Theme · 31 writingsCourage & Taking Action
Never give up, do something crazy, work the problem — the bias toward motion.
The future does not ask how old you are.
Transformation has no expiration date; the difference between stuck and transformed is courage.
It could be your health.
You will not feel ready; discipline shows up when you stop waiting.
3) My Ego is going to be pissed off that I am furthering my ability to not listen to, or follow, its guidance.
After 20 years of avoidance, completes his script; shares strategies for getting unstuck.
Over the years, I learned that it’s up to each of us individually to find the courage to turn our desires in
Each of us must find the courage to turn desires into reality.
His fair concern is that everybody experiences fear of failure on a massive level and that I seem to be cmmuni
Shares sidebar conversations with Patrick Combs about fear of failure, plus a high-school basketball story.
I don’t believe that fear and risk are the same thing.
Argues fear and risk are different things; risk built his life.
Trust must be earned through actions, not just words.
Trust must be earned through actions; demanding trust without keeping promises is the ego's delusion.
maybe there is something to this performance hack. I think I’ll give it a try!
Considers Todd Herman's alter-ego method as a performance hack worth trying.
▶ video95% of people never live their dreams because they either can’t summon the courage to try, or, because they qu
95% of people never live their dreams — they can't summon the courage or they quit too soon.
If not you, then who?
His signature challenge: If not you, then who?
I am glad I did cause 99% of what I have achieved was from saying yes and taking risks.
Reflecting on a career built by saying yes: 99 percent of his achievements came from taking risks others decline out of fear.
Trying to figure out why I’m not working on my play in favor of virtually anything else!
Pressfield's The War of Art prompts him to confront why he keeps avoiding his play.
You’re never out of the flight. Work the problem. Never give up!
A punchy reminder: you are never out of the flight — work the problem, never give up.
All personal development starts with self-awareness.
A bicep metaphor: worry works your right arm, courage works your left — which is stronger?
What I have learned with 100% certainty is that the differentiator, the one thing more significant than belief
The bridge metaphor: courage, not belief, is the differentiator for beginning.
Courage is the way forward when you lack belief.
An allegory: boulders, limiting beliefs, and courage as the way forward.
You got this! You just need to believe that you do!
An essay on 'Self Awareness Resistance' — why people stay stuck despite cleared pathways.
Fear, doubt and resistance are really good at their jobs producing limiting beliefs, but you can counter them
Micro-goals turned an overwhelming 60-pound target into believable 5-pound months.
It's our thoughts, and the beliefs we allow them to turn into.
The number one barrier to living dreams is not resources but the thoughts and beliefs we hold.
RISK is the polar opposite of Fear.
Shares part two of his keynote: hard-wire dreams to counteract fear, redefine risk.
A choice without a commitment is just your brain getting through the freaking day.
Shares part one of his retreat keynote: turning choices into commitments.
What can you commit to this month that will bring your desires closer?
New-month pep talk: dream up new strategies and commit to desires.
Self-awareness is always the first step to true transformation.
January accountability report on all five 2022 goals, wins and misses.
There is an enemy. It is a Master at Manipulation and Persuasion.
Shares Patrick Combs' teaching on Resistance as the enemy of great work.
It's often not about your strategies. It's most often the mental game.
Change the story in your head: 'I never regret a workout.'
What actions did you take this month to give your 2022 desires the chance of coming true?
Lists ten actions he took in January to back his 2022 desires.
Do you really want what you say you desire? Then prove it to yourself.
Rallies the group to start now, not just write goals.
Here are my 2022 goals. I invite you to share yours as well.
Publishes his five 2022 goals and invites the group to share theirs.
Inspiration is the fuel that makes my goals go!
Deep-dive your year first: commitment, not new goals, is the whole ballgame.
New Years Resolutions are a nice concept, but unless they are backed up by commitment they are just words we c
Asks whether 35,000 daily choices amount to transformation without commitment.
2021 is NOT over! Thirty five days is a lot of time to accomplish something inspired.
Lists ten December goals and asks the group to declare theirs.