Checklists and Why Diets Fail

One of the great secrets I’ve learned over the years is that we can’t visualize a negative action. You can’t picture in your mind NOT eating an ice cream cone. You can’t imagine NOT kicking a dog. You can’t imagine NOT eating that huge piece of FUDGE staring at you from the plate across the [...]

Creating A Success Checklist

In my last post, I talked about the power of checklists. They work great for checking off items for a trip, a presentation, or a meeting. But what about life in general? Could we come up with a “Success” checklist? If so, what items would be on it?

Here are three quick ones that come to [...]

Take It Up A Notch

In weight lifting, many trainers recommend adding enough weight to the bar to get to the point of failure after 10-12 reps. As you progress with your training and your strength increases, the initial weight you have chosen will progressively get easier and easier.

At a certain point, you’ll need to add additional weight [...]

A Quick Way To Remember Your Goals

With the new year upon us, many people have taken the time to come up with goals or resolutions. We have all been told to write them down and keep them in a place where we can find them. If you have done this, you have taken the first step for success.
But here is the [...]

Set a 12 Week Goal

This is a great time to set a substantial goal for yourself in the coming 12 weeks.
You can some amazing things in that amount of time..
You can do the Body for Life program and change the way you look and feel.
You can join Michael Hyatt and train and run a half Marathon.
You can Join Toastmasters [...]

Having A Buffer

In life, the unexpected often happens. Jobs come to an end, people get sick, and Mother Nature often comes at the worst possible moment. When unexpected things happen, it can effect the best laid plans. That’s why it is important to have “Buffers.”

A Buffer is an “extra” that helps take up the slack until [...]