tell if you’re being lied to
Take the number 5,000, which is the total of advertising messages marketing experts say we are exposed to every day. Add to it the number of Facebook posts you see, the number of tweets or sentences...
View ArticleRory Vaden: Realign yourself to reconcile conflict
We try to avoid it. We go to great lengths to pretend it doesn’t exist. But, inevitably, we are going to have relationship conflict. There is a person at work who you don’t think is pulling his or her...
View ArticleOnly You
There is no one like you. No one who has had your same experiences. No one who has had your same relationships. No one who has had your same fears. No one who has had your same education. Which means…...
View ArticleWhat is your brand?
What is your brand? Branding is commonly misunderstood and even more commonly underestimated. My definition of a brand is “what do people think of, when they think of you?” Your brand matters because...
View ArticlePray
When you are tired…pray. When you are lonely…pray. When you are hurt…pray. When you are frustrated…pray. When you are scared…pray. When you are tempted…pray. When you are weak…pray. When you have...
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