Mar 18, 2021Who Inspires You?One of the Best Team Exercises Ever! Synopsis: I always wanted my regional team meetings to be an event. We organized every detail to maximize our time together, from role playing sales scenarios, brainstorming solutions to common challenges to planning and learning from one another. The meetings typically moved fast…Team Building4 min readTeam Building4 min read
Mar 9, 2021“Impossible is Nothing”The Motivation Lab: Episode 2, Muhammad Ali Synopsis: Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) was a transcendent athlete, showman, humanitarian and Civil Rights icon. In this episode we explore the enormous risks taken by Ali in defense of his beliefs when he refused induction into the army and arrested in Houston, Texas on April 28, 1967. Although not cited in…Muhammad Ali4 min readMuhammad Ali4 min read
Mar 4, 2021The Motivation Lab: Episode 1, I Am the Captain of My SoulSynopsis: British Victorian poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) suffered incredible personal tragedy at a young age when he lost the use of his left leg due to complications of tuberculosis of the bone at the age of nineteen. …William Ernest Henley4 min readWilliam Ernest Henley4 min read
Mar 3, 2021The Motivation LabAn Idea tied to a Personal Passion Developed at Work I’m exploring a new idea titled The Motivation Lab. This will be a place both for individuals looking for inspiration and those who lead and manage teams. If you work with teams and want to provide a shot in the…Motivation3 min readMotivation3 min read
Dec 21, 2020How Exercise Increases AwarenessAnd, why Leveraging Awareness is so Important to Goal Achievement If you went shopping for advice on how to increase awareness, you might find threads on gratitude, learning new skills (language, musical instrument), mindfulness, keeping a journal, revisiting a childhood game, and, perhaps even doing it with your children. It's…Awareness5 min readAwareness5 min read
Dec 18, 2020Commitment: A Lesson from ChildhoodThe difference between success and failure We all have this story. Still, I’m sharing to further my observation. I get that a topic on commitment likely sounds like a relationship post. It’s not. Briefly, the benefits include improved resilience, focus, determination, and energy brought to any task. …Commitment5 min readCommitment5 min read
Dec 16, 2020Neuroscience, Neuromarketing and Building the Business.Notes on my Entrepreneurial Journey. Influences on the work. My focus is divided between two competing and interconnected businesses. The membership site ties directly to my course called Imagine Action. The video training course is complete and I’m about to launch it. …Entrepreneurship5 min readEntrepreneurship5 min read
Dec 14, 2020Four Themes on HamburgThe Beatles arrived in Hamburg on August 17, 1960 — over 60 Years ago to an incredible apprenticeship Sixty years ago, just beyond their formative years as the Quarrymen, and the skiffle craze in Britain, the Beatles entered the Hamburg nightclub scene as five lads from Liverpool. The core of…Beatles9 min readBeatles9 min read
Dec 12, 2020Postscript: How We All Won the Company Weight Loss BetFailure is often the starting point for real change I left a cliffhanger at the end of the prior post about the Company Weight Loss Bet. Mark Two, you may remember, lost the bet. He really succumbed as he hit the first hint of wind resistance when it arrived in…Goal Setting5 min readGoal Setting5 min read
Dec 11, 2020How We All Won the Company Weight Loss BetNew Years is right around the corner — Nearly twenty years ago two work buddies and I created a bet that taught all of us how to sustain our desired changes. Ironically, the loser later became a winner because of his experience with the process. It was nearly a week after the devastation wrought by September 11, 2001…New Year Resolution8 min readNew Year Resolution8 min read
