We’ve become a society terrified of change. We like things to stay just the way they are. It’s easier that way. Stretching the boundaries and personal accomplishment are not product of the status quo. It’s because our brains are wired to follow the same patterns. Maybe it’s your personal life that is on auto-pilot, or you’re…
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“The world is in need of a new generation of leaders. Leaders who have the courage to break through the boundaries and question everything around them. Society is yearning for bold and enthusiastic women and men to provide the necessary leadership that will be required for the next leap forward.” I was living in two…
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Much of the technical hardware and software you use today was developed to accomplish something specific, a means to an end. You had a problem, someone found a solution to that problem. You need something done more efficiently, a tool was put in place to accomplish that. There is a transitional shift that is taking…
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Relationships may come and go – but great relationships will stick around for a lifetime! Any good successful human being knows full well ‘you can’t do it on your own’, the ride to the edge of your dreams is conditioned by the relationships you keep. Will the next person you meet be a life-long relationship or just someone passing through…
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So you wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, retire to bed, wake up and start the process all over again. There may never be ‘the perfect time’… and then what? Too many people never experience the ultimate high, because they’re stuck in low gear waiting for everything and everyone around them to be perfect. The…
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We’ve all played the sales game at one time or another. When I was younger, I sold lemonade, vacuum cleaners, encyclopedias and magazines. You name it. It’s a process of learning and uncovering the benefits of a product and knowing when to shut up and let the product sell itself. You must believe in your…
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Adversity can mean many different things to each of us. Misfortune, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, sorrow, misery, pain, trauma, accident, setback, crisis, tragedy or burden. Each of us will face adversity at some point, in both our personal and professional life. What seems to shape a person is not so much the type of crisis but rather how it…
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All of this thinking made me think… is there a difference between our everyday thinking and advanced thinking? The gamble is that your everyday thinking can easily become too ROUTINE… forcing you into a rut, a hole, a void of empty space. Truth is… everyday thinking is another form of complacency, one of the 5 Human…
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Human beings have always been curious. Ever since the caveman… we’ve been discovering, searching for the truth and looking for the next big breakthrough. Our curiosity allows us to ask the fundamental question…. Why Not? If it’s physically possible to accomplish a feat that has never been done before, certainly the journey begins with curiosity….
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Think of the greatest innovators who pushed through the boundaries of average to accomplish their dreams when everyone thought they were crazy! The best technological advances have created an avalanche of innovations through market expansion. One big idea leads to another big idea. Having an idea is one thing, pushing that idea to fruition no…
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If you so much as touch a tree top. If you brush the ground ever so slightly. If you tilt your body the wrong way even a smidgen. The penalties are severe, death even! The terrain is most unforgiving! BUT, the reward is to break from human boundaries and achieve the impossible. Wingsuit Base Jumping…
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Three minutes left in the game, ball on the twenty yard line. With eighty yards to go, a struggling offense and a quarterback that is tired and banged up, how can a team snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? Going head to head against three of your biggest competitors can be a frightening situation. Chances…
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Email, voice mail and texting are all good tools for everyday communication. When it matters most, eye to eye contact works best. Adversity can mean many different things to each of us. Misfortune, difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress, disaster, sorrow, misery, pain, trauma, mishap, accident, upset, setback, crisis, catastrophe, calamity, tragedy or burden. Each of us faces adversity at…
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Society will not always be your friend, and at times will be your enemy. Learn to rise above. Most of us will face hardship both personally and professionally. What seems to shape a person is not so much the type of crisis but rather how it is handled. How is it that some people seem to weather the…
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Use the front window 90% of the time. Use the rear view mirror 10% of the time. Do not live in the past. Each of us faces adversity at some point in our lifetime, it is a common human condition. Most of us will face hardship both personally and professionally. What seems to shape a person is not so much the type…
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I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. If you think it … and believe it enough times, it should come true. Right? The power of positive thinking can work wonders, unless it’s up against physics. Fire walking is about mind over matter: you repeat a mantra and walk slowly across…
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Surely you remember the old adage, “don’t put off tomorrow what you can do today.” The meaning of that saying seems to have gone the way of the five-dollar lunch. Procrastinators are made, not born. It starts at a very young age. When a child doesn’t want to do something, they respond with a not-now…
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It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, so be happy, smile :). Funny thing is when you walk the sidewalks of life in about any urban city, you’ll find more people frowning than smiling. Unless that is you live in Denmark. A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found…
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