We Are All Crew-Members

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. – Ernest Hemingway What I love about this quote is that his logic applies so well to finding out what you’re made of or what you can do: The best way to find out if you can is to do…

Everything you need to be great is already inside you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You have the match. – Darren Hardy Not that I’m prone to vandalism of street signs or anything, but I often wanted to have a little stencil made up that said “Stopping Yourself.” I would…

We are kept from our goal not by obstacles, but by a clear path to a lesser goal. – Robert Brault This quote came into my Inbox from one of my mentors (Steve Chandler). It offers a powerful nuance to viewing goals: the idea that, often, what keeps us from our larger, lofty – amazing – goals…

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates We all want* a good reputation, to be well-regarded in the eyes of others. Wanting a “good” reputation is not enough though. You need to have a clear picture. You need a plan for creating and…

The path to a better life is more of a mining operation than a manufacturing one. – George Pransky What I think Pransky is saying here is that having a better life (which comes from being (behaving as) a better person) comes not from getting something from outside yourself or making yourself into something else,…

So many people have heard the old saw “practice makes perfect.” It’s wrong. Just. Plain. Wrong. I was watching a Tim Ferriss Four Hour Life video and he quoted a top chef who says: “practice makes permanent.” It’s true. Absolutely 100% true. What you train, you ingrain. Whatever you practice creates muscle memory and neural pathways…