Leadership Lesson: Leaders Challenge What Is Possible
Politics aside, I was inspired last week by Elon Musk and the Space X team, along with NASA, who saved 2 American astronauts stuck in space for nearly 10 months. This was an incredible accomplishment and am still in disbelief at what we saw! What a giant win for space travel, human ingenuity, and for…
read more[MM]: Entrepreneurs change the world!
Happy Monday Mindset! Politics aside, I was inspired last week by Elon Musk and the Space X team, along with NASA, who saved 2 American astronauts stuck in space for nearly 10 months. This was an incredible accomplishment and am still in disbelief at what we saw! What a giant win for space travel, human…
read moreLeadership Lesson: You won’t be liked
I am here with a tough leadership lesson today grounded in truth. As a leader, you won’t be liked in the short term. Why? As your leading responsibility grows and in most situations, you will be confronted with the need to make hard decisions. Hard decisions that even if it’s the right decision, will upset…
read more[MM]: A reminder on priorities [Annual Friends Trip]
Happy Monday Mindset! I spent this past weekend in Atlanta with a friend group I met 20 years ago. We worked together in sales for a private education company called Dream Careers, Inc. back in 2005, which was my first and only career before Fit Body. For nearly a decade, we traveled the world together…
read moreLeadership Lesson: Charge Hard With Flexibility
Here are 2 truths when leading. You will never have all the desired information before you need to take action. Yes, it’s important to source as much data before you begin to move. This will increase your probability of success. Then once you do, charge hard with passion around the direction you believe is right.…
read more[MM]: A lesson from Mom!
Happy Monday Mindset! This week hits differently. My mom, Donna, who we call “Mother Dove” is Michigan-bound on Wednesday. She’s been my California roommate since 2014. Lately, semi-retired, she’s moved between staying with me and my brother Barrett in Michigan. Post-Christmas, she fled the Midwest freeze for some West Coast fun—and it’s been a blast.…
read moreLeadership Lesson: Discipline = Leadership
In the words of Jocko Wilink. Discipline = freedom. Here’s a 2nd truth. Discipline = leadership. You can only lead someone else as far as the discipline in which you possess. So my leadership lesson is this: Want to be a better leader? Dial up your discipline. Then watch your leadership explode! Stay tuned for…
read more[MM]: The Lesson from 2 Guinness Book of World Records
Happy Monday Mindset! I spent the last week in Houston, Texas for our 1st Mastermind Workshop of the year. Fit Body Mastermind is a leadership coaching program designed to provide extra leadership training for our owners. We had a solid crew of presenters who taught about leadership, process, and client experience as our theme. My…
read moreLeadership Lesson: It’s Fickle
Leadership is like fitness. You can get fit. But you can always get fitter. You can learn to lead. But can always become a better leader. Depending on how you view it, this can be exciting or depressing. Exciting because there’s an endless opportunity to improve. Depressing because it’s overwhelming to know you need to…
read more[MM]: My Level 10 Problem + Your Solution
Happy Monday Mindset! “OMG, babe, something is wrong, I cannot walk!” That is what I shrieked in late August to my wife Tatiana as I hopped off the treadmill just finishing my 2-mile run in agonizing pain! You see, I love to run as it unlocks mental clarity and creativity which is my therapy. I…
read more