Is it true that hard work pays off? If I work hard, will I get better?  Yes. Both are true.  And they're true in more ways than you think.  Losing weight is a positive result of exercise and diet. Reading music and being able to play guitar is a...

You’re reading this because you want to get better. You’re willing to work hard, but you want to know if your hard will pay off.  It will.  But the next level of this is creating a virtuous loop, not a vicious cycle. Vicious cycles are putting on 20 lbs,...

What threatens your peace? I spend a good amount of time thinking about peace of mind. I think about financial peace of mind. I think about professional peace of mind. I think about spiritual peace of mind.  Here’s a couple of things I’ve come up with.  I’ve...

As our world becomes more and more harsh, peace of mind has never been more important as well as seemingly elusive.  Recently, I read about how a pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses were sold at auction for $340,000.  While I don’t have an opinion as to whether...

Have you ever been in a social situation that suddenly became a sales-call?  Maybe you agreed to meet someone to “catch up” and it abruptly went from talking about family and vacations to a conversation about life insurance.  Going from having a friendly cup...

You have all the time you need to reach our body goals and to get fit.  But you don’t have time to waste.  Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “It’s harder to lose weight as I get older.”  Or this one: “Everything I eat goes straight to my gut/butt.” Like...

I didn’t feel like it this morning.  I wanted to go back to bed when my alarm went off. Once I was up, I wanted to stop my workout five minutes after five minutes.  But I didn’t do those things.  I got up and finished my workout.  Why? Because I...

According to the Urban Dictionary, fuck you money is “the exact amount of money required in order to tell an individual or organization to go fuck themselves without facing repercussions.” Essentially, it’s having enough money to do whatever you want, and to not have...

When I was living paycheck to paycheck, I was immediately sick of it.  The unfortunate reality is that roughly half of Americans are currently living that way, and imagine they’re also sick of it.  I’m going to share the process that helped me to break free...