Delegating When You Can to Grow Your Business Exponentially I was reluctant to delegate anything in my business, as I was positive I could do it better myself. That didn't work well, and it certainly didn't allow me to scale my business. Let's discuss delegating to grow your business. My first experience was when I got started online and needed to set up websites, opt-in pages, and more. The frustration exhausted me, yet I was determined to learn it all and save money in the process. When … [Read more...]
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Over Memorial Day Weekend in May of 2015, I found myself in Austin, Texas with people I didn't know well. On one day in particular, the man leading the Mastermind I was in town to attend asked me if I'd like to see the bats under the Congress Avenue Bridge in the downtown Austin area. It was an opportunity for me to buy the ticket and take the ride and I was all in. I smiled and nodded and followed him out of the hotel lobby and in to the street. The cacophony of sounds assaulted my brain … [Read more...]
How I Almost Didn’t Succeed
I've shared the story of how I left teaching and real estate in 2006 and came online to become an online entrepreneur and achieved great success, many times over the past year. But I've omitted a part of my story that I am finally going to tell here. It's a story of hopes and dreams and goals not yet achieved, and a person who was wide-eyed with wonder at the thought of being able to create a business that could be run from home or from wherever in the world one might be, with only a laptop, an … [Read more...]
The Art of Reinvention
Reinventing Your Life... The Art of Reinvention Sometimes, life has a way of knocking us down hard. Loss, tragedies, setbacks, and emotional trauma can derail and devastate us. Many times, we lack the resilience to pick ourselves up and move on, so we continue struggling within a cycle of aimlessness, confusion, and unhappiness. If this resonates with you, you may be ready to embrace the art of reinvention. Life can derail you but you should never allow it to destroy your hopes and chances … [Read more...]
A Promise with Destiny Kept
We never forget where we were when we heard the news that changes everything, turns the world upside down, and makes us take pause, if for no other reason than to figure out why the event in question touches us so deeply. I was listening to a news program on the radio while getting ready to leave the house for the day, and a formal announcement was shared from Balmoral Castle in Scotland that Queen Elizabeth II was under medical supervision. It was an odd announcement, in my thinking. She … [Read more...]
Before You Start Writing… What You Need to Know
Before You Start Writing... Some Things You Need to Know Your first introduction to writing with a journal may have been the countless hours you spent pining away in your diary during those awkward middle school days. Over the years, journaling has evolved and changed into much more than a simple diary – it’s become a tool for help you organize your life, prioritize and set goals, reflect on and remember the past as well as envision the future of your dreams. Before you start writing, I want to … [Read more...]
The Mens Dance Social
Marlene could hear the music wafting through the hallway and into the corridor as soon as she reached the center of the hotel's lobby. The Galt Ocean Mile Hotel was more beautiful than she had remembered it, with an elegance that was downright breathtaking, though it had been more than three years ago now. It was her Aunt Audrey who had insisted she drive up from Miami and spend the night here... her treat. She brushed her right hand through her hair while fishing for a hairbrush in her purse … [Read more...]
Understanding Your Emotions
Understanding Your Emotions Leads to Confidence and Success... We are all spiritual beings in a physical body, and our emotions guide us. Understanding your emotions is the key to a life fulfilled. French philosopher, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said... "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." This statement became the foundation for something called Spiritual Psychology, and I was first … [Read more...]
Quietly Quitting and Hopelessly Helping
There's an idea trending now, even though the concept has been around for many decades... It's that of making the conscious decision to slowly back away and withdraw from your job and to no longer put in as much effort at work. If this seems sad and unproductive in your thinking, you are correct. Silent quitting and "quietly quitting" in its current context involves active participation in the slow death of your career and livelihood, and it's also prevalent in other areas of life. My … [Read more...]
A Life Well Lived – Vin Scully Made Time to Listen
When I heard that sports broadcaster Vin Scully had died, I immediately thought about my students. For a man bigger than life and known all over the world for his broadcasting, he was a giant and a role model for the hundreds of kids I introduced to him over a twenty year period that spanned from 1986 to 2006. Vin's life was indeed a life well lived. Most of my students were born in the States to parents who had immigrated from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Philippines. Yet, they … [Read more...]