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First off, I know that life is a gift. It’s not always a fun gift, and although it is the perfect gift, it is often, the most complicated. How it turns out for you has a lot to do with your head game.

Most people want to be happy and live a fulfilling life. We have aspirations, dream about, and work towards goals for living our best life. However, in order to achieve these dreams, we must learn about

More than two decades ago I found myself asking this very question. Sitting in my corporate grey cubicle at my job waiting for another new year to begin and me wondering what really needed to change before

Today, I have a prediction for you. It just may be the game-changer that determines whether you live the rest of your life in comfort, spend it just getting by, or in absolute poverty. Here’s the story…

More than twenty years ago, I shocked a lot of people by retiring from my job. Many of my colleagues kept saying, “What are you doing? Are you crazy? You’ve got another 20 years you could be working and

Sleepwalking usually involves more than just walking while asleep. It’s much more complicated than that because there’s a series of complex behaviors that are carried out while sleeping. The most obvious

Everyone arrives at a defining moment in their life. Usually, more than once. Sometimes these moments are full of joy and sometimes they are full of pain. A defining moment is a very important point in

I’ve been fascinated by how prevalent our idea of happiness surrounds the concept that in order to appear successful in life, you must have a certain set of practical pursuits. Things such as: You should

Learning how to start a business with your spouse happens over time, not overnight. You both may be excited about an idea, however, if you are considering starting a company with your spouse or if you

What trends are defining our future? How will they define your company’s future? What impact will they have on business, society and culture? How can you make sense of a world in motion that is often moving

I don’t know about you, but as a CEO running and growing a business, I create at least four strong pieces of content per day. I work with clients, and I have a team of people who depend on me. Most of

Everyone is talking about tech trends and how that grows business and sales quickly and while that is partially true, it’s not the whole truth. When it comes to sales and marketing nothing says “influence

I remember that defining moment in my life when I got tired of not achieving what I saw others achieve. Part of why I didn’t have what I wanted was because I had never stopped to ask myself what it was

Making and closing deals are the bread and butter of your business. However, there is nothing worse than having to clean up after you have made a bad deal that falls apart. Most of the time this could

I think behind every great success I’ve had, there has been an equally and greater wound or trauma behind it pushing me forward. Sometimes success isn’t about wanting to be great, but wanting to cover

If you are looking to grow a successful startup, it will be of benefit to know that most solopreneur startups don’t succeed. Businesses with partners succeed more than those that don’t. VC’s like businesses

Increasing productivity is always a concern for new entrepreneurs. Many have home offices and could avoid every aspect of their business if they wanted to. Yet, some entrepreneurs do more in a day than

Sure you have practiced your elevator pitch. You know you have 15 to 20 seconds to make your pitch count. You know that growing your business depends on you getting in front of a decision maker and pitching

Leadership has become an interesting topic in the age of technology because we have different tools to use that help keep people accountable, without you having to do so. Everyone uses fancy words like

If you own a business, you will more than likely have a team of people that work with and depend on you. I know I do! But as the CEO, what do they depend on me for? They depend on me to provide them with