Self Improvement

Failure is the most important key to success. I know that may seem a bit counter-intuitive, so let me explain: I have had the honor of interacting with thousands of people over the years in many capacities — as a speaker, as a coach, as consultant and sometimes just as an observer. It’s not unusual…

If you were to look around your at your co-workers, peers, employees and competitors, would you say they need more "information" to be successful, or more "commitment" to implement the knowledge they already have? Do you think that in general, people need more "knowledge" to lose weight (how to eat, how to walk, how to…

Events happen to all of us. Great events, bad events, neutral events, but, they do happen. Some of these events end up shaping who we are and what we do with our lives. For example, when a little girl goes in front of the class at a very young age and her classmates make fun…

How many times have you heard, “we’re creatures of habit?” Have you ever stopped to think what that really means? Or have you just accepted that, as we do many sayings we use, as just another expression. I just got off of skype with my 81 year old step-father where I asked him what is…

When I was “auditioning” for my job with The Anthony Robbins companies — I call it an audition because it was like what I imagine an actor goes through when trying to get a lead role. There were multiple people trying out for the same position all reciting the same script in front of a…

Have you ever noticed one of those “Top 10 Jobs in Demand” lists that suggest picking a career among those choices based solely on the basis that there may be lots of job opening in that field? Or some people pick a job because they think it will automatically lead to riches, or that it…