Leadership Lesson: Rule 2. Move Your Bus in the Right Direction
Leadership is about vision, movement and growth. The famous adage is true. “You are either growing or dying.” There is no stagnation in life. Either direction is a journey towards somewhere. As a leader.. You must pick growth! The good news as a leader? You don’t have to know it all.. You don’t have to […]
Leadership Lesson: Rule 1. You are the Driver
Rule 1 of the Energy Bus is you are the driver! This means you alone have the duty, obligation and responsibility to lead your own bus. In other words.. You are responsible to lead you. No one else holds this responsibility. This is a simple concept to understand but hard to own. But that is […]
Leadership Lesson: The Energy Bus
The title is from the best selling leadership book “The Energy Bus” by Jon Gordon. Jon and his leadership teachings are top of mind today as I have an interview scheduled with him on our Fitness CEO podcast this Saturday that will be released in mid March. He’s been a big mentor from afar and […]
Leadership Lesson: Morale Authority
I was just interviewed on a guest podcast and asked for my best leadership advice. Gulp. Why? Well, there’s been lots of learning lessons over the years around how to lead yourself, family and empire. The truth? Most things I learned around leadership have been through making mistakes. But when I break it down.. There’s […]
Leadership Lesson: Consistency is the Ally of Strong Leadership
Consistency is the ally of strong leadership. In other words… The more consistent you are, the better leader you are. This thought is front and center after both my HQ and Mission Viejo Fit Body teams executed our EOS Annual 2 Day Planning meetings last week. While very valuable.. The truth is that it can […]
Leadership Lesson: Leaders Bear Their Burden Well
Leaders Bear Their Burden Well. Let me explain. My mother Donna called my brother Barrett last week. She shared the news that our Uncle Ed who is 84 will have open heart surgery this coming week. The kicker? He just told his children and siblings last week after knowing for 4 months. Now for some […]
Leadership Lesson: Lead Your Empire
In the last few weeks, we learned the 3 pillars of leadership. Lead yourself. Lead your family. Lead your empire. Once you can lead yourself and family.. This is where things challenging. So buckle up as it’s time to lead your empire. Now first, let’s define “your empire.” Your empire can show up in many […]
Leadership Lesson: The 3 Leadership Principles
Last week we learned that the #1 skill of an entrepreneur is leadership. When you learn to LEAD.. You liberate yourself from needing to learn every task in the business. That’s impossible. Instead, you can then bring on a team of subject matter experts that will explode your business. This is the power of leadership. […]
Leadership Lesson: The #1 Skill
I had my semi-annual ½ day with Bedros last Monday to discuss big picture strategy for Fit Body growth. We talk about sales, marketing and scaling as a primary focus as the norm. This time, we also talked about my personal branding. And how it is used as a marketing strategy to continue to grow […]
Leadership Lesson: Your Character Under Attack
This week we will finish out the mini leadership series on character. In the past few, we learned that a strong character is needed for strong leadership. That telling the truth is the quickest way to improve it. But what happens when your character is questioned or even attacked? Here’s the tough truth. As a […]