Episodes

As a parent, it’s important to remember to do your best...not be the best...bc you’re never going to be “the best”... there’s always something - even if you could do it over again...something you could’ve done better. Today’s...

John Ruskin wrote, “...the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is see something & tell what it saw in a plain way.” This is one of those quotes that has a different meaning each time you read it. Today’s eppy ...

Reading Actor/Comedian Kevin Hart’s biography “I can’t make this up: Life Lessons,” he writes that it’s easy to complain about how hard and stressful your life is, but if you stepped into the shoes of someone you envy- even f...

If you find you’re in a sales slump (or even a slump in life) you need to ask yourself, “Who’s believing who?” You’re quick to believe what others initially say as the gospel truth & bc you believe what they say, you shut dow...

Tom Bilyeu (he’s got a good podcast btw) has a saying, “When it comes to failure, success isn’t guaranteed, but the struggle is.” I just finished Nike co-founder Phil Knight’s memoir “Shoe Dog” and you talk about struggle...t...

As told in Jon Kabat-Zinn’s book “Coming To Our Senses” (on sale for $2.99 on Kindle) you’ve got 125 Billion Miles Of DNA threads inside of your body...if you’ve got miles of sophistication & architecture on the inside..what ...

I get you want to sell 20 cars...lose 30 lbs....or save $5000, but if you’ve never achieved these feats then the mere goal alone can cause you to quit before ever getting started. Brendon Burchard had a great nugget Tom Bilye...

It’s funny how you can jot something down & look back at it much later and it carries a much larger meaning at the perfect time. I ran across a quote I wrote from John Gray’s book “ I Am Number 8”...”The next time you feel yo...

Charlie Munger, the 93 year old billionaire investor, partner, & Vice Chairman of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway (1 share is worth $296,400 by the way) has missed out on many chances- chances that could’ve added to his mo...

I don’t think we give enough thought to compounding benefits. In relationships, weight loss, even in sales- yes there’s the initial investment, and when looked at with the right perspective, look at the multiple benefits from...

Actor Kevin Costner said, “..wisdom is nothing more than the ability to take your own advice. It’s actually very easy to give people advice” Today’s episode asks “Why is it so much easier to give someone else advice than take...

In a recent interview w Arianna Huffington- the founder of the Huff Post, she said she doesn’t believe in looking at the competition bc when you when you do you cease being innovative. Today’s episode pulls the rip chord on c...

“Once you start questioning the bad stuff that comes your way, you have to question the good...& I wouldn’t trade the good for anything.” This from a The late ESPN anchor Stuart Scott’s book “Every day I fight” chronicling hi...

Stan is one of my favorite people I see in my local grocery store...you know the kind of person that you hit it off the first time you meet him. He’s one of those guys that when he asks “How are you doing?” he sticks around t...

I’m closing this week with Letter 15 Of Eric Greitens’ book “Resilience.” This Letter is probably the most important in my life right now bc I’ve done a poor job reflecting...taking a moment to reflect. Not reflecting has cau...

Letter 13 of Eric Greitens' book "Resilience" is the Letter of Pain. CS Lewis called pain "God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world." Pain wakes us up..shakes us from our beds of satisfaction and complacency...he writes that the...

This week we're roller blading through the book "Resilience" by Navy Seal Eric Greitens. The last couple of episodes we looked at the 3 primary kinds of happiness: The Happiness of Pleasure, Grace, & Excellence (back up a day...

Yesterday we took away 3 primary kinds of happiness from Navy Seal Eric Greitens' bestselling book "Resilience. 2 of the 3 primary kinds of happiness were discussed yesterday (back up a day to learn more) the happiness of ple...

This week we're chopping up the NYT bestseller "Resilience" by Eric Greitens. Today we're jumping over to Letter 5: "Happiness"... In Letter 5 Eric says that we need resilience not only for hard times, but we need resilience ...

Today is a set up for the book we're diving in on- it's the remarkable NYT best-selling book Resilience by Navy Seal Eric Greitens. The book is a collection of letters between Eric and a Seal Team member Zach Walker...Walker ...

Here's your weekly reeeeecap of this week's episodes. The 5 minutes of the 5 minutes. From lying, cheating, stealing (Monday), to seeing your life "To be continued" (Tues)...forging your faith through the hurt (Wed) to having...

Ever have one of those situations where you look in the bathroom mirror only to discover you've got a big ole' booger hanging there---of course you discover it only after talking to a bunch of people...and NO ONE said anythin...

Recently when I went jogging I hit the road and walked right into a stiff headwind...a cold front was pushing through--my eyes burned-my earbuds kept blowing out...I wanted to quit...but as I kept going I found new corners an...

Sometimes instead of having "Manager," "CEO," or "Director Of anything" on our business card...sometimes mine should've read Casket Maker bc I killed the hopes and dreams of those who worked for me. Today's episode deals with...