There’s a very popular book series that has enjoyed a long life on the best seller list titled, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. As pragmatic advice on how to run a business and live a life of excellence, it’s a big steaming pile of nonsense. This is bad advice, and it spells trouble in the […]
“NO is a complete sentence. It does not require justification or explanation.” – Gary Ryan Blair 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 find a way to summon the power to turn them down…to simply say no? You have […]
Doc, Dopey, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Grumpy, and Happy are the names of the seven dwarfs…from the movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. And, for the purposes of this message …continues
As the Rio Olympics are coming to a close this evening, I am reminded of a 60 Minutes interview with Olympic Champion Michael Phelps. During the interview the host Anderson Cooper showed …continues
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1599. The play features one of Shakespeare’s most famous and oft-quoted speeches… …continues
It is a blessing when it is the driving force for great achievement. It is a curse when the quest for great achievement creates chaos, neglect, and imbalance in other areas of your life. …continues
What is the purpose of perfection? Perfection is a flawless performance metric by which any company, person, project or idea can benchmark itself against. Despite the unrealistic assumption of …continues
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, Philip Crosby wrote a wonderful book titled Quality is Free, in which he argued that it’s cheaper to build things right the first time than it it is to fix them later. …continues
Whether the goal is to get out of the comfort zone or to deliver an out of this world speech, the solution is always the same…improve your how by outbehaving who you were yesterday. …continues
IN THE COMMON VERNACULAR, a power move or power play is something that gets done to you. The person with power demands an accommodation, or switches the venue, or has an assistant …continues
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.
