As many of our long time listeners know from prior episodes, I chose a somewhat unique path of study after high school. Instead of going the fairly traditional route of college, degree, job, I chose zen monastery, martial arts immersion, travel, and training. I did university for a bit...
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WISDOM KEYS FOR LIFE AND BUSINESS
Hopefully you have all listened to the last episode where I introduced the first 5 wisdom keys since I may reference some of them in this episode. However, even if you haven’t listened to that one yet, you can still get some value from this episode...
DON’T BECOME A COG IN THE MACHINE!
As you well know, we live in an increasingly digital world. You can’t pick up an article or watch a news story these days without some mention about how technology, digitization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the speed of...
AVOID THESE AT ALL COSTS!
I've made it a point over the years to talk about success, wealth building, relationship building, the financial health of your business, mindset, the science of success, and a bunch of other topics, almost all of them framed in a positive way. Afterall, one of the...
THE EMPOWERMENT DYNAMIC ACTION
In the last episode, we talked about drama and how it tends to play out in life and business. We talked about a framework called the drama triangle, which is a term coined by Dr. Stephen Karpman back in the 70’s to describe patterns of behavior he’d...
WHAT ROLES ARE YOU PLAYING?
Who loves drama? We all love drama! One of the aspects of being human is that we have emotions and those emotions guide and direct us throughout our lives in all the decisions we make in every moment. We all like to believe that we make rational decisions with...
HOW TO BE YOUR COMPANY’S BEST EVANGELIST
Mentioned in the last episode, and I say it in the intro now, that, in addition to running my own appraisal company in Michigan, I’m also the head of community, culture, and coaching, as well as what is called the Chief Evangelist for a...
WHERE DREAMS GO TO DIE!
Don’t want to scare you with this episode, but we’re going to talk about some scary things with the strategy and mindset I’ll be teaching in this one. The strategy, let’s call it a tool, is one that I learned from several of the different coaches...
HOW FEAR SETTING CAN HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS!
Happy New Year my friends, and welcome to 2022! Another revolution around the sun, another year wiser, another year better than you were the year before, and another year to take some chances, make some moves, push some projects forward, and...
THE LAW OF RECIPROCITY AT WORK!
I'd like to introduce you to a man named Phillip Kunz. You may already know the name because you may have received a Christmas card from him without knowing it. Of course, maybe you won’t remember because it was way back in 1974 when he sent you a...
ESCAPE THE COMPETITION AND OWN THE MARKET!
Let’s start off today’s episode with a quote from author, Seth Godin. Actually, it’s not so much a quote as it is one of his daily blog posts, a blog that he has been putting out a daily post in since 2008. Yes, you heard that...
THE TOP 6 THINGS GOOD LEADERS DO!
We’re going to talk about leadership in this episode so, get ready! It’s one of may favorite topics to talk about because it’s one of my favorite things to study and practice. I don’t believe we can ever end our study and practice of...