How Effortless Change Happens
Frank (not his real name) was a businessman from Europe who came to me to improve his client acquisition skills. During our first session, we talked about the illusory nature of thought and how easy…
Finding Your Way Back Home
In his classic book The Road Less Traveled, author M. Scott Peck shares the following analogy: If one wants to climb mountains one must have a good base camp…
One Truth, Two Questions, Three Principles
In my work as a transformative coach, I’ve noticed that regardless of whether a client has come to solve a problem, reach a goal, improve a relationship, or unleash their potential…
The Simplest Way to Boost Your Productivity
I was speaking with my friend and mentor George Pransky last week about productivity – what it is that causes us to get more (or less) “bang for the buck” out of everything…
Why I Have Hope for the World
On June 12th, 2016, 49 people were killed by a gunman in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. I watched along with millions of others as the story unfolded, the news headlines repeatedly reminding us that this was “the deadliest mass shooting on American soil
What Are the Three Principles?
One of the questions you somewhat predictably get when you’re involved with a field known as “the Three Principles” is “what are the Three Principles?”
Why Happiness is Temporary (but Well-being is Forever)
A few week’s back, I was sitting with a client when she asked me a simple yet profound question:
How do you know that well-being is the default setting for human beings?
Know Thyself
It is said that outside the oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece, the phrase, translatable as “Know Thyself”, was carved above the entrance to the temple. Philosophers and writers from Socrates to Aeschylus….
Why You’re Great When You’re Great (and Why You’re Not When You’re Not)
I’ve been fortunate over my 26 years as a performance, success, and transformative coach to work with people who are hugely successful…
The Truth About the Future
A couple of months back, I checked in with one of my former students who was setting off on a new venture in the world. He eagerly shared some recent successes and his detailed plans…
The Ultimate Strategy for Success, part two
So last week, I shared the simplest yet most powerful strategy for success I have come across in over 25 years of coaching high performers:
The Ultimate Strategy for Success, part one
As part of our Creating the Impossible programs, I share something I call “the ultimate strategy for success”. The name is as grandiose as the…
What Do I Do if my Problem is Real?
A couple of week’s back, I shared a passage from The Space Within about a client I had worked with who was obsessed with death. In response to that blog…
The Surprising Power of Peace of Mind
A few months back, I was meeting with a client who was preparing himself for an impending hostile takeover bid of his company. He was unsurprisingly stressed, and kept asking me for reassurance…
Productivity without Busyness
Last year, I was chatting with the uber-author Jack Canfield in preparation for the Hay House World Summit and I asked him if he was busy at the moment. He took a few moments..