When You Choose Unconditional Happiness, You Win
For me, fall means hunting. Earlier this month I went on a great trip to Kentucky with my father, and I’m just flying back from another hunting trip in Calgary with the boys. These trips are all about savoring the fresh air, living simply for a week, mastermind with other business owners, and building on […]
3 Truths and a Lie About Money
Money is such a funny thing. Some people love it. Some hate it. Some are afraid of it. Others are afraid of having too much, while others are scared to lose what they do have. Some people hoard it, while others are willing risk it all. Money itself is nothing to get worked up about. […]
Falling Back in Time and Moving Ahead with Technology
Daylight Savings Time means moving the clocks back a hour and getting a jump on the day. Yes, I know, it also means getting an extra hour of sleep. But if you really want to change your life. Now is the time. All those months you said you were going to get up at 5am, […]
What Are You Most Afraid Of?
Halloween is a big deal for kids, well, at least for my kids. They’ve been debating since summer ended and school began what they would be. A witch? A princess? A firefighter? A fairy, a frog, a fisherman? Or perhaps Elsa, Dorothy, or Hercules? The struggle is real. After much debate, I’ve now got Peppa […]
How to Go For Checkmate in Your Business
I’m packing up to head to Austin for a few days to participate in the Keller Williams Agent Labs with our team and it got me thinking about the last time I was in the Lone Star State a couple of weeks ago. Gary Keller reminded us that the most of us in business are […]
How to Set Goals That You Will Actually Achieve and Exceed
As we enter the fourth quarter, business planning and goal setting is in full effect. Which means the goals I’m seeing are ambitious (perhaps even outrageous, even by my standards). You probably never thought you’d hear me say your goal is too big. Well, it might be. But let me explain. As I talked about […]
Productivity is Out. Impact is In.
We all have the same number of hours in a day. 24. No more. No less. So, why do some people accomplish so much more than others? What’s their secret? You know those people. The ones who appear to be productivity geniuses, who seem to have been gifted the “get shit done” gene from a […]
Lessons From the 30 Hour National Championship Adventure Race
I just landed back in Vermont after spending the past three days in Indiana competing with my team Chaffing the Dream (shout out to Tom and Amanda Martin!) at the USARA Adventure Race National Championship. I’ve got three words for you: brutal and exhausting. I thought Ironman races were tough (and they are). But this […]
Simplicity is the New Sexy
Yesterday was the first day of Fall and just like that, a new season is upon us. Cooler weather, costumes, corn mazes, and pumpkin spice everything. When the air grows colder and we start to shift from one season to another, I can’t help but reflect on what season I’m in in my life and […]
Why I’m Rooting for My Kids to Fail
This week the kids went back to school. Sienna is now a first grader and Asher is in Pre-K! When they talk about the days being long and the years being short, they must have been talking about parenthood! As we walked into school and posed for the obligatory first day of school photo (photos […]
CEO Gone Wild – The Power of Strategic Disengagement
Two weeks ago, I did something totally outside of my comfort zone. I put an away message up on my email, I powered down my phone, and I went completely dark. From the rest of the world, that is. On Friday, before I left for vacation, I was already stressing about being disconnected from my […]
Why Virtual Brokerages Will Make Real Estate Expansion Teams Unstoppable
As soon as I was out of the mountains of Kenauk Nature Resort and back in cell service my email and phone started blowing up. Earlier this week at Mega Camp (one of Keller William’s annual conferences) in Austin, John Davis, CEO of KWRI (Keller Williams Realty International), announced the creation of virtual brokerages. Cue […]
