One Guy's Truth
The other day, I was asked the question, “when times were tough running your business, what got you through it?” While the person didn’t explicitly say this, I implied that the “it” they were referring to was; worry, doubt, anguish, fear, or any other mental demon that lurks in the darkest corners of our minds. […]
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“Don’t be reactive!” “Be grateful!” “Don’t operate from a place of fear!” Other than the grim corona-related news, our media and social feeds seem to be filled with lots of people telling us how to “be” during this clusterf*ck state of affairs. I’m guilty of this as I recently published Keeping Your Mind Virus Free, […]
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A couple of years ago, I had a pretty nasty fall off my mountain bike. After hitting a rock, I was thrown from my bike and found myself rolling down a cliff that led to a creek some 200 feet below. Sliding for about 20 feet, I was able to grab onto some roots that […]
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By conventional standards, 2019 was an enormous failure. At the beginning of the year, I laid out all of my goals in precise detail. I had a list of 18, which you can read about here. Looking back, I only completed 4 of those goals: Establish a coaching business Achieve a certificate from Georgetown in […]
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With the help of my weekly men’s group, I have recently refined my life’s mission statement. It is – “I create a world that is unified, free, and curious by speaking my truth, exploring new opportunities, and leading by example.” If you’re anything like me, you may have read that statement and thought, “holy big […]
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When I was 25, I got a call from a friend who was working for a prestigious consulting firm in the DC Area called, Booz Allen Hamilton. My friend informed me they were hiring and asked if I would be interested in coming in for an interview. Needless to say, I was honored to be […]
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One of my favorite tasks as an Executive and Manager used to be the Thought of the Day. This was a short quote or story that I would blast out to my team in the morning. The intent was to either educate, motivate, or communicate depending on the needs and mood of the business at […]
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