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How one sentence changed my life (and can change yours too)
You are getting bored at your job. Everyday feels like groundhog day. You worked hard to finish Q1, and then BAM!, another quarter starts up again and you are back at ground zero. You start to wonder, ‘what is all this for?’ Over time this wears on you. I know it did me. I was President of Sales for a national contractor and I was getting bored and started to have these same thoughts and wondering, ‘is there more to life?’ The pay was great, but it was not fulfilling. My j
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Are you in the ‘waiting room’?
This blog originally appeared in the Faith Driven Entrepreneur website. One of the hardest things many of us experience is waiting for what is next. For what’s to come. When will I get the promotion? When will I get the job? When will I get the new clients? When will this business start to take off? Why is it taking so long? Our wait can turn into anxiety, which then can turn into frustration, which can often turn into a slothfulness. Almost the thought of, ‘Fine, if it
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An idea to end racism, sexual harassment, and more
“Siblings just fight.” “They’re just being sisters.” “That’s just them being brothers.” When we say those statements, we are giving our kids permission to treat their siblings like crap. Or ‘they are just being a teenager’ when we allow a teenager to be disrespectful to a parent. The problem with all the above is we are allowing our kids to be disrespectful to others. What we allow, we actually approve. I believe the danger in allowing our kids to treat people in their own ho
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Don’t wait to get fired to do this.
4 years ago I was fired from my job. Yup, fired. Just what every guy dreams of. 40 years old, unemployed with a stay-at-home wife, and 3 kids all under 13 years old, a mortgage, and lots of bills. I was fired from my highest salary and highest job title I had ever had, President of Sales. However, leading up to that moment, I had a burning desire to start a coaching business. Just as I had been helped, I wanted to go and help others. Help people become better leaders at work.
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Why you need to push through the resistance
“Girls let’s go biking” I said. “No, dad. It is going to rain.”, one daughter said. “We have a couple of hours before it rains and if it does, who cares, it will be fun”, I said. “No dad, I don’t want to bike in the rain”, the other daughter said. “But I am tired dad” “My legs hurt from gymnastics” The back and forth continued ?….. until they finally gave in and said yes. ? So we went biking. ? It was an incredible day. We split donuts ? at two different donut shops. (So fun
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What should you focus on?
Are you overwhelmed? Too much to do? Being overwhelmed is a lack of clarity. A lack of focus. Recently I asked my clients, ‘why do you work with me for as long as you do?’ I know, I know that is an odd question to ask clients – however, I recently hired a coach to help me and my business (more on that in a future post) and this was one of the early assignments. So, I reached out to all my clients in my one-on-one coaching program. These clients pay a good amount of money per
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Why you may not be in a season of growth
Finding information to grow is easy. It is everywhere. Millions of books have been written,
tons of podcasts available, inspirational videos at our fingertips. Mentors and coaches are plentiful. However actual growth is not as common. Why? Growth takes time. Growth takes effort. Risks need to be taken. Failures will happen. Embarrassment is likely at times. Humility is needed. Money is required. If you don’t invest the time, energy, or money, then you will not grow. If we wan
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Are you a doer or a dreamer?
Are you too busy with your head down working on emails to know what your goals are for this year? Or maybe you are too busy dreaming and strategizing that you are missing deadlines today? We usually fall into one of those two camps. There are doers and there are dreamers. However, to run a strong business, or life for that matter, we need to be able to do both. We need to be able to look at our business and life with a zoom-in lens, as well as a zoom-out lens. We need to be b
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People are idiots
The following is an excerpt from my book, ‘Win at Home First’. Peter is a successful marketing executive with a Fortune 50 company I have been blessed to coach for the last eighteen months. One of the early stages in our coaching engagements is to have clients identify items in their personal and professional life that can be categorized in a few different categories: breakthrough, frustration, failure, and battle. I was shocked to see what Peter had in the “frustration” cate
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How comparing yourself to others is a good thing
Yes, when we compare only the results of others to our own results – that is bad. However, it is good when we compare our efforts to their efforts. In fact, seeing someone else’s efforts can be both humbling, as well as inspiring in building our businesses, our life, and our marriage. So often, when I compare myself to others, I compare only their visible success and not their hard work that led up to this moment. Unfortunately, the hard work is often not visible. The additio
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Who can you propel today?
