Expertise is not just about booking the hours; it’s about doing deliberate practice.
Whether it’s launching a podcast, preparing a new keynote, writing a weekly blog, doing a webinar, or learning the elements of a sales conversation, deliberate practice is the key to confidence and success. (For Tyrolean traverses too.)
The magic in our lives is always just beyond our comfort zones. Deliberate practice is the doorway to discovering that magic.
Business can be a lonely game.
But it doesn’t need to be that way.
If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to to go far, if you really want to make an impact in the world, go together.
It’s better together.
Former U.S. Vice president Dan Quayle famously mangled a well known organization’s quote by saying, “What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.”
Have you lost your mind?
On most days, the answer for me is yes. How true that is!
I get caught up in the vortex of busy. And in that place, I’m either ruminating about things that have happened; or worrying about things that might happen.
I’m rarely here; now; in this moment.
You?
Mindfulness calls us back to the present; to this moment. This one and only moment. This precious moment. The only one that’s real.
Mindfulness brings peace. And joy.
Be. Here. Now.
Will you give it a try?
Your focus is your power.
With the rise of artificial intelligence, your currency in the years ahead will be your ability to do deep work.
The problem (or “challenge,” as coaches like to say), is that most of us have way too many inputs, way too much competing for our time, way too much coming at us all at once. We spend our lives in a state of continuous partial attention. We’ve lost the ability to focus.
How can you reclaim your focus?
I’ve learned an important lesson from my neighbors. (Who are dairy cows.)
So what do you think? A bit of white tape?
Reclaim your power. It will transform your life. And your work. You’ll have a great looking pasture too.
