learn to focus

Do you ever have a day when you get home and you say to yourself, “Man this day rocked. I really had a good day. I got all of these things done I wanted to do and I had some meaningful interactions.” Let’s call that Scenario A. Or, do you ever have the opposite happen? … Read more

questions to get on belay

In my last post, Get On Belay!, I wrote about the importance of the belay process in climbing. When executed consistently in your day-to-day life, the On Belay lesson will have a dramatic impact on your results. I invite you to get into action with the Belay principle in just five minutes a day, leveraging three simple steps. Every day … Read more

get on belay

In climbing, the belay process is absolutely critical. It is the difference between life and death, safe passage to the summit and utter disaster. It is the foremost element of trust in a climbing partner; if you have a shadow of doubt about your belayer, it undermines every thought and move you make in The … Read more

Insight to Action

It was June 9th, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. After a two-day meeting as part of a strategic advisory board for an association, I sat down with my friend Vance Brown, co-founder and CEO of Cherwell Software, who was also attending. In the sunshine of the Colorado mountains, we started working on ideas regarding how we … Read more

building momentum

Which of these two scenarios describe you? Are you feeling what I call emotional gravity? That is the scenario when life is just weighing you down. Maybe things aren’t going your way or you just don’t feel like you have your mojo. Perhaps you’re not as productive as you once were, or you’re not as … Read more