Online Marketing is Simple

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Note: “Easy” and “Simple” are different things. My story is, IMHO, one of the great American success stories.  I was stuck in a job that I didn’t like and I needed to find a way out.  The internet seemed to be a vehicle that made some sense and I could market online in my “spare”… [Continue Reading]

Time is The Only Commodity That Matters

Wasted Time

Time: : the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues. We all have a finite amount of time on this earth.  It’s like any commodity.  Once you use it, you don’t get it back.  You truly cannot recycle wasted time.  Nor can you recycle time well spent.  It’s… [Continue Reading]

The Balancing Act – Come See Us Live at The 2012 Beachbody Coach Summit

2012 Coach Summit Speakers Dave and Monica Ward

Monica and I have been asked to speak at this year’s Team Beachbody Coach Summit.  We are really excited about this.  It has been a goal of mine to speak at Summit since my first one in 2009. We are going to talk about “The Balancing Act”, which is a bit vague I know.  What… [Continue Reading]

Connect

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A quick quote from People Follow You: The Real Secret to What Matters Most in Leadership by Jeb Blount. Like all interpersonal relationships, connections bind people together on an emotional level.  Great leaders drop the pretense of power and position, and instead focus on building sincere emotional connections with their people.  Connecting tears down walls that… [Continue Reading]

Why Are You Doing What You Are Doing?

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Why?  What a fundamental question.  If you have kids you’ve asked, “why did you do that”?  Have you ever asked yourself the same question?  Understanding your motivating factors in life is key.  A good understanding of what moves you can propel you to new heights in your fitness, your business, your relationships and in every… [Continue Reading]

Are you Leading, or Just Managing?

Leadership

I’m reading a very good book right now by Jeb Blount.  It’s called People Follow You: The Real Secret to What Matters Most in Leadership.  The major theory behind the book is that people don’t follow companies, paychecks, incentives, stock options, fear, power, or fancy slogans – PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU.  So, if you are wondering… [Continue Reading]

Live with Purpose

Are you shrinking to a grain of sand or rising to a mountain? “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my… [Continue Reading]

Beachbody Challenge Success Story Jessica S.

Jessica S. Beachbody Challenge Before Picture

Health and fitness is at the core of what we do as Team Beachbody Coaches.  One of the skills that is helpful in that quest is to acknowledge mistakes and move on quickly when you fall down and to celebrate successes when you rise up.  Beachbody celebrates health and fitness transformations with the Success Stories… [Continue Reading]

Do the Unexpected

Expected?

Have you ever gotten a hand written note from someone letting you know that they value you?  I’m not talking about the old “thank you for the candlesticks” handwritten note.  I’m talking about a random act of kindness.  If you have, you know how good it feels to receive a gift like that. One of… [Continue Reading]

Become a Trusted Adviser

Tommy Mygrant Wedding

Yesterday I had the opportunity to see an old friend.  Tommy Mygrant and I met at my first Coach Summit in 2009.  He was a finalist in what was then known as the Million Dollar Body Game (now The Beachbody Challenge) and he was very nervous (the winner got $250,000).  I was just plain nervous. … [Continue Reading]