Motivation

Trip data Days: 16 Flights: 12 Miles traveled: 19,290 Current location: San Juan, PR Next Stop: Boston, MA Recap I arrived into Bogota at 8:30pm after 22 hours of traveling and was immediately introduced to the mayhem that would be a pervasive theme of my 36 hours in the city. A bus crammed full of [...]

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Road Trip Tip: Pay It Forward

September 12, 2010

Trip data (as of September 10th) Days: 4 Flights: 4 Miles traveled: 5,220 Recap Work: On the flights. I get so much done when left to my own devices. Work-out: Multi-mile mud march in torrential rain. The first day in Costa Rica reminded me of how unpredictable traveling abroad can be and also of how [...]

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Just Start

September 7, 2010

“We have a strategic plan; it’s called doing things.” – Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher “The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But [...]

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The Art of Business Road Trip

September 3, 2010

Illustration by Hugh Macleod Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hand, but not you. – Jim Rohn Lifestyle Entrepreneurship I am a lifestyle entrepreneur. I punched out [...]

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Are You Focusing on the Obstacles?

August 30, 2010

Anyone who has ever taken a motorcycle safety class has been admonished not to focus on obstacles in the road. Why? Because wherever you look, that’s where the motorcycle will go. If you want to avoid the obstacles that lay in your path, the better course of action is to focus on where you want [...]

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What is the Lizard Brain?

August 26, 2010

Check out this engaging and memorable video from Blazonfire for a quick explanation on how your amigdala, or “lizard brain” as it is more commonly known, may be sabotaging you: Now that you know more about the lizard brain, what are you going to do about it?

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Write Your Life Story

August 24, 2010

Every day you wake up and are presented with the opportunity to write another chapter of your life. You can either make it a rip-snorting, page turning, blockbuster or you can copy and paste the same crap from yesterday. The choice is yours.

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5 Business Lessons From My Dogs

July 13, 2010

My wife, Cynthia, and I have two Chihuahuas who have shared our lives for the past eight years. I never expected that two little dogs could me so much about business and living my life to the fullest, but that is exactly what they have done. These are some of the lessons I learned from [...]

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Down But Not Out

July 9, 2010

“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” — Winston Churchill Have you ever given your all to [...]

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Your Own Independence Day

July 4, 2010

Today is Independence Day in the United States. As most people in the country band together to celebrate the 234th birthday of our country at local parades, barbecues, softball games and other community events, I think it is an opportune time to reflect on the notion of independence in our lives in general. Two definitions [...]

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