“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going...
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” ― Winston S. Churchill Take Full Responsibility for Your Life By taking full responsibility, I take extreme ownership of the following: Embracing my past Planning for the future Treasuring the present moment Whatever has occurred in the past is final. There’s nothing I can do to change it. All I can do is fully accept it. However, I...
“It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.” ― Greg McKeown Focus on the Essentials To reciprocate the gift of life, I take full advantage of the rare and beautiful opportunity to live as a human. This involves staying in the present...
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ― Neale Donald Walsch In February of 2016, I had my biggest breakthrough as I learned to challenge my assumptions and beliefs. It was also one of my most fun weeks to date. Committed to personal development, I invested in a coaching program that targeted men in improving success at home and in...
“The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.” ― Brian Tracy Emotional Motivation Health is one of my top core values. Therefore, I respect and honor it by exercising regularly, eating nutrient-dense foods, and training my mind....
“You can’t go through life allowing pain to dictate how you behave. It’s easy to sit here in your bedroom and wallow in your hurt feelings. It’s hard to rise above it.”  — Adam Braverman Learn to Be Comfortable With Yourself In 2013, I made a decision that changed the trajectory of my life. During that time, I was in a state of...
“Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.” ― Brian L. Weiss Definition of Happiness Happiness is the joy you feel as you’re growing...
"I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum capabilities." ― Bob Nardelli Expand Your Perspective On one of my solo road trips to Southern California, I visited one of my favorite national parks, Joshua Tree National Park. Far removed from the big cities, it is not contaminated with light pollution. Hence, the stars can seen brightly at night. After reaching...
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." — Eleanor Roosevelt Choose to Act Despite Fear It was...
“Feelings are just visitors. Let them come and go.” ― Mooji Nothing Lasts Forever The only constant in life is change.  No matter where I am, everything around me is continually altering. When I go outside, the temperature is different from when I ran in the morning to the time I walked in the afternoon. This type of change applies to everything in life. Even...