Category: Success

Dream Big, Act Deliberately

Don’t wait for some external factor to start. You don’t know if it will ever come. You have to create the event. You have to be that person.

Discovery, Adventure, and Action in 2019

What’s your wish for yourself in the New Year? Do you have a word to summarize where you want to go? What are some of the daily habits and behaviors you’re starting, to become the highest possible version of yourself?

My Favorite Books in 2018

Simply put, of the more than 75 books I read in last year, these were my favorites. The ones I had the most fun reading, and the ones that kept me up turning pages, way past my bedtime.

Creating a New You, Part 2

I’m not a big fan of these approaches, because they usually end up being about conforming to labels and categories. How about instead you simply create yourself? Into who you want to become; the highest possible version of yourself.

Creating a New You, Part 1

To me, the relevant metric is how the version of you on December 31st 2019, will be any different than the version reading these words now.

Change Your Story!

I spent my 16th birthday in jail, while I was awaiting trial for armed robbery. One day there was the sound of jangling keys and I looked up to find the guard letting a visitor into my cell. His name was Baxter, and he was the father of a girl went to high school with. She had beseeched him to try and help me.

10 Books that Transformed My Life…

Many of you frequently ask what I’m reading and what books were the most important in my personal growth and self-development. So I thought it was time to update the list of the top ten most influential books in my life.

NOT to Do List for 2019

We’re getting near the end of the year, so everyone is setting their goals, making their New Year resolutions and lists of things to do. But sometimes your real progress comes not from what you do – but what you choose to no longer do.