“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 […]
We can choose to “give back,” or we can simply choose to give. Therefore, why not view your life, career and company as a platform for giving, for caring…for intentional acts of generosity? To build a great live…we must individually and collectively replace the pursuit of success and materialism with the pursuit of contribution, caring […]
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 […]
“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. […]
“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.” – John Adams Humanity is a partnership between the dead, the living and the unborn. It is our collective responsibility to preserve posterity and to fulfill our duty to this […]
You’re in for a real treat as you’re about to learn a powerful little password hack that you can use to accelerate the goal achievement process. But first, let’s talk about your underwear. The saying goes something like this: Passwords are like underwear…you should change them often. Passwords are like underwear…you should not loan them out […]
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question” – e.e. cummings. A question can be considered beautiful for any number of reasons, however I prefer to focus on beautiful questions that are ambitious, adaptable and actionable. Here’s my beautiful question…and if you’ll indulge me on this idea, your life will be better…and I […]
Are you THE one…I’ve been looking for? Let’s find out. Written in 2006, “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 46 languages. It has attracted a great deal of controversy and criticism for its claims, and has been parodied on several TV programs. “The […]
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make a difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson We are living links in a chain of wisdom, handed down through history. One axiom developed in that […]
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 […]
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.
