In my experience, most ultramarathon athletes, even the elites, find success through a lack of failure on race day.They achieve their goals, win races, and get those coveted belt buckles not because they ran one section very well but because they prevented the negative. They prevented time spent at 0 miles per hour. They prevented […]
How to Recover from a Poor Start
Heather, my dog Cally, and I stood in the woods. We were 30 minutes into our first Orienteering event and still hadn’t found the first checkpoint. We made the faulty assumption that the trails would be well marked and that we could just follow the trail to the first checkpoint. Because of that assumption, we […]
Tracking Achievement Goals and Habit Goals
Transcript (edited from Temi.com) Whenever I’m making a change, I want to keep track of both the lag metric or achievement metric towards my goals and the lead metric or habit metric and whether or not I’m practicing those habits towards my goals. When we work together, we’re going to define an achievement metric. In […]
I’m Writing a Book!
(Two actually….but this one will appear first.) I’m writing Personal Change Planning – Deciding What to Pursue and Shrinking the Gap Between Desired State and Future State (working title). Over the next month – I will be sharing case studies and facilitation techniques using the Change Planning Model I am developing. The book promotion is […]
How to Measure the Life Impact of a Change
Transcript (edited from Temi.com) Like most coaches, we’re going to work with the wheel of life. There’s going to be a couple of key differences though between how you and I are going to work together with this versus other coaches. First – I wanted to make sure you could see how whatever area you’re […]
Following a North Star
The North Star analogy, to me, has two components. The first component – an unattainable target. One that, at least, has you walking in the right direction. The second component – looking at your immediate environment to see how you can best walk in that direction. Often, when I hear people talk of “Following their […]
#52books The 12 Week Year
#52 Books – The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Hardcover Brian Moran and Michael Lennington’s main argument is that we need to think in terms of quarters vs annually when it comes to evaluation and goal-setting. It’s not the argument that […]
#52books The Elite Consulting Mind
#52books The Elite Consulting Mind: 16 Proven Mindsets to Attract More Clients, Increase Your Income, and Achieve Meaningful Success (Amazon Affiliate Link) Format: Kindle I’m reading books on mindset these days. I’m a firm believer in the adage that your environment and your life reflects you. Now that I’m independent, the truth of that adage […]
#52books Born to Win
#52 Books – Born to Win: Find Your Success Format: Softcover Zig Ziglar is your classic, old-school sales trainer. Get beneath the 70s era salesguy persona and the Southern Baptist preacher delivery and you find that there is a reason why his work remains a classic. When I was growing up, Mom was a real […]
#52books Find Your Why
#52books Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team Format: Kindle This book is the “how-to” for Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker give incredibly detailed instructions for facilitating what they call “Why Discovery” and provide instructions […]
