Easy Does It
That’s it. In your corner, Mike PS: Hard doesn’t do it. Nor does nose-to-the-grindstone. Struggle certainly doesn’t do it. Be easy. Trust. Drop …
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Swim With
A man I met at a swim meet recently told me something enlightening. Whenever growing swimmers plateau in their performance–unable to go faster in race …
How to Help When Team Members Struggle
We all struggle from time to time for all sorts of reasons. Though most leaders aren’t trained as therapists, we are all very well trained …
Success Is a Way, Not a Goal
The sages tell us to have goals but not attach to them. They warn us that having too much focus on our goals comes from some subtle …
The Oddest Career and Marketing Secret
The secret is that the people we can help the most and best are the ones who struggle with the same things we struggle with. …
Vigilant Buzz Raising
Wherever we continue to struggle with something, we will find a long history of our bad-feeling thinking about that something. This thinking will often be …
Excuse This Interruption
We interrupt your work day to bring you this special message. All that stress you’re running and all those tasks you’re doing right now? How’s …
Why We Are Awful at Picking What To Do Next
Most days we waste a whack of time and energy. We struggle to figure out–and do first–the most important, urgent, due, or priority tasks. We …
Clearing the Three Roadblocks to Work-Life Balance
Here are three work-life balance roadblocks and ways to clear them: We see “work” as something we struggle through. We see the grind, the guilt …
What Vigilance Leads to Success
How are you feeling? Our sense of well-being, of feeling good is critical to our success. When we feel bad, the solutions we most need …