Are you competing with the wrong person? The other day, I attended an event that meant a great deal to me. Many old friends were there, people I had known for decades. I remember when we were younger, it seemed like everyone was competing. Who was more successful? Who looked better? Who had the

Do you love yourself enough to stay committed? People often ask me how I stay so disciplined. How can I write a daily blog for over ten years without missing a day, coach clients around the world, write books, research investments, walk 15 to 20 miles a week, and push myself through strength tra

Are your choices creating the life you desire? One of the greatest challenges I see in people is their inability to recognize just how much influence they have over their own lives. Not because life is always fair or because everything goes according to plan, but because they forget that they ha

How much of your future are you sacrificing to yesterday? The other night while traveling, I had the opportunity to sit and talk with a very talented young man. As our conversation continued, he began sharing some of the trauma he had experienced in his life and how those experiences still affec

Can your True Self survive every condition? I have learned that one of the greatest tests of who you truly are is not what you say about yourself. It is who you become when life changes the conditions around you. What happens when someone praises you? Can you receive it without allowing your

Are you protecting your limitations or challenging them? One of the hardest things for me to watch is someone with incredible potential live far beneath it. Not because they lack ability. Not because they are incapable of more. But because somewhere along the way, they accepted a belief abou

Is your fear protecting you or limiting you? Have you ever wondered how many great ideas never became anything because someone was afraid of looking foolish? We tend to look at people who accomplish incredible things and assume they had something we do not. More intelligence. More confidence.

Who are you practicing becoming? I hear people talk all the time about finding themselves, as if somewhere out there is a finished version of them waiting to be discovered. I see it differently. I believe we discover who we are by becoming who we were always capable of being. That is wh

What would you miss tomorrow that you barely noticed today? Yesterday reminded me how easy it is to miss just how good an ordinary day can be. I spent part of the afternoon with my youngest grandson. Later, I was at a sporting event with family and a friend. Then I came home, picked up two of

What if this obstacle is preparing you for what comes next? I spend a lot of time listening to people. And one thing I hear far too often is how unfair life seems to be. Someone else got the opportunity. Someone else has more money. Someone else has the relationship, the health, the success,

Does your gratitude come with conditions? I went to town today, and when I got home, my dog Tucker was waiting for me at the door. You would have thought I had been gone for a week. It did not matter how long I had been gone. It did not matter whether I said goodbye before I left. It did n

How much energy are you giving to a life that no longer exists? I have watched people spend years chasing something they can never catch. The person they used to be. The life they thought they should have had. The relationship they believed should have worked. The opportunity they wi