As we kick off the new year, one exercise that I enjoy going through is carefully selecting the three words that will be the overarching themes for the year. This is a process that Chris Brogan introduced 15 years ago and that I’ve been consistently doing since 2008. These three words provide the framework for what my goals will be (broken out into select categories once I’ve these three themes). With that said, my three words for 2021 are: Perseverance, Wellness, and Recovery.
Read MoreAs the New Year is quickly approaching us we will be inundated with articles regarding setting resolutions and goals for the upcoming year.. While the structure between the 3 Words process and goals for a set of categories may not be for you, hopefully it provides insight into how I have found success with achieving my goals. These goals are often flexible and evolve over the course of the year.
Read MoreIn this episode Theresa Payton and I talk about her career path to holding her position as the female Chief Information Office for the White House, what a normal day there was like (hint: they were long!), examples of disinformation campaigns, and her work at her cybersecurity consulting firm using human-centric design solutions.
Read MoreIn April of 2007, while being deployed to Sadr City during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Josh Mantz and another member of his team were critically wounded by an enemy sniper attack. The high-caliber bullet severed Staff Sergeant Marlon Harper’s aorta, killing him, and then ricocheted into Josh’s upper right thigh, severing his femoral artery. Josh went on to “flatline” for 15 minutes before being revived by an expert medical team. This episode takes you minute-by-minute through Josh's experience.
Read MoreAlden is a former 3-time U.S. Navy SEAL Platoon Commander. After leaving the Navy, he became the co-founder and CEO of Perfect Fitness which he led to $90 million in sales in just three years, becoming ranked by INC Magazine in 2009 as being the fastest growing consumer products company with 12,000% growth over those 3 years.
Read MoreIt was 6 years ago today that I had brain surgery to remove a tumor that was on my motor skills strip and just in front of my speech pathways. From the moment of leaving my apartment that day through leaving the hospital post-surgery, there are a series of memories.
Read MoreBrant is the author of the new book, Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You. During this episode Brant talks about spending 263 straight days in the hospital with his oldest son, Theo, as he was battling a rare blood cancer and is why he wrote the Black Sheep. In the book, Brant helps you to explain why identifying your Black Sheep values are vital for your success and how to implement them in your life for maximum success.
Read MoreHave you ever had those days where look around you and see all of the little projects that you could tackle? Maybe you look at your never-ending to-do list and know that there are smaller tasks that you could easily knock off. We’ve all experienced it. This is what is an individual hurdle.
Read MoreLaura Gassner Otting discusses the importance of finding consonance in your life and what the 4 C's on consonance are. During this episode we discuss why purpose is such a hot topic right now, if people can still have an impact even if they work in the for-profit sector, and what advice do she has for listeners looking to achieve the goals that they have set out for themselves.
Read MoreWhile I experienced fear heading into my brain surgery, this was a different level of fear. One that I had never experienced before and while this article is personal to me, those being affected by the other fires taking place, those in the path of Hurricane Laura, and so many others facing similar events are in my thoughts.
Read MoreAJ Leon, Founder of Misfit, Inc, talks about how he went from going through the motions of life based on what society dictates to leaving a high-paying job and beginning to live life on his terms.
Read MoreSo often we focus on whether we’re an extrovert vs an introvert. While it’s important to understand what type of person we are, at our core all humans are social creatures. Additionally being introverts aren’t the only individuals who need solitude in their lives. We all need alone time whether we realize it or not.
Read MoreDavid and I talk about how he's building an agency based out of a small town in wine country that works with VC firms. David talks about shifting your mindset to do the work that others don't want to do such as driving 10 hours roundtrip in a single day for one meeting. We spend time talking about the importance of family and how he's teaching his daughters to be independent from a young age.
Read MoreGratitude will help you to handle these experiences and feelings. They will help you to reframe them hence working through them faster. Additionally, gratitude helps us not to take anything for granted because we understand how quickly it can all be taken away from us.
Read MoreWhen faced with any adversity in our lives, from the simplest to the most complex, our ability to be adaptable is what is among the most important. It’s how we show up and respond to it that will make determine the outcome.
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