Why are there so many smart people, crammed with lots of data and trained in how things work in ways that don’t really work? The more we think we know, the less we really know, yet the confidence is high.  One of the biggest hurdles we face is not knowing what we don’t know.  We…

There’s more to the story Mindset affects how you see and respond to events in your life, but there is more to the story. Mindset moves beyond taking a “just think positive” attitude.   You must check whether the story you are telling yourself is accurate and helpful, particularly when it isn’t. Positivity isn’t a lever…

Talent is overrated Natural ability may affect where you start, but practice, consistency and sustained effort will have a bigger impact on where you end up.  Some show up with more native skills, but there’s no evidence that talent is a sure substitute for desire and commitment. Start now.  You close the gap between where…

So make sure that the greatest pull on you is the pull of the future. – Jim Rohn Life well-lived is not a daily reunion with what once was.    Your past is the collection of the steps you took to become who are today, but it’s not your daily project.  Take what is useful and…

Your plan or someone else’s plan? When you relinquish your dream to the design of others, you start living on someone else’s plan. What is your dream?  If you have trouble deciding what you want, that vagueness makes someone else’s design so easy to step into.  It’s easy to drift, and before long you have…

It’s not what you look at It’s what you see.  It’s shaped by your awareness, curiosity, and everything you bring to the moment. Looking is passive, seeing is active.  Too many fail to see; the tragedy of a distracted age, where so many look and then move on.