Are you an anchor or propeller? (BTW – you can read a real-life case study at the bottom of this post on where this image came from 🙂 ) Words are powerful. Would people in your life describe you as an anchor or propeller? As you interact with people, think about the words and tone you use. Are you encouraging them to pursue their dream or idea? Or do you find yourself downplaying their idea and not encouraging them to pursue? Is it out of jealousy of their success? Keep in m
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What is unshakeable in your life?
During this pandemic, we have all had our share of ups and downs. Recently I gave a talk providing some learnings from my journey the last few months and wanted to share in case they help you process your last few months. This past October, I was at a conference in California called ‘Business As Mission’. While there, I met a married couple in attendance evaluating companies to invest in. They were not there to invest in our coaching business, however attended one of our wor
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How do I check in with God more?
Recently I wrote a blog, “Do You Feel Abandoned and Want to Quit?”, that had one of the highest open rates of my emails. I also received numerous emails thanking me for the content. Maybe the blog title was intriguing, but I think the feeling of abandonment may be heightened in all of us right now. This quarantine has all of us experiencing more ups and downs than ever before. I know that is true for me. One business owner, Jordan, responded to my last blog with the below ema
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Do you feel abandoned so you want to quit?
We all want to give up at different times. Especially if we think God has abandoned the ‘God idea’ we are working on. We start the project convinced it was a nudge from God and then we hit roadblocks and we feel abandoned. We open the second office or hire the additional employee and then Coronavirus strikes and the market tanks. Just like you, I have a few projects currently that feel ‘God-less’ when I hit rough patches. Not only were there alone moments writing ‘Win at H
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Here is how to make art out of deadwood
During this quarantine, I have seen a few different postures taken by leaders. Some are in panic mode, while others are in prayer. Some are not only in a physical lockdown but also a mental lockdown. They can’t seem to do anything productive. While others are doubling down on serving customers and improving processes. Some are constantly on their phones scrolling social media for cutting edge news of this situation, while others are putting their phones down instead for solit
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Do you need help getting out of a rut?
This post may be for you if you are the provider for your family? Or are you an over-achiever? Maybe you are an Enneagram 3 like myself? If so, then this post may resonate with you during COVID-19. I have enjoyed most of these days being quarantined – but I recently had a bad couple days. The irony is I am not supposed to have down days since I make a living encouraging and challenging business leaders to grow – however it caught up to me over the weekend. With the coronav
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4 reasons to stop being passive at home.
Recently I had the opportunity to speak to a few different women’s groups to share concepts from ‘Win at Home First’. The talks went great, the Q&A was fun, and then inevitability someone asks some variation of, “how do I get my husband to do anything when they are home?” My internal response is frustration because passive men at home annoy me. However, if I am being honest I can fall into a trap of being more focused on my own needs when I am at home – the blog I need to w
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Do people you lead have a voice? What about your spouse?
Recently I was a guest on a women’s mastermind online coaching program for Cherylanne Skolnicki, to provide follow up Q&A to a ‘Win at Home First’ coaching session I did for them. We had a great discussion and hit on many topics from managing your energy throughout the day to giving your family the best and not just the rest. However, a topic with a lot of breakthrough was about engaging our spouses in discussions and decisions. The irony is, I have these exact same conversat
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What!?!? Why did it take 2 years?
When I received the below email, I got fired up. I remember the conference they are referencing, as well as the talk. Matter of fact, the picture at the top of this blog is from that day. It was a great conference with a lot of positive feedback. So, this individual saw me speak in 2018, yet did not reach out to me for coaching until 2020! Granted it was not a full two years, more like 18 months, however, it was a long time. I had all kinds of thoughts running through my h
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Will you come with me?
Below is an excerpt from my book, ‘Win at Home First’, that I have heard on more than one occasion was impactful to individuals and their marriage. Why am I reminded to share it? Because I did Jazzercise on Friday night with a bunch of married couples, which you can read about below!! The best way to build stability in your marriage is through friendship. When you hear people, who have been in a healthy marriage for thirty or more years, they often say the reason for their s