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 […]
THE TERM UNFORCED ERROR is an important part of the vocabulary in the world of tennis. No statistic is more emphasized than unforced errors…largely due to the fact that they are quite often the difference between winning and losing. An unforced error is best defined as an error in a service or return shot that […]
Psst… I’m onto you. I know what you’re doing. You came here looking for a way to accelerate your results. You want to dramatically decrease the amount of time it takes to achieve your goals. You want to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and experience growth faster than a speeding bullet. You don’t […]
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway Look… Over there. Someone is sitting in your chair. There’s something familiar about this person. They have an uncanny, striking resemblance to you. Same height, same shoe size and same eye color. […]
Bees swarm, fish school and birds flock. There’s strength, security and safety in numbers. As well as an overwhelming show of dominance and force. Our animal counterparts have quite a few problem solving, execution and team building lessons to offer (the value of napping, for one). Here’s a few examples… Lions, tigers, eagles and bears instinctively […]
You have a dream. A bold audacious goal. An intense call to action. You feel the pull of purpose. It’s big. Passionate. Wild even. You’ve done the work. You know your stuff. You’re ready. You’re willing. And yet…there you stand. On the precipice of real, true action… UNABLE to move forward. What are you waiting […]
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.
