Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Give Them Their Flowers Tonight's a short one, Team. A short one and hopefully a powerful one. But first, a word from our sponsor: The idea is about giving people their flowers. You may be wondering what I mean, so let's dive in. So often in life, we have people we love and care about, but we don't tell them. We expect we'll always be able to tell them...
6 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Burnout Burnout is like a rut but affects all aspects of your life, not just your creative process or work. Before we dive in, here's a word from our sponsor: Back to burnout. When I talked with Brad Stulberg on the Podcast, we talked about burnout being an occupational hazard for creators. The curse of the creator is the dark side of obsession. It is...
20 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Everything You Want is on the Other Side I’ve been thinking about this one a lot, lately. No matter what you want, I want, we all want, it’s possible. We’ve talked about it before, it’s simple, it comes down to the rule: Know what you want Understand what it takes Do the work, day in, day out The problem is, it’s: Hard Difficult Challenging Before we...
27 days ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Overcome Imposter Syndrome You may not know you're a member, but odds are you’re a member of the Imposter Syndrome Club. 30% of high-achievers deal with it 70% of adults experience it at some point You know the feeling, even if you don't know the name. You rack up accomplishments, but inside you're asking: Am I a fraud Am I cut out for this When will...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Teamwork Makes the Dream Work You've probably heard this statement before and wondered, what the hell are they talking about? Well, it's simple, whether it's sports, business or your career, you go much further with a strong team, the right team, behind you! The question of course is, how you build the team, or as one of my favorite authors, Jim...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Consequences In physics, Newton's Third Law of Motion states: For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction. If object A exerts a force on object B, object B also exerts an equal and opposite force on object A. In other words, forces result from interactions. The same is true in life. Before dive in, here's a word from our...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Plant the Seeds Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffet When you learn to plant seeds, you'll change your life. Whether it's personal, professional or financial, it's been one of the greatest skill sets I've developed, but before we dive in, here's a word from our sponsor: Personal and...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Find the Floor This has been on my mind this week with work, weightlifting and, as I think through it, goal setting. It's the idea of Finding the Floor or, baseline, if you will. Before we dive in, let's hear from this week's sponsor: Finding the Baseline Have you ever started a new diet? I know I have. You may be talking to the nutritionist, or...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. Build A Bias to Action Action. Inaction. It’s a spectrum. Knowing is not enough, We must APPLY. Willing is not enough, We must DO. - Bruce Lee Before we dive in, a word from this week's sponsor: Taking action is fundamental. As you travel the unpredictable roads of life, you’ll find yourself at a crossroads: Action or Inaction. You need to recognize it...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome to the Growth Guide, a weekly newsletter where I share actionable ideas to help you Live Better, Achieve More and Be Financially Free. A Rock in Your Shoe, a Bear on the Trail I love to write from lived experience. And, if it’s a recent lived experience, all the better. I recently went for a 60 minute walk along the river with my son, niece, sister and our two dogs and it resulted in two lessons I wanted to share with you today: The Rock in Your Shoe The Bear on the Trail Before we...
3 months ago • 3 min read