Finding the Truth In Our Own Lies
As a young boy, I had all the qualities of a good friend. Loyalty, check. Sincerity, check. Trustworthiness, check. Compassion, check. Empathy, check. And yet, I had a weird idiosyncrasy, that one small thing that often got the better of me. I was a liar. You think Pinocchio’s nose was long? Mine could probably have […]
Finding the Truth In Our Own Lies
As a young boy, I had all the qualities of a good friend. Loyalty, check. Sincerity, check. Trustworthiness, check. Compassion, check. Empathy, check. And...
Self-sufficiency and the Double-edged Sword of Help
Going into 2013, I wanted to expand my coaching business. I’d had an awakening about how to better connect with people and I was...
Taking Responsibility by Doing Your Own Push Ups
Growing up in my neighborhood in Pasadena, California, to be superhuman meant one thing: getting an athletic scholarship. My sport was baseball. I was...
A letter to my cousin William
William, Welfare, I lived it. Poverty, I knew it. Food stamps, I had them. Drug addict mom & dad, I loved them. Dad not...
The First Step to Real and Lasting Change
There’s something hiding inside of you that I’ll bet you didn’t even know is there. It’s soft but hard. It attracts love and sows...
How to Find Your Twelve with an Abundance Mindset
What do Jesus, Harriet Tubman, and Ray Kroc have in common? They all had a Find Your Twelve mentality. They saw how life could...
How I Learned to Overcome Fear in a Walmart
Fear is a funny thing. It can hold you back OR it can propel you forward. I had allowed fear to hold me back...
Your Response
What I think I’ve learned from traveling across the country and the world talking to and meeting with people is…EVERYONE has problems. Whether it’s...
Battle of the Mind
Here’s the truth. Amanda and I got married in September 2009 and by 2010 we both were thinking “What did we get ourselves into?”...
Success Works the Same
In all things, I have found success works the same. Pay now and play later or Play now and pay later. In my book...