What I Learned About Business from Army Snipers
Last week, my custom-made 7MM rifle arrived. Which naturally meant I needed to go shoot something. Not even going to try to be humble about this: it’s B A D A S S. So badass, that the other guys at the range thought I was Delta Force. Just saying. So anyway, I called up one of […]
Beyond the Resume – How to Bring the Best Candidates Into Your Company
Earlier this week I taught one of my favorite courses, Career Visioning. Career Visioning is designed to help business owners identify and hire talent using a proven model and system. It’s more than just reviewing a resume. It’s about understanding the right behavioral match, diving deep into a candidate’s track record of success, and truly […]
No Pain, No Gain. Increase Your Pain Tolerance for Maximum Success
Earlier this summer (yes, summer isn’t over yet!) I had the privilege of hiking Mt. Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, with Bruce Kink. That hike would have been virtually impossible for me in high school. But over the years, I have increased my pain tolerance through emotional fitness and by continuing to push through even when […]
The Best Way to Learn is By Teaching Others
Yup, it’s that time of year again. Kids are heading back to school, the mornings are getting cooler, and the leaves in Vermont are changing. Winter is coming. If you can imagine, I never really liked school. Sitting still all day. Conforming to someone else’s ideas and way of thinking. Following rules. Not exactly my cup […]
Top 5 Qualities of Legendary Leaders
The walls of my office are thin (one of the many reasons why I’m building a new office building) and at least once a week two of my staff members get into an epic argument. One of them is all about the relationships and one is all about the bottom line, so they are usually on the […]
Work Less and Live More by Mastering These 2 Skills
After 36 hours in the hospital and a few false starts, on Monday, August 8 at 11:49pm , my beautiful and strong wife, Sarah, and I welcomed our third child into the world, Madelyn Rae Hergenrother. She is tiny and pink and perfect. Though this is our third, it is still such a profound moment to see […]
How to Choose Opportunity Every Day
Every morning when your alarm clock goes off you have a choice: get up and get moving or hit snooze and stay in bed. You can either choose laziness and procrastination or victory. How do you start your day? We’ve all been there. You’re tired and the last thing you want to do is leave […]
5 Steps to Creating a Company Mission that Your Employees Will Rally Behind
Can you recite your company’s mission and/or vision? Go ahead. Right now. Say it out loud (ignore the strange stares from the other customers in line for their coconut milk mocha macchiato at Starbucks). Seriously, do it. If you can. Can you stand behind the mission of the company you work for or the company you founded? Hell, do […]
Double Your Business With This One Habit
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” I love that quote by Zig Ziglar. It’s true, isn’t it? Your success is directly related to the success of the people around you. So what if you spent your time pouring into the top 20% […]
Standards + Models + Coaching = Success
I’ve been working with Adam Bornstein of Born Fitness for a couple of years now and his system works. He has a virtual fitness coaching company and even though he’s not in the gym with me every day, he still kicks my ass. I go to the gym religiously (ya’ll know how important exercise is to me) […]
If You Don’t Have Standards Someone Else Will Control Your Life
Last week I had a 1pm flight to Chicago and was going to arrive around 2:30pm, then I would take a leisurely town car ride into Champaign, IL to teach my class, Life Without Limits, the following day. I was ready for a long massage and a super-food packed dinner before going to bed early to […]
Coffee is for Closers and Other Things I Teach My Kids Everyday
Every morning when the kids get up (yup, sometimes at 3am), I get them out of bed and we read a sign by their beds,”Be Awesome,” and I have them say it aloud too. Then I’ll ask them, “Are you going to be awesome today?” It sets the tone for the day for them, and for […]
