The pressure is really on folks. This is the first (second) BLOG post of a new decade. OK, OK. I confess. My first post of the year was going to be this one, but I had a change of heart. Big deal, right? Well, yes. It is a big deal. I was going to write about a seriously big topic, like the...

The decks are cleared. It's a new decade. The year is 2020. My perspective is "2020." This is my MEME. (What the heck is a MEME?) I can see things for what they are. I know more than ever what I am doing this year. It took all of December for me to get here. And what a December it was! There were...

As you know by now, the book The Four Agreements is a personal favorite of mine. Written by Don Miguel Ruiz, it translates the Wisdom of the ancient Toltec (pre-Aztec) Mesoamerican culture into four simple truths, or agreements, that when appropriately applied, provide total freedom. Freedom from...

This one seems pretty obvious, doesn't it? I mean, "Always do your best" has been told to us from time immemorial, or for me since Father Dowdell would take me aside, my lungs filled with pain, defeated that I couldn't keep up in cross country, and he would say "my friend, my friend, as long as...

4) __________________

3) DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS

2) Never take anything personally

1) Be impeccable with your word

These are the Four Agreements. Well, not quite. You will get the fourth one next week. I intend to illustrate a progression of sorts. Today we introduce one that...

I almost didn’t get to this. I had a great excuse. I’m away this weekend before Thanksgiving on one of two annual fishing pilgrimages that I make every year. Right now, I’m in the Tailwater lodge having spent the first seven hours of the day coming up empty. No landed fish from...

I have something to tell you that might offend you. In fact, you might take it personally. The truth is that taking things personally or having a high degree of Personal Importance is the maximum expression of selfishness. Hey, wait a minute! I think I just offended myself.

We are born as wild...

“The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz is the most profoundly practical book I have found to guide one to a high-value, high-joy, high-performance life. To practice its tenets is to move toward spiritual enlightenment. Pretty darn impressive, right? For me, it is a way to identify...

There have been some profound tomes I have enjoyed throughout my life. If I were to pick a comedic work, it might be “Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole*. If I were to pick a novel that transported me to another time and place, it might be “Cannery Row” by John...

What is COURAGE? To exercise courage, it's essential to know what you fear. To get in deep, it takes a High-Performance Coach. When you have an objective, skilled, confidant who is in your corner, you can identify your fears, and then you can address them. Sometimes all it takes then is just to...