Recently, a young man told me that he couldn't read books because he has a learning disability that prevents him from being able to read. No one believes they have a learning disability until someone tells them they have one. The same people…

The most frequent question podcast hosts ask me is, "If you could back and offer your twenty-something-year-old self some advice, what would you tell him?" I used to try to answer this question, but I was never satisfied with my answers. Mostly I…

More content is produced and shared now than at any other time in human history. Because the social sites allow the written word, video, and audio to be shared widely with no cost and little effort, you have more access to information, ideas, and…

Many people leave a job believing they will be leaving their problems only to find the same challenges somewhere else. When this isn't true, the person who goes because they think it will be easier to work somewhere else is often surprised to find…

Your results begin in your mind. What you believe impacts the choices you make, positive or negative. If you hold unhealthy beliefs, beliefs that conflict with reality, you will not produce the results you want. In a contest between your beliefs…

You cannot win if you have already lost in your mind. If you have given up and accepted defeat before you have even tried, you have eliminated the possibility of winning. The certainty that you cannot win becomes a self-fulling prophecy, and it…

“If this is good, that must be bad.” “If that is right, this must be wrong.” “There is only one way to do this, and that is the way we do it.” “It is black or white. There is no gray area.”

One of the patterns in human thinking is the tendency…

You will be asked to negotiate things you must never trade away. Whatever is offered in trade will never equal what you are being asked to give up. The following list includes the things forbidden from being negotiated away.

1. Integrity or…

If you look for reasons you can't do something, your mind will look for evidence to confirm what you want to believe. The question you need to ask yourself is, "Why do you want to believe external forces are preventing you from achieving some…

It is Labor Day here in the United States. It is a holiday where we honor working people which, as far as I can tell, is everyone. I am romantic about work and working. Work has been of one of the essential factors in my life, starting from a very…