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 […]
In part one of this series, we discussed how saying “NO” is the world’s best, fastest and easiest productivity strategy…primarily because it simplifies. You will succeed on the basis of what, where and how you say “NO”. And learning to say “NO” with conviction allows you to take immediate control of your environment, and will […]
HAVE YOU EVER heard yourself saying yes to the wrong things… never-ending requests of your time, bad relationships, energy draining obligations…and wished you could summon the power to turn them down? Because if you have, you’re about to learn the world’s best execution strategy for simplifying your life, taking control of your environment, and finishing […]
Right now. You have a choice to make. Are you going to live wide open and fully engaged, or partially closed and uncommitted? We’re all playing a high stakes game of one and done, therefore… Why not choose to spend each day feeling completely spent, knowing that you gave everything? Why not choose to pour […]
They’re the three most famous words in mountaineering. When asked by the New York Times in 1924 why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory responded: “Because it’s there.” Alex Honnold recently accomplished the greatest feat of rock climbing in history. He became the first person to “free solo” Yosemite’s iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan […]
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.
