I think you’ll enjoy this entertaining and insightful interview with Bruno West, who is a professional writer that works exclusively online. He is a digital nomad who drove from his home on Vancouver Island, Canada down to Nicaragua where he currently lives. He’s also a good friend of mine who I’ve known for over 25 […]
Continue readingIn the podcast below, I have a conversation with Niklas Goeke, a writer and habit coach from Germany who is also pursuing a Master’s degree in Management and Technology at the Technical School of Munich. Nik is a prolific writer and you can find his work in many places over the web, including on Medium […]
Continue readingYou might be curious as to some of the details that I take care of when getting ready for a coaching session. I try to do things intentionally in life and I want to keep refining and improving my process in everything I do. How do I prepare for a coaching session with my clients? […]
Continue readingHere are three of the most common goal-tracking mistakes I see people making. Avoid these habits and follow good goal-tracking practices so that you can reach your goals faster. Common Goal-Tracking Mistakes Mistake #1: Estimating your goal metrics, instead of tracking them accurately. When you’re going after your goals, you’ll most likely be setting some […]
Continue readingWhen I first decided to start coaching and helping people reach their biggest goals, I knew that I wanted to focus specifically on accountability. It’s an extremely effective strategy to share your goals, tasks and habits with another person whose job is to keep you on track and offer you support and solutions along the […]
Continue readingHere’s a common problem I’ve noticed over the years: We don’t want to ask for help when we’re working on challenges, issues and goals. We think we have to always go it alone. We feel that we should be an island, a rock and never need any help. We think that asking another person for […]
Continue readingFor years, I’ve thought that life can often be too complicated…I used to feel like my possessions and “life administration” took up too much of my time and energy. For the last three years, I’ve lived out of a medium-sized suitcase and a small backpack while living in Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and just two […]
Continue readingThe real power of mind control isn’t in controlling other people but in controlling your own mind (and as a result, controlling or influencing your action, behaviour and habits. To make changes requires diligent awareness of your internal motivations and emotions. What’s driving your behaviours? How do you react to the various challenges that you’re […]
Continue readingOne of the best ways to build your own successful life and achieve the goals you have set for yourself is to emulate what other successful people do, and emulate what has worked for them over the years. If you listen carefully to how they talk about their lives, you will start to notice the […]
Continue readingWhen it comes to actually achieving the goals that you set for yourself, you aren’t likely to progress too far without a good supply of your own personal motivation. And we’re not just talking about a one-time moment of excitement and energy. Prefer to listen to the audio version of this article? Click the ‘play’ […]
Continue readingWhat do you do when you have a goal that you want to achieve? Does it just live in your mind, teasing you occasionally from a distance? Do you find yourself saying you will get around to it when you have the time? Well, if you want to get serious about achieving your goals, you […]
Continue readingSuccessful people use accountability coaching because it helps them achieve their goals faster than they would on their own. We are much more accountable to others than we are to ourselves… and successful people know this. A coach will also motivate you and push you to do more than you thought was possible. They will […]
Continue readingGoals. You’ve got to have them. In order to be successful and highly productive, one needs to be able to clearly identify what it is they desire to accomplish. But… Making your goals clear is only one stage in their realization. Once we have taken that first step and established what it is that we […]
Continue readingWe’re told that we have to push ourselves to get what we want, to get our goals, to reach success. If you want something in life, you have to fight for it, right? Push yourself and you’ll get what you want. Dream big, take massive action, make sacrifices and you’ll win. That’s what we’re supposed […]
Continue readingProcrastination is everywhere. Your coworker’s got it. Your friend has it. Yep, even managers and supervisors are afflicted with it. The hard-working entrepreneur, the well-intentioned small business owner, PhD students and your kids all struggle with procrastination. We want to reach our goals, we want to tackle our to-do list, but we postpone. We delay, […]
Continue readingI woke up on the hard tile floor of my bathroom. It was 2am. I felt like total trash. I must have passed out. I certainly wouldn’t have chosen to sleep there. This was Day 1 of a Giardia parasite infection. I was told that every foreigner eventually gets it when they come to this […]
Continue readingIt was another beautiful, balmy day in southern Spain, where I had been living for almost six months. Things move at their own rhythm in Spain…definitely slower than the “productive” power-house countries (Why do we need to be so productive and busy, anyways? Oh, that’s right. We don’t!). I had some chores to do in […]
Continue readingHave you ever noticed how uptight we can get for the smallest offenses? Sometimes, I think that whenever this happens, we should be obligated to stick a gigantic, pink pacifier in our mouths. That might help us remember to stop acting like big babies! Myself included, at times. Someone gives us a slightly unfriendly look […]
Continue readingHow often have you wanted to say something but kept silent? How often have you wanted to showcase your art or your work, but decided not to? Maybe you didn’t want to admit it, but the fear of criticism or rejection stopped you from sharing, from expressing. You censored yourself. What if you stopped pretending […]
Continue readingI have wasted an unbelievable amount of time in useless visits to doctors and specialists over the years (mostly when I was younger. I don’t go to regular doctors that often anymore.). I’ve also made poor choices in agreeing to go ahead with their recommendations which either didn’t help at all or helped one health […]
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