“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.” – Theodore Roosevelt The date…April 23, 1910. The venue…the Sorbonne in Paris, France. The orator…Theodore Roosevelt. The message…Find Your Arena. In one of the greatest rhetorical triumphs…Roosevelt draws a proverbial line in the sand between those who get […]
It’s about time someone said it… Tomorrow is not your friend. All you have is today. Right now. That’s all you have. Look, I get it… It’s natural and comforting to want to look towards tomorrow with rose colored glasses. To think that tomorrow will smile on you and bless you with the abundant fruit […]
2018 has arrived. If you’re committed to making it the best year of your life… Implement this little trick that Scorsese, Spielberg and Disney use when making movies… Work backwards. Begin at the finish. Know how you want it to end. Solve the climax first. Figure out where you want to go; then work backwards […]
To make 2018 massively abundant… I wanted to give you a piece of advice. Perhaps the only piece of advice you’ll need. But before I share it with you…I’m going to leave you with this cliffhanger… The most important thing you can do is to find someone good, optimistic, grateful and loving to spend your […]
If the goal does not challenge you, it cannot change you. If the only goals we set are easy, fun and convenient there will be no growth, no great reward and certainly nothing worth bragging about. That’s precisely why you need to take on your Goliath and slay it. And, the bigger your Goliath, the […]
Finishing Strong… The last part of any project or race, the final ten percent is in many ways the most critical, the most character defining, and also the most taxing. The last ten percent thins the herd, and separates the great from the merely good. The commitment required to finish strong is mentally and physically […]
You don’t get extreme talent, fame, or success, without extreme actions. Nor do you get six-pack abs, well-disciplined kids, or become salesperson of the year. The number one reason why most people will never enjoy extreme results…is because they are just not sufficiently motivated to engage in the extreme actions necessary to drive extreme results. […]
All of us tell stories about ourselves. Stories define us. And to know someone well is to know her story, the experiences that have shaped her, the trials and turning points that have tested her. When we want someone to know us, we share stories of our childhoods, our families, our school years, our first […]
Every day, month, quarter and year presents you with an identical question… Are you going to finish strong or not? It’s your call to make. Every day. Every month. Every quarter. Every year. Now that the 4th and final quarter of the year has arrived… You must decide if you’re going to grind it out […]
EVERY DAY, RACE, PROJECT AND YEAR presents you with an identical question…are you going to finish strong or not? It’s your call to make. Every day. Every race. Every project. Every year. How many times have you gotten to the end, however that end is defined, and wished you’d pushed yourself harder? How many times […]
Gary Ryan Blair is the President of The GoalsGuy, a highly focused training organization whose mission is to help their clients build and sustain superior performance.
