All told, I likely put in over $5,000 to cross the finish line at the 2018 Florida Ironman. The registration alone, which I invested in 12 months prior to the race, was around $800. And, that — the registration — was the initial stake in the ground. …

Growing up, I watched my dad stand on a stage each week in church. In graduate school, I took my first “stage” when I started teaching undergraduate courses. When I took my first corporate job, I loved when I was asked to travel around the country and give product presentations. …

#8. The dream is the worst part. Check out Part I. — The list — my beliefs about finding success in the goal-chasing process — continues. I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath. But first a quick message from our sponsor (this statement was funnier in my mind imagining this to be similar to a quick advertisement interlude on the TV…

#4 involves steak — This weekend, I have a keynote presentation: a BIG, SCARY, HAIRY GOAL that I’ve held since 2015. My tendency when preparing for a talk is to dive deep into research-mode. It’s both anxiety-provoking and exhausting. My conclusion: it’s a fear-based behavior. The other day, as I was deep in the…

Lessons from a weekly newsletter — At the start of 2022, I made a commitment — a BIG goal — to write a weekly newsletter. I’m going to fall short of that goal by 4 newsletters — unless I inundate your inbox over the next week and a half. I won’t do that! Before I get…

You, too, need to listen to Steven Pressfield! — “There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.” Steven Pressfield, The War of Art I’ve been playing a little game…