“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee Let’s get something straight right out of the gate… The odds that you’ll succeed in solving any problem or achieving any goal without purposeful action are about the same as winning the lottery without buying a ticket. You […]
I have a very simple philosophy when it comes to success and goal achievement… “Go all in…or get all out.” Success in any area of your life and career is forever linked directly to your heart…to your steadfast commitment to your goals. Yet, in a world where commitment is a mandatory condition to success…far too […]
Like a fine Bordeaux …please consume this message slowly and lovingly as what follows is one question which you can use to get unstuck and change your life in the process. One of the primary ways I begin to analyze a subject is by asking pointed, provocative and intellectually challenging questions. I then drill into […]
GO TO JAIL. GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL. DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT COLLECT $200. If you’ve ever played the game Monopoly…you’ve no doubt heard the phrase…and received one of those yellow Community Chest or orange Chance cards. This phase has become widely used in popular culture to describe an action forced upon a person […]
I have a secret to tell you. You can achieve practically any of your wildest dreams. It really doesn’t matter how big. Suspicious? Doubtful? By the end of this blog post, you won’t be. The secret is…Everything Counts! Little things become big things. Nothing is insignificant. Everything accumulates, compounds and piles up. If you long […]
A short list of things which are never going to happen… The sale will not close without asking for the order. You will never be accepted by a school to which you do not apply. No one will ever read the book that you do not write. You will never enjoy six-pack abs without diet […]
“Everything is hard before it is easy.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When people ask me what I do for a living…I often say that I’m the crash test dummy for productivity solutions. I see myself as a human guinea pig…open and game for anything that will get me (and you) to operate at peak […]
Quitting smoking. Losing weight. Starting a business.Writing a book. Making more money. Becoming debt free. For anything you want to achieve in life, the steps to achieving it are easy to search for, come up with, write down on a napkin, and follow. Yet every day, people continue to smoke, gain weight, remain fiscally irresponsible […]
“You can’t finish what you don’t start, and you should never start what you’re not committed to finish.” – Gary Ryan Blair . Pick a goal…any goal. Got one? Good. Be mindful… That goal you just picked… That thing you want to be, do or have… Will have no value if you don’t finish. And, […]
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 […]
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.
