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Your Legacy Is People
Your Legacy Is People

Your Legacy Is People

Leadership and legacy are not just what you do, but also how you do it. It will be determined by a series of choices you make over your life about how to spend this moment – here, and now. The challenging thing is that each moment feels like a throwaway, because another one follows closely on its heels. How you choose to engage here and now speaks more to your character than whatever residual stuff you leave in your trail.

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How To Plan Your Day In 10 Minutes
How To Plan Your Day In 10 Minutes

How To Plan Your Day In 10 Minutes

If you were going to purchase a house or a car, you would probably step back and consider how you're going to re-organize your finances to ensure that you're preparing yourself properly and will use your money effectively. However, many people are much less intentional abou thow they spend their day than how they spend their money. Yet, which is more valuable? How you spend your day is how you spend your life. On this episode, you'll learn a very simple 10 minute method for planning your day effectively so that you bring your best creative value to your clients and organization. 

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Make Your Contribution
Make Your Contribution

Make Your Contribution

Is passion important? Surely. Is it the most important factor in doing great work? I have my doubts. Some of the most effective contributors throughout time have been marked by two characteristics: they were (a) reluctant, but (b) resolved. They saw the great task before them, but they were determined to surmount obstacles because they recognized an opportunity and felt the urgency of the moment. Do not be dulled, friends. Do not allow the lull of comfort to cause you to abdicate your contribution. Stay sharp. Keep your edges. Nothing – NOTHING – is worth giving up the most precious thing you have to offer.

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Podcast: The Seven Deadly Sins
Podcast: The Seven Deadly Sins

Podcast: The Seven Deadly Sins

As we wrap 2017 and head into a new year, it's natural to look back to consider whether your ambitions for the year lined up with your accomplishments. It's easy to unknowingly settle into ruts without even realize it's happening, and to fail to do the work you know you're capable of doing. On this episode, I'll share seven common areas where people and teams unknowingly settle, and a few questions to help you identify and move past them.

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Podcast: One Mindset Tweak That Will Change How You Approach Your Work
Podcast: One Mindset Tweak That Will Change How You Approach Your Work

Podcast: One Mindset Tweak That Will Change How You Approach Your Work

Tactics are important and necessary if you want to do brilliant work, but so is mindset. You can be the most talented and disciplined person on the planet, but if you have a blind spot in your mindset you will eventually fail. On today's episode, I talk about one very important mindset tweak that will help you to bring your best effort every day. 

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Podcast: The 3 Letter Word That’s Robbing You Of Great Work
Podcast: The 3 Letter Word That’s Robbing You Of Great Work

Podcast: The 3 Letter Word That’s Robbing You Of Great Work

One three letter word might be killing your creative output. Worse, it's the reason your team doesn't want to collaborate with you, and it's the thing that's preventing you from doing the best work of your life. On today's episode, I share what this three letter word is and some ways you can spot it before it derails you.

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Podcast: How To Run Your Day From The Back Of An Index Card
Podcast: How To Run Your Day From The Back Of An Index Card

Podcast: How To Run Your Day From The Back Of An Index Card

On today's episode, I show you how to run your life from the back of an index card. (Yes, really.) You'll learn how to hone in on your mission for the day, how to bring your best to the people around you, and how to create unique and powerful value for your clients and organization by spending five minutes in preparation each morning.

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Podcast: Three Pieces Of Advice For My 20-Something Self
Podcast: Three Pieces Of Advice For My 20-Something Self

Podcast: Three Pieces Of Advice For My 20-Something Self

When you are younger, it’s possible to be successful because you are smarter, more talented, or more of a hustler than your peers. However, as you grow older, you begin to see patterns that you might have overlooked before simply because you didn’t have as much data. Knowledge can be bought, but wisdom is always earned.