Reflect Daily to Turn Repetition Into Rapid Growth
Most people don’t have a performance problem. They have a reflection problem. They move from one task to the next without ever asking: What worked? What didn’t? What changes next time? So they repeat the same day over and over and call it experience. Forced reflection is the shortcut. Pause. Adjust. Execute again. That’s how you compress years of growth into months.
Optimism and Self‑Belief: Modern Acts of Rebellion
In this day and age optimism and backing your self is a form of rebellion.
Avoid Major Business Decisions While Stressed
Don't take action on major business decisions when you are frustrated or stressed. DON'T take action on major business decisions when you are frustrated. You will rush to hire, rush to build, rush to fire someone, all without a plan. Without...
Track Stress Early to Prevent Burnout
Don’t Wait for Burnout: Track Stress in Your Business Early - CX Journey™ https://t.co/fNEchIlLBp #burnout #employeeexperience #leadership #friction https://t.co/PWMP2STwp3
Your Physiology Determines Mood, Focus, and Success
The body you live in shapes the life you can build. Your mood Your focus Your confidence Your consistency Your ambition All of it gets filtered through physiology first.
Future Goals Boost Resilience After Childhood Trauma
Why do kids need a future to aim for? Join me this week with neuroscientist David Sussillo (@SussilloDavid) as we discuss the interaction of childhood trauma and resilience. https://t.co/CQWGwHcJHg https://t.co/cALwHGwGcZ
Discomfort Over Euphoria: Discipline Beats Market Noise
Fasting teaches one thing markets can't: sit with discomfort and not react. $SPY at 7,041. Records everywhere. Euphoria is loud. Discipline is quiet. The best trades I've ever missed were the ones I didn't make in moments like this. https://t.co/nEl9gU1i6G
Eight Common Lies Leaders Tell About Underperformers
RT @JoeContrera We’ve all been there. You have a poor performer on your team you refer to as your "problem child." The one who takes up inordinate time, energy, and resources. Here's a list of 8 Lies Leaders tell themselves about...
From Cancer to Purpose: Jim Olson’s Resilient Renewal
I once had the good fortune of collaborating with Jim Olson when he was leading communications for United Airlines. From the start, I was struck by his sense of purpose for improving the wellbeing of others. Jim’s cancer-defeating journey, which...
Take Charge of Your Mind for Joy and Peace
The most precious gift we have as human beings is how profoundly we experience our lives. Learning how to take charge of the mind is most important for a human being to be joyful and peaceful. This is the possibility...
Human-Centered Leadership: 3 Steps to Stop Failure
Leadership Without Humanity Is Failing — Here’s How to Fix It in 3 Steps - https://t.co/7AhCcW3WT4 - https://t.co/VUA6vOtz0B by Brad Rencher
Distractions Test Focus, Build Character
Try doing focused work while someone is yelling your name from another room… character building.
Leadership Means Deciding and Inspiring Others to Act
President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “Leadership is the ability to decide what has to be done and then get people to want to do it.” How do you influence others? #frippvt #dailyquote #inspirationalspeech
Burnout Often Comes From Ignoring What Energizes You
Had a chat with friend and his words punched me in the gut... "What if we're burnt out not because we're doing too much, but because we're doing too little of what lights us up.”
Crazy Goals Are the only Ones Worth Pursuing
Realistic goals are dull. Few people have the guts to pursue 'crazy' goals, but those are the only ones worth going for.
Emotional Fitness: Gaining Distance to Choose Your Reaction
Emotional fitness is not the absence of emotion. It is seeing it coming from far enough away that you have a choice. I once saw myself about to get pissed off and just chuckled. Not because it was funny. Because I finally...
Start with Nosebleed Fans to Wow Everyone
Most companies optimize for the people who pay the most… @thesavbananas founder Jesse Cole (@yellowtuxjesse) does the opposite. He starts with the people in the worst seats—the nosebleeds. Because if you can make the experience unforgettable for them, you can make it...
Movement‑Informed Breathwork May Boost HRV More Than Traditional Techniques
Could it be that movement-informed breathwork (MiB) can have more profound effects on HRV than coherent/resonance breathing?
Prioritize, Don’t Fill Your Calendar, Avoid Overwhelm
You’re overwhelmed today for one simple reason: You filled your calendar instead of fixing your priorities. Busywork is killing you faster than the competition ever will. Back at my first company, I learned this the hard way.
Facing a Wall Boosts Focus by Limiting Distractions
I'm neurodivergent and have a PhD in healthcare research. Here are 13 unconventional things that actually help your brain focus — that have nothing to do with discipline: 1. Face a wall or corner when you need to concentrate. Fewer things in...
Calmness Turns Hot Mess Into Reflective Beauty
Like water, when we are boiling with anger, we are nothing but a hot mess, unable to be touched. But, when we are calm and warm, we invite the world to join us and we can reflect the beauty all around us. 🙏 #FridayMotivation #FridayThoughts #mindset https://t.co/CpeJUc5Nbx
You Can Learn to Fly Without Crashing, Build Without VC
You don't need to crash a plane to learn to fly ... and you don't need VC to build a business.
Finish Small Tasks Inst
Small tasks piling up? Try the 2-Minute Rule: If a task takes less than 2 minutes, do it immediately
Ownership Mindset Demands Equity, Not Extra Hours
A Gen Z employee working at a start-up logged off at 7:00 PM every day. The founder was not happy with this. He spoke to the employee and said, "You need to move beyond the 9–5 mindset. You should think like an owner and...
Nervous System Regulation Enables Safe, Effective EMDR Healing
Why Nervous System Regulation Is Critical In Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing (EMDR): 1. Maintaining the window of tolerance. 2. Effective trauma processing. 3. Reducing re-traumatization. 4. Shifting from survival to calm. 5. Building resilience and neural integration.
Question Your Interpretation to Defuse Criticism’s Sting
Criticism often feels like proof that something is wrong with us. But ancient wisdom suggests that the sting comes from our interpretation. When we question that interpretation, space opens between the words and our reaction. Read on my blog ➜ https://t.co/TX886SXvwC...
Seeing Struggles Boosts Success: Normalize Failure
The stats in this picture are not meant to discourage you. They’re meant to liberate you. Often, we only see the "survivors" (winners, successes) and ignore all the people who tried and didn't make it. This is called "survivor bias". This makes...
Prioritize Passion over Metrics for Lasting Success
Track alignment over analytics Metrics measure what happened, not what's possible. Your conversion rate last quarter tells you nothing about the breakthrough idea brewing in your mind. Revenue reports can't capture the cost of doing work that bores you. Maybe you're...
Swap Habits, Not Cravings: Quit Drinking with Candy
How I quit drinking 20 beers a day: I ate a pack of M&Ms every time I wanted a beer. Not a joke, Charles Duhigg's book "the power of habit" taught me you can't kill a habit, only...
Combat Tech Imposter Syndrome with Wins, Community, Teaching
Imposter syndrome hits different in tech. Here’s what helped me: 1. Document every win — no matter how small 2. Find your community (hi 👋🏾) 3. Remember — you were hired/accepted for a reason 4. Teach what you know — it proves you know it Save this for a hard...
Discipline Unlocks Creative Freedom: 10 Essential Writing Tips
“Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” 10 tips on writing (which apply to most of life) from one of our civilization's greatest living writers https://t.co/3jrGv2wAs4
Self‑Care Fuels Gratitude, Accountability, and Resilience
It starts with you … you aren’t helping anyone if you aren’t in a good place yourself … Gratitude Accountability Resilience Yes-mindedness These are things to keep in mind #garyvee #happiness #gratitude
Mentors Expand Possibility, Not Just Hacks or Shortcuts
The people who changed my life didn't teach me: • Hacks • Tactics • Shortcuts They changed what I believed was possible for someone like me. Coolest part? They were online and in real life
Rest Is Essential: Burnout Beats Hustle Every Time
Hustle culture will burn you out before it makes you rich. Rest isn't the enemy of productivity. It's the prerequisite. The founders who go the distance built systems, protected their energy, and played a longer game than everyone around them. You cannot sprint...
Over‑editing Is Just Procrastination, Not Perfection
Over-editing your videos is procrastination. The hour you just spent tweaking things your audience will never notice? That wasn't editing... that was avoidance, fear, or insert any other uncomfortable feeling that you have around creating content.
Winning Depends on Embracing Uncertainty and Persisting
Major life hack: The ability to keep showing up even when the rewards are uncertain. Tolerance for uncertainty is the most valuable human trait. The one who can tolerate the most uncertainty is the one who will eventually win.
Give the Gift of Wholehearted Presence
Paying attention to someone whole heartedly is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Focus on the now, the person in front of you, their words, tone of voice, facial expression and body language. 💙 #FridayMotivation #FridayFeeling #FridayMorning...
Clarity Comes From Action, Not More Thinking
Clarity doesn’t come from thinking more. It comes from doing what you already know matters.
Create Relentlessly, Regardless of Praise or Criticism
You can’t control how people respond to the things you create. You can only control the consistency, the creativity and the commitment you make to bringing things to life you believe are worthwhile. Embrace crickets. Embrace haters. Embrace it all....
Make Wisdom Stick: Stoic Reframing for Happier Living
How do you stay connected to the things that improve your life? For the full 10percenthappier podcast episode with Maria Semple — bestselling novelist and author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette — head to the link in bio. We discuss stoicism,...
Your Mindset, Not Numbers, Defines the Impact of Age
"Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind it doesn't matter." Satchel Page https://t.co/r2hrnumqAj
Your Self‑belief Shapes the Results You Achieve
What you think about yourself, what you feel about yourself, and what you believe is possible for yourself determines the results you create in your life.
Say Yes First: Action Beats Perfection Every Time
Success starts with the courage to say 'yes' before you have all the answers. Not “I can’t.” Not “I’m not ready.” Just yes. In this week’s episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, I sit down with Vera Stewart, and we...
Meditation, Exercise, Sleep: Trader’s Secret to Mental Edge
The longer I trade, the more I realize that some meditation, a bit of exercise, and a good night's sleep will do more for your psychology than anything else.
Trusting Teams Foster Safety to Own Mistakes
When we work on a Trusting Team, we feel safe to admit our mistakes, be honest about our shortcomings, and ask for help when we need it.
Act Decisively; Tenacity Beats Fear and Doubters
Two thoughts from Amelia Earhart “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.” “Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.”
Working Just Enough Eliminates Your Error Buffer
One danger of working just hard enough to get by is that you tend not to leave much margin for error when you do that. It's the effort equivalent of doing things at the last moment.
The Right Coach Transforms Leaders and Their Organizations
I understand why people hesitate about investing in coaching. There are a lot of snake oil salesmen and unqualified folks out here. But when you find the right coach, it can completely change your career and your life. That’s why I...
Discipline Beats Skill in Driving Success
The biggest gap in performance isn’t skill. It’s discipline. Skills can always be learned. But attitude and discipline? That’s what drives everything else. #DisciplineWins #StartupHiring #Startups #HighPerformance #SuccessMindset https://t.co/VoajaF1Dkv
Effort Matters only when Targeted and Sustainable
Not an accurate description. I originally wrote this in 2006 before I had real $ (it's in my first book, pubbed 2007), and I still stand by it. I'm not saying don't try; I'm saying try to be surgical. Effort